Real electrical work for Sunset, Salem, and the Lake Keowee communities of Oconee and Pickens County. Licensed, insured, permits handled.
Salem, South Carolina has maybe 150 full-time residents, but the lake-house and weekend-home count puts the practical population a lot higher.
Most of the work I do here is on second homes, properties that sit empty for months, get hammered with weekend usage, then sit empty again. That kind of cycle is brutal on electrical: GFCIs trip and stay tripped, well pumps lose their breaker, dock wiring corrodes faster than anyone expects.
I work with a lot of Salem homeowners who only see their house every other weekend and need someone they trust to walk it, fix what’s wrong, and not nickel-and-dime the visit. If your Salem place needs a generator install, dock rewiring, panel upgrade, or just a full electrical walkthrough before the season starts. That’s what I do.
Sunset Electric is the licensed residential electrician that Salem homeowners can actually rely on. We show up when we say we will, quote in writing, pull permits where required, and won’t leave wire nuts loose under the crawlspace.
Replace outdated, aluminum, or ungrounded wiring. Safe, to-code, permitted.
200-amp service upgrades, Federal Pacific / Zinsco replacements, sub-panels.
Tesla Wall Connector, ChargePoint, Grizzl-E. 240V dedicated circuits, permit included.
Generac and Cummins whole-home backup systems. Transfer switch, permit, inspection.
NEC 555/553 compliant dock circuits, shore power, lifts, dock lighting.
50A/60A dedicated circuits, weatherproof disconnects, GFCI, bonding grids.
Pre-wire, ethernet, Lutron, Control4, hardwired mesh Wi-Fi, smart switches.
Septic, well, and lift station panels. Alderon and SJE Rhombus, wet-commissioned.
If you own on Lake Keowee, your electrical is more complicated than the average inland house. Dock receptacles and lighting fall under NEC Article 555. Boat lifts need a dedicated circuit with GFCI protection rated for the wet location, and an old GFCI installed 15 years ago won’t pass a modern inspection anymore. Shore power for pontoons and runabouts needs the correct terminal type and isolated ground path.
On top of that, many Keowee homes were built 20 to 40 years ago on 150-amp service that’s now overloaded with central AC, an EV charger, and a standby generator, all drawing off the same panel. Before you add load, we do a full calculation. If the service needs to bump from 150A to 200A (or 400A for the new Cliffs builds), we handle the Duke Energy coordination, meter base swap, and inspection from start to finish.
Yes. I do this regularly for absentee owners. Walk every room, every panel, every GFCI, every disconnect, and every dock outlet. You get a written punch list with priorities (safety vs. comfort vs. nice-to-have) and an itemized quote for whatever you want done.
Yes. Generators on second homes are a smart move. They protect against weather-induced outages while you are not there to flip the manual transfer. Generac and Cummins, sized for your actual loads, propane or natural gas where available.
I have done dozens of these. Send photos, we agree on scope by phone, you give me access (lock box, neighbor key, whatever works), and I send photos back at every step. Itemized invoice, no surprises.
Yes. Those areas plus the rest of Salem proper, Devils Fork access, and the Lake Jocassee shoreline. We are based 5-10 minutes away in Sunset, SC, so most Salem calls are same-day.
All the time. If you have a manager, give me their number and I will handle scheduling and access directly so you do not have to be the middleman.
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We measured stray voltage on lake docks this summer, with the power turned off. If your family swims at the dock, read the PSA: stray voltage and electric shock drowning at lake docks.
An interlock kit and inlet turn a portable generator in the garage into five-minute whole-house backup for whoever checks on the place, typically $800 to $1,500 installed with the permit. Full details: generator interlock kit installation.
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