Stocked across two generations of Northridge wiring — original tract-era and nineties rebuild — plus the rental turn material and outdoor gear the big lots up here call for.
Northridge has an unusual housing profile for the Valley. A lot of it is original ranch-era tract, but a large share was rebuilt or heavily repaired after 1994, which means you can open a wall on one street and find nