Palm Beach Gardens holds three electrical generations inside one set of city limits. East along Northlake and Holly Drive sit MacArthur’s original garden-city plats, whose panels predate the rules an insurer now names in a report. In the middle is PGA National, built out after the resort opened in 1980. West of the Turnpike, Avenir goes up pod by pod. Call (561) 462-2800.
Licensed Electricians Serving Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Panels, generators, pool circuits, EV charging and code corrections, from the original plats to Avenir. Florida Electrical Contractor License EC13015487.
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Our Palm Beach Gardens service area at a glance
- Dispatched from952 Jupiter Park Ln Suite 4, Jupiter, FL 33458
- Phone(561) 462-2800
- Emergency service24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Electric utilityFlorida Power & Light
- PermitsPalm Beach Gardens Building Division
- LicenseFlorida EC13015487
ZIP codes in this zone
- 33410
- 33418
- 33412
- 33408
- 33478
Towns right around Palm Beach Gardens
- Jupiter
- Juno Beach
- North Palm Beach
- Lake Park
MacArthur’s Garden City, Sixty Years On
The city dates to 1959, when John D. MacArthur announced plans to build roughly four thousand acres as a garden city. That first build is the east end, off Northlake Boulevard and Holly Drive inside 33410. Once a Florida house passes thirty years, carriers ask for a four-point inspection, and electrical is the section that holds one up: a Federal Pacific Stab-Lok, Zinsco or Challenger panel, double-tapped breakers, a 60-amp service.
Replacing the panel is where most of those visits end. Florida adopts the National Electrical Code through the Florida Building Code, so a replaced service requires whole-house surge protection under NEC 230.67, grounding electrodes are brought up rather than left alone, and GFCI under NEC 210.8 and AFCI under NEC 210.12 follow the circuits that call for them. AFCI is a living-area rule, not a garage rule.
Receptacles are the quiet half of the report. NEC 406.12 requires tamper-resistant receptacles in a dwelling, and a replaced one must meet present requirements for its location under NEC 406.4(D), which is how an outlet repair becomes a room of receptacles and occasionally why house rewiring wins on arithmetic. An electrical safety inspection gets that on paper first.
Where the paperwork on an older house starts
Work inside the city goes through the Palm Beach Gardens Building Division at 10500 North Military Trail, where electrical is a sub-permit under the Universal County-Wide and Municipal application the city adopted. Inspections are requested through the city’s Civic Access portal, which does not open that option until fees are paid and the permit is issued.
Two wrinkles decide the rest. A postal address is not proof of jurisdiction: the unincorporated pockets that share the name file with Palm Beach County. And NEC 110.26 working space is often why a new panel lands on a different wall.
PGA National, and the Ceiling the 1980s Built In
PGA National opened in 1980, its Fazio Course taking play on March 4, and the neighborhoods around it followed. Those houses were wired for the appliances of that decade. Add an EV, a pool heater and a variable-speed pump and the panel is not defective, it is full. That work begins with a load calculation under NEC Article 220, and an EV charger installation is sized under NEC Article 625. Where the numbers fall short, load management or a reduced charging rate usually closes the gap, home battery backup in the same conversation. A breaker that keeps tripping is doing its job, and electrical troubleshooting answers why.
A panel can pass every visual check and still be the problem
On a recent Palm Beach Gardens call the panel read as textbook: a 200-amp Square D QO, properly labeled, correctly sized, grounding intact. The walkthrough found corrosion across the terminations and enclosure, and a lug gone loose. Both add resistance, and resistance carrying load is how heat starts. The city sits back from the ocean, so salt works slower here than on the barrier islands, though humidity takes no season off. Lights that dim when a load kicks on are worth tracing, as is a summer of surges in the state the National Weather Service ranks first for lightning casualties.
Standby power, and the review that comes first
Optional standby systems fall under NEC Article 702, with NEC 702.5 covering the transfer equipment that keeps a generator off the utility’s lines. A standby generator installation carries a fuel permit alongside the electrical one and is anchored against Florida Building Code wind loads. In BallenIsles, Frenchman’s Creek, Old Palm and Mirasol, architectural review runs ahead of the city’s process, and exterior equipment is what those boards study. With a portable unit on hand, a generator inlet and interlock feeds the panel safely for less, and our emergency electricians take calls at any hour.
Pools here are frequently younger than the houses behind them, and pool wiring put into a 1984 house means a sub-panel, an equipment pad and a disconnect within sight of the pump, under NEC Article 680. The rest of a week is recessed lighting, ceiling fan installation where the old box has to come out first, and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, replaced as a set, since interconnected units at mixed ages are how a chirp moves from room to room.
