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Electrical Safety Inspections
Heat and smell are the two symptoms that should never wait. An inspector’s list is not an opinion, and the fastest way through it is to correct the items and get them re-inspected.
Electrical Safety Inspections in O’Fallon and across St. Charles, St. Louis, Lincoln and Warren counties.
No dispatcher and no commissioned salesman. Seventeen years in the trade, four of them on his own.
5.0 from 94 Google reviews · BBB A+ since 2022
What this work actually involves
Corrections are permitted where the municipality requires it and re-inspected so the file actually closes.
Clint measures before he quotes. The reading comes first, then what it means, then the one repair that solves it. If the honest answer is smaller than what you called about, that is the answer you get, even when the bigger job pays better.
Work that needs a permit gets one, and work that needs an inspection is left ready for it. One person does the diagnosis and the repair, so nothing is lost between a salesman and a technician.
When people call about this
- Lights flickering on unrelated circuits
- An inspection report before a closing
- Half the house without power
- Warm cover plates
Why people choose Clint for it
The diagnosis and the repair are the same person’s work, which is why the explanation you get is first-hand rather than relayed.
Five point zero from 94 Google reviews, A+ with the BBB since December 2022, and seventeen years in the trade behind it.
Where this is done
A roughly fifty mile working radius from O’Fallon, covering thirty municipalities across five jurisdictions in the St. Louis metro.
See the full service area, or the rest of our safety & code work.
How a fault is actually found
Diagnosis is a process of division. Measure at the panel, measure at the point of failure, then split the circuit until the fault is on one side of the split.
That is slower to describe than swapping parts and much faster in practice, because it ends with an answer instead of a list of things that were not the problem.
Why repeated resets make things worse
A breaker that keeps being reset onto a fault is being asked to interrupt the same fault repeatedly, which degrades its contacts, and the fault itself is arcing each time. Both ends get worse.
The right move after a second trip is to stop resetting and find out why. That is a measurement, and it is usually quick.
What an inspection covers and what you get
Grounding and bonding, protection in wet locations, panel condition with the cover off, terminations at large loads, device condition, and the specific hazards the housing stock here produces: aluminum branch wiring, knob-and-tube, obsolete panels.
You get a written list with readings, separated into what is a hazard, what is a code item, and what is simply old and working. Buyers, insurers and inspectors all ask for different ones.
Why the diagnosis comes before the quote
A symptom has several possible causes with very different prices, and the only thing that separates them is a measurement. Quoting the expensive one covers the risk; quoting the cheap one and finding the expensive one mid-job is worse.
So the reading happens first, you are told what it says, and then the work is scoped to it. Where the honest answer is the small repair, that is the answer you get, even when the larger job pays better.
What makes this harder in older housing stock
Across this metro the recurring complications are predictable: no equipment ground, aluminum branch wiring from the mid-seventies, knob-and-tube buried in blown-in insulation, panels that have been added to several times, and splices in places the code has not allowed for decades.
Those turn a simple job into a decision about scope. The decision gets put to you with the reading behind it rather than made quietly and billed.
“Infinity came out for same day service after an electric line had been cut in my yard. He was able to locate and correct it very quickly, eliminating any risk of injury or additional power outage.”
Melissa Johnson · Google review
How the visit goes
- The call
What you are seeing, smelling or hearing, and when it started. Heat and smell move you up the day.
- The measurement
Reproduce the symptom, then divide the circuit until the fault is on one side of the split. Measurement at the panel and at the point of failure.
- The finding
What it was, with the reading. Including when the answer is one loose connection rather than the rewire you were braced for.
- The work
Correction scoped to the finding, permitted and re-inspected where the municipality requires it, and documentation you can hand to an inspector or a buyer.
What the job includes
- Reproducing the symptom before anything is replaced
- Measurement at the panel and at the fault
- A plain-words finding with the number that supports it
- Correction scoped to the finding, nothing bundled
- Permit and re-inspection where a municipality requires it
- Documentation you can hand to an inspector or a buyer
What it does not
- Replacing parts that test sound
- Opinions where a measurement is possible
- Work outside electrical, though we will say who to call
Plumbing, HVAC and structural work get a pointer to someone who does them properly. There is a gallery of finished jobs, and a form if that is easier than calling.
Related safety & code work
Electrical Safety Inspections across the metro
Where the house is changes what the work involves. What an inspector looks at first differs by address here, which shapes the job as much as the house does.
St. Louis City
Fishing a wall is harder here and sometimes not possible, so the honest answer about opening one comes before the work rather than during it.
Lincoln County
Outages last longer this far from town, which changes the backup conversation from comfort to the pump.
Warren County
Which of those you have changes the entire conversation, so the first visit establishes what is actually there rather than assuming from the address.
Thirty towns across five jurisdictions, all on the service areas page.
Questions worth asking first.
There is a burning smell near my panel. What should I do?
Treat that as urgent. Turn off what you safely can and call. Heat and smell at a panel or outlet are the two symptoms that should never wait for a scheduled visit.
Can you handle the items on my inspection report?
Yes. Send the report. The items get corrected, permitted where the municipality requires it, and re-inspected so the file closes before your closing date.
My lights flicker across the whole house. Is that urgent?
Potentially. A whole-house flicker, especially when a large motor starts, can mean a failing service neutral, which can damage equipment. That gets measured at the panel before anything inside is touched.
What do your reviews say?
5.0 from 94 Google reviews, and A+ accreditation with the BBB held since 2022. The reviews are on the reviews page with links to where each was posted.
Who actually shows up?
Clint Ehman. Infinity Electric is owner-operated, so the person who answers the phone is the person who measures your panel and pulls the permit. There is no dispatcher and no commissioned salesman.
Tell him what the house is doing.
You will get a reading and a straight answer about what it means, including the answer where the fix is small. Electrical Safety Inspections in O’Fallon and across the metro.
Hours are Mon-Thu 8-5, Fri 8-4, Sat 10-3 · or type it out.