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Hurricane Electrical Prep in Brooksville, FL
Surge Protection, Generator Hookups, and Panel Checks Before the Season|Licensed & Insured, EC13011268
Tell us your panel's brand and age and your generator's make and model.
- Done before the season: Time to plan it and install it.
- Licensed & Insured: Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13011268.
Once a storm has a name and a forecast cone, there is little time left for electrical work. The jobs that matter in an outage are the ones finished while the skies are still clear.
We plan the work around your house: the panel you have, your portable generator, and the circuits you would want running if the power stays off for days.
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.
Four jobs to finish early
Four Things to Settle Before the Wind Picks Up
Surge protection at the panel
Storm season brings lightning and power that drops out and snaps back on, both of which can send a spike through the wiring. A whole-house surge device at the panel limits those spikes before they reach the air conditioner's controls, the refrigerator's circuit board, and the electronics.
It also works on calm days, against the smaller fluctuations inside the house.
A safe way in for the portable generator
An outdoor inlet plus a panel interlock or a manual transfer switch lets the generator feed the circuits you choose through the panel. How much you plan to run decides the size of the hookup.
- Install it before the season, while there is time to get the parts.
- Practice the switch-over once in daylight, so the first time isn't in the dark.
- Keep the generator's make and model handy when you call.
A look at an aging panel
A breaker that is hot to the touch, a scorch mark, or a buzz from the panel is a problem any time, and a worse one when the power is cycling off and on during a storm. We tell you whether the panel can be repaired or should be replaced.
The panel also decides what prep is possible. A surge device needs a place in it, and an old or discontinued panel can turn a generator hookup into a panel job.
The riser and meter base outside
A riser that is already rusted, leaning, or pulling away from the wall is easier to replace before the season than after a storm tears it loose.
How Prep gets scheduled
Getting It Done Before a Storm Is Named
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1. Tell us what you have
Your panel's brand and rough age, your generator's make and model, and anything that has been acting up.
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2. A visit from our estimator
Our estimator sizes up the panel and the spot where the generator will run, and confirms which codes and utility requirements apply.
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3. You choose the order
Approve all of it, or start with the piece that matters most to you and add the rest later.
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4. Installation
When the surge device and the generator hookup are both being installed, they can be installed on the same visit, with the panel opened only once.
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5. The switch-over
Ask the electrician to walk you through the switch-over before they leave.
The Prep list
What Each Prep Item Does
| Before the season | What it does when a storm hits | Details |
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| Whole-house surge device | Limits spikes from nearby lightning and power switching | Matched to your panel |
| Generator inlet box | Gives the generator's cord one safe place to plug in | Sized to the generator's outlet |
| Interlock or manual transfer switch | Keeps generator and utility power apart | Chosen to fit your panel |
| Panel check | Finds heat, scorching, buzzing, and corrosion | Repair or replacement quoted |
| Riser and meter base | A rusted or leaning riser can tear loose | Easier to replace before the season |
We don't install standby generators or the automatic transfer switches that go with them, and we don't do generator maintenance. We connect portable generators.
Estimates and billing
Pricing Your Storm Prep
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.
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.
Factors in a prep estimate
04- Which items you choose to do now.
- Whether the panel can take an interlock kit and a surge device as it stands.
- How far the inlet will be from the panel.
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
Storm-Season Customer Stories
Straight from Google, in our customers' own words.
A storm is already in the forecast. Can you still get to us?
Can a portable generator run my central air?
Contact us
Get on the Schedule Before the Season
Send pictures of the sticker inside the panel door and your generator's outlet panel, and tell us which rooms and appliances matter most during an outage. We'll get back to you during business hours.