KNG Electric

KNG Electric is an electrical contracting business located at 3357 Perkiomen Ave in Reading, Pennsylvania, serving Berks County and the surrounding communities of southeastern Pennsylvania. The company handles residential electrical work ranging from single-fixture replacements to more involved projects such as rewiring, subpanel work, and running new service to detached structures. It operates as a family business, with the owner, Gary, working directly on jobs alongside his son and, at times, co-op students learning the trade.

The company can be reached at +1 610-564-3291. The Perkiomen Avenue address places the business along one of the main east-west corridors through Exeter Township, just outside the Reading city limits and convenient to St. Lawrence, Birdsboro, Mount Penn, Shillington, Wyomissing, and the residential areas along the Schuylkill River corridor.

Services

KNG Electric's work centers on residential electrical systems, covering both the routine updates homeowners schedule in advance and the unplanned problems that require a same-week or same-day visit. Documented project types include:

• Replacement of outdated or damaged receptacles, switches, and cover plates
• Installation of GFCI outlets and GFCI/AFCI breakers in kitchens, bathrooms, basements, garages, and exterior locations
• Interior and exterior lighting installation, including recessed lighting, fixture swaps, and added circuits for new lighting
• Ceiling fan installation, including the fan-rated boxes and bracing required for support
• Junction box installation and correction of improperly spliced or unenclosed connections
• Rewiring of individual circuits and partial rewiring of older homes
• Service panel evaluation, breaker replacement, and panel-related upgrades
• Running new electrical service to detached garages, outbuildings, and workshops
• Portable generator connection setups, including inlet boxes and transfer equipment for backup power
• Troubleshooting of dead circuits, intermittent faults, tripping breakers, and other diagnostic work

Diagnostic work is a notable share of the company's caseload. Electrical faults that do not present consistently — a circuit that fails only under load, a neutral problem buried in an old junction box, or a fixture that works intermittently — often require systematic tracing rather than a quick visual inspection. This type of work tends to be time-consuming and is one of the areas where KNG Electric's experience in older housing stock becomes relevant.

Working in Berks County's Older Housing Stock

Much of the housing in Reading and the surrounding boroughs dates to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with significant additional construction in the postwar decades. As a result, a large number of homes in the service area contain a mix of wiring vintages: original knob-and-tube runs, mid-century cloth-insulated cable, aluminum branch circuits from the late 1960s and early 1970s, and modern NM cable added during later renovations. Ungrounded two-prong receptacles, undersized service panels, and circuits extended repeatedly over decades are common findings.

Homes of this type require a different approach than new construction. Before quoting work, an electrician generally needs to determine what is actually present behind the walls, whether existing circuits can safely carry additional load, and which corrections are required by current code versus which are grandfathered. KNG Electric's assessments frequently involve documenting these conditions for homeowners — including buyers who have recently purchased an older property and want to understand the condition of the electrical system before investing in renovations.

A Family-Operated Business

KNG Electric is owner-operated, which means the person who assesses a job is typically the person performing or supervising the work. Gary, the owner, works on site rather than dispatching crews from an office, and his son works alongside him. The company also takes on cooperative education students, providing hands-on training in the electrical trade to young people entering the field.

The practical effect of this structure is continuity. A homeowner who calls about a problem, receives an assessment, and then schedules the corrective work generally deals with the same people throughout, rather than a salesperson followed by an unfamiliar technician. For multi-visit projects — for example, an initial troubleshooting call that reveals additional work to be scheduled later — this continuity reduces the need to re-explain the history of a house's wiring.

Scope, Scheduling, and What to Expect

Electrical work in Pennsylvania is governed by the state's Uniform Construction Code, which adopts the National Electrical Code with amendments. Permits and inspections are administered at the municipal level, so requirements vary somewhat between the City of Reading, Exeter Township, and neighboring municipalities. Projects such as service changes, new circuits to outbuildings, and panel replacements typically require a permit and a third-party electrical inspection; smaller repairs such as a fixture or receptacle replacement often do not. Homeowners planning larger work should discuss permitting during the initial assessment so the inspection step is accounted for in the schedule.

When calling, it helps to have the following information available:

• The approximate age of the home and whether any prior rewiring or panel work has been done
• The brand and amperage rating of the existing service panel, if visible on the panel label
• A description of the symptoms, including whether a breaker is tripping and how often
• Which rooms or devices are affected, and whether the problem is constant or intermittent
• Any planned renovations that might affect load calculations, such as a kitchen remodel, an electric vehicle charger, a hot tub, or central air conditioning

For backup power projects, homeowners should know the wattage rating and outlet configuration of their generator, since the inlet and transfer equipment must match the unit. For work on detached garages or outbuildings, the distance from the main panel and whether an existing trench or conduit path is in place will affect both scope and cost.

Contact and Location

KNG Electric operates from 3357 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19606. Inquiries can be directed to +1 610-564-3291. Because the business is small and owner-operated, calling to describe the scope of a project is generally the most efficient way to determine availability and arrange an on-site assessment, particularly for diagnostic work where the extent of the problem cannot be estimated without an inspection.