Real electrical work for Sunset, Salem, and the Lake Keowee communities of Oconee and Pickens County. Licensed, insured, permits handled.
Sunset, South Carolina is a small place — around 350 residents — but the homes here are anything but simple. You’ve got 1970s lake cottages with original aluminum branch circuits, Keowee Key homes due for a Federal Pacific panel replacement, and new Cliffs builds running two EV chargers, a standby generator, and a Tesla Powerwall off the same 400-amp service. Each one needs an electrician who shows up, understands how Oconee County permits work, and won’t leave wire nuts loose under the crawlspace.
Sunset Electric is the licensed residential electrician that Sunset, Salem, Keowee Key, and Cliffs at Keowee homeowners call when they want it done right. Whole-home rewires, panel upgrades, standby generators, dock wiring, hot tub circuits — whatever the job, permits pulled, quoted up front, cleaned up when we leave.
Replace outdated, aluminum, or ungrounded wiring.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 20–40 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. Every project that requires one — panel upgrades, dock work, service changes, generator installs — gets permitted through the correct county building department. We file, schedule the rough and final inspections, and walk them through with the inspector. No under-the-table work.
Our standard service area covers Oconee and Pickens counties: Sunset, Salem, Seneca, Six Mile, Clemson, Westminster, Walhalla, Pickens, and all the Lake Keowee communities. For larger projects we’ll go further. Call (864) 436-8680 and we’ll let you know up front.
Yes. We’ve done rewires, panel upgrades, standby generators, and dock wiring in The Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards, Falls, Springs, and inside Keowee Key. We know the ARB submittal process, construction-window rules, and gate-access workflow for each.
Yes. For service panel upgrades we coordinate the Duke Energy disconnect and reconnect, handle the meter base swap if needed, and work to minimize your power-off window — usually 4–6 hours on a same-day panel swap.
For existing customers and Sunset/Keowee residents — yes, same-day when a truck is in the area. Call (864) 436-8680 and we’ll tell you honestly how fast we can get there.
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