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Electrical Inspections and Maintenance in Santa Clara County. Find the Problem Before It Finds You.
Electrical inspection, infrared thermography, and preventive maintenance for Santa Clara County homes and facilities. Every visit ends in a written report your insurer, your safety team, and your facilities file can actually use.
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- NFPA 70BAligned program
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Why this segment exists
NFPA 70B is functionally mandatory
The 2023 edition turned NFPA 70B from a recommended practice into a consensus standard with mandatory shall language, and the current 2026 edition carries that framework forward. It is not itself law, and we will not tell you it is. What makes it binding is everything that points at it: an authority having jurisdiction that adopts it, an insurance policy that references it, or a lease or service contract that specifies it. Insurers and AHJs increasingly expect to see documented maintenance either way.
The practical consequence is that "we have never had a problem" stopped being a defensible maintenance position. If there is an incident and no maintenance record exists, the absence of documentation becomes part of the finding.
That is why every service in this segment ends in a written report rather than a verbal "looked fine." The deliverable is the documentation: equipment inspected, infrared images with temperature data and severity ranking, code concerns, corrective actions prioritized by risk, and updated condition ratings that set the next interval.
It is the same file your insurer asks for after a claim, and the same one an auditor asks for before one.
Inspection & maintenance services
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Which one do you actually need?
| Your situation | What you want |
|---|---|
| Buying a home, or something is visibly wrong | Electrical safety inspection |
| Your insurer or an auditor asked for scan documentation | Thermal imaging inspection |
| You want the gear checked on a schedule so it stops surprising you | Preventive maintenance |
| You manage several buildings and want one vendor under contract | Commercial maintenance agreement |
| You need to know what NFPA 70B actually requires of you as the owner | NFPA 70B compliance |
| Something is failing right now | Emergency commercial response |
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Inspection & maintenance: FAQ
What is NFPA 70B and does it apply to my property?
NFPA 70B, the Standard for Electrical Equipment Maintenance, is the national standard covering corrective, preventive, and predictive electrical maintenance. The 2023 edition converted it from a recommended practice into a formal consensus standard with mandatory shall requirements, defining how facilities design, implement, and document an Electrical Maintenance Program. It is functionally mandatory rather than law in itself: where it is adopted by your authority having jurisdiction, referenced in your insurance requirements, or specified in a contract, its intervals and procedures become enforceable on you. Insurers and authorities having jurisdiction increasingly expect to see documented maintenance either way. On scope, the standard names industrial plants, institutional and commercial buildings, and large multifamily residential complexes, and it excludes consumer appliances and equipment intended primarily for home use, so it does not govern a single-family house call. Our team structures all preventive maintenance work to align with NFPA 70B expectations.
How often should commercial electrical systems be inspected?
Under the current 2026 edition of NFPA 70B, infrared thermography is the one maintenance interval that applies to all equipment: at least annually, tightening to every six months for equipment graded Condition 3. Worth knowing before you assume Condition 3 means visibly bad gear: equipment lands there simply by having its last two successive maintenance cycles missed. Detailed maintenance tasks including cleaning, mechanical checks, and electrical testing on panelboards and switchboards carry a base interval of roughly five years, shortened based on condition and criticality. System studies covering short-circuit analysis, coordination, and incident energy (arc flash) are reviewed at intervals not exceeding five years under the standard, and sooner whenever the distribution changes in a way that could affect the result. For most commercial facilities in Santa Clara County the practical schedule is an annual infrared pass across all major gear plus whichever equipment-specific checks come due that year, deeper cleaning and testing every three to five years, and more frequent visits for critical sites such as data rooms, healthcare facilities, and production lines.
Do you provide written reports after inspections?
Yes. NFPA 70B expects documented, auditable maintenance records as part of a formal Electrical Maintenance Program, not informal notes. After a visit you receive a written report listing the equipment inspected, infrared images of any anomalies with temperature data and severity ranking, noted code issues or safety concerns, recommended corrective actions prioritized by risk and criticality, and updated equipment condition ratings with suggested intervals. That documentation is what your insurer, safety team, and auditors expect to see if there is ever an incident or claim involving the electrical system. Our team delivers the written report the same day or within one business day of the inspection.
Which of these do I actually need?
An electrical safety inspection is a point-in-time assessment: use it when you are buying a property, selling one, or something is visibly wrong. Thermal imaging is a diagnostic technique that finds heat before failure, and it is usually what an insurer means when it asks for scan documentation. Preventive maintenance is the recurring visit built around both of those on a set interval. A commercial maintenance agreement is the contract that wraps preventive maintenance for a portfolio, adding response-time commitments and consolidated documentation. NFPA 70B compliance is the owner-side picture: the written maintenance program the standard puts on you, the condition grading behind every interval, and the records that justify extending one. If something is failing right now, that is emergency response rather than any of the five.
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