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Southern New Hampshire · Northern Massachusetts

Master Electrician serving Nashua, Manchester, Hudson, and the Lakes Region.

Brian Arlin is a New Hampshire Master Electrician, born and raised in southern New Hampshire and working the same towns today. Barlin Electric handles residential and commercial electrical work across southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts, is fully insured, takes on general-contractor subcontracting, and provides free estimates on every job.

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Brian Arlin standing on a wooden bridge over a New Hampshire river in early autumn, fall foliage and the White Mountains visible behind him. Brian on a commercial flat roof in his electrician PPE — orange helmet, fall-arrest harness, Carhartt jacket — installing rooftop HVAC support strut alongside a coworker.

About

Why trust Brian with your electrical work.

  • Seven years of professional experience in the electrical trade — apprentice, journeyman, and master.
  • NH Master Electrician (License #16798), earned at twenty-four, several years earlier than typical for the trade.
  • Born and raised in southern New Hampshire, working the same towns today.
  • Worked on Pfizer and Thermo Fisher pharmaceutical laboratory facilities as a subcontractor on commercial projects.
  • Worked on a Genesis automotive dealership build and a luxury-brand dealership.
  • Custom new-construction homes as the electrical sub for residential general contractors across southern New Hampshire.
  • Routinely referred by local home inspectors for follow-up electrical work after their inspections.
  • Fully insured with general liability coverage on every job.
  • Free estimates on every job, no exceptions.
  • 10% veteran discount on any job.

Earning the New Hampshire Master Electrician license at twenty-four is unusual for the trade. The state requires a journeyman license plus two years of journeyman experience before a candidate is even eligible to sit for the master exam, so most master electricians earn the license well into their thirties. Brian sat for it and passed as soon as he was eligible.

What Brian does

A working portfolio of recent electrical work.

The sections below cover the work Brian handles most often, with photos from current and recent jobs. Every photograph below is from his own work — none of the imagery on this site is stock.

Panels and service work.

Brian replaces and upgrades residential and commercial electrical service entrances, panelboards, and main breakers. He retires older fire-hazard equipment — Federal Pacific Stab-Lok, Zinsco, Pushmatic, and older Sylvania panels — and installs current-generation Square D, Eaton, and Siemens panel-class equipment. Permit pulling and town electrical inspection coordination are part of every job.

  • 100A through 400A residential service entrance replacements.
  • Federal Pacific, Zinsco, and Pushmatic panel retirement.
  • Generator interlock kits for portable-generator readiness.
  • Whole-house surge protection at the panel.
  • Sub-panel installations and dedicated circuit additions.
Whole-house residential panel finished with neat homerun routing, every circuit labeled, ground bar bonded cleanly.
Residential Eaton CH-series main panel installed and labeled. Commercial sub-panel during install with breakers organized in pairs, neutrals and grounds dressed onto the bus.

New construction and rough-in.

Brian handles the complete electrical scope on new-construction homes and ground-up small-commercial projects. That includes service entrance, full rough-in, AFCI and GFCI protection per current code, hardwired smoke and carbon-monoxide detectors, panel labeling, and trim-out. He works as the electrical subcontractor for residential general contractors and direct for owner-builders.

  • Service entrance through trim-out on new homes.
  • Receptacle, switch, and lighting circuit rough-in.
  • Hardwired interconnected smoke and CO detectors with battery backup.
  • AFCI and GFCI protection per current NEC.
  • Inspection coordination at rough-in and final.
New-construction whole-house panel rough-in with three EMT chases feeding from above and homerun cables fanned out below.
New-construction outlet rough-in with circuit destinations labeled in pen on the stud — Living Rm, S3 Hall — wires stripped and folded into the device box. High-ceiling new-construction framing with skylights and rough-in cable runs along the joists.

Whole-home standby generators.

Brian installs whole-home standby generators with automatic transfer switches. He sizes the unit against the actual electrical load of the house, places the generator with proper clearances, coordinates the gas line with a licensed gas contractor, and commissions the unit with a startup and exercise schedule. Remote monitoring is available so the generator pings the homeowner's phone on faults.

  • Generac and Kohler standby installations from 14kW through 26kW.
  • Automatic transfer switches in whole-panel and managed configurations.
  • Site walk, load calculation, and pad placement.
  • Optional remote-monitoring kit with fault and runtime alerts.
  • Town and gas permit coordination.
Residential whole-home Generac standby generator on a level pad against the side of a home, gas line and electrical conduits run cleanly.
Whole-home Generac generator on a fresh gravel pad outside a residence, conduit run to the transfer switch. Automatic transfer switch interior with surge-protector module, control wiring landed and labeled.

Lighting, indoor and out.

Brian designs and installs interior, exterior, and landscape lighting. The majority of his lighting work happens in already-finished houses, which means fishing wire through existing walls and ceilings without removing drywall, then patching access cuts before he leaves the job site. He installs feature lighting alongside the standard recessed and under-cabinet work.

  • Recessed cans and slim wafer LED installations in finished ceilings.
  • Pendants, sconces, and chandeliers (homeowner-supplied or quoted).
  • Smart switches, including Lutron Caséta and Leviton Decora Smart.
  • Exterior wall packs, soffit lights, and motion-activated floods.
  • Low-voltage landscape, path, and dock lighting.
Residential cathedral entryway with a coffered ceiling feature, corrugated metal panel, recessed cove lighting around it, and recessed cans on the surrounding ceiling.
Vaulted living-room ceiling with multiple recessed cans and a center ceiling fan installed during finish work. Driveway path lights illuminated at dusk along a tree-lined private drive.

Commercial and light industrial.

Brian's commercial background includes pharmaceutical laboratory facilities at Pfizer and Thermo Fisher, automotive dealership builds (including a Genesis dealership), warehouse service distribution, and small-shop fit-outs. He takes on commercial projects as a subcontractor on larger sites and direct for office build-outs and detail-bay work.

