Do you have a culinary dream of operating your own food truck but don’t know how to bring it altogether? Well, one of the crucial steps to bringing your food truck to life is with electrical food truck wiring. Food truck wiring is an electrical wiring system for powering appliances and equipment in and around a food truck. Furthermore, providing electrical energy through food truck wiring lets you do cool things in your food truck. This include using powered equipment like blenders, juicers, fridge, freezer, water pump, water heater, hoodfan, A/C window unit, etc.
Whatever items you may equip your food truck with, you’ll need to set up your food truck electrical systems. Failure to that, you would be very limited in the things you can do in your food truck. Therefore, if you require a certified and highly proficient food truck electrician, then Absolutely Electrical is who you need. At Absolutely Electrical, we’ve well-experienced electricians to assist with the schematic and planning for your entire food truck electrical systems.
Wiring a food truck is no different than wiring a house. In other words, you would wire your food truck as if you were wiring your house. This means that a food truck wiring would require proper installation. As well as operation of the electrical panel, GFCI outlets, circuit breakers, switches, proper grounding of the system etc. A food truck also requires a chassis ground when it is parked, in order to avoid having a floating ground. Otherwise, this could result in possible shock in case that the chassis of the food truck becomes energized.
First and foremost, the most significant need for any electrical wiring system is safety. It is crucial for you to entrust licensed and well-experienced electricians to work on your food truck wiring. This ensures a safe environment all around your food truck. Improperly installed electrical components/faulty wiring done by inexperienced electricians, makes a food truck have an electrical fire as a result.
Our electricians are proficient with the requirements and safety standards for preventing any errors leading to injuries, damage, or fire. Additionally, we can make your food truck safe while it’s being driven by using special wiring that reduces sound transmission. We can wire things safely, making the truck as good as any kitchen in a building – except, on wheels!
In order to successfully wire your food truck, planning out the design of your entire food truck beforehand is essential. The team at Absolutely Electrical can help you create a complete and proper electrical diagram. Thus carefully planning out the wires against the number of outlets including electrical panel in your food truck. Once the diagram is mutually agreed upon, setting up the outlets, breakers, and switches with the needed amperage follows.
We can also help you in designing the kitchen space inside your food truck. Whether you need lighting and outlets on the outside of the food truck or extra capacity freezers for large events. As we have already helped wire some famous food trucks, we have a good track record of food truck wiring. We’ll ensure everything is in place and that you have everything needed to operate a successful food truck restaurant.
Powering a food truck can be tricky and mistakes can end up costing you a lot. Without the right knowledge and expertise, you could cause serious harm to yourself or start a fire. Therefore, it’s of utmost importance that you consult a professional food truck electrician like Absolutely Electrical regarding your power needs. We work closely with our customers to determine the amount of power needed to operate their specific kind of business.
How much power you will exactly need for your food truck completely depends on the wattage of your equipment. At Absolutely Electrical, we can do a full electrical load calculation for your food truck. For instance, to ascertain there’s sufficient power for all your mobile kitchen equipment and also help you pass electrical inspections. With our close monitoring, be assured of receiving the correct amount of power for your food truck considering your safety.
Food truck generators are definitely a decent choice for powering a food truck conveniently. Even though a lot of locations and festivals will provide you with power, there are also locations that will not. Even when the location provides power, lost power leads to shutting your food truck business for the day in losses. Therefore, if you want your food truck to be completely self-contained, it’s a good idea to invest on a generator. At Absolutely Electrical, we can assist you in setting up your generator power. As a result, your food truck business will be good to go even if there’s no electrical power available.
If you happen to have an existing food truck that you’d like to make some changes to, we can also help you with that. Instead of spending huge amounts of money by setting up a brand new food truck from scratch. Whether you’d like to make your food truck’s electrical wiring safer or include additional electrical equipment, we got your back! We can make a full inspection to your food truck providing recommendations or make it better, safer and more efficient.