Electrician in Santa Ana

What we do in Santa Ana

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

Panel upgrades in Santa Ana

Panel and service upgrades for older houses and apartment buildings, with SCE's portal request, the city inspection and the meter set coordinated in the right order, and a historic review check first where it applies.

More on panel upgradesCall (844) 430-7681

EV charger installation in Santa Ana

Chargers for houses, apartment garages and workplaces, with the city's streamlined EV permit route coordinated when the charger qualifies for it.

More on EV charger installationCall (844) 430-7681

Electrical repair & troubleshooting in Santa Ana

Tripping breakers, dead outlets and flickering lights in older houses and rentals, and faults on shared laundry and common-area circuits.

More on electrical repair & troubleshootingCall (844) 430-7681

Rewiring in Santa Ana

Rewiring older houses in French Park and Floral Park with as little change to the exterior as possible, and unit-by-unit upgrades in occupied apartment buildings.

More on rewiringCall (844) 430-7681

Outlets, GFCI & new circuits in Santa Ana

Grounded and GFCI-protected outlets in place of two-prong originals, and 240-volt circuits for dryers, ranges and heat pumps in older homes.

More on outlets, GFCI & new circuitsCall (844) 430-7681

Commercial electrical in Santa Ana

Three-phase circuits, equipment feeders, warehouse LED lighting and tenant improvements for industrial buildings near Dyer Road and the 55, plus storefronts and offices downtown and in South Coast Metro.

More on commercial electricalCall (844) 430-7681

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.

Working in Santa Ana

Santa Ana has been Orange County's seat since 1889, and much of its housing shows its age. The city's housing element notes that some of its original barrios, including Logan, Lacy, Delhi and Santa Anita, date back to the late 1880s, French Park and Floral Park are National Register historic districts, and the city's own housing element notes many rental properties with deferred maintenance. Census figures show that most occupied homes here are rented: the owner-occupied rate is 44.6%. That means a lot of the work is in older houses and apartment buildings with original panels and wiring that was never planned for today's loads.

It is also a city of mobile home parks and industrial buildings. The city counted 29 mobile home parks with 3,913 spaces in its housing element, and there is a large block of warehouses and industrial buildings along Dyer Road near the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway. Infinity Electrical Inc. (CSLB #1100231) looks at the job first and puts the price in writing after that. Census figures show that more than three in four residents age 5 and over speak a language other than English at home. Customer assistance is available in English and Spanish.

What's common in Santa Ana homes

Historic houses, older apartment buildings, mobile home parks and industrial buildings each bring their own electrical needs in Santa Ana.

• Houses in the historic districts. French Park's National Register district has a period of significance running from 1875 to 1949. Floral Park, listed in 2023, is mostly pre-war houses, many of them from the Revival era of the 1920s and 1930s. Original wiring and small services are common, and rewiring is planned to change as little as possible outside.
• Older rentals and apartment buildings. With most households renting, meter banks, house panels for common areas and small unit panels are a large share of the work. The city's housing element describes many apartment projects with deferred maintenance, so unit-by-unit upgrades and repairs are common.
• Mobile home parks. Santa Ana's housing element counts 29 parks, six of them for residents 55 and older. Work on the home and on the park's own system follows state rules; HCD is the enforcement agency for mobilehome parks unless a city or county has taken that role over with HCD's approval, and we confirm which applies to your park.
• Industrial and commercial buildings. Santa Ana has warehouses and industrial buildings along Dyer Road, a few blocks from the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway. Tenant changes there often mean new three-phase circuits, equipment feeders and warehouse lighting.

Permits and power in Santa Ana

Santa Ana (ZIP codes 92701 and 92703 to 92707) is an independent city with its own building department, and Southern California Edison owns the lines and the meter. City limits matter more than the mailing address here: North Tustin, an unincorporated community, shares a ZIP code with Santa Ana, so a Santa Ana address is not always inside the city. We check the parcel before the estimate.

Permits come from the City of Santa Ana Planning and Building Agency. Its Online Permit System is for simple residential permits that need no plan check, and the city's list of express permit types includes residential electrical permits and, among residential replacements, dedicated circuits and EV chargers. Jobs that need plan check go through the city's electronic plan check instead.

EV chargers have their own streamlined route. To meet the state's AB 1236 requirements, the city adopted an ordinance to speed approval of qualifying charging stations, with separate eligibility checklists for one- and two-family homes, multifamily buildings and non-residential sites. An application includes a site plan, an electrical plan with a single-line diagram and a load calculation worksheet, and it can be submitted electronically through the city's EVSE electronic plan check request form.

Power is SCE's from end to end. Santa Ana is not a member of the Orange County Power Authority, the county's community choice agency, whose website lists Buena Park, Fullerton, Irvine and Fountain Valley as its member communities, so Santa Ana customers normally buy their electricity from SCE too. For a panel upgrade, the request goes in through SCE's Building, Renovation and Project Planning Portal; moving or removing SCE equipment is requested from SCE by phone. Most repairs, lighting, and a charger that fits on the existing panel don't involve SCE at all.

Historic properties. The city has kept the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties since 1998. Work on a listed property, or on a contributing property in a historic district, must meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and requires a Certificate of Appropriateness, and the Planning Commission is now the city's hearing body for historic preservation matters. Heninger Park is not a National Register district, but its historic buildings are protected by its SD-40 zoning. Before moving a meter or panel on a street-facing wall in these areas, we check with the city's planning staff.

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

Around Santa Ana

Nearby cities such as Garden Grove, Anaheim, Orange, Tustin, Irvine, Costa Mesa and Fountain Valley each have their own building department. Most are SCE territory like Santa Ana, but Irvine and Fountain Valley are Orange County Power Authority member communities, which changes who supplies the power but not who owns the meter. Anaheim is the real contrast: the city runs Anaheim Public Utilities, which describes itself as the only municipal electric utility in the county, so a panel upgrade on its system follows the city utility's process, not SCE's.

• Tustin
• Orange
• Garden Grove
• Costa Mesa
• Irvine
• Fountain Valley
• Anaheim

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