How Home Warranties Cover Electrical System Repairs

cover that unseen portion of the home that puts the true spark in your life: your electrical system. A well-operating electrical system isn’t just important for bringing your favorite series or keeping your laptop charged—it’s essential for home safety. Skip to the section you need to better understand your home warranty and its electrical coverage.

• Typical Home Warranty Electrical Coverage
• Understanding Your Electrical Warranty
• Find A Home Warranty

What electrical systems does a home warranty typically cover?

Here’s the type of electrical coverage you’ll find in a typical home warranty—including through American Home Shield®:

• Outlets - Your electrical outlets are unsung safety heroes, providing coverage for 110 volts of power. If something happens inside your outlet, it should be quickly repaired or replaced for the safety of your home and the safety of your family.
• Light Switches - Like outlets, light switches are used multiple times per day, and this sort of frequent wear and tear can eventually cause serious damage to your switches. Your home warranty can replace these.
• Ceiling Fans - We all love lying on the couch during a perfect spring day with the windows open and the ceiling fan whirring away! In many homes, a ceiling fan is critical for maintaining comfortable temperatures and airflow—and a home warranty can help repair them in the event of an issue.
• Built-In Exhaust Fans - Ever run the exhaust fan in the bathroom after a steaming hot shower to suck away all that leftover moisture? The fan’s critical for that, and it’s important to ensure the bathroom fan and other built-in fans are taken care of.
• Doorbell Units - A typical home warranty covers the traditional doorbell that’s hard-wired into your home. And although it may not cover more sophisticated systems with an intercom, video monitoring, or security system, your home warranty will typically cover the doorbell itself!
• Hard-Wired Electrical Lines - In this broad category, a home warranty often covers:
  • Electrical Wiring
  • The breaker box
  • Electrical panels that provide power to the home

The warranty is often not intended to cover things like meter boxes, lighting fixtures, DC wiring, home generators, or AV/computer/intercom/alarm/security wiring.

Understanding a home warranty’s electrical coverage

Your electrical coverage is often a specific portion of your overall home warranty contract.

At American Home Shield, we recognize that covering your wiring is an essential part of maintaining comfort and hassle free home solutions for your family, so we extend our electrical warranty across all three of our plans.

• Repairs - Whenever possible, we’ll cover a repair of your wiring or other critical components. If a repair isn’t feasible, we’ll cover the cost of a replacement—as long as your warranty plan covers it!
• Replacements - Sometimes an issue is too severe for a simple repair. That’s when we’ll pursue a full replacement.

See the plan agreement for coverage details, including service fees, limitations and exclusions. Coverage limits and charges for non-covered items may apply.

AHS® warranties have you covered

Does all of this have you wondering if your home warranty covers electrical? Great news: all American Home Shield® home warranty plans include electrical coverage! Explore our plans to see your full range of options or contact us with questions.