Formerly Adam & Sam Brothers RepairElectrical license · 07D
Appliance repair (07D) is the electrical contractor specialty Washington sets aside for servicing household and small commercial appliances. Our technicians work on refrigerators, washers, dryers, ranges and dishwashers under it.
07D Appliance Repair
No. LARCHHA742PL
The (07D) appliance repair specialty is an electrical contractor license issued by L&I. It lets us service, repair and replace household appliances and small commercial units fed by one single-phase source of 250 volts or less, including the electrical components inside them.
WAC 296-46B-920 defines 07D as servicing, maintaining, repairing or replacing household appliances, small commercial and industrial appliances, and other small electrical utilization equipment. Its list of examples runs wider than most people expect: ovens, office equipment, vehicle repair equipment, commercial kitchen equipment, self-contained hot tubs and spas, grinders and scales. A size test ties them together. Each unit has to be self-contained, built to standardized sizes or types, and connected as a single unit to one power source with a 250-volt, 60-amp maximum, single phase.
The same rules that govern every Washington electrical contractor apply here. State law sets the electrical contractor bond at $4,000, and the company needs an assigned electrical administrator or master electrician. An administrator whose certificate is in a specialty can serve only a contractor licensed in that same specialty.
The rule allows three kinds of work, plus one conversion:
In everyday terms, our refrigerator, washer, dryer, oven and range, dishwasher and ice maker repairs all sit inside this specialty.
A good share of appliance work falls on the state's Class A list, the basic jobs that need no electrical permit when done like in kind: one household appliance, control components such as relays, timers and circuit boards, up to five heating elements, and one motor of ten horsepower or less. L&I's homeowner guidance draws a second line worth knowing: anyone may install, repair or replace a plug-in appliance, but a hard-wired one, which describes many cooktops, wall ovens and built-in dishwashers, needs a licensed electrical contractor whose electricians hold state certificates.
Cities that run their own electrical inspection follow their own lists. Seattle, for one, says a permit is needed for all electrical work except the few items its electrical code names. Wherever you live, the license means the technician reconnecting a wall oven's supply whip or replacing a range's control board is working inside a defined state scope, for a company with a bond and a public record you can check before the visit.
The specialty stops at the appliance. It excludes installing, repairing or modifying branch circuit conductors, services, feeders, panelboards, disconnect switches, and raceway that ties several appliances or devices together, as well as any work in classified hazardous locations. The rule also names equipment that does not count as an appliance for 07D: alarm and energy management systems, light fixtures, sewage disposal equipment, door and gate operators, systems built from separate pumps, switches and controllers, and furnaces, heaters, air conditioners and heat pumps. That last group is why heating and cooling calls run under our 06A license instead.
Plumbing regulated by the state plumbing law is outside 07D too. And the size test rules out anything above 250 volts, anything needing more than a 60-amp supply, and three-phase equipment. If a new range needs a heavier circuit than the old one, or a laundry move needs a new dryer receptacle run from the panel, a general (01) electrical contractor handles that wiring under its own permit, and it is quoted as a separate item.
Go to L&I Verify, choose the license or UBI search, and enter our UBI, 605283205. The electrical contractor record should list Appliance Repair (07D) under its specialties, with effective and expiration dates. Records filed before our 2026 name change carry the earlier business name, ADAM&SAM BROTHERS REPAIR; newer ones read LARCH HVAC & APPLIANCE. Then look at License Violations, and at Workers' Comp, which tells you whether the employees who come to your kitchen are covered.
L&I refreshes the database each business day and cautions that some entries may be out of date, so if something looks off, ask us or ask L&I. Our other two credentials are listed on the licenses page.
Licensing & permits
Washington's construction contractor registration and its electrical contractor license cover different work. How 01, 02, 06A and 07D map to HVAC jobs.
Licensing & permits
Who may replace a hardwired dishwasher, cooktop, wall oven or disposal in Washington, when a permit applies, and when a new circuit needs an electrician.
Licensing & permits
A step-by-step walk through L&I Verify for HVAC and appliance contractors: license type, 06A or 07D specialty, bond, insurance, workers' comp, violations.
For the electrical side, usually not. State rules list the like-in-kind replacement of one household appliance as Class A work, exempt from an electrical permit, and like-in-kind means the new unit has the same overcurrent protection requirements and similar characteristics such as voltage. If the swap needs a new circuit, a bigger breaker or a moved outlet, it becomes permitted electrical work. Seattle and other self-inspecting cities apply their own lists.
Often, yes. The 07D rule lets us install an outlet box and receptacle at the appliance's existing location to convert it from a permanent connection to plug and cord, as long as nothing else on the branch circuit changes. If the circuit itself is wrong for the receptacle the appliance needs, that part goes to a general (01) electrical contractor.
Because the 07D rule says so directly: furnaces, heaters, air conditioners and heat pumps are not appliances for this specialty. Heating and cooling equipment has its own specialty, 06A HVAC/refrigeration, and we hold that license as well, so one company and one technician can look at the dryer and the furnace on the same visit.
Within its size limits, yes. The rule lists commercial kitchen equipment among its examples, provided each unit is self-contained and fed as a single unit from one single-phase source of 250 volts or less. Larger or three-phase equipment falls outside it. Our own commercial work centers on refrigeration, reach-ins, walk-ins and prep tables, which falls under 06A.
Nearly every household appliance falls inside it. Electric ranges and dryers run on single-phase 240-volt circuits, and refrigerators, washers and dishwashers draw far less. The limit matters mainly for bigger commercial equipment and anything three-phase. It also explains why 07D covers the appliance but not the circuit feeding it, which stays with a general electrical contractor.
Talk to Adam & Sam
Washer stuck mid-cycle or an oven that will not heat? Call (425) 570-9520 or book online, and a technician working under our 07D license will track down the fault.
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