Electrician and Electrical Services in Tulsa, OK

Electrician in Tulsa, from a Broken Arrow company that has been here since 1995

Hot Shot Electric Service Co. is a family-owned electrical contractor based in Broken Arrow, about 15 miles east of downtown Tulsa, and Tulsa has been part of our service area since the company started on August 1, 1995. We are not a franchise. When you call (918) 261-8024, someone on our team in the Broken Arrow office answers, and the office decides who goes to your house. Every job works under Oklahoma electrical contractor license #26574.

Who goes is always a licensed journeyman. Our crew are licensed journeymen and licensed apprentices, and apprentices only ever work under a journeyman. Plenty of companies send apprentices out alone. We will not, and we will tell you why if you ask: the person diagnosing your electrical system should be the person licensed to do it.

Electrical services for Tulsa homes and businesses

Tulsa is a big city with every age of house, so the work varies. These are the requests we see most from Tulsa homeowners and landlords:

• Troubleshooting and repair: a dead circuit, flickering lights, outlets that work one day and not the next, a mystery we have to trace.
• Panel upgrades and replacement: panels that are full, warm, buzzing, rusted, or one of the older brands inspectors and insurers flag.
• Circuit breaker repair: breakers that trip under load, will not reset, or never trip when they should.
• Wiring and rewiring: ungrounded circuits, loose and overloaded connections, and older wiring that a renovation, insurer or buyer wants updated.
• Urgent repairs: no power, a burning smell, a hot panel or storm damage, worked the same day during business hours.
• Light commercial: small shops, offices and landlords with several rentals.

Tulsa's older homes and what we find in them

Tulsa grew up on the Arkansas River during the oil boom, and a lot of its housing is old. Midtown neighborhoods such as Maple Ridge, Brookside, Swan Lake and Cherry Street hold some of the city's older housing, wired for a household that did not run a microwave, a window unit and a space heater on the same circuit. Many of those homes have been updated in pieces over the decades, which is exactly why they are interesting to work on: one room may be modern and the next may still be running on wiring from another era.

The common findings are predictable. Two-prong outlets with no ground. Panels that are full, with breakers doubled up to make room. Splices buried in walls and attics with no junction box. Circuits that were extended one too many times. None of that means you need to rewire the whole house. It means someone licensed should look, tell you plainly what is a hazard and what is just old, and give you a price for the part that matters.

Electricians in Tulsa OK: how to check who you are hiring

Search for electricians in Tulsa and you will get a page full of names. A few things separate them quickly. First, an active Oklahoma license, which you can check through the Construction Industries Board; ours is #26574, and the journeyman on site carries his own. Second, whether you get a price before the work starts, or a bill afterward. Third, who actually shows up: a licensed journeyman, or a helper. And fourth, recent reviews from people who sound like you.

On that last point, we have 4.9 stars across 247 Google reviews. One customer put it simply:

This is the only Electrician that I use now. This was their second visit and as always they were prompt, courteous, efficient and professional. The work is quality andprices are reasonable. I would not use any other Electrician in Tulsa County. (V L Pinamonti, Google)

Permits, PSO and storms in Tulsa

The City of Tulsa issues electrical permits for work inside city limits. Panel replacements, service upgrades, new circuits and remodel wiring generally need one; a like-for-like outlet or switch swap usually does not. When a permit is required, we pull it and schedule the inspection, and the job is not done until it passes.

For most Tulsa homes the utility is PSO. PSO owns the lines, the drop to your house and the meter; you own the weatherhead, the mast, the meter base and everything inside. After a spring storm, that split decides who fixes what. If a branch pulled your service off the house, PSO usually needs a licensed electrician to repair your side before reconnecting. If half your lights are dim and your AC will not start, you may have lost one leg of power, and that is usually a call to PSO first. We ask those questions on the phone so you do not pay for a visit you do not need.

Need an emergency electrician in Tulsa? No power to part of the house, a burning smell or a hot panel is worked the same day during business hours, Monday to Friday. After hours, voicemail is returned first thing the next business morning.

How a Tulsa service call works

1. Call (918) 261-8024 during business hours, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, or send the request form with your address and what is wrong.
2. We walk you through the quick checks: the switch, the breaker, GFCI reset buttons, PSO's outage map.
3. If it needs a visit, you get an arrival window. Urgent problems are worked the same day during business hours; planned work is scheduled around you.
4. A licensed journeyman diagnoses the problem, explains it in plain English, and gives you the price before any work starts.
5. The work is done, tested and cleaned up, permitted and inspected when the city requires it.

Troubleshooting visits carry a diagnostic fee that includes a roughly 20-point safety inspection. Planned projects get a free estimate. Manufactured items we install carry a one-year warranty, and we offer financing on larger jobs. Details are on the pricing page.

Lightning, surges and what they leave behind

Spring storms roll through Tulsa every year, and lightning does not need to hit your house to cause damage. A strike nearby, or the surge when PSO restores power after an outage, can travel through every circuit at once. The first sign is often a dead HVAC control board, a garage door opener that quit, or a TV that will not turn on.

When that happens, two things help. First, have the damage documented if you plan to make an insurance claim; a licensed journeyman can check the panel, the wiring and the affected circuits and tell you what he finds. Second, protect the house for next time with a surge protective device installed at the panel, which guards everything on every circuit. See whole-house surge protection and electrical safety inspections.

Call a Tulsa electrician who answers the phone

If you need electrical services in Tulsa, the fastest way to an answer is a phone call. Tell us what is happening, and we will tell you honestly whether it is a quick fix you can check yourself, a job for us, or something that belongs to PSO. (918) 261-8024.