Licensed Electrician in Tampa, FL

Tips To Finding The Right Generator For You. How Titan sizes a whole-house standby generator: brand selection (Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, Champion), kW sizing for your home and AC count, fuel source (natural gas vs propane), placement setbacks from property lines, windows, doors, and electrical service, plus warranty length by brand.

In this video · 6 chapters ▼

1. 0:00 Picking the brand: Briggs, Kohler, or Champion
2. 0:29 Sizing for a ~2,000 sq ft home. 22 kW
3. 0:59 Sizing for larger homes. 26 kW
4. 1:28 Fuel source: natural gas vs. propane
5. 1:58 Placement: setbacks, panel distance, landscaping
6. 2:27 Warranties by brand. 5, 7, and 10 years

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Today I want to give you some tips on purchasing a whole-house generator. As you see behind me, we have a Briggs & Stratton whole-house generator. The first thing to think about is picking the type of generator and the brand. The type would be whole-house generator. The brand would be probably a Kohler, a Briggs & Stratton, or maybe a Champion generator. The next important tip on a generator is size. The sizing of the generator goes by the size of your house and how many fixtures you have, like air-conditioner units that need to be run off this whole-house generator. Generally speaking, if your house is around 2,000 square feet or smaller and you have one air-conditioner unit, you can probably do a 22 kW generator. If your house is larger, like 2,500, maybe two air-conditioner units, somewhere up to around 4,000 or 5,000 square feet, I would go with a unit like this one, which is a 26 kW. The next important tip you want to consider is the fuel source. Generators usually run on propane or natural gas. If your home has a meter on the side of the house, you have gas coming to the house from the municipality. That's a great way to run your generator. Off of that natural gas. If you don't have natural gas, you would need to get a propane generator. One of the next important features is where the generator is going to be placed. Generally speaking, you'll be 3 ft off any property line minimum. Also, we have to figure in windows and doors. You need to be 5 ft off any windows and doors on your house. Your generator also needs to be fairly close to your electrical service because we're going to be running a service line to the generator over to your electrical panel. Plants and landscaping can also factor into your generator placement. If you have plants in front of the generator, that would be a problem if it's not easy to access, particularly on the exhaust side of the generator. They probably would die if they're closer than 5 ft to the exhaust side. When you're considering generator brands, look at the warranties. Briggs & Stratton has a 7-year warranty, Kohler has a 5-year, and a Champion generator has a 10-year warranty. For more information on generators, go to titanplumbingandelectric.com.

Your Licensed Electrician in Tampa Since 1994

When you need an electrician in Tampa, you want one who treats your home's wiring as the safety system it is, quotes the work before starting, and leaves everything to code. Titan Plumbing & Electric has been that electrician for Tampa Bay since 1994. We are a family-owned, licensed electrical contractor offering same-day service, flat-rate pricing, and a 100% satisfaction guarantee on every call.

Search "electricians in Tampa FL" and you get a wall of names with no way to tell the careful ones from the rest. What sets Titan apart is straightforward: real licensed technicians (never subcontractors), trucks stocked to finish on the first visit, thermal-imaging diagnostics, and three Florida licenses under one roof. That matters because a panel upgrade or a generator install often touches electrical, gas, and permitting at once, and one accountable company keeps the project clean.

Tampa is also the lightning-strike capital of the United States, with thousands of cloud-to-ground strikes across Hillsborough County every storm season. That is why we install whole-house surge protection at the panel as a default, not an afterthought, and why we replace the panel brands documented as fire risks (Federal Pacific Stab-Lok, Zinsco, Challenger) with modern Square D, Eaton, and Siemens equipment, properly grounded, labeled, and inspected.

Electrical Services We Offer in Tampa

Our most-requested work is electrical panel upgrades, EV charger installation, whole-house standby generators, wiring repair, and same-day emergency electrical service. The full menu of Tampa electrical services is below.

• Emergency Electrical Services
• Wiring Repair & Replacement
• Breaker Panel Repair & Replacement
• GFCI Outlets & Switch Replacement
• Indoor Lighting Installation
• Outdoor Lighting Installation
• Whole-House Surge Protector
• Whole-House Electrical Safety Inspection
• Smoke Detector Installation
• EV Charger Installation
• Pool & Hot Tub Wiring
• Standby Generator Installation
• Generator Service & Repair
• Commercial Electrician

Emergency & Same-Day Electrical in Tampa

A burning smell from an outlet, a panel too hot to touch, or sparks when you plug something in are not problems that wait for a weekday appointment. When you need an emergency electrician in Tampa, we dispatch fast across Tampa Bay Monday through Saturday, diagnose with a thermal camera, and isolate the danger before quoting a code-correct repair. If you ever see flames or smell heavy smoke, get out and call 911 first, then call us.

Because we run these calls constantly, most everyday electrical work can also be handled same-day or next-day, with the same flat-rate pricing and Titan warranty whether it is a routine install or an after-hours emergency.

When to Call an Electrician in Tampa

These are the warning signs that mean it is time to call a licensed electrician rather than wait:

• Breakers that trip again and again
• Flickering or dimming lights
• A burning smell from outlets or the panel
• Outlets warm to the touch or sparking
• Buzzing from the panel or switches
• Two-prong, ungrounded outlets

Repeated breaker trips and warm panels often trace back to an overloaded or recalled electrical panel, while flickering lights and warm outlets can point to aging wiring that needs attention. A quick safety inspection maps the weak points before they become an emergency.

Residential & Commercial Electrical

We are a residential electrician for Tampa homes and a commercial electrician for restaurants, retail, offices, and multifamily properties. As a licensed electrical contractor, we handle build-outs, service and panel upgrades, lighting retrofits, and code corrections, permitted and inspected, on a schedule that works around your hours so a project never costs you a day of business.

Why We're the Electrical Company Tampa Trusts

Tampa has no shortage of electrical companies, but few have served the same community for three decades with a 4.7-star rating across 328 reviews. Homeowners and businesses call us the best electrician in Tampa for a few simple reasons:

• Family-owned and Tampa-based since 1994
• Licensed and insured (EC13012958)
• Real Titan techs, never subcontractors
• Thermal imaging and code-correct repairs
• Flat-rate pricing quoted before work starts
• 100% satisfaction guarantee

What to Expect When You Call Titan

No runaround, no hourly meter, no pressure. Here is exactly how a call goes from the first ring to a job done right:

1. 1

   Call or book online. A real Tampa dispatcher answers and a licensed electrician calls you back with an arrival window.

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   On-site diagnosis. We pinpoint the fault with thermal imaging and panel diagnostics, not guesswork.

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   Flat-rate quote. You see the price before any work starts and approve it first. Coupons and financing available.

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   Code-correct fix, guaranteed. We complete the work to current Florida code, pull permits when required, and back it with our 100% satisfaction guarantee.

Tampa Electrical Contractors: What License EC13012958 Covers

In Florida, "contractor" is a legal category, not a marketing word. An electrician holds a personal certification to perform the work. An electrical contractor holds a state license that lets the company pull permits, carry liability coverage, employ electricians, and answer to the building department when an inspector red-tags a job. Titan holds Florida electrical contractor license EC13012958, which is what lets us permit a service panel replacement in Hillsborough County, coordinate the utility disconnect and reconnect, and put our license number on the final inspection.

The license also sets the ceiling on what a company can legally take on. Meter can repairs, standby generator installations, pool and spa circuits, and any load calculation that changes your service size require a permit and an inspection across most of Tampa Bay. When a bidder offers to skip that step to save you money, the savings tend to reappear as a failed inspection, a stalled home sale, or an insurance denial.

Two more licenses sit alongside the electrical one. We are also a licensed plumbing contractor (CFC1430231) and a certified general contractor (CBC057910). A generator install shows why that matters. The pad, the gas line, the transfer switch, and the permit package pull in three trades and three sets of paperwork, and we handle all of it in-house, so nobody stands around waiting on a sub who did not show.

Electrical Companies in Tampa: How Titan Is Built

Titan has been family-owned since 1994, at the same phone number, (813) 933-8010, with a Tampa dispatcher answering it. Three decades in one market means our technicians already know the panel brands in each neighborhood and the people at the county permit desk. Our Google rating is 4.7 stars across roughly 316 reviews.

We are mid-sized by choice: big enough to run several crews and keep breakers, fixtures, and common parts on the trucks so most calls finish on the first visit, small enough that the owner still reads every review. The technician who knocks on your door is a Titan employee. We do not hand your job to a subcontractor and hope it comes back clean.

Pricing is flat-rate and quoted before the first tool comes out, so you approve a number and it stays that number. Financing and coupons apply to bigger jobs like rewiring an older house or adding a Level 2 charger in the garage, and everything we install carries our 100% satisfaction guarantee.

Electricians in Tampa, Florida and the Areas We Cover

Our electricians work across Tampa and the surrounding communities: South Tampa, Hyde Park, Seminole Heights, Ybor City, Davis Islands, Carrollwood, Westchase, Town 'n' Country, Temple Terrace, New Tampa, Lutz, Brandon, Riverview, and Apollo Beach. The housing stock changes a lot between those ZIP codes, and so does the work.

In the bungalows around Seminole Heights and Hyde Park we still find cloth-insulated branch circuits, ungrounded two-prong outlets, and 60-amp services feeding a house that now runs two AC units and a home office. Carrollwood and Town 'n' Country homes from the late seventies bring aluminum branch wiring and recalled panels. Newer construction in Westchase and New Tampa rarely has a safety problem, but it runs out of capacity fast once a charger, a hot tub, or a generator that needs annual servicing gets added to the load.

Storm season hits every one of those neighborhoods the same way. Hillsborough County takes more lightning than almost anywhere in the country, so we install panel-mounted surge protection on most jobs and get a lot of after-hours calls in July and August for half-lost power, buzzing panels, and burned neutral connections. If you are not sure where your home stands, a documented electrical inspection is the cheapest way to find out.

Businesses, Landlords, and Property Managers

A good share of our week is work for Tampa businesses: restaurant kitchens, dental and medical offices, retail build-outs, warehouses, and multifamily buildings. Property managers tend to call us because one licensed company can cover the electrical, plumbing, and general contracting scopes on a unit turn, and because we schedule around business hours instead of shutting a dining room down at noon.

For repeat clients we keep a record of what is on site: panel schedules, breaker types, transfer switch models, and past corrections. When a circuit trips before opening, that history means the technician arrives knowing where to look instead of tracing the building from scratch. Call (813) 933-8010 to get a walkthrough of your property on file before you need it.