• By Paul Douglas
• In Electrical

Seven Reasons Why You Should Hire A Professional Electrician

Why should you hire a professional electrician? YouTube videos make home repair projects look simple and easy, but many electrical projects in the home are best left to a professional electrician. Yes, there is certainly a cost saving and a sense of satisfaction that comes from doing the work yourself. However, a mistake may cost you a lot more than hiring a professional electrician.

So in no particular order, here are seven reasons why you should hire a professional electrician…

1. Job Site Safety. Electricity can be dangerous when approached with a lack of expertise and caution. Your electrician has the training, the experience and the expertise to work safely, and to ensure everyone else in the work area is safe as well. 
2. Education and Knowledge. Your electrician not only has to undergo classroom training, but also a number of years as an apprentice working under the watchful eyes of a more experienced electrician to develop the knowledge and skills that they have to get the work done safely and to code. This is something that comes with time and cannot be replicated by a YouTube video. That leads us to…
3. The Job Is Done Right. When you hire a licensed electrician, you can be assured that the job is done right and up to code, with all the necessary permits pulled. In the long run what that means for you is that you won’t be tripping breakers or overheating your wiring or worse.
4. It Will Save You Money. When you hire a professional electrician it can actually save you money over doing it yourself. They already own the specialised tools you would have to go out and buy or rent. They already have the skills needed to get the job done, so it can be done in short order when compared to the learning curve of doing it yourself. You should also consider that it almost always costs more to have a professional come in and fix your mistakes and redo your work afterwards. So when you factor in the cost of your time and the investment in tools you may never use again, hiring an electrician may actually cost you less.
5. Getting In Over Your Head. Although wiring may look simple and easy, it is connected to a much wider system that can quickly become complicated. Other systems and circuits come into play and without the specific knowledge of a licensed electrician you may find yourself making your problems much worse as a result.
6. Troubleshooting Made Easy. Your electrician has the knowledge and expertise to diagnose your electrical problems and resolve them for you quickly and easily. And finally…
7. Long Term Safety. This ties in with the previous six reasons why you should hire an electrician instead of doing it yourself. If electrical work is done haphazardly and incorrectly it can lead to safety hazards in the home such as damage to your electronics, electric shock and even electrical fires.ires, electric shock and other dangers.

As you can see, it actually does make more sense to hire a professional electrician than to watch a Youtube video and attempt to do your electrical work yourself. For all of your home and business’s electrical needs, service and advice call Elco Tech Electric Heat and Air today.