Electrician in Haverhill, MA
Panel upgrades, rewiring, generators, EV chargers, and repairs for Haverhill homes and businesses. Brenden Moore is a licensed master electrician with 25 years in Merrimack Valley houses, and he is on the job himself.
Moore Electric Inc. is a licensed master electrician serving Haverhill, MA and the wider Merrimack Valley. Owner Brenden Moore holds active master licenses in Massachusetts (#22825), New Hampshire (#14511), and Maine (#MS60023064), and he has worked as an electrician for more than 25 years. The company handles panel upgrades, whole-home rewiring, standby generator installation, Level 2 EV charger installation, electrical repairs and troubleshooting, new construction wiring, and commercial electrical work across Haverhill, including Bradford, Ward Hill, Rocks Village, Ayers Village, and the downtown district. Permits are filed through Haverhill Inspectional Services at 4 Summer Street, and Moore Electric pulls them on every job. The company is family owned, based at 21 Wentworth Ave in Plaistow, NH, about ten minutes from downtown Haverhill.
What Electrical Work Do You Need in Haverhill?
From 1890s Victorians in Bradford to newer builds off Ward Hill Road, we cover the residential and commercial electrical work Haverhill properties need.
Panel Upgrades
Plenty of Haverhill homes still run 100-amp service, and some still carry Federal Pacific or Zinsco panels. We move you to 200-amp service so heat pumps, induction ranges, and chargers have room.
Panel UpgradesWhole-Home Rewiring
Pre-war houses here often hide knob-and-tube or early Romex behind plaster and lath. We replace it with modern grounded copper circuits, room by room, without gutting the place.
RewiringGenerator Installation
Nor'easters and ice storms take lines down across the valley most winters. A standby generator with an automatic transfer switch keeps the heat, the fridge, and the sump pump running.
GeneratorsEV Charger Installation
Level 2 charging for Tesla, Ford, Rivian, Hyundai, and the rest. We check your panel capacity first, then run the dedicated 240-volt circuit and file the Haverhill permit.
EV ChargersElectrical Repairs
Flickering lights, a breaker that keeps tripping, dead outlets, a panel that hums. We trace it back to the cause instead of swapping parts and hoping.
RepairsNew Construction Wiring
Rough-in through finish for new builds, additions, and gut renovations. We work off the GC's schedule and carry the permit and inspections through the city ourselves.
New ConstructionCommercial Electrical
Tenant fit-outs, LED lighting retrofits, added circuits, and code correction work for offices, retail, and restaurants downtown and out toward the industrial park.
Commercial WorkReady to Talk About Your Project?
Call and you will reach a real person, or send a message and we will follow up with answers instead of a sales pitch.
Why Does Haverhill's Housing Stock Matter to Your Electrician?
Haverhill has one of the most mixed building stocks in the Merrimack Valley, and the wiring tells you which decade you are standing in. Bradford is full of 1880s to 1920s Victorians and triple-deckers, many with original knob-and-tube still live in the attic. Downtown has mid-century commercial buildings where aluminum branch wiring was standard for a stretch of the 1960s and 70s. Ward Hill, Rosemont, and the streets around Kenoza Lake filled in between 1960 and 1985, which usually means early Romex, an undersized panel, and a breaker brand that has since been flagged.
Each era fails differently. Knob-and-tube has no ground and was never sized for a modern kitchen. Aluminum connections creep and loosen at the device, then heat up behind the plate. Federal Pacific and Zinsco breakers have a documented habit of not tripping when they should. Newer homes are usually sound but short on capacity once a heat pump or a charger goes in.
Knowing that before the first cover plate comes off changes the estimate and the plan. It is also why we look at the panel and the service entrance on almost every visit, even when you called about something else.
Haverhill Neighborhoods We Serve
- Bradford
- Downtown Haverhill
- Ward Hill
- Riverside
- Rocks Village
- Ayers Village
- Mount Washington
- Rosemont
What Affects the Cost of Electrical Work in Haverhill?
