Older homes in SE Michigan were built for a fraction of today's electrical demand. If your panel is undersized, outdated, or tripping breakers — a panel upgrade is the safest, smartest investment you can make in your home.
Serving Troy, Bloomfield Hills, Rochester Hills, West Bloomfield, Birmingham & surrounding Oakland County communities
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Most SE Michigan homes built before 1990 were wired for 100 amps or less. Modern homes with EV chargers, home offices, and smart appliances routinely demand 150–200 amps.
If your breakers trip regularly under normal household loads — running the microwave and hair dryer simultaneously — your panel is undersized for your current demand.
A Level 2 EV charger requires a dedicated 240V/50-amp circuit. Many older panels can't accommodate this without an upgrade — or you lose capacity elsewhere in your home.
A whole-home standby generator requires a transfer switch tied to your panel. Upgrading to 200A simultaneously ensures you have clean, adequate capacity for both generator and daily loads.
Fuse boxes (common in pre-1960s homes) are a fire risk and impossible to insure in Michigan. A modern circuit breaker panel eliminates the hazard and satisfies insurance requirements.
Adding a finished basement, workshop, or new addition means new circuits. An under-capacity panel can't safely support new loads — and won't pass inspection without an upgrade.
Many Michigan insurance companies refuse to cover or renew policies on homes with Federal Pacific, Zinsco, or other recalled panels. An upgrade removes the liability and keeps you insurable.
Our Process
A 200-amp panel upgrade is typically completed in a single day. Here's how we do it.
We evaluate your current panel, assess your load requirements, and provide a transparent, itemized quote — no surprises.
We pull the required permits and coordinate the temporary service disconnect with DTE. All paperwork handled by us.
New panel, new breakers, proper grounding, and updated wiring as needed — all to current Michigan code.
City inspection completed, DTE reconnects service, power fully restored. We don't leave until everything is verified.
Customer Reviews
"Powerhouse upgraded our 100-amp panel to 200 amps the same week we called. Clean work, passed inspection first time, and now we can run the EV charger and generator without any issues."
"Our insurance company was refusing to renew because we had an old Federal Pacific panel. Powerhouse had it replaced in one day — saved our policy and gave us peace of mind."
"We got the panel upgrade and generator install done at the same time. Powerhouse coordinated everything — permits, DTE, inspection. One call, one crew, done right."
