A great time to replace your circuit breaker box is when you are renovating your Boulder, CO home. You especially want to upgrade or replace your electrical panel if you are adding more outlets or home appliances to your house. It also might be a good idea to move your circuit breaker box to a more safe location while renovating.

As a good rule of thumb, you typically do not want to have a circuit breaker box in operation in your home that is older than 25 years old. Upgrading to a modern electrical panel improves your home’s value and makes your home a safer place to live.

As circuit breakers age or deteriorate, they become less efficient. If this begins to happen to your home, you’ll notice your electrical bills increasing, even though your consumption habits have not changed.

Do lights flicker throughout your home? Have you noticed a reduced power supply to some of your home’s appliances? These are signs that the power supply in your home is waning, which can be an indication of a faulty circuit breaker.