Osoyoos, Penticton, Oliver, and Langley

Electrical Services in the South Okanagan

Wangler Electric is a second generation electrical contractor based in Osoyoos, and this page is the map of everything we do. We handle electrical services in the South Okanagan for homes, businesses, and renovation projects of every size.

Our licensed and insured crew works from Osoyoos and Oliver through Penticton and Kelowna. Pick the service line that matches your project below, then follow the link to read how we price it, schedule it, and finish it.

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Not sure which service you need? Call us and we will point you to the right crew.

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Electrical Services We Offer Across the South Okanagan

Every service below has its own page with pricing factors, process, and answers to the questions we get asked most. Start here to find the right one, then go deep on the page that matters to you.

Residential Electrical

Most of what we do happens in houses. That covers panel upgrades, rewiring older Osoyoos and Oliver homes, adding circuits for a hot tub or a shop, replacing failing outlets and switches, and tracking down the fault behind a breaker that keeps tripping.

We also wire custom builds from the ground up, working to the drawings and the inspection schedule. If your project is inside a home, start with our residential electrical services page.

Commercial Electrical

We wire and service commercial buildings across the valley, including the Beyond Beauty renovation in Penticton and the Last Chance Cider build in Keremeos.

Fit-ups, lighting, distribution, and service calls for shops, offices, wineries, and light industrial spaces all sit on this side of the business, and scheduling around your trading hours is normal for us. Full detail lives on our commercial electrical services page.

Renovations and Remodels

Renovation wiring is its own discipline. Walls come open, old cloth and aluminium wiring turns up, and the plan has to change mid job without blowing the schedule for the other trades.

We work alongside builders and homeowners to bring older circuits up to current code, move service to where the new layout needs it, and keep the inspection paperwork clean. See what that looks like on our renovation electrician page.

Home Automation and Smart Controls

We install and program Control4 and Lutron systems, so lighting, shades, audio, and climate answer to one app instead of five separate remotes.

The part clients notice is the coordination. Automation usually involves an electrician, a network installer, and a security tech, and we close the gap between them so nothing gets left half finished. Read more on our home automation page.

Solar Panel Installation

Okanagan sun makes solar worth the maths here. We size an array to what your home actually uses, handle the interconnection and the permitting, and wire it so the system is safe to work on later.

Because we are the electrical contractor as well as the installer, the panel work and the roof work stay on one schedule. The details are on our solar panel installation page.

EV Chargers and Energy Efficient Products

A Level 2 charger needs a dedicated circuit and enough spare capacity in the panel, which is the part most people find out about late. We check the load first, then quote both jobs together if a panel upgrade is needed.

The same section covers LED retrofits, heat pump circuits, and controls that trim standing load. See our EV chargers and energy efficient products page.

Gemstone Lights Permanent Lighting

Gemstone Lights are colour changing LEDs that mount once under the eaves and stay there. Warm white through the year, team colours for a game, full colour at Christmas, all from your phone.

We install them as a Gemstone dealer, and we have donated systems to the Osoyoos Arena and the Osoyoos Hallow’s Eve Festival. Look at our Gemstone Lights permanent lighting page.

Service Calls and Troubleshooting

Not every job is a project. Dead outlets, a breaker that will not reset, flickering lights, a smoke detector chirping at two in the morning, an inspection item that has to be signed off before a sale closes.

We take small works and diagnostic calls right across the valley, and we tell you on the phone whether it is a quick fix or something bigger. Call (250) 408-4149 to get on the schedule.

If your job spans two or three of these, that is normal, and it is easier when one contractor holds all of it. Tell us the whole scope and we will quote it as one project.

How a Job Runs From Call to Cleanup

The steps are the same whether you are adding a charger or wiring a new build. Only the scale changes, and knowing the order up front makes it easier to plan the rest of your project around us.

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Site Visit and Quote

We come out, look at the panel and the space, and put the scope in writing with line items so you can see what drives the price.
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Materials and Permits

We specify the gear, pull whatever permit the job needs, and book the inspection dates before the first day on site.
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Installation

Our licensed crew does the work, labels the panel properly, and keeps the site tidy so the other trades can keep moving.
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Walkthrough and Aftercare

We walk you through what was installed, hand over the paperwork, and stay available for the small changes that come up afterwards.

What Electrical Work Costs Here

Price comes down to four things: how much new wire has to be run, how much spare capacity the existing panel has, what gear you choose, and how much of the work has to happen outside normal hours. A charger install on a modern panel is a very different number from the same charger on a full sixty year old panel.

We quote in line items so you can see which of those four is driving the total, and we say so up front when a cheaper sequence exists. Call (250) 408-4149 or send us the drawings and we will price it.

Where We Work

We are based in Osoyoos and drive the valley daily. If you want the local detail, we keep a page for the electrician in Osoyoos side of the business and another for the electrician in Penticton side, each with the areas and the jobs we see most in that town.

Osoyoos and Area

Our home base. Same day service calls are usually possible, and we know most of the older panels in town by sight.
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Penticton

Homes, renovations, and storefronts, including the Beyond Beauty commercial renovation.
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Oliver and Kelowna

We take projects north through Oliver to Kelowna, and we book those as planned days rather than drop in calls.
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We also work in Keremeos and the smaller communities between these towns. If you are not sure we reach you, call and ask, because the answer is usually yes. Travel is priced into the quote up front, never added afterwards.

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Second generation. BBB accredited with an A+ rating.

Why People Call Us Back

Licensed and insured on every job

20+ years in the South Okanagan

Second generation electrical contractor

BBB accredited with an A+ rating

One contractor across solar, power, and controls

That last one matters more than it sounds. Solar installers, electricians, and security techs often do not talk to each other, and the homeowner ends up managing all three. We hold the whole scope so you do not have to.

Electrical Services Questions, Answered

Yes, both. Residential is the larger share of our work, and commercial runs alongside it, from the Beyond Beauty renovation in Penticton to shop and winery fit-ups closer to home. The same crew and the same licensing cover both. If a project has a residential half and a commercial half, we quote it as one job.

Do I need a permit for electrical work in the South Okanagan?

Most of it, yes. New circuits, panel changes, service upgrades, solar, and EV charger installs all need a permit here, while a straight like for like fixture swap usually does not. We pull the permit as part of the job and book the inspection, so the paperwork is not something you have to chase.

How soon can you get to a job in Penticton or Oliver?

Small service calls are usually within a few days, and larger installs get booked around your schedule and the inspection dates. We are on the road through the valley daily, so Penticton and Oliver are routine stops rather than special trips. Call (250) 408-4149 and we will give you a real date.

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What Our Clients Say

“We hired Wangler Electric to install new lighting throughout our home. The work was clean, professional, and finished on time. Highly recommended!”
“Our electrical panel was outdated, and Wangler Electric upgraded it quickly and safely. Great service from start to finish.”
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