Electrical Panel Upgrades in Carol Stream, IL

Carol Stream was platted starting in 1957 and incorporated in 1959, and its population exploded from 836 residents in 1960 to more than 31,000 by 1990. That means a large share of the village's original housing was built in the 1960s and 1970s, wired for a much smaller electrical load than today's households pull. Meck Electric upgrades electrical panels in Carol Stream homes to 200A or higher, so a house from that first wave of construction can actually carry what it runs now. A panel from the original build is worth checking before it becomes the reason for a bigger problem.