About Capitol Electric
A Sacramento electrical company started in 2012 to trace faults to their source, replace worn wiring and leave work the next electrician can follow.
Capitol Electric works for homeowners, landlords and property managers in Sacramento, along with the shops, offices and restaurants that depend on reliable power. Some of those buildings are older houses whose wiring has been patched by several owners over the decades; others are newer builds and tenant spaces where the job is adding circuits, lighting or a charger to wiring that is still in good shape. The same approach fits both.
Why Capitol Electric Started
Neil Edwards started Capitol Electric in 2012 to do the work he knows best. That means tracing a fault back to its source instead of replacing parts until the problem goes away. It means replacing worn wiring rather than adding one more splice to it. And it means finishing each installation cleanly enough that the next electrician to open the panel can follow what was done.
That last point shows up in a small habit: before leaving any job, Neil checks that the panel directory is accurate, so every breaker is labeled in clear handwriting. It sounds minor until the night a breaker trips and you need to know which one feeds the kitchen.
Neil Edwards, Who Runs the Company
Neil’s first day in the trade was spent pulling cable through an attic in a Sacramento summer, with a flashlight in his teeth and an electrician below calling out how much slack he needed. He was hooked on the work by the end of that day.
These days his week splits between the office and job sites. Mondays go to scheduling and ordering materials, midweek he’s usually on panel upgrades or tracing a fault, and Fridays are for estimates. You can read more on Neil’s page.
Rooted in Sacramento’s Houses and Buildings
Sacramento’s housing runs from early twentieth-century bungalows and Tudors to post-war ranch houses and recent subdivisions, and each era brings its own wiring: cloth-covered cable and two-prong outlets in the oldest homes, original panels in mid-century ones, and newer houses that simply need more circuits than they were built with. Long, hot summers add their own load, with air conditioning running for weeks at a stretch.
For landlords and property managers, the work often happens between tenants: GFCI outlets, smoke detector wiring, code-related repairs and the small fixes a tenant has lived with. For businesses, it’s lighting upgrades, dedicated circuits for equipment, and chargers in the parking lot.
What We Take On
- Repair and troubleshooting: tripping breakers, dead outlets, flickering lights
- Panel upgrades and breaker replacement
- Lighting installation: recessed lights, fixtures, ceiling fans, outdoor lights
- EV charger installation for homes and businesses
- Wiring and outlets: new circuits, GFCI outlets, rewiring older homes
Have a Job in Mind?
Tell us what you need done, or what’s gone wrong, and we’ll set a time to come look.