Three-phase power, heavy equipment hookups, emergency systems, and industrial controls. Cliff's background includes ILM airport runway lighting and industrial facility work — not just houses.
Industrial work isn't residential with bigger wire. Different voltages, different codes, different equipment. Here's what Cliff handles.
Three-phase panel installation and balancing. 208V and 480V. Load calculations, phase balancing across all three legs, breaker coordination.
Conveyor motors, compressors, commercial HVAC units, kitchen equipment. Hard-wired per nameplate specs with proper disconnect switches.
480V three-phase for industrial facilities. Transformers, disconnects, feeders sized for the load. Not something most residential guys touch.
High-bay LED retrofits for warehouses and shops. Explosion-proof fixtures where codes require them. Better light, lower energy bills.
Variable frequency drive installation for motor speed control. Control wiring, relay logic, disconnect switches. Reduces energy draw and extends motor life.
Motor failures, VFD faults, ground faults, breaker trips on industrial circuits. Meggering, phase rotation checks, thermal imaging.
Cliff has done runway and taxiway lighting at ILM — Wilmington International Airport. Series circuit, constant current regulators, L-858 fixtures. Specialized work that most electricians never see.
Moving machines means moving power. Disconnect, relocate, reconnect — with new conduit runs, proper disconnects, and updated permits.
Fused and non-fused disconnects for motors, HVAC, and equipment. OSHA-compliant lockout/tagout capability. Sized to the load, mounted per code.
Most residential electricians won't touch industrial. They see three-phase and walk away. Most industrial outfits won't do a small job — they want the big contracts, the six-figure build-outs. If you're a machine shop that needs a 480V disconnect installed, or a warehouse that wants high-bay LEDs, you're stuck in the middle.
Cliff does both. He'll wire a 480V three-phase panel for your shop and come back the next week to mount your TV at home. That flexibility matters for small industrial operations, commercial kitchens, and facilities that don't have an electrician on staff. You get one guy who knows the equipment, knows the codes, and doesn't need a $50,000 minimum to show up.
Proctor Electric handles industrial and specialty electrical work across the Wilmington area — from the industrial parks along US-421 and Castle Hayne Road to the ILM airport corridor. If your facility is near the port, the rail yards, or the manufacturing clusters off I-140, Cliff has probably worked in your neighborhood.
We serve industrial clients in Leland and the growing commercial zones along US-17, Ogden / Porters Neck business parks, and the Hampstead corridor. For coastal commercial operations — marinas, fish houses, marine industry facilities in Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, and Wrightsville Beach — Cliff understands the salt air corrosion issues and marine-rated equipment requirements.
Whether it's a three-phase panel upgrade for a Monkey Junction shop, a rewire on a Myrtle Grove warehouse, or an equipment hookup at a commercial kitchen near Figure Eight Island, we handle industrial and specialty electrical across New Hanover, Brunswick, and Pender counties. Estimates available for most jobs. Generator and storm prep work available for facilities that need backup power.