  • Service entrance and panel work up through 200A and small three-phase.
  • Office, small-retail, and detail-bay fit-outs.
  • Light industrial equipment circuits and motor disconnects.
  • Laboratory and clean-room electrical under prime contractor direction.
  • Commercial permit pulling and inspection coordination.
Large commercial three-phase distribution and disconnect with high-amp feeders dressed neatly inside the enclosure.
High-bay commercial warehouse interior with overhead conduits and industrial process piping above tall storage racking. Commercial cable tray exiting a long pull box with bundled feeders running toward the equipment, boom lift staged in the background.

HVAC electrical and service entrances.

Brian wires central air conditioning, ductless mini-split heat pumps, and the underground service entrances that feed them. Heat-pump conversions in southern New Hampshire frequently push older 100A services past their headroom, and the fix is either a panel upgrade or a properly sized dedicated sub-panel. Brian handles both ends of that conversation.

  • Air conditioning condenser and air handler circuits.
  • Ductless mini-split heat pump electrical work.
  • Underground and overhead service entrance.
  • Service mast, weatherhead, and meter base replacement.
  • Heat pump conversion load calculations and panel upgrades.
Residential air-conditioning condenser with a properly mounted service disconnect and conduit run on the wall.
Mini-split outdoor condenser mounted on the side of a home with disconnect boxes installed neatly in line. Underground service-entrance trench with sweeping PVC and rigid metal conduits transitioning into the building.

More from the portfolio

Additional photographs from past electrical jobs across southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts.

Click any photograph for the full-size image.

Brian holding strut steady while a coworker drills mounting hardware on a commercial rooftop. Residential sub-panel finished between studs with twenty-amp breakers and neat homeruns. Basement panel install in a new build, drop lights strung up overhead during rough-in. New-construction sub-panel mounted on framing with MC and Romex runs landed at the breakers. Temporary construction lighting hung along framed rafters with EMT and MC overhead during rough-in. Mid-renovation interior with fresh window install and rough-in receptacles in the stud bays below the windowsill. Generac whole-home generator viewed from the yard alongside the gas regulator. Four-panel collage of a finished kitchen showing under-cabinet LED strip lighting, recessed downlights, dark-base and white-upper cabinets with pendants stubbed in. Garage ceiling with hexagonal LED light kit installed on a black-painted ceiling, fully illuminated. Office break-room kitchenette finish with recessed cans across the ceiling and two large drum pendant fixtures over the counter. Workshop or garage interior with continuous LED strip lighting running across two bays. Garage at drywall stage with two long LED strip fixtures mounted on the sloped ceiling. Commercial panelboard with switchgear and breakers wired up with high-amperage feeders. Commercial fit-out with metal-stud framing, overhead conduit, and rough-ins through the studs. Pad-mounted commercial transformer with sweeping conduit risers and feeders coming up from underground service. Residential central A/C condenser installed on a pad with disconnect mounted nearby, viewed from the yard. Underground utility trench cut along a private driveway with a Bobcat staged in the background, conduits prepared for service entrance. Outdoor multi-meter pedestal with three meter sockets stacked vertically and disconnects, snowy ground. Exterior pump motor with pressure switch on a stone-set pad with electrical and water plumbing. Mechanical room finished with copper hydronic loops, tankless water heater, expansion tank, and fire-alarm bell.

Service area

Where Brian works.

Brian provides electrical services across southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. Other towns in the region are considered on a case-by-case basis, and travel time on out-of-area work is included transparently in the quote.

  • Nashua, NH. Brian provides residential and commercial electrical work in Nashua, including French Hill, North End, Crown Hill, South Nashua, and the Mill Yard. Coverage in zip codes 03060, 03062, 03063 and 03064.
  • Manchester, NH. Brian provides residential and commercial electrical work in Manchester, including the West Side, North End, East Side, the South Willow corridor, and Amoskeag. Coverage in zip codes 03101, 03102, 03103, 03104 and 03109.
  • Hudson, NH. Brian provides residential and commercial electrical work in Hudson, including Robinson Pond, Old Hudson Center, Library Street, and the Lowell Road corridor. Coverage in zip code 03051.
  • Hooksett, NH. Brian provides residential and commercial electrical work in Hooksett, including Hooksett Village, Bicentennial Drive, Whitehall Road, and the Pinnacle area. Coverage in zip code 03106.
  • Gilford, NH. Brian provides residential and commercial electrical work in Gilford, including Gilford Village, the Lake Shore Drive corridor, Governors Island, and the Gunstock area. Coverage in zip code 03249.
  • Laconia, NH. Brian provides residential and commercial electrical work in Laconia, including downtown Laconia, Weirs Beach, the Lakeport, and the Paugus Bay corridor. Coverage in zip code 03246.
  • Tyngsborough, MA. Brian provides residential and commercial electrical work in Tyngsborough, including Tyngsboro Center, the Sherburne Road area, the Westford Road corridor, and Pawtucket Boulevard. Coverage in zip code 01879.
  • Chelmsford, MA. Brian provides residential and commercial electrical work in Chelmsford, including Chelmsford Center, North Chelmsford, South Chelmsford, and the Westlands. Coverage in zip codes 01824 and 01863.

For Massachusetts work, Brian confirms that the job fits within his licensing scope before booking, since Massachusetts requires its own electrical license separate from New Hampshire.

Contact

Email Brian for a free estimate.

Send a short description of the work along with the address and any photos of the panel, fixture, or area in question. Brian replies the same business day.

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Hours
7 days a week.
24/7 for genuine emergencies.
License
NH Master Electrician #16798
Insurance
Fully insured. General liability coverage on every job.