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Circuit Breaker Replacement in Brooksville, FL
Failed Breakers Replaced|AFCI and GFCI Breakers|Licensed & Insured, EC13011268
Tell us the panel's brand and what the breaker is doing.
- The cause first. We check whether the breaker or the circuit is at fault.
- Licensed & Insured. Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13011268.
A breaker is a switch designed to shut off a circuit before the wiring behind it overheats. When the breaker itself wears out, it stops doing that job well, tripping when nothing is wrong or, worse, staying on when something is.
We replace failed breakers with those listed for your panel and add arc-fault and ground-fault breakers where a circuit needs additional protection.
Call (352) 251-2795, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or send a request online. Calls after hours are returned the next business day.
Three kinds of Breaker
Standard, Arc-Fault, and Ground-Fault Breakers
Standard breakers
A standard breaker protects the wire, not the lamp or the appliance plugged into it. It trips on an overload when a circuit carries more current than its wiring is rated for, and on a short circuit when current finds a path it shouldn't.
Arc-fault (AFCI) breakers
An arc-fault breaker watches for the electrical signature of arcing: a loose connection, a nail through a cable, a cord crushed behind furniture. Those arcs can start a fire without ever drawing enough current to trip a standard breaker.
Ground-fault (GFCI) breakers
A ground-fault breaker does at the panel what a GFCI outlet does at the wall: it shuts the circuit off the moment current escapes to ground through water or a person. Because it protects the entire circuit from the panel, it suits circuits where a GFCI outlet isn't practical, such as hot tubs or pool equipment. Dual-function breakers combine arc-fault and ground-fault protection in one.
When a new AFCI trips in an older house
Adding arc-fault or ground-fault breakers to older wiring can expose faults that were already there: two circuits sharing one neutral, a loose splice, or a damaged cable. The trip is information, and we trace it before anyone calls it a nuisance. Resetting a breaker repeatedly without finding the cause risks damage to what's plugged in, the circuit, and the panel.
Signs the breaker itself has failed
- It won't stay on, even with everything on the circuit unplugged.
- It trips under loads the circuit used to handle.
- The handle feels loose or won't latch.
- It is warm, discolored, or smells of burning, which is a panel warning sign in its own right. Call 911 if there is smoke, sparks, or fire.
Breakers for older panels
A replacement breaker must be listed for the panel it goes into. For some older panels, listed breakers are hard to find or no longer made, and a breaker that only fits the slot is not a safe substitute. If your panel is a Federal Pacific or Zinsco, read about those panels before anyone replaces a breaker in one.
How a Breaker is replaced
What Happens When We Swap a Breaker
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1. Breaker or circuit?
Before any breaker comes out, we test the circuit itself. A new breaker on a faulty circuit trips just like the old one.
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2. Matched to the panel and the wire
The replacement carries a listing for your panel and is sized to the wire on that circuit.
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3. The swap
We shut the circuit off, pull the old breaker, seat the replacement, and tighten its connection.
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4. Tested under power
Power goes back on and we test the circuit, including the test button on arc-fault and ground-fault breakers.
Breaker work we do
Breaker Jobs at a Glance
| Job | How it's handled | Notes |
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| Replacing a failed breaker | Hourly repair | Right type for the panel |
| Finding why a breaker trips | Hourly repair | Before or with the replacement |
| AFCI breaker installation | Estimate | Living-area circuits |
| GFCI breaker installation | Estimate | Hot tubs, pool equipment, outdoor circuits |
| Dual-function AFCI/GFCI breakers | Estimate | Both protections in one breaker |
| Breaker box wiring corrections | Hourly repair | Crowded, loose, or unlabeled wiring in the panel |
| Double-tapped breakers | Hourly repair | One wire per terminal unless the breaker is listed for two |
Billing and estimates
Paying for Breaker Work
Repair and troubleshooting visits are billed by the hour from arrival: $100 residential, $150 commercial, one-hour minimum, then half-hour increments, plus materials. No trip charge and no service fee. No hidden fees: the 3.5% surcharge on card and ACH payments is listed in our terms.
We don't do upfront pricing. No job has a standard price with us: each one is tailored to the property and the work you've asked for, and priced once we've seen it.
We offer free estimates on installs, upgrades, and replacements in our service area. Estimates aren't free when the job needs troubleshooting or testing to price, falls after hours or outside our service area, needs several meetings to gather information, or is new construction or a custom remodel with multi-party walk-throughs. For most jobs, estimates arrive by email by the end of the next business day, and quotes are good for 30 days.
Custom homes and large or multi-phase projects are estimated as soon as we can, or on the timeline your project sets.
What changes the job
04- Whether replacement breakers for your panel are still made.
- How many circuits are being upgraded.
- Whether the new breakers expose faults that have to be fixed first.
Our warranty
05If something we installed fails because of our workmanship within 30 days of completion, we waive the hourly labor to put it right. Materials Kennedy Electric purchases for your job carry the manufacturer's one-year warranty. To replace defective materials we supplied, or materials damaged by storm, flood, fire, or other acts of God, we charge a reduced warranty labor rate of $50 an hour residential and $75 an hour commercial. The warranty does not cover materials not purchased by Kennedy Electric, work performed by the customer, or materials the customer purchased or damaged. Our warranty terms are printed on the estimate, the invoice, and the receipt, and the product boxes stay with you so you can register each product with its manufacturer.
Real customer stories
A Breaker Call From Our Reviews
The breaker had to be fixed to have power
“Thank you Lisa for coordinating Kevin so quickly. The breaker needed addressing in order to have power and your team problem solved in order to make it happen. I’m very grateful, so again THANK YOU!”
Rhonda K Varvaro, Google review
Straight from Google, in our customers' own words.
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Contact us
Tell Us What the Breaker Is Doing
Tell us the panel's brand, which breaker, and what it's doing: tripping, refusing to reset, warm, or loose. A photo of the label inside the panel door helps. We'll get back to you during business hours.