SAFETY INSPECTION
Targeted safety check focused on fire, shock, and code-deficiency risks. Faster than a whole-home inspection, output is the same: a written report.
Keil Electric performs targeted electrical safety inspections across San Diego County and the Austin metro. We focus on the highest-risk failure modes: panel condition, GFCI coverage, AFCI coverage, grounding, and visible wiring damage. Output is a written findings report.
Same scope on either side. Pick the shop that covers your area and we will route you to the right crew.
Panel condition: brand recall risk (FPE Stab-Lok, Zinsco), heat damage, loose connections. Branch circuit grounding and bonding. GFCI coverage in kitchens, baths, garages, outdoors, and near water. AFCI coverage on bedroom and living-area circuits. Visible wiring damage and aged-insulation indicators.
You want a safety check, not a full assessment. You suspect specific issues (recurring trips, scorched outlets, recent renovation by a non-licensed contractor). Your insurance asked for a safety verification. You want a baseline before doing electrical work.
Same format as the whole-home report but scoped to safety findings. Each finding includes severity (immediate-action, near-term, monitor), photo, code reference where applicable, and ballpark remediation cost.
Master arrives, walks the panel and the major safety-risk areas.
Panel inspection, GFCI/AFCI mapping, grounding check, visible wiring assessment.
For active hazards we identify, we offer to address on the same visit if scope and parts allow.
PDF report delivered within 1-2 business days.
Not every job requires a permit. When the local AHJ requires one, we pull it, schedule the inspection, and stay with the job until it passes. No paperwork on you.
Written warranty: 5-year on outlets, fixtures, and EV chargers; 10-year on wire and breakers; lifetime on panelboxes and surge protection. Parts and labor. Transfers with the home.
Safety inspections often reveal active hazards. We flag those with immediate attention recommendations and offer to address on the same visit.
Real work from our San Diego and Austin shops. Same standards, same warranty, every job.
For electrical safety inspection, here's the honest comparison. We'd tell you the same thing if we weren't trying to win the job.
Most electrical safety inspection calls start when the homeowner is planning ahead: a renovation, an addition, an EV charger, a generator, a panel upgrade, or any project where the existing electrical needs to be sized correctly for the new load. The earlier we walk the property, the cleaner the project sequencing. Bringing us in before the drywall closes saves rework. Bringing us in before the contract is signed with the GC saves scope confusion. We are happy to walk a property at the planning stage even if the install is still months out.
A walk of the property with attention to the panel (age, capacity, available breaker space), conduit accessibility, attic / crawlspace conditions, and the load picture (current loads + planned future loads). For installs that touch the service drop, we factor utility coordination from the start. The estimate we leave with is fixed for the scope as walked. Change orders only happen for genuinely new findings during the work, you hear about them before we proceed.
An electrical safety inspection is a focused visit. It does not catalog every device or layout consideration. It targets the failure modes that cause fires, shocks, and code-compliance issues, and produces a documented baseline. We do these for buyers concerned about an older home, for owners after a renovation by an unknown contractor, and for insurance carriers who want a verified safety baseline.
Most safety inspection findings fall into a small set of patterns that we see across thousands of homes. Federal Pacific or Zinsco panels (recall panels with documented failure rates), aluminum branch wiring (1965-1973 builds with known oxidation issues at terminations), backstabbed outlets in 1990s-2000s construction (push-in connections that loosen with thermal cycling), missing or non-functional GFCI protection in wet areas (kitchens, baths, garages, exterior outlets), missing or non-functional AFCI protection in bedrooms (current code requires it on most living-area circuits), ungrounded two-prong outlets in older homes (a real shock hazard for any modern device), and double-tapped breakers (two conductors on a single breaker, a common DIY-electrician mistake). We rate each finding by severity (immediate hazard, code-compliance, advisory) and walk through the photos and notes with you on the visit so you understand which ones matter.
The deliverable is a written PDF that lists each finding with a photo, the affected location, the severity rating, the recommended remediation, and the typical cost band for the fix. The report is yours to use however you want: file it for your records, send it to your insurance carrier (insurers often request a documented inspection after a claim or before issuing a policy on an older home), or share it with a buyer or seller during a real-estate transaction. We do not push you to schedule the remediation work with us. If a finding is urgent we tell you on the visit and offer same-day or next-day capacity, but most findings are non-urgent and you can take the report and decide on your own timeline.
The whole-home inspection covers everything electrical (devices, fixtures, layout, code coverage). The safety inspection focuses on the highest-risk failure modes (panel, grounding, GFCI, AFCI, wire condition). It is faster and lower cost.
Typically 60 to 90 minutes on site, plus report time. Larger homes take longer.
Yes. Code violations are flagged with the relevant code reference. Some are grandfathered (legal because of when they were installed). We note both.
We flag it clearly, recommend immediate action, and offer to address on the same visit if scope allows. Critical hazards (active arcing, scorching, ground faults) get prioritized.
Most carriers accept a licensed-electrician-signed safety inspection report. We format the report to be insurance-ready.
A licensed electrician runs a targeted safety check and delivers a written report with prioritized fixes.