We do not publish prices, because the same job costs different amounts in different houses. What we can tell you is what moves the number, so you can read any estimate you get with better eyes.
Panel upgrades
Where the panel sits matters most. A panel in a dry basement close to the meter is straightforward. One in a finished room on the far side of the house means new service entrance cable, a new mast or riser, and a longer day. Whether the utility has to reset the drop, how many circuits get carried over, and whether the existing grounding electrode still meets code all move the total.
Rewiring
Access is the whole story. Fishing wire through plaster and lath in a Bradford Victorian takes far longer than drywall in a Ward Hill ranch, and finished ceilings under a second floor are slower again. Circuit count, the number of devices, and how much of the old knob-and-tube is still connected all factor in.
EV chargers and generators
On a charger, the distance from the panel to where the car parks and whether your panel has capacity are the two big ones. On a generator, it is the size of the unit, the pad or mount, the gas line run, and whether you want the whole house or a critical-load subpanel.
Estimates are free. We look at the job first, then put the scope and the number in writing before anything starts. If you want the detail on one service, the Haverhill panel upgrade page and the Haverhill rewiring page go deeper.
How Does Electrical Permitting Work in Haverhill?
Haverhill's Inspectional Services Department at 4 Summer Street takes the electrical permit application and schedules the inspection. Massachusetts requires a licensed electrician to pull the permit for any work beyond a basic fixture swap, and the city holds to that.
We file the permit, meet the inspector, and carry it through to sign-off. You do not need to go to city hall, chase the inspection, or read the code yourself. That happens on every Haverhill job we do, whether it is one circuit or a full rewire.
The paper trail matters at closing. An unpermitted panel or rewire surfaces when the buyer's attorney asks for records, and an insurer can lean on it after a claim. A permitted job leaves a record with the city showing the work was inspected and passed.
How Do You Check That a Haverhill Electrician Is Licensed?
Ask for the license number, then look it up yourself. Massachusetts electricians are licensed by the Board of State Examiners of Electricians. The state runs a public license lookup where you enter a name or a number and see whether the license is active. It takes about a minute.
Brenden Moore holds a master electrician license in Massachusetts (#22825), New Hampshire (#14511), and Maine (#MS60023064). Those numbers are printed on this page on purpose, so you can check them before you call rather than after the work is done.
Two more questions worth asking anyone who quotes your job. Do you carry liability insurance, and can I see the certificate? And are you pulling the permit, or am I? An electrician who wants to skip the permit is telling you something about how the rest of the job will go.
What Happens After You Call?
Three steps, no runaround, and nothing starts until you have the number in writing.
Tell us what is going on
Call or send a message with what you are seeing or what you want done. Photos of the panel help more than you would think.
We look at the job
Brenden walks the space, opens the panel, checks what feeds it, and explains what the work actually involves in plain language.
You get it in writing
Scope and price come to you in writing. Once you say go, we file the Haverhill permit and schedule the work around you.
Why Do Haverhill Homeowners Choose Moore Electric?
Most of our work comes from repeat calls and referrals, which only happens when the job holds up years later.
Licensed in Three States
Master electrician licenses in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The work meets code, passes inspection, and keeps your insurance valid.
Owner on Every Job
Brenden Moore is on site, not dispatching from an office. No subcontractors and no rotating crews, so you know who is in your house.
25+ Years of Experience
Two and a half decades of Merrimack Valley houses. Every wiring era, every panel brand, and the code revisions that came with them.
Clean Work, Every Time
Drop cloths down, work areas masked off, and the place swept before we leave. Customers mention it in reviews more than anything else.
Permits Pulled, Every Job
We file with Haverhill Inspectional Services and meet the inspector ourselves. The work is on record with the city, which matters at resale.
Family-Owned, Local Roots
Based in Plaistow, right across the state line. Asia runs the office, Brenden runs the truck, and our name is on both.
What Our Customers Say
"We recently purchased a home that required a complete second-floor renovation, and Moore Electric Inc. was outstanding from start to finish. The scope of work was extensive, including removing and replacing all old knob-and-tube wiring with new, fully code-compliant wiring, hardwiring new smoke detectors, and installing all new light fixtures and outlets throughout the space."
