Electrician in Pleasant Hill, Oregon

Getting power out to a shop or barn

Power usually reaches an outbuilding through a buried wire that runs from the house panel to a small panel inside the building. That wire has to be sized for both the distance and what you'll run at the far end. A welder and a space heater need a much heavier wire than a few lights and a radio, and a longer run needs heavier wire again, so give us the model of the compressor or welder before we price it.

Inside, we set the lights and outlets around the workbench and the doors. A dedicated circuit gives a big tool its own breaker. See shop, garage, and barn wiring.

Well pumps and pump houses

If your water comes from a well, a pump that keeps tripping its breaker, a pressure switch that sticks, or a pump house with no light are all things we look at on well pump electrical calls. We handle the electrical side and work alongside your pump contractor on the pump itself.

Water and heat during an outage

EPUD crews had Parkway Road south of the Pleasant Hill substation back on by January 18, 2024, during the ice storm, KATU reported, and planned work near Pleasant Hill School next. On a well, losing power means losing water too. A generator hookup wired to the pump circuit keeps the water running from a portable generator.

For a pump house, plan on a light, an outlet, and enough heat to keep the pipes from freezing in a cold snap, all on the circuit that feeds the pump building. A heat lamp or a small heater on a thermostat does that job.

EPUD or Lane Electric

EPUD and Lane Electric each serve parts of the Pleasant Hill area, so the utility on your bill decides which programs you can use. Lane Electric's members can claim $500 toward a home EV charger. The Emerald PUD guide and the Lane Electric guide list each utility's offers.

Pleasant Hill isn't an incorporated city, so the Lane County Building Program issues its electrical permits and sends the inspector.