My Experience with Mount Vista Electric: A Major Home Electrical Upgrade

After years of worrying about the electrical system in my 1989 home, I hired Mount Vista Electric for a major upgrade. The project included a new electrical panel, replacement switches and receptacles throughout the house, and five new circuits. This is my experience working with them.

For some time, I have been worried about the electrical system in my home. The house was built in 1989, and I don't think there have been any major electrical upgrades apart from adding more strain to the existing system. I had outlets that were no longer working, occasional breakers tripping, and an electrical panel that was completely full, with no available breaker spaces for future work. At the same time, my demand for power was increasing, and I needed several new circuits.

In the 1980s and 1990s, I worked as a programmer and general manager for a commercial electrical engineering and electrical contracting company that designed, installed, and upgraded electrical systems for new and existing commercial facilities. While I was there, I was repeatedly told by the owners and employees that there was a major difference between commercial and residential electrical companies. The opinion at the company was that commercial contractors tended to be more professional and honest than residential contractors.

Because of that experience, I admit I was leery of having to deal with a residential electrical contractor.

However, I found everyone at Mount Vista Electric to be professional, helpful, and willing to go above and beyond in their work.

Cody, who I worked with to get the estimate, was helpful and well versed in the type of work I needed done. The guys who performed the work were friendly and knowledgeable.

I work from home and needed power while they were working, so they brought out a generator to make certain I could continue working while the power to the house needed to be turned off.

They installed a completely new electrical panel with additional breaker space for new circuits. They replaced every light switch and receptacle in the house, including adding several receptacles that support normal electrical plugs as well as USB-A and USB-C connections. They also installed five new circuits in the house.

I was very satisfied with the work and even more impressed when I showed a picture of the new electrical panel to ChatGPT. It told me the installation was obviously a professional upgrade and specifically noted the whole-home surge protector built into the panel.

I will definitely use Mount Vista Electric again and give them my highest recommendation.

— Odell Sneeden Hathaway III