Service calls and repairs
Dead circuits, tripping breakers, failed receptacles and switches, damaged wiring, water-damaged gear and equipment that stopped working. See electrical troubleshooting for the diagnostic side.
Service work, repairs and equipment power for businesses across Red Deer and Central Alberta — shops, warehouses, wash bays, rental yards, offices and light-industrial buildings. Owner-operated, so the electrician who takes the call is the one who shows up.
Most commercial calls are one of three things: something stopped working, something is being added or moved, or something needs to be brought up to a standard before it becomes a problem.
Dead circuits, tripping breakers, failed receptacles and switches, damaged wiring, water-damaged gear and equipment that stopped working. See electrical troubleshooting for the diagnostic side.
Bringing power to new or relocated machinery — compressors, hoists, presses, pumps, welders, ovens, conveyors, wash equipment. Disconnects, feeders, receptacles and hard connections sized for the load.
Panels, subpanels, transformers, disconnects and feeders. Load additions, circuit identification, panel schedules and small service upgrades. Covered further under panels and equipment power.
High-bay fixtures, LED retrofits, failed drivers, emergency and exit lighting, exterior and parking-area lighting, photocells and lighting controls. See commercial lighting.
Motor circuits, starters, overloads and VFDs on commercial equipment — from a rooftop unit to a wash-bay pump. See motors, controls and VFDs.
Control panels, relay logic, start-stop stations, float and pressure switches, and the interlocks that keep equipment from running when it should not. See electrical controls.
Lighting and receptacle changes for a new tenant or a reconfigured space, removing abandoned circuits, and relocating panels and devices as a layout changes.
Scheduled inspections of panels and motor-control gear, connection and breaker checks, thermal problem-spotting, circuit identification and panel-schedule updates — usually planned around a shutdown.
New circuits, outdoor receptacles, block heaters, EV charging circuits, sea-can and yard power, shop reconfigurations and one-off wiring work that does not fit a standard category.
The businesses that call most often have equipment they cannot afford to leave down, and no in-house electrician.
Machine power, three-phase distribution, high-bay lighting, crane and hoist circuits, dust collection and compressor power.
Hoists and lifts, bay lighting, compressed-air and wash equipment, welding receptacles and service-bay circuits.
Pump and motor circuits, heaters, controllers, vacuum equipment, bay lighting and gear that lives in a wet, corrosive environment.
High-bay lighting and retrofits, dock equipment, overhead-door circuits, heaters and yard lighting.
Generators, light towers, distribution panels, trailer and skid wiring and equipment that goes out on rent and comes back broken.
Multi-tenant buildings, common-area lighting, parking-lot lighting, panel work and the calls that come in from tenants.
The person you describe the problem to on the phone is the person standing in front of the panel. Nothing gets relayed through a dispatcher, and nobody arrives without context. For troubleshooting work in particular that matters — half the diagnosis is knowing what the equipment was doing when it failed, and that detail does not survive being passed along.
It also sets a real limit, and it is fair to be straight about it: Grasse Electric is one Red Seal Journeyman with service vehicles, a trailer and lift access. That suits service calls, troubleshooting, equipment power, lighting work and small-to-mid projects. A large new-construction build with a crew on site for months is not what this business is set up for, and you will be told that rather than strung along.
Most commercial work gets scheduled around production. If equipment has to stay running through the day, the work happens before or after it runs, or over a planned shutdown. If something is down right now, say so when you call — urgent calls get triaged differently from planned work, and after-hours service is available at an additional charge when the schedule allows it.
Defined work — a lighting retrofit, a machine connection, a panel addition — gets a quote. Troubleshooting does not, because the repair is unknown until the fault is found; you get the service-call rate up front and the repair options once the cause is identified. No work beyond the diagnosis goes ahead without you agreeing to it first.
Manufacturer experience includes drives such as Schneider Altivar, TECO and Lenze. Grasse Electric is an independent electrical service contractor, not an authorized distributor or factory service provider.
Not full new-construction builds with a crew on site for months — that is not what an owner-operated shop is set up for. Service work, troubleshooting, equipment power, lighting, panel work, tenant changes and small-to-mid projects are the sweet spot.
Yes, and most commercial work is planned that way. Early mornings, evenings and shutdown windows are normal. After-hours attracts an additional charge, and availability depends on what is already booked.
Yes — licensed electrical contractor, insured, and WCB covered. If your site requires documentation before a contractor comes on, ask and it can be provided.
No. Undocumented equipment, machines brought in from another site and panels that have been modified over the years are routine. Tracing and documenting what is actually there is part of the work.
Scheduled preventive maintenance is available — panel and motor-control inspections, connection checks, lighting, circuit identification and panel schedules. It is usually set up around your shutdown schedule rather than a fixed monthly contract.
Call for service, or send the details and photos and we’ll take a look.