Inspections & evaluations
Electrical safety inspections in Delray Beach, FL
People ask for an electrical inspection for three reasons: they are buying a house, their insurer is asking questions, or something about the system has started worrying them. We inspect residential and commercial properties in Delray Beach and across Palm Beach and Broward counties and give you written findings you can actually act on.
Inspections are performed by licensed, insured electricians. 35+ Years in Business.
- Service, panel, grounding, and bonding evaluated
- GFCI/AFCI coverage and device function checked
- Photo-documented written findings by priority
- No obligation to have us do the repairs
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What we check
Inspection scope
An inspection is worth what its findings are worth. Ours separates three different things: conditions that are genuinely unsafe now, conditions that differ from what today's code would require but are legally allowed to remain, and things worth knowing before you spend money elsewhere in the house.
Service and panel condition
Service size, panel make and model, breaker condition, bus and lug condition, double-tapped connections, and whether the panel has a known defect history.
Grounding and bonding
Grounding electrode system, bonding of water and gas piping where applicable, and whether branch circuits actually have an equipment ground.
GFCI and AFCI protection
Where ground-fault and arc-fault protection exists, where it's missing in locations that call for it today, and whether the devices still function.
Branch wiring and devices
Wiring types present, heat damage at terminations, aluminum branch circuits, open splices, reversed polarity, and receptacle and switch condition.
Exterior, pool, and wet areas
Outdoor receptacles and disconnects, corrosion, wet-location fixtures, and pool and spa equipment bonding and GFCI protection.
Written findings you can act on
A plain-language report sorted into safety issues, code-related items, and things simply worth knowing — plus what we'd address first.
Findings
What we most often find in older South Florida homes
Missing equipment grounds on older branch circuits. Ground-fault protection absent in kitchens, baths, garages, and exterior locations. Heat damage at receptacle terminations on aluminum branch wiring. Double-tapped breakers and undersized or corroded service equipment. Panels from manufacturers with a documented history of breakers that fail to trip. Pool and spa equipment with bonding or GFCI gaps.
Very few of these are emergencies on the day we find them. Nearly all of them are cheaper to correct on a schedule you choose than after a failure. That is the entire argument for an inspection.
An inspection is an assessment of observed condition, not a warranty or a guarantee of future performance, and it is not a substitute for the municipal inspection that accompanies permitted work.
Licensed, insured, and permitted
Delray Beach Air Conditioning & Electrical is a collective of licensed electricians and air conditioning technicians. Work is performed by licensed, insured crews, including permitting and inspection where your municipality requires it. Open 24 hours · 7 days a week.
How it goes
The inspection process
- Step 1
Tell us why you want the inspection
A purchase, an insurance request, a recent symptom, or an older home you've just bought all change what we look at hardest.
- Step 2
Service, panel, and grounding
We start at the service and panel because most consequential findings live there, and because panel condition drives what the rest of the system can safely support.
- Step 3
Circuit and device testing
Representative testing of receptacles, switches, GFCI and AFCI devices, and visible wiring throughout the accessible areas of the property.
- Step 4
Exterior and equipment
Outdoor receptacles and disconnects, HVAC and pool equipment circuits, corrosion, and anything exposed to weather.
- Step 5
Report and priorities
You get written findings with photos, grouped by urgency. Nothing is quoted as urgent that isn't, and you're never obligated to have us do the work.
Code context
Current code, existing wiring, and what actually has to change
Florida adopts the National Electrical Code through the Florida Building Code, and the adopted edition applies to new work, alterations, and replacements — not retroactively to wiring that was compliant when it was installed. So a 1970s house is not illegal for lacking arc-fault protection, but the circuits you rewire today will need it.
Where our findings do lead to permitted work, city properties permit through the City of Delray Beach Building Division, which requires the electrician to hold current state licensure and be registered with the city, and unincorporated county properties permit through Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building. If a service is replaced as part of the corrective work, a surge protective device at the service is part of the current requirement set.
Cost
What drives inspection cost
| What changes the price | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Size and age of the property | More circuits, more panels, and more wiring eras mean more to test and document. |
| Number of panels and subpanels | Detached structures, additions, and pool equipment panels each add a service point to evaluate. |
| Scope of the inspection | A focused panel and service evaluation for an insurance question is narrower than a full-property inspection ahead of a purchase. |
| Access | Blocked panels, sealed crawl spaces, finished ceilings, and stored belongings limit what can be reached and inspected. |
| Documentation required | A short findings list differs from a photo-documented report formatted for an insurer or a real estate transaction. |
| Residential versus commercial | Commercial, HOA, and multi-unit properties involve more equipment, more panels, and often after-hours access. |
We quote the inspection as its own scope of work so the findings stay independent of any repair we might later be asked to perform.
Local context
Why insurers and buyers ask about this in Florida
- Florida insurers commonly ask about wiring type, panel brand, and the age of the electrical system before writing or renewing a policy.
- Federal Pacific (Stab-Lok) and Zinsco panels appear regularly in homes built from the 1960s into the late 1980s and are a frequent underwriting concern.
- Aluminum branch-circuit wiring from roughly 1965–1973 is common in South Florida and is evaluated at the terminations, where it actually fails.
- Salt air and humidity corrode exterior panels, disconnects, and receptacles faster near the coast, which shortens the useful life of outdoor equipment.
- Homes with pools and spas have specific bonding and ground-fault requirements that are among the most commonly missed items we find.
- After a lightning season, damaged surge devices and heat-stressed connections are worth checking even when nothing has visibly failed.
Inspection questions
Contact
Request service
Tell us what's going on and when you'd like us out. For anything that feels like a safety issue — burning smell, scorched outlet, sparking — call instead.
- (561) 816-5331
- admin@acdelray.com
- 956 SW 20th Ct, Delray Beach, FL 33445
- Open 24 hours · 7 days a week
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