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# Generator Installation in Santa Barbara, CA

Standby generators, transfer switches and battery backup sized to the circuits that matter. Serving Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara County.

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## Service directory — Santa Barbara

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## Generator Installation in Santa Barbara, CA

Public safety power shutoffs and storm outages made backup power a normal purchase in Santa Barbara rather than a luxury. The generator is the easy part. Deciding what it has to carry, and wiring the transfer equipment correctly, is the job.

Call (833) 652-8933 and describe what is happening. If it is a same-day job we will book it today, and if it needs a site visit to quote properly we will tell you that too.

Generator Installation — the essentials
Common sizes | 14kW to 26kW air-cooled for homes, larger liquid-cooled for estates
Transfer equipment | Service-rated automatic transfer switch or interlocked main
Duration | One to two days electrical, plus gas and inspection scheduling
Included | Load study, permit, pad, wiring, commissioning and a live test
Service area | Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara County, California

## What we cover

Generator Installation work we handle for Santa Barbara homes and businesses.

- Grounding, bonding and utility coordination
- Portable generator inlet boxes
- Critical-load subpanels for essential circuits
- Generac, Kohler, Briggs & Stratton and Champion units
- Battery backup and whole-home battery installation
- Commissioning, load test and owner walkthrough
- Concrete or composite pad and mounting
- Automatic transfer switch installation and wiring

### Not sure which you need?

Describe the symptom and we will tell you what it usually means. Most callers get a straight answer in a couple of minutes, and about a third of the time it turns out to be smaller than they expected.

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## Situations we see in Santa Barbara

### Existing generator won't start on outage

Usually the transfer switch, the battery or the exercise routine, not the engine. We diagnose the switching first.

### Whole house or essential circuits

A critical-load subpanel is far cheaper than whole-house coverage and keeps heat, refrigeration and internet running. We price both.

### Not sure what size to buy

We meter and calculate rather than estimate. Most Santa Barbara homes land between 14kW and 26kW depending on AC, well pumps and electric ranges.

### Extension cords through a window

Common and genuinely dangerous. An inlet box and interlock costs a fraction of a standby unit and ends the practice.

## Santa Barbara coverage

Generator Installation across Santa Barbara and the towns around it.

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## Reviews from Santa Barbara County

★★★★★

Bought a 1948 house with cloth wiring. They phased the rewire so we always had power in half the house, and gave us paperwork our insurer accepted.

Sofia M.Rewiring · Santa Barbara
★★★★★

Our restaurant lost the walk-in circuit on a Friday. They came out after close, traced it to a failed feeder lug, and we opened Saturday on time.

Ken A.Commercial repair · Santa Barbara
★★★★★

GFCI in the bathroom kept tripping. They found real leakage in an old fixture rather than just replacing the GFCI and calling it done.

Nadia F.GFCI repair · Santa Barbara

## Generator Installation in Santa Barbara — questions

Can you install a battery instead of a generator in Santa Barbara?

Yes. Battery backup runs silent, needs no fuel and pairs with solar, but has a fixed energy budget. For multi-day PSPS events a generator still wins on runtime.

How often does a standby generator need service?

An annual service plus the weekly self-exercise cycle. The exercise routine matters more than owners expect, because it is what catches a dead battery before an outage does.

How much does a whole house generator cost in Santa Barbara?

The unit is roughly half the project. The rest is the transfer switch, pad, gas line, electrical and permit. Sizing drives everything, so call (833) 652-8933 and we will run a load study before quoting.

Do I need a permit to install a generator in Santa Barbara?

Yes, and often a gas permit too. We handle the electrical permit and inspection and coordinate with your gas contractor or plumber.

Will the generator start automatically when the power goes out?

With an automatic transfer switch, yes, typically within 10 to 30 seconds. With a manual switch or interlock you start it and flip the switch yourself, which is a cheaper install.

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## Book generator installation in Santa Barbara

Call and speak to a dispatcher now, or send the details and we will come back with a time and a price.

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