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Electrician in North Hollywood

Licensed electricians for North Hollywood, from pre-war bungalow courts to the new buildings around the NoHo Metro station, with free estimates on eligible work.

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What you can call us for in North Hollywood

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North Hollywood's buildings come in layers: Craftsman cottages near the old center, 1930s and 40s courtyard apartments and bungalow courts, small houses built for wartime aircraft workers, post-war tracts, and the 1950s and 60s apartment districts around Valley Plaza. By the city's historic survey, most of what stands here was built between 1938 and 1978.

The newest layer is around the Metro station, where the B Line meets the G Line: apartment buildings with modern services and shops on the ground floor. Three in four homes here are rented, so we work for landlords and property managers as well as homeowners, starting with a look at the building and a price in writing.

What we do in North Hollywood

Everything we do in North Hollywood, with what each job usually involves here. The photos are from our own jobs.

Service upgrade in progress: new meter main and conduit

Panel upgrades in North Hollywood

Meter-bank and house-panel replacements for courtyard buildings, and 100-to-200-amp upgrades in the 1940s tracts, with LADWP's shutdown scheduled around tenants.

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EV charger installation in North Hollywood

Chargers in garages and driveways, and in assigned parking at the apartment and condo buildings around the Metro station, with the metering worked out before the circuit is run.

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Inside a main panel: breakers, feeders and labeled circuits

Electrical repair & troubleshooting in North Hollywood

Breakers that trip under window-AC loads in courtyard apartments, dead outlets in pre-war bungalows, and faults in aging meter banks.

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New construction rough-in: panel set and circuits run before drywall

Rewiring in North Hollywood

Rewiring 1930s and 40s bungalows and courtyard units, including ungrounded circuits and two-prong outlets, one unit at a time so the building stays occupied.

Lighting & ceiling fans in North Hollywood

Common-area and parking lighting for apartment buildings, and recessed lighting for remodels.

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Outdoor GFCI outlet in a weatherproof box, cover open, fed by conduit

Outlets, GFCI & new circuits in North Hollywood

Dedicated circuits for air conditioners and kitchen appliances in rental units, and GFCI and AFCI protection where the code now calls for it.

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Four-unit meter stack for a multi-family building

Commercial electrical in North Hollywood

Stage, studio and storefront circuits for tenant improvements in the NoHo Arts District, and three-phase and equipment circuits for the shops and warehouses on Burbank Boulevard between Vineland and Lankershim.

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Also: subpanels, dedicated circuits, 240-volt outlets for dryers and ranges, exterior and security lighting, hard-wired smoke alarms, and small repairs of every kind.

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North Hollywood at a glance

Permits: Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS)
Power: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)
ZIP codes: 91601, 91602, 91605, 91606
Jurisdiction: A neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

Areas we cover in North Hollywood

NoHo Arts District
NoHo station area
Lankershim Boulevard
Magnolia Boulevard
Valley Plaza
Burbank Boulevard strip
Vineland Avenue

Good to know

Inside the City of Los Angeles; Burbank next door has its own utility
About three in four homes are rented
Most buildings date from the late 1930s to the late 1970s
New apartment buildings around the Metro station

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What's common in North Hollywood homes

Almost everything in North Hollywood was built between the late 1930s and the late 1970s, and most of it is rented. The electrical work follows from those two facts.

Courtyard apartments and bungalow courts from the 1930s and 40s. Shared meter banks, small services per unit, original wiring, and window air conditioners on circuits never meant for them. Dedicated circuits, unit-by-unit rewiring and meter-bank replacements are the usual jobs.
Wartime and post-war houses. The Minimal Traditional homes on Carpenter, Simpson and Morella avenues went up between 1940 and 1948, and the tracts that followed have 60- and 100-amp services, two-prong outlets and additions by whoever was around.
1950s and 60s apartment districts near Valley Plaza. House panels, laundry rooms and common-area lighting that owners need kept up to code.
New buildings around the Metro station. Modern services with capacity designed in; the work is chargers in assigned parking and tenant improvements for ground-floor retail.

Permits and power in North Hollywood

North Hollywood (ZIP codes 91601, 91602, 91605, 91606) is City of Los Angeles, but its eastern edge runs along Burbank, a separate city with its own building department and its own utility, Burbank Water and Power, whose service-upgrade procedure is different from LADWP's. Part of Toluca Lake spills over into Burbank as well. Near the line a few blocks decide which rules apply, so we confirm the side from the exact address or the utility bill.

