24/7 emergency electrician

That points at your service, your meter or your main panel rather than the utility, and it's an electrician's call. Ring United Electric Service at 417-588-3497 any hour. If the whole street is dark it's the utility — call them first and save yourself a bill.

Yes. United Electric Service answers emergency calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at 417-588-3497, covering Lebanon, Camdenton, Osage Beach, Marshfield, Waynesville, St. Robert, Richland and the surrounding counties.

A breaker that trips is doing its job — something on that circuit is drawing more current than it should, or there's a short or a ground fault. A breaker that trips the instant you reset it, with nothing plugged in, usually means a dead short in the wiring. Don't keep resetting it and don't replace it with a bigger one; that removes the protection without fixing the fault. Call us.

Shut off the breaker for that circuit if you can do it safely, or the main if you can't tell which. Don't use that outlet. If there's smoke or you see fire, get out and call the fire department first. Then call us at 417-588-3497 — a burning smell is a real fault and it does not fix itself.

Emergency work outside normal hours is priced differently than a scheduled call — that's true of every shop. We'll tell you what you're looking at on the phone before we roll, so there's no surprise on the bill.