Bothell West's Trusted Electrical Contractor

Licensed, bonded & insured. Serving Bothell West for over 20 years.

Reliable Power Solutions for Bothell West Properties

Providing electrical services to homes along the Bothell-Everett Highway corridor and surrounding West Bothell neighborhoods, we're experienced with the area's mature housing stock and its common upgrade needs.

Heavy seasonal rains and dense tree canopy increase the risk of storm damage to service lines — surge protection and backup generators are highly recommended.

Our crews work daily near Bothell-Everett Highway corridor and throughout the West Bothell neighborhood, so we know the local permit office, the common service-drop layouts, and the building stock — Bothell West features established single-family neighborhoods and condo developments. Every installation is tailored to the property's specific age, wiring type, and electrical load requirements — backed by full warranty and code-compliant permits.

Electrical Services in Bothell West

Panel Upgrades

200-amp service upgrades for modern electrical demands. We replace outdated panels with UL-listed equipment that meets current NEC and Washington State code.

Residential Wiring

Complete home wiring, rewiring, and circuit additions. All work is permitted, inspected, and warrantied for your protection.

Commercial Electrical

Tenant improvements, warehouse lighting, and commercial buildouts. Licensed for projects up to 600V with full permit management.

Safety Inspections

Comprehensive electrical system evaluations identifying code violations, fire hazards, and efficiency improvements.

Popular services in Bothell West: Generator Installation, Surge Protection, Panel Upgrades.

More About Electrical Services in Bothell West, WA

Your Trusted Bothell West Electrician

Bothell West — locally just "West Bothell" — is the King County side of Bothell, running west of I-405 along the Bothell-Everett Highway corridor toward the Kenmore line and north toward the Snohomish County boundary. Konsker Electric is fully licensed, bonded, and insured through Washington State L&I, and we've spent more than 20 years working West Bothell properties — the 1960s and 1970s ranches and split-levels in the established neighborhoods south of NE 195th Street, the 1980s and 1990s subdivisions climbing toward Norway Hill, the condo and townhome developments along the Bothell-Everett Highway, and the new mixed-use construction going up around the Bothell Landing and the UW Bothell / Cascadia College campus. Every job is permitted through the City of Bothell and inspected before final closeout.

West Bothell sits in PSE's service territory (unlike East Bothell, which is on Snohomish County PUD), and the long overhead distribution feeders running along Bothell Way NE and through the Sammamish River valley produce predictable storm outages every November and December. The Sammamish River corridor itself is a wind tunnel, and the wooded lots on Norway Hill and the slopes above Brickyard Road see frequent limb-on-line outages. Standby generators and whole-home Type 2 surge protection are standard recommendations on every panel-upgrade walkthrough we do here.

The original 1960s and 1970s housing stock in West Bothell almost universally started life on a 100-amp service, and the panel labels read like a checklist of equipment we're now actively replacing — Federal Pacific Stab-Lok, Zinsco, Pushmatic, and undersized GE TLM gear. We do a steady stream of 200-amp upgrades in these neighborhoods, frequently bundled with EV charger installs, surge protection, and the structured-wiring refresh that accompanies a kitchen or bath remodel.

Standby Generator Installation

Standard West Bothell generator install: Generac Guardian 18-22 kW or Kohler 20RESCL on a poured concrete pad, service-rated 200-amp automatic transfer switch, buried natural-gas line tied to the existing PSE meter (with PSE coordination on the meter sizing), and a load-managed setup so the generator carries HVAC, refrigeration, and home-office circuits without nuisance trips. We file the City of Bothell electrical permit, coordinate the PSE gas-service sizing, and run a full commissioning load test before handing the system over.

Whole-Home Surge Protection

Every panel upgrade and most generator installs in West Bothell include a Type 2 surge protective device installed at the main service — typically a Square D HEPD80 or Siemens FS140 wired into a dedicated 2-pole breaker. For sensitive electronics (AV racks, network gear, home-office equipment) we add Type 3 point-of-use protection at the receptacle. Layered Type 2 + Type 3 protection prevents the appliance and equipment damage that commonly follows a PSE feeder reclose after a storm event.

200-Amp Panel Upgrades & FPE/Zinsco Replacements

Standard scope: Square D QO 200-amp main breaker panel, copper bus, full AFCI/CAFCI on bedroom and living-area circuits, GFCI/CAFCI dual-function in kitchens and baths, Type 2 SPD at the service, and copper grounding electrode upgrade with driven ground rods and water-pipe bond. Where the existing mast, weatherhead, and meter base are still adequate we work around them; where they're not, we replace them as part of the same scope. PSE service disconnect and reconnect coordinated directly.

Schedule Your Free Estimate

Contact Konsker Electric today for a free estimate on any electrical project in West Bothell. Call (206) 260-1981 or request a quote online. We handle the City of Bothell permits, the PSE coordination, and the inspection — licensed, bonded, and insured. Serving West Bothell since 2003.

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