Priority Electric did the LED lighting on my new in-ground pool. It looks amazing at night.
Ed T.Branford, CT
Licensed in Connecticut · Massachusetts
Connecticut’s pool & spa electricians since 1986.
Forty years of residential and commercial pool wiring, bonding, and control work—done to NEC 680, signed by a licensed master, and still answered on the phone by Paul or Michael.
40 yrs
Specialty focus
2 states
Licensed
12+ yrs
Avg. crew tenure
CT E1 · 125699|MA · 51313E
Underwater & landscape lightingConnecticut
CT E1 · 125699MA · 51313ENEC 680 COMPLIANTEST. 1986
Pentairwarranty repair
Haywardwarranty repair
Jandywarranty repair
Sta-Ritewarranty repair
Zodiacwarranty repair
Fiberstarswarranty repair
What we wire
Electrical work, everywhere water meets current.
Pool and spa electrical is its own trade—different code, different bonding, different tolerances. These six services are ninety percent of what we do.
01
Residential pool electrical
New construction and retrofit wiring for inground and above-ground pools—subpanels, GFCI, equipment-pad runs, and final inspections.
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02
Spa & hot-tub wiring
Dedicated 50–60A circuits, GFCI disconnects, and code-compliant bonding for portable, built-in, and swim-spa installs.
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03
Commercial pool electrical
HOA, hotel, condo, and municipal pools. Equipment-room upgrades, variable-speed pump wiring, and motor control centers.
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04
Underwater & landscape lighting
LED niche retrofits, Fiberstars, color-changing controls, deck-perimeter lighting, and low-voltage landscape runs.
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05
Heater & pump wiring
Gas, electric, and heat-pump heater circuits. Pump swaps, timer integration, and VFD commissioning for Pentair, Jandy, Hayward.
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06
NEC 680 bonding
Equipotential bonding grids, rebar ties, and perimeter surfaces—the code that keeps swimmers from becoming the path to ground.
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The work
Forty years of equipment pads, bonding grids, and signed permits.
A pool’s electrical is rarely glamorous to look at. Subpanels, conduit, bonding lugs, pump controllers, GFCI disconnects. Done right, none of it ever becomes a conversation topic. That’s the job.
- 40 yrs
- Specialty focus
- 2 states
- Licensed
- 12+ yrs
- Avg. crew tenure
Meet the Priors
Paul and Michael Prior have been answering this phone for forty years.
Priority Electric opened in 1986. Same family, same specialty—pool and spa electrical—same phone number. Paul runs the office and handles estimates. Michael runs the field and signs every permit.
Most of our crew has been with us more than a decade. That matters on a pool job: bonding mistakes don’t show up at inspection, they show up in ten years.
— Paul & Michael Prior
Paul & Michael Prior
Owners · since 1986
12+
years average tenure
for our field crew
for our field crew
Where we work
Connecticut and southern Massachusetts, on a good day's drive.
We stay close to home on purpose. It keeps callbacks quick and it keeps the crew on real job sites rather than in traffic.
We work throughout Connecticut—Hartford, New Haven, Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, Tolland, and New London counties—and into southern Massachusetts, including Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester, and Berkshire counties.
If your pool is within about ninety minutes of our Hartford shop, we can be on site. Commercial and HOA work we’ll travel further for—call and ask.
Connecticut
Avon · Simsbury · West Hartford · Farmington · Glastonbury · Greenwich · Darien · New Canaan · Westport · Fairfield · Madison · Guilford · Old Lyme · Essex · Litchfield · Woodbury · Southbury · Cheshire
Massachusetts
Longmeadow · Wilbraham · East Longmeadow · Springfield · Agawam · Westfield · Great Barrington · Stockbridge · Lenox · Pittsfield
Avon · Simsbury · West Hartford · Farmington · Glastonbury · Greenwich · Darien · New Canaan · Westport · Fairfield · Madison · Guilford · Old Lyme · Essex · Litchfield · Woodbury · Southbury · Cheshire
Massachusetts
Longmeadow · Wilbraham · East Longmeadow · Springfield · Agawam · Westfield · Great Barrington · Stockbridge · Lenox · Pittsfield
Recent work
Four decades of pools. A selection from the last two years.
What clients say
Quiet references from repeat jobs.
Paul came out the same day and did an excellent, efficient job. His many years of experience diagnosing and fixing the problem was very helpful. On time and on budget. I highly recommend.
Marshall A.Berlin, CT
Priority Electric installed many landscape lights surrounding the front and back of my house, as well as a motion light to the side of my property. I could not be more pleased with the outcome.
Christine G.Connecticut
Frequently asked
Questions homeowners actually ask us.
Bonding, permits, warranties, and what determines cost. If you need more detail, call Paul.
Full FAQNEC 680 is the section of the National Electrical Code that governs pools, spas, and fountains. The key idea: everything conductive within five feet of the water — rebar, rails, pump housings, the water itself — must be tied to the same ground potential, so current can't travel through a swimmer to find ground. Every pool we wire includes an equipotential bonding grid.Get in touch
Pick up the phone. That’s how this works.
Estimates are free. Paul usually answers, and if he can’t, he calls back the same day. We book one to three weeks out for residential work; commercial timelines vary.
(860) 827-8504HoursMon–Fri · 7a–5pCT E1 125699MA 51313E