Electrician in Owasso, OK

Owasso electrician, scheduled with the drive in mind

Hot Shot Electric Service Co. is a family-owned electrical contractor based in Broken Arrow, about 19 miles south of Owasso. We have held Oklahoma electrical contractor license #26574 since 1995, and every Owasso job is run by a licensed journeyman. Because of the drive, we do a little more work on the phone than a company down the street might, and it pays off for you: the journeyman shows up with the right parts and enough time to finish.

When you call (918) 261-8024, we ask what is happening, what changed recently, and what you have already tried. For planned work, we will ask about your panel and where the new equipment goes. Then you get a real arrival window, not a promise to show up sometime.

What Owasso homes need from an electrician

Owasso was settled in 1881, incorporated in 1904 and chartered as a city in 1972, but most of it is much newer than that. The population grew about 36 percent between the 2010 and 2020 census counts, to 38,240, and it is still growing. Newer homes mean fewer original-wiring problems and more requests to add things:

• A car charger in the garage. We check the panel, run the dedicated 240-volt circuit and mount the charger you bought. See EV charger installation.
• A generator plan for the next ice storm. A proper inlet with a transfer switch or interlock, so your portable generator runs the circuits you choose without back-feeding PSO's lines. See generator transfer switches.
• Fans and outlets where the builder left none. Porch ceiling fans, garage outlets for a freezer or a shop, outdoor GFCI outlets.
• A panel that filled up. Newer homes can run out of breaker spaces fast once a family adds a hot tub, a shop and a car. See panel upgrades.

Two counties, one city permit office

Owasso spans Tulsa County and Rogers County. For electrical work inside city limits, the City of Owasso issues the permit and does the inspection regardless of which county your address is in. When a job needs a permit, we pull it and schedule the inspection.

What an Owasso visit costs

Planned projects get a free estimate. Troubleshooting visits carry a diagnostic fee, which includes a roughly 20-point safety inspection of the home, and you approve the repair price before any work starts. Manufactured items we install carry a one-year warranty. We accept cash, check, debit, all major cards and CashApp, and offer financing on larger jobs. See pricing.

Interlock or transfer switch: the generator question

Ice storms and summer windstorms both knock out power across north Tulsa County, and a lot of Owasso homeowners own a portable generator. Plugging it into a dryer outlet with a double-ended cord is dangerous: it can energize the utility's lines and hurt the people working on them, and it can start a fire in your house. There are two safe ways to do it.

• A panel interlock with a generator inlet on the outside wall. A metal plate on your panel makes it impossible to have the main breaker and the generator breaker on at the same time. You choose which circuits to run by turning breakers on and off.
• A transfer switch with a generator inlet. A separate switch feeds a set of circuits you pick ahead of time, such as the refrigerator, the furnace fan and a few lights.

Which one fits depends on your panel and on what you want to run. We install portable generator inlets with either one; we do not sell or install standby generators. See generator transfer switches.

What a load check actually is

Before we add a car charger, a hot tub or a shop circuit, we do a load check. It is not guesswork: we look at the size of your electrical service, what the house already runs at the same time (air conditioning, water heater, range, dryer), and how many breaker spaces are left. The result tells you whether a new circuit fits as is, whether a load management device would work, or whether the panel needs an upgrade first. You get that answer before anything is priced.

EV chargers in Owasso garages

Most Level 2 home chargers need a dedicated 240-volt circuit, commonly on a 40 to 60 amp breaker depending on the charger, and either a hardwired connection or a heavy-duty receptacle. You buy the charger you want; we check the panel, run the circuit, mount the unit and test that it charges the way the manufacturer intends. See EV charger installation.

A note on newer homes and permits: adding a circuit for a charger or a hot tub in Owasso usually means a permit and an inspection, even in a house that is only a few years old. That inspection is there to protect you, and we schedule it so it does not hold up the job.

Hours and how to reach us

We work Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Calls outside those hours go to voicemail and are returned first thing the next business morning. If you need an electrician in Owasso OK, call (918) 261-8024 or send a request with your address and the service you need, and we will call you back.