"Absolutely beautiful work done by Moore Electric. Beside installing some difficult pieces, they were extremely neat, organized and displayed great attention to the details. They installed a sub panel and updated old wiring as well. All workers were very respectful of our property and our time."
"Top notch service from Moore Electric. Brenden was professional, knowledgeable and efficient. I use him for both my home and business. Whenever a friend or family member needs electrical work done I always recommend Brenden."
Haverhill Electrical FAQs
Check three things. Is the service 100 amps or less, does it use fuses instead of breakers, and does the panel carry a Federal Pacific or Zinsco label. Any one of those is worth an evaluation. Breakers that trip under normal load, lights that dim when the dryer starts, and a panel with no spare slots are the everyday signs. We check capacity against what you actually run and tell you whether an upgrade is warranted. More on the Haverhill panel upgrade page.
There is no single number, and anyone quoting one over the phone is guessing. Cost tracks where the panel sits and how far it is from the meter. It also depends on whether the service entrance cable and mast get replaced, how many circuits carry over, and whether the grounding needs bringing up to code. We look at the panel first, then put a written number in front of you. Estimates are free.
For most work, yes. Massachusetts requires a licensed electrician to pull the permit for anything beyond a simple fixture swap. Haverhill's Inspectional Services Department at 4 Summer Street reviews the application and schedules the inspection. We handle the filing and meet the inspector on every job we do here.
Ask for the license number and look it up on the state's public license lookup, which is run through the Board of State Examiners of Electricians. It will show whether the license is active. Brenden Moore's numbers are MA #22825, NH #14511, and ME #MS60023064, listed here so you can verify before you call. Ask about liability insurance while you are at it.
It was safe for the loads of its era, but it has no ground wire and it was never sized for a modern kitchen or a home office. The insulation also gets brittle after eighty years, and burying it in blown-in attic insulation makes it worse. Many insurers will not write a policy on a house with live knob-and-tube. We can rewire your home in stages without tearing out every wall.
Flickering under load usually points to a loose connection, an overloaded circuit, or a failing breaker. A breaker that trips repeatedly is doing its job and telling you the circuit is carrying more than it should, or that there is a fault on the line. Either one is worth tracing rather than living with, because both can heat up a connection behind a wall. See the Haverhill electrical repair page.
Yes, Level 2 chargers for every make on the road. The first step is a capacity check, since most home chargers pull 40 to 60 amps and a lot of Haverhill panels do not have that to spare. If the panel needs upgrading we handle both, and we file the permit. Details on the Haverhill EV charger page.
It depends on what you want running when the power is out. A whole-home standby unit covers everything, including heat, air conditioning, and a well pump. A smaller unit tied to a critical-load subpanel covers the fridge, the furnace, the sump pump, and a few outlets. We calculate the load and size it to that. More on the Haverhill generator page.
Yes. Tenant fit-outs, lighting retrofits, added circuits, panel work, and code correction for offices, retail, and restaurants downtown and around the city. The commercial electrical page covers the scope in more detail.
Estimates are free, and Brenden is the one who comes out. He is the licensed master electrician on the job, not a salesperson passing you to a crew you have never met. You get the scope and the number in writing before any work starts.
Serving Haverhill and the Merrimack Valley
We are based in Plaistow, NH, right across the state line from Haverhill, and we work through northern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire, and southern Maine.
Massachusetts
Haverhill, Methuen, Groveland, Merrimac, Boxford, Newburyport, Amesbury, Salisbury, West Newbury, Georgetown, Rowley, Newbury, Ipswich
New Hampshire
Plaistow, Atkinson, Hampstead, Newton, Kingston, Danville, East Hampstead, Sandown, Exeter, Hampton, Seabrook
Southern Maine
Kittery, Eliot, South Berwick, York, Ogunquit, Wells, Berwick, North Berwick, Kennebunk
Haverhill, MA Service Area
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