Avenir, Where the Decisions Happen Before the Drywall
West of the Turnpike the city’s construction list reads like a town going up at once. At 12001 Northlake Boulevard, the Avenir pods under construction include Coral Isles, Regency, Avondale, Solana Bay, Stone Gate, Panther National, Apex, Esprit, Orchid Isles and Lake Ridge, several in the hundreds of homes, with more approved and not yet turned: a 230-home pod, a 144-lot pod, a 149-lot pod. None of it has a panel an insurer will circle. It asks two different questions.
The first is timing. The builder’s contractor wires the house, and an addition is cheap only between framing and drywall, when a run costs a length of cable rather than a length of ceiling. Most owners reach us after closing, which changes the method, not the outcome: attic and soffit routes, not open stud bays.
The second is what a new house already has. It arrives with AFCI protection in the living areas under NEC 210.12, GFCI where NEC 210.8 requires it, tamper-resistant receptacles under NEC 406.12 and, on a new service, surge protection under NEC 230.67. It rarely arrives with a second EV circuit, a lanai wired for the fans and outdoor kitchen that come later, or a generator pad and conduit set before the pavers. Panel space is the recurring surprise: one sized for the house as sold can be full by year two.
All of it still permits through the city. Further west the lots turn large, one service feeding a house, a detached garage and a well pump, a motor load with disconnect rules of its own.
Across All Three Eras: What We Install, Repair and Correct
- Electrical panel upgrades and service changes
- Electrical safety inspections and four-point items
- House rewiring, whole or partial
- Whole-house surge protection
- Standby generators, inlet and interlock kits, home battery backup
- EV charger installation
- Pool and hot tub wiring and bonding corrections
- Outlet repair, breakers that keep tripping, flickering lights, electrical troubleshooting
- Recessed lighting and ceiling fans
- Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
- 24/7 emergency electrical service
Full list on our services page, wider map on areas we serve.
Recent work in and around Palm Beach Gardens
- Ceiling Fans and a Chandelier Refresh a Palm Beach Gardens Home: fans, a five-arm chandelier, and a safety walkthrough.
- Lake Park Outlet Relocation for a Modern Furniture Layout: outlets moved for a new furniture plan.
- Wires Out of an Outdoor Outlet in West Palm Beach: exposed wires at a washer outlet.
- Jupiter Home Gets Grounding and Surge Refresh: one town north, after intermittent power.
The Office That Covers Palm Beach Gardens
Thomas Edison Electric
952 Jupiter Park Ln Suite 4
Jupiter, FL 33458
Phone: (561) 462-2800
Toll-free: 1-888-705-5600
Office hours: Monday to Friday 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Florida Electrical Contractor License EC13015487
The emergency line stays answered after hours. You can also send a message or read our reviews and case studies.
Photos from our Palm Beach and Treasure Coast jobs
Corroded bus bar, Palm Beach Gardens 
Expired smoke alarm, Palm Beach Gardens 
Meter main panel, Palm Beach Gardens
What Palm Beach Gardens homeowners say about our work
Glad I called Thomas Edison. Needed a job done fairly quickly and they took care of it next day, professionally and timely. Michael is a top notch electrician that cares about the work and your home. Service like this seems to be harder and harder to come by, but they delivered. Much appreciated Michael and TE!
Jared was awesome!
We were so fortunate to have the expertise, professionalism and knowledge of Michael and Christina to install our 18 foot Ceiling fan. The entire house was checked for safety and our GFI box was updated with surge protection, etc. Thomas Edison is a company you can count on for timely repairs and electrical services.
Services in Palm Beach Gardens
Start with the service page for the job; each one explains what the visit involves and how to book it.
Four Things Worth Settling Before Work Starts
We are building in Avenir. When does an outside electrician come into it?
The builder’s contractor wires the house. We get called for what was not in the contract: a second EV circuit, the lanai, landscape lighting, a generator or a pool circuit. If a change order is still possible, the cheapest moment is before drywall. After closing it is attic and soffit work, permitted the same way through the city.
How do I tell whether my address is inside the city limits?
Postal address is not the same as jurisdiction. Several unincorporated pockets carry a Palm Beach Gardens address and permit through Palm Beach County rather than the city. The dependable check is to ask the city’s Building Division with the street address in hand, which we do before filing.
My PGA National house has a 150-amp panel. Does an EV charger mean a new service?
Not automatically. It means a load calculation under NEC Article 220 first, counting what is on the service now, pool equipment included. With room to spare, the circuit is sized under NEC Article 625 and installed. If it is tight, load management or a lower charging rate often clears it. If the service is full, you get the numbers behind the upgrade.
What if an outlet smells like burning?
If there is smoke or flame, get everyone out and call 911 first. Otherwise stop using the circuit, switch off its breaker if you safely can, and call us. That smell is almost always a connection heating up under load.
A four-point report with the panel circled, a pool pump that trips, a generator you want in before the season: call (561) 462-2800 or request a visit online.