The five categories below are the ones Ramos Electrical Services lists publicly. The sixth — panels and service questions — comes up on nearly every pre-1970 house in El Sereno. If what you need is not on this page, ask anyway.
Recessed lighting, fixtures, under-cabinet and exterior lighting — planned before anything gets cut, wired so the switching makes sense afterwards.
Breakers that keep tripping, outlets that stopped working, flickering lights. The work is finding the cause first — not swapping parts until it goes quiet.
Level 2 charger installation, sized against what your panel can actually carry — the load calculation comes before the charger, not after.
From one dead receptacle to a dedicated circuit for the garage freezer. Including outdoor weatherproof outlets — the enclosure matters as much as the wire.
The jobs that sit next to the electrical work: TV mounts, cabinets, fans, fixtures. If the same visit can cover it, it should.
Full panel, no room for another circuit, or a fuse box still in service. Start with what the house actually draws before anyone quotes a panel.
Three things that get quoted constantly and are worth pushing back on.
If a 15-amp circuit keeps tripping, putting a 20-amp breaker on 14-gauge wire does not fix the overload. It removes the protection and leaves the wire carrying more than it was built for. The answer is a dedicated circuit, or moving the load.
Swapping a two-prong receptacle for a three-prong one on ungrounded wiring hides the problem perfectly — every surge protector plugged in afterwards assumes a ground that is not there. There are legitimate options; that is not one of them.
Not every full panel needs replacing. Sometimes a subpanel, or moving two circuits, solves the actual problem. The load calculation is what tells you which situation you are in — and it comes before the quote, not after.
Ask this on the first call, for any trade. It should get a straight answer.
Orientation, not a ruling — LADBS is the authority that answers it for your address.
That is fine — most people are not. Describe what is happening and it will get sorted out on the phone.
Or build the message for us on the contact page — it fills in the details so nothing gets lost.