Electrician in Winnetka

What we do in Winnetka

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

Panel upgrades in Winnetka

Replacing the original service on a 1950s or 60s Winnetka house, sized for the back-lot garage, workshop or ADU as well as the house itself, with LADWP's meter spot requested at the start.

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EV charger installation in Winnetka

Level 2 chargers in garages and down long driveways, with the licensed-electrician invoice details and the finaled LADBS permit that LADWP's rebate application asks for.

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Electrical repair & troubleshooting in Winnetka

Tracing dead outlets and tripping breakers in back buildings fed by old buried runs, and faults in colony-era houses whose wiring has been extended many times.

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Rewiring in Winnetka

Replacing ungrounded two-wire circuits in postwar tract houses that still have them, and careful room-by-room rewiring for the few houses that survive from the 1920s and early 30s.

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Lighting & ceiling fans in Winnetka

Driveway, yard and security lighting for deep lots, plus recessed lighting and ceiling fans for remodels of 1950s and 60s houses.

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Outlets, GFCI & new circuits in Winnetka

Tool circuits in detached garages and workshops, GFCI protection for outdoor outlets across big yards, and 240-volt circuits for dryers, ranges and heat pumps.

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Commercial electrical in Winnetka

Lighting, tenant improvements and panel work for shops and offices on Winnetka's boulevards, and meter banks and house panels for owners of rental buildings.

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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.

Working in Winnetka

Infinity Electrical Inc. (CSLB #1100231) is a licensed electrical contractor doing panel upgrades, EV charger circuits, troubleshooting, rewiring and new circuits in Winnetka, the City of Los Angeles neighborhood that runs from De Soto Avenue east to Corbin Avenue and from Roscoe Boulevard south to Victory Boulevard. Because Winnetka is inside the city, electrical permits come from LADBS and the meter and the power belong to LADWP.

The neighborhood has an unusual starting point for a Valley suburb. According to the city's historic resources survey for this part of the Valley, Charles Weeks set up a poultry colony here in 1922 on about 600 acres of open land, divided into one-acre parcels, each with a single-family house, a shed for 2,500 hens and a garden to grow feed. The colony ran its own egg co-op, warehouse and packing plant, and at its height around 500 families supported themselves by selling eggs. The Depression broke it up, and it was disbanded by 1934.

Most of those acre parcels were later subdivided, and the survey describes this whole corner of the Valley as developed mainly in the 1950s and 60s. The city's 2013 survey recorded a few surviving colony houses on streets such as Stagg and Strathern, several with their old chicken coops, and CSUN's Special Collections notes that many Winnetka houses still sit on large parcels of land. For an electrician that combination shapes the work: postwar tract houses with modest original services, deep lots with a garage, workshop or guest unit at the far end, and a handful of houses old enough to have been wired, and rewired, for nearly a century.

What's common in Winnetka homes

Winnetka's housing comes in layers: what survives of the 1920s colony, the postwar houses that filled in the old acre lots, and a large stock of rented homes. Census estimates for 2020–2024 count about 15,300 housing units in ZIP 91306, which also takes in part of Canoga Park, with roughly 56% of occupied homes owned and 44% rented.

• 1950s and 60s houses. Most of this part of the Valley was built in those two decades, and a house from then typically started with a modest service, few circuits and, in many of the earlier houses, outlets without a ground wire. Central air, a heat pump, an induction range and a car charger now compete for that capacity; the article on heat pumps, induction ranges and panel upgrades explains how to tell whether the panel has room. A panel upgrade is often the first step.
• Surviving colony houses. The city's survey recorded seven residences as representative of the Weeks Colony, including houses on Stagg Street from 1924 and 1926 and one on Strathern Street from 1932, and several of the recorded properties still have their chicken coops. A house that age may hold early wiring alongside generations of additions, so rewiring decisions start with opening a few boxes rather than guessing.
• Deep lots with back buildings. Where the old parcels were split less finely, the rear of the lot often holds a garage, a workshop or a guest unit. Feeders to those buildings were sometimes added informally over the years, and an old buried run can be the reason a back building's lights flicker or its outlets go dead.
• Rented homes. With more than four in ten occupied homes in 91306 rented, much of the work is for owners and property managers: house panels, laundry circuits and repairs in occupied units. Tenants normally go through the owner for electrical work.

Permits and power in Winnetka

Winnetka's ZIP code is 91306, which also reaches into part of Canoga Park, and the Postal Service accepts Canoga Park as a name for it. That never changes the rules for a job, because both are City of Los Angeles neighborhoods with the same permit office and the same utility. The ground is flat, described in the city's survey as having no noticeable change in elevation, so there are no hillside lots to plan around.

Distance is the issue on deep lots. On the larger Winnetka parcels, the hard part of feeding a back building is often the length of the run rather than the size of the panel. A detached garage, a workshop, an old coop turned into a studio or a new accessory dwelling unit at the rear is usually supplied from a sub-panel fed from the house, through conduit in a trench across the yard, and the longer that run, the heavier the wire has to be to keep the voltage up at the far end. When the house service has nothing left to give, the back building waits on a service upgrade, and that is the point at which LADWP becomes part of the job.

ADUs from LADBS standard plans. LADBS runs a Standard Plan Program for accessory dwelling units: licensed architects and engineers submit designs, LADBS pre-approves them against the Building, Residential and Green Codes, and plan check takes less time as a result. City staff still review zoning and foundation requirements for each property. The program page says nothing about the electrical side, so the feeder or service for the unit, and whether the main panel can carry it, is still worked out for your lot. On a deep Winnetka lot that is worth settling before a plan is chosen, because the distance from the house affects the answer.

LADWP's home charger rebate. As LADWP's rebate FAQ read in October 2026, the program is open to customers with an active LADWP electric meter on a residential rate plan. The charger must be new, rated for 240-volt Level 2 charging, certified by a nationally recognized testing laboratory, able to connect to the internet over Wi-Fi or Ethernet, and fitted with a J1772 or J3400 connector. The application asks for a dated installation invoice from a licensed electrician showing the license number and the charger's make and model, and proof that the LADBS electrical permit has been finaled. Claims for a purchased charger are due within 12 months of the purchase date, and installation-only claims within six months of installation. LADWP says funds are first-come, first-served, so its current terms are worth checking before you buy.

LADWP also has a separate EV time-of-use rate for charging overnight on weekdays and all day on weekends, which needs a dedicated EV meter alongside the house meter. On an original 1950s or 60s service that second meter needs a place on the wall and room in the service equipment, so if that EV rate appeals to you, the time to plan for it is before the charger goes in, not after.

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 Winnetka

Canoga Park lies across De Soto Avenue to the west and Reseda across Corbin Avenue to the east. South across Victory Boulevard is Woodland Hills, home of Pierce College on Winnetka Avenue, and Chatsworth lies to the north and Northridge to the northeast. West Hills and Tarzana are a short drive away. All seven are City of Los Angeles neighborhoods, so LADBS permits and LADWP power carry straight across every boundary.

• Canoga Park
• Reseda
• Woodland Hills
• Chatsworth
• Northridge
• West Hills
• Tarzana

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