RSB Electrical has worked Tempe from our Mesa base since 2001: rewiring and aluminum-era repairs done without scare tactics, troubleshooting that ends mysteries other shops dodge, rental-turn electrical for the landlords who keep this college town housed, and a 24/7 emergency line where a real person answers. Free estimates, written quotes the next day honored for 30 days, one-year warranty on labor and materials.
Old wiring deserves
honesty, not theater
Tempe homeowners have heard every scare script in the trade: the sharp intake of breath at the panel, the this-whole-house-could-go speech, the quote that assumes fear does the selling. We work the opposite way, and four decades in mid-century houses is why we can afford to: assess first, explain in plain English, and separate what is genuinely unsafe from what is merely old. Some 1965 wiring needs replacing this month; some needs a few corrections and a decade of peace. The house decides, not the sales target.
Sixty Years of Wiring, Judged in Public
Old-house work is where an electrician’s reputation gets earned or lost, because the customer can tell whether you respected the house. The live Google reviews on this page are that verdict, delivered by Valley homeowners in their own words, updated as they write them, and unedited by us.
Two ways to hire a Tempe electrician
Across Tempe, Maple-Ash
to the lake
The trucks work all of it: the historic streets around Maple-Ash and downtown, the mid-century neighborhoods that ring the university, the family blocks of south Tempe, the Mill Avenue business district, and the newer builds along the lake. In a city this compact, twenty-five years of jobs means very few streets we have not already wired something on.
Tempe questions, answered straight
Response times, aluminum wiring, rental turns, EV chargers, plaster ceilings, permits, and what a rewire costs in this city.
1.How fast can you get to Tempe?
Quickly, it borders our Mesa base. Scheduled workbooks fast, and true emergencies typically beat our two-hour Valley benchmark here.
2.My Tempe house was built in 1972. Do I have aluminum wiring?
You are in the window, so it is worth answering properly: a short inspection confirms it either way. If it is aluminum, you get the honest menu, from connection remediation to full rewire, with no scare theater attached.
3.Do you work with property managers on rental turns?
Yes, deliberately: between-tenant electrical, inspection corrections, detector packages, and clean documentation, scheduled around move-out windows. Ask Sharee about standing arrangements for multi-property portfolios.
4.Can my older panel handle an EV charger?
The load calculation answers that, not optimism: some Tempe panels take a charger gracefully, some need rebalancing, and some are the honest bottleneck. You hear about it before anything is sold.
5.Is rewiring my whole house as disruptive as it sounds?
Less than folklore says: we rewire room by room, walls patched behind us, the house livable throughout. The Tempe ranch layout is actually one of the friendlier floor plans for it.
6.What does it cost to rewire a Tempe house?
Honestly, it depends on square footage, attic access, and how much of the original wiring has already been touched, which is why we do not publish prices. The estimate is free, the written quote arrives the next day and holds 30 days, and room-by-room scheduling means you live at home through the whole project.
7.Can you update the lighting without destroying my plaster ceilings?
Yes, that is the craft: fishing wire through mid-century framing, choosing fixtures and housings that suit original ceilings, and cutting only what the plan requires, patched properly behind us. Plaster deserves an electrician who has met it before.
8.Do you work with Tempe HOAs and condo boards?
Yes, both sides of that work: unit-level electrical for owners and common-area lighting and maintenance for the boards, with the documentation and insurance certificates property managers ask for before anyone touches a shared wall.
9.Do you pull City of Tempe permits?
Yes, Sharee handles permits, and our work welcomes the inspector. Older-home corrections in particular deserve paper trails, and we build them.
10.Is the 24/7 emergency line real in Tempe?
Completely: a real on-call electrician answers around the clock, and Tempe is minutes from base. Overtime rates after 5 p.m. and on weekends are quoted before we dispatch.
