Electrical work around Logan County, Kentucky

The business carries the word handyman, but most of the calls Luke Fuller takes are electrical. Google lists Luke's Handyman Services as an electrician, and the jobs his customers write about are mostly electrical ones: a breaker added to a panel, light fixtures hung, outlets put in, a shop building wired from end to end.

He works around Logan County, Kentucky. Most of it is houses, along with the shops, outbuildings, campers and yards that go with a house out here.

Each of these has its own page, linked below, except ceiling fans, which are covered right here.

• Outlet and switch installation: new ones, worn ones replaced, outlets added inside or out
• Light fixture installation: chandeliers, ceiling lights and recessed lights
• Outdoor lighting: porch, shop, yard and security lights, and outdoor outlets
• Electrical panel repair: breakers added for new circuits, breaker boxes put right
• Wiring installation: shops and outbuildings, camper hookups, power to a pond or a court
• Fan installation: ceiling fans hung, swapped and repaired
• Electrical troubleshooting: tripping breakers, dead outlets, flickering lights

Luke hangs new ceiling fans, takes down old ones and puts the new one up in their place, and repairs fans that have gone noisy or quit. A fan is heavier than most lights and it moves the whole time it runs, so the box above it has to be one made to carry a fan. A plain light box that held a small fixture for years can work loose once a fan hangs from it.

A wobble usually comes from blades that are out of balance or a mounting bracket that has loosened, and a balancing kit or a tightened mount often settles it. A fan that hums, or runs at one speed no matter where the switch sits, can be a worn part inside the fan or the wrong kind of control on the wall. A fan should never run off a regular light dimmer.

Some things should not wait for a convenient day. If you see any of these, turn off the breaker for that circuit if you can do it safely, stop using it, and get it looked at.

• An outlet or a switch plate that feels warm to the touch
• A burning or hot plastic smell near an outlet, a fixture or the panel
• Scorch marks, or a crackling or buzzing sound from a box
• A breaker that trips again the moment you reset it
• Lights that dim hard or flicker when something else turns on

The quickest way to start is a text to (270) 847-8299 with your town, what is going on and a photo. For a breaker problem, a photo of the panel with the door open and the cover still on shows Luke a lot. The estimate is free, and he will tell you plainly what the job needs.