Most of us don't think about what's happening behind our drywall until a breaker starts tripping or an outlet gets warm, and by then the problem has usually been building for years. Loose connections, overworked circuits, and a power strip doing the job of a real outlet can sit quietly in a house for a long time before anything goes wrong. Cox Electric LLC takes the guesswork out of it with a whole-home electrical safety evaluation for homeowners in and around Driggs, ID, so you know the condition of your system before it turns into a repair bill or something worse.
Cox Electric LLC is a licensed electrical contractor based in Driggs, ID, owned and run by Journeyman Electrician Jace Cox. Along with service upgrades, residential and commercial electrical work, and emergency repairs, we offer a flat $67 safety evaluation that includes a torque test of every connection in your panel and a walk-through of your home for hazards such as extension cord use, dim lighting, and unsafe devices. You get a clear list of anything we find, along with pricing to fix it.
Electrical trouble rarely announces itself. A breaker that trips now and then, lights that dim when the dryer kicks on, or an outlet that feels warm when you unplug something are all early signals, and plenty of homes give off no signals at all until the damage is done.
The cause usually comes down to connections working loose and circuits carrying more than anyone planned for. Wire expands and contracts every time it heats up and cools down, which slowly backs screws off their proper tightness inside the panel. Loose connections build heat, heat scorches insulation, and that's how a small oversight turns into a fire hazard. Add that older homes were wired for a fraction of today's electrical load, and that newer homes sometimes leave the builder with mistakes nobody caught, so you can see why age alone tells you very little.
Fixing it starts with looking. We open your panel and torque every connection to spec, checking for heat damage, corrosion, double-tapped breakers, and anything else that shouldn't be there. Then we walk the house with you, noting extension cords doing permanent work, lighting that's pulling more than it should, aging or damaged devices, and circuits carrying too much. We put anything worth addressing on a written list and price it out for you, then you decide what happens next.
The result is a house you actually understand. We catch problems while they're still cheap to fix, you stop wondering whether that flicker means something, and the same person who found the issue handles the repair. For $67, that's a pretty good trade.
Here's a closer look at what we cover when we come out to your place.
Our whole-home electrical safety evaluation runs a flat $67, and you'll know that before we ever pull into your driveway. That covers the panel work, the walk-through, and the quotes on anything we turn up.
Beyond the panel, we walk through your home looking for the everyday things that quietly create risk. Extension cords running under rugs, dim or buzzing lighting, cracked outlets, missing covers, and older devices past their prime all get our attention. You'll hear exactly why each one matters, rather than a checklist with no explanation.
Your electrical panel does the heavy lifting for the whole house, so we start there. We check and tighten each connection to the manufacturer's specifications because loose terminals generate heat, and heat can turn a minor issue into a serious one. While we're in there, we also look for scorching, corrosion, and breakers that aren't doing their job.
Plenty of people assume this is an old-house service, and that's only half right. In practice, we find issues in brand-new construction just as often as we do in homes built decades ago, since a rushed install or a missed torque spec doesn't care how fresh the paint is. No matter what year your house was built, the evaluation gives you a real answer.
Everything we spot comes back to you as a written quote with up-front pricing, no hourly surprises, and no pressure to book anything on the spot. Some people fix one thing and wait on the rest, and that's completely fine. Our job is to hand you good information and let you set the pace.
Homes and businesses throughout Teton County call us for electrical services covering the full range, from repairs and dedicated circuits to full wiring and rewiring jobs, including aluminum rewiring. Damaged breakers and switches, smoke alarms past their expiration date, and other issues nobody can track down all end up on our list, too.
Adding a hot tub, a sauna, an electric vehicle charger, or a dedicated heater usually means your panel needs to catch up first, and that's where our electrical service upgrades come in. We also run new service to metal buildings, shops, and new structures, and we handle dedicated circuits for the stuff that deserves its own.
Blackouts, sudden outages, and a burning smell drifting out of a wall all mean you need an emergency electrician sooner rather than later. Winter is when most of these calls come in around here, so we keep the phone on and show up ready to diagnose the real cause rather than guess.
From landscape lighting and low-voltage runs to cabinet lighting and recessed cans, our lighting installation work changes how a space feels. Businesses lean on us for parking lot lighting and commercial fixture service, keeping their lots bright and their buildings easy to find after dark.
As a Generac installer, we handle generator installation from the initial assessment of your setup through the final hookup, so your lights stay on when the grid goes out. Manual transfer switches are where we really shine, and we'll walk you through how yours works before we leave.
Ice damming does real damage, prying at gutters, working under siding, and letting water find its way into your roof paper and attic. Our heat trace systems use heated tape and cabling in your gutters to keep the melt moving and prevent it from freezing in place. Installing it before the snow flies beats dealing with the water stains later.
There's no shortage of electricians out there, so here's what keeps our neighbors calling us back.
Electrical trouble has a talent for showing up at the worst possible moment, so we answer emergency calls around the clock and get your power back on fast.
Military members, first responders, teachers, and seniors all get a discount from us because giving back to the people who look after this community feels like the right thing to do.
Estimates cost you nothing, and you'll know the number before any work starts.
Our farmer mentality means eye contact, straight answers, and an explanation of your electrical system in language that actually makes sense.
As a licensed Journeyman Electrician and electrical contractor, we do every job ourselves and hold the work to the standard we'd want in our own homes.
An inspection on its own doesn't require a permit, since no one opens circuits or changes wiring during the visit. Permits come into play once repairs start, and work like a panel replacement or new circuits typically requires one to be pulled through the Idaho Division of Building Safety. Any licensed electrician handles that paperwork as part of the job.
Temperature swings in Teton Valley cause wire to expand and contract all winter long, slowly loosening connections inside your panel and creating heat where it doesn't belong. Space heaters, heat tape, engine block heaters, and holiday lighting pile onto circuits that were never sized for that kind of load. Electrical calls often spike around here between December and February for exactly those reasons.
Every three to five years works well for most homes, and once a decade is the bare minimum for a house that hasn't had one in a long time. Move the timeline up if you just bought the place, finished a remodel, added a hot tub or electric vehicle charger, or live somewhere the wiring predates the 1980s. Buying a home is the single best moment to get one done.
Breakers that trip repeatedly, lights that dim when an appliance kicks on, outlets or switch plates that feel warm, and any burning smell near a wall all point to trouble worth investigating. Two-prong outlets, scorch marks, buzzing sounds, and an extension cord running something permanently belong on that list too. A burning smell or a hot outlet deserves a call right away rather than a wait-and-see approach.
A proper evaluation starts at the panel, where the electrician torques every connection to the manufacturer's specifications and looks for heat damage, corrosion, and breakers that aren't performing properly. From there, the walk-through covers outlets, switches, lighting, smoke alarms, extension cord use, and any device that's aged past its useful life. You should walk away with a written list of findings and pricing for the repairs.
FAQs reviewed by Jace Cox, owner of Cox Electric LLC, a local electrician.
Address: Driggs, ID 83422
Phone: 208-807-0227
Business Hours:
Mon - Fri: 07:00 AM to 07:00 PM
Sat-Sun: Closed
Emergency After Hours Service Available