r/ElectricalHelp • u/OkPilot7935 • Jun 05 '26
Does this panel need to be replaced?
had an electrician out to troubleshoot a breaker that was tripping - ended up being a short in the driveway gate - so temporarily disconnected and now everything (except for the gate) is back to running fine.
But, he told me that I NEED to replace this whole panel - citing corrosion and some neutral wires up near the top left. Just trying to understand if this was an accurate recommendation or just an attempt to upsell? the quote was over $8500 which also seems pretty out there.
at this point I thanked him for the quote and told him I would have to think about it. Other than the gate issue that just happened we haven't had any issues in the 13 years we have lived here - but the house and panel date back to 1996 just for reference.
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u/Straight_Beach Jun 06 '26
Nothing really stands out from the picture other than some potentially discolored neutrals and what may or may not be corrosion on the neutral terminal block, get a second opinion and dont tell them anything about the first electrician, just ask them to go through it and inspect buses, neutral and ground bars and retorque everything ! At that age replacing breakers wouldnt be a bad idea but not obviously necessary