Questions we get every week.

Farmer Works Electric is in the process of getting its own contractor’s license. Until it is issued, electrical work is contracted under C K ELECTRIC, California contractor license #354550, classification C-10 (Electrical), issued March 23, 1978 to Clyde Kent Farmer and currently active. License #354550 is C K ELECTRIC’s license, not a Farmer Works license. You can verify it yourself at cslb.ca.gov by searching the license number.

Usually, yes, but it depends on your panel, not your driveway. We run a load calculation on your existing service first. Many South County homes can run two Tesla Wall Connectors in power-sharing mode on a single circuit. Some need a panel upgrade first, and if that is your situation you will hear it before anyone starts cutting.

Panel upgrades, new circuits and service changes generally do. Swapping a fixture or a switch generally does not. We tell you which one you are looking at, pull the permit when it is required, and meet the inspector. An electrician who offers to skip the permit is telling you something about the rest of their work.

Line item. Material and labor are listed separately so you can see what the parts cost and what the time costs. Small jobs can be priced from a photo over text. Anything structural, anything at the panel, or anything inside a wall gets looked at in person first.

A photo quote by text is free. Most small jobs get priced straight from the picture. Bigger work gets a walk-through and a written line-item number. On troubleshooting calls, on-site diagnosis is quoted up front and credited toward the repair when you go ahead, so you never pay twice for the same visit.

Text. Send a photo of the panel, the fixture, or whatever is not working to (949) 702-0385. A photo answers questions that ten minutes on the phone will not, and you'll usually get a reply the same day.

Regularly. Remodel rough-in and trim-out is a big part of the work. We're used to working to a schedule, coordinating around other trades, and handling correction lists directly with the inspector.

A breaker doing its job is not an emergency, but a breaker doing it repeatedly is telling you something. Anything with a burning smell, a warm outlet, scorch marks or a buzzing panel should be shut off at the breaker and looked at right away. Call, do not text, for those.

It is, and you do not have to take our word for it. CSLB license #354550 shows an issue date of March 23, 1978 on the state's own site, with Clyde Kent Farmer as the holder. It has been renewed continuously ever since, and the current term runs through January 2027.

Shane Farmer: the person you texted, the person who quoted it, and the person who does the work. On the jobs where two sets of hands or 48 years of pattern recognition help, Clyde comes too.

Based in San Clemente. In South Orange County: Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Niguel, Mission Viejo, Ladera Ranch, Rancho Santa Margarita, Aliso Viejo, Lake Forest and Coto de Caza. In North County San Diego: Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista, San Marcos, Escondido, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Fallbrook and Rancho Santa Fe. If your town is not listed, ask anyway.

We don't run a 24/7 dispatch line, and we won't pretend to. If something is actively dangerous (sparking, smoke, a hot panel), shut it off at the main breaker and call. If there is fire or immediate danger, that is 911 first, electrician second.