Inside North Hollywood, the local factor is the courtyard building. A 1930s or 40s bungalow court feeds its units from a shared meter bank, so a service upgrade takes the whole court off while LADWP disconnects and reconnects, and the date is chosen with tenants in mind.

Tenant improvements in the theaters, studios and storefronts of the NoHo Arts District are permitted under each building's existing service, so we settle the scope with the landlord before anything is submitted.

Permits come from the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS). A new circuit, an EV charger, a sub-panel or a panel replacement is permitted work, and LADBS will not send an inspector until the permit is issued. We pull it under our license and meet the inspector at the end.

Power comes from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), not Southern California Edison. For repairs, lighting, new outlets and a charger that fits on the existing panel, LADWP is not involved. For a panel or service upgrade it is: the job starts with LADWP's free meter spot, where an Electric Service Representative visits within five to fifteen business days, confirms where the new equipment may go and leaves a sketch at the job (single-family services up to 320 amps can be requested online). When only the meter needs setting, LADWP says that generally happens within ten working days. If the existing LADWP service can carry the new load there are generally no LADWP charges; work in the street, on a transformer or on the lines can add cost and time, and we find that out before you commit.

The permits and utilities guide explains the whole picture for the three counties we serve.

Around North Hollywood

Valley Village, Studio City, Toluca Lake, Sun Valley, Van Nuys and Sherman Oaks are City of Los Angeles neighborhoods with LADBS permits and LADWP power. Burbank, on the east, is an independent city with its own Building Division and its own utility, Burbank Water and Power, and the part of Toluca Lake that spills into Burbank follows Burbank's rules.

See the full list of areas we cover across Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties.

From our jobs

Panel upgrade with a new LADWP meter, labeled circuits and solar disconnect labeling

Service equipment for a multi-unit property

Level 2 EV charger on an exterior wall, cable wrapped on the unit

Original Zinsco panel with a rusted cover and hand-written labels

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Simple from the first call

How a job runs.

No phone quotes and no guessing. A written estimate after we've seen the job, then permitted, inspected work.

STEP 01

Reach out

Call or send the form. A photo of the panel or the problem helps us come prepared.

STEP 02

On-site visit

We come to your home or business and look at the panel, wiring or site.

STEP 03

Written estimate

Scope, price and timeline in writing before you decide anything.

STEP 04

Permitted, inspected work

We pull the permit, coordinate your utility when needed, and finish with the inspection.

Questions people ask

Is North Hollywood served by LADWP or by Burbank Water and Power?

LADWP. North Hollywood is inside the City of Los Angeles, and Burbank Water and Power serves only addresses inside the City of Burbank, which starts at the neighborhood's eastern edge. If your bill comes from LADWP, we handle the LADWP side of a service upgrade; if it comes from BWP, you're in Burbank and a different procedure applies. Either way, we confirm the address before the estimate.

Our NoHo storefront is becoming a small theater. Who handles the electrical permit?

LADBS, as a tenant improvement under the building's existing service. Stage lighting, sound and the circuit for the dimmers or lighting controls each need planning, and the landlord usually wants to see the scope first. We pull the permit under our license and schedule the work around your rehearsals and shows.

The lights dim when the air conditioner starts in my apartment. Is that dangerous?

It's a sign the circuit is loaded close to its limit, and worth a look. In 1940s and 50s buildings a window unit usually shares a circuit with the kitchen or the whole unit, and the compressor's starting draw pulls the voltage down for a moment. A dedicated circuit for the air conditioner usually cures it; if the unit's own panel or the house panel is undersized, we tell you that instead.

We own a 1930s bungalow court. Can it be rewired one unit at a time?

Usually, yes, and it's how we prefer to work in an occupied building. Each cottage is normally fed separately from the meter bank, so we can rewire one while the others carry on, and keep each tenant's outage to the working day. Whether the meter bank and service also need replacing is settled first, because that's the one step that takes the whole court off. We look at the meter bank and a couple of units on the site visit and give you a plan in writing.

Ready when you are.

Call now, or send the form and we'll call you back to schedule an on-site estimate.

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