Bayshore and Monmouth: (732) 585-6560. Somerset, Union and Hunterdon: (908) 287-2187. Both offices are staffed around the clock. You get a person, not an answering service that takes a message and has someone call you back Monday morning.
Spartan Home Pros is a licensed New Jersey electrical contractor, NJ Electrical Contractor Bus. Permit #34EB01810700, fully insured. After-hours emergency calls are a flat $389.99 covering the diagnostic and a quick fix, and you get that number before a truck leaves the shop. No hourly meter running while we hunt.
Call now, or wait until morning?
Not everything electrical is an emergency, and an after-hours call costs more than the same visit at 9am. We would rather tell you that on the phone than send a truck you did not need.
Call now — do not wait
- You smell burning plastic, hot varnish or an acrid electrical smell anywhere in the house
- An outlet, switch, or the panel is scorched, discolored, or warm to the touch
- You see sparks or sparking — at a outlet, a fixture, or inside the panel
- There is buzzing, crackling or humming coming from the panel
- Water is near, on, or inside the panel, or the meter and main power feed are wet or damaged
- Storm, tree or vehicle damage has pulled the service mast, weatherhead or drop away from the house
- Half the house is dim and half unusually bright, or lights surge when appliances cycle — this is a lost neutral wire and it damages electronics fast
- Anyone has taken a shock from a fixture, an appliance, or a faucet
- The house is dark, the neighbors have power, and it is not simply a tripped main
If a burning smell is strong, the panel is sparking, or there is smoke, call 911 and the fire department first. We will work behind them.
This can wait for normal hours
- One dead outlet or switch, with nothing hot, buzzing or discolored
- A breaker that trips now and then and resets normally
- Lights flickering in a single room, no burning smell
- An outlet with a reset button that will not reset
- One appliance without power
- You want a panel looked at, evaluated, or quoted
During normal business hours our minimum service call is $229.99 and includes one basic repair such as an outlet or switch replacement. A diagnostic visit that needs circuit tracing and testing runs $259.99. Waiting until the morning saves you at least $100, and we will tell you when waiting is the right call.
One thing worth knowing before you call
If the damage is on the utility side — the drop from the pole to your weatherhead, or the meter itself — JCP&L or PSE&G has to de-energize the service before any electrician can legally touch it. Most of Central New Jersey is JCP&L; East Brunswick, Bridgewater and a few others are PSE&G. We will tell you that on the phone rather than charging you for a visit to find it out. When it is our side of the weatherhead, we handle the repair and coordinate the reconnect.
What happens when you call
- A person answers. Day, night, weekend, holiday.
- We triage over the phone. Sometimes that means walking you to the panel to shut one circuit off and telling you it can safely hold until morning. That call costs you nothing.
- You get a flat price before we start. Not an hourly rate that grows while you watch it.
- We make it safe first, then repair. Isolating a failed circuit and restoring the rest of the house is often the right move at 2am, with the full repair done properly in daylight.
- Permits where the work requires them. We file the application. The township bills the fee directly to you, because every township charges differently and we are not marking it up.
We encourage the inspection on any major work. It is proof the job was done to code, and we are never shy about it. Be careful with any contractor who would rather not pull the permit.
What we handle on emergency calls
Burning smells and overheated connections
Loose neutral wires, outlets wired the quick way instead of the right way, undersized wires and failing breakers all announce themselves by smell before they announce themselves any other way. We find the connection, not just the room.
Panel and main breaker failures
Main breakers that will not hold, main bar inside the panel damage, and the two panel brands that fail dangerously often in New Jersey housing stock — Federal Pacific Stab-Lok and Zinsco. If yours is one of those, we will tell you plainly what it means.
Storm, water and service damage
Pulled service masts, damaged weatherheads, wet meter enclosures and flooded panels. In flood-exposed areas — the Raritan and its branches, the Bayshore — relocating a panel to a higher wall is often the right repair rather than replacing it where it sits and waiting for the next storm.
Lost neutral wire and partial power
Half the house dim, half the house bright, bulbs burning out in clusters. This is an open neutral wire, it is not a “flickering lights” problem, and it will keep destroying electronics until it is corrected. It is one of the few faults where calling at midnight genuinely saves you money.
Dead circuits and breakers that will not reset
A breaker that refuses to reset is doing its job. We find the fault behind it rather than replacing the breaker and calling it fixed.
Generator and interlock problems during an outage
Transfer switches that will not transfer, interlock kits, and generators that run but will not carry the house. As an authorized Generac installer we service what we install and plenty that we did not.
Where we cover, around the clock
Two offices, both open 24 hours, both dispatching their own trucks. We do not subcontract emergency work out.
Hazlet office — 3400 NJ-35 Ste 5, Hazlet, NJ 07730 — (732) 585-6560
Covers the Bayshore and Monmouth: Hazlet, Holmdel, Middletown, Matawan, Aberdeen, Keyport, Union Beach, Cliffwood, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Marlboro, Colts Neck, Lincroft, Rumson and Eatontown.
Bridgewater office — 1200 US-22 #2000 E17, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 — (908) 287-2187
Covers Somerset, Union, Hunterdon and into Morris: Bridgewater, Branchburg, Hillsborough, Readington, Warren, Basking Ridge, Bedminster, Berkeley Heights, Summit, Westfield, Cranford, Chatham, Chester, Long Hill and Millburn.
If your town is not on the list, call and ask. See every town we cover.
What an emergency call actually costs
Published, because you should not have to negotiate at midnight.
- $389.99 — emergency and after-hours call, flat, covering the diagnostic and a quick fix
- $229.99 — minimum service call in normal business hours, including one basic repair such as an outlet or switch replacement
- $259.99 — normal-hours diagnostic visit needing circuit tracing and testing
- About $89.99 — each additional outlet or switch replaced on the same visit
- Quoted up front — Level 2 and Level 3 troubleshooting, and any repair beyond the initial fix
We charge for diagnosis because finding the fault is the work. What you never get is a bill that grew while nobody was watching the clock.
Not urgent? Text to schedule instead and we will pick it up in business hours.
Emergency electrician questions we get
Do you really answer at 2am?
Yes. Both the Hazlet and Bridgewater offices are staffed around the clock and a person answers the phone. Our own electricians run the calls — emergency work is not subcontracted out.
What counts as an electrical emergency?
Anything producing heat, smell, sparks or shock, and anything involving water at the panel or damage to where the power line enters the house. A dead outlet with no other symptoms is not an emergency and does not need after-hours pricing. If you are not sure, call and describe it — we triage on the phone at no charge.
What does an emergency electrician charge?
After-hours emergency calls are a flat $389.99 covering the diagnostic and a quick fix. During normal business hours our minimum service call is $229.99 and includes one basic repair such as an outlet or switch replacement; a diagnostic visit needing circuit tracing and testing runs $259.99. Complex Level 2-3 troubleshooting is quoted up front.
Do you charge more on weekends and holidays?
Weekends and holidays outside normal business hours are billed at the same $389.99 emergency rate. There is no separate holiday surcharge on top of it.
What if the power company has to shut the power off first?
If the fault is on the utility side of the weatherhead, JCP&L or PSE&G must de-energize before anyone can work. We identify that on the phone where we can, so you are not paying for a visit that cannot proceed. Everything from the weatherhead into the house is ours to repair.
Do emergency repairs need a permit?
Making the situation safe does not wait for paperwork. Anything structural to the system — panel or service replacement, new circuits — requires a permit and an inspection, which we file for as part of the job. The township bills its fee directly to you, since every township prices differently.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. NJ Electrical Contractor Bus. Permit #34EB01810700 and NJ HVAC License #19HC00702000, with full liability and workers compensation coverage.
Get someone out
Tell us what is happening and we will get you on the schedule. If anything is live right now — burning smell, sparking, a scorched outlet, water near the panel — call rather than filling out a form. We also cover heating and cooling emergencies across the same towns.
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