Electrical

•Licensed, code-compliant electrical work with attention to safety and detail.

•Service upgrades and panel work

•Dedicated circuits (EV chargers, HVAC, studio equipment, servers)

•Functional outdoor lighting design and installation and LED upgrades

•Troubleshooting and repair

•Switches, outlets, dimmers, smart controls

•Appliance and equipment circuits

•Outdoor power and weather-rated installs

•Safety audits, inspection report analysis

•Project management for owner-builders

M GIll Knob and Tube to Romex protection
We ran wire in lathe and plaster here
Traditional Nail Plate
Phil again at nite:)

Good old GFCI--they don't last as long as regular outlets
New Outlet and Outdoor MS Light
New Outlet and Outdoor MS Light
New Outlet and Outdoor MS Light
TJ Mark original kitchen panel
Phil doing the makeup

New 80 amp Subpanel
Re working TJ Mark main panel

for sub add
80 amp breaker for sub installed
80 amp feed in via lb to 100' 4/3 mc
Another resealed MS light!
New combi switch for lighting in bay
Wider shot of switch
Another combi switched outlet
Tough to replace lift GFCI
Car diag...

we know a few things about cars but don't work on them professionally;)
Laying out long MC run for disposal circuit
Switch and circuit for disposal
Mr P!
using MC again across a ceiling.....
Old door bell transformer
That GFCI again!

....source of many little outages as bathroom remodels often extend electrical to adjacent rooms.
Morrocan lamp custom install

Mounted to unused old gas line
Morrocan lamp custom install

Mounted to unused old gas line
Morrocan lamp custom install

Mounted to unused old gas line
Doorbell in attic

Jbox with transformer installed
White colored RG-6 Coax cable

for HDTV roof antenna enters at upper left door frame area
HDTV Coax antenna job

Phil tacks up cable
HDTV Coax antenna job

Phil with Antenna on roof
Irrigation controller

Parts and tools
Irrigation Controller

Outlet to power controller getting new GFCI
Irrigation Controller

rrigation Controller wiring compartment close up showing extra preventative tape at bottom of wire nutted splices
Irrigation Controller

Finished install of Irrigation controller
Irrigation controller

Finished install of Irrigation controller
Old panel

The loose breaker I replaced resolve Arc Fault issue
Phil working

My teacher and now employee # 1; Phil, the master of tough jobs!
$10 bucks off your job

if you can correctly guess what's wrong with this pic ;)
240v for Electric car charger

Outlet
240v for Electric car charger

It works
New circuit runs in Yellow

for Sebastopol general contractor
Analog multimeter

A must have along with DMM
Ceiling work

Bathroom electrical layout for general contractor in Sebastopol
More work

Bathroom electrical layout for general contractor in Sebastopol
240v line for oven

For general contractor in Sebastopol
More outdoor lights

Replaced fixtures and globes in north berkeley complex
Young job

Example of rusted screw removal / extraction, something like this can unexpected time to a job
Young job

The rusted screw
Young job

They thought it was switch but 9/10 light failures have nothing to do with switch. You can see the water stain at the bottom....
Young job

Respliced / power restored
Young job

You can see the mold from water inside the bulb....
Young job

I tested all bulbs, sockets and motion sensors.
Young job

Yup, 17 MegaOhms: Quite a lot of resistance. Indicates failure:)
Young job

I respliced all the fixtures to bypass the motion sensors and installed one new fixture.
Young job

Always use water gaskets when doing outdoor lighting and top off with sealing caulking.
Young job

Fixed fixture.
Young job

Fixed fixture.
Young job

New Fixture.
Grassetti job

Someone did not know what they were doing so I was called to rebuild this with a proper box
Grassetti job

Proper makeup
Grassetti job

Phase 1 finished: I went back with a proper cover sans switch hole ( not show ).
Krantz job

Outlet cover cut to fit
Krantz Job

How not to a splice: Duct tape!
Krantz job

Wider shot
Krantz Job

Proper nutting
Krantz job

New dimmer
Krantz job

One duplex dead....
Krantz job

..so I replaced with this hard to find cover
Open fixture

Odd fluorescent fixture
Odd fluorescent fixture

Beginning rewire
Odd fluorescent fixture

Fixed!
Hahn Landscape Lighting

Rebuilding 3 lights
Inspecting 16 yr old LV Transformer

Nice construction!
Von Meier Lighting

3" halogen array
Von Meier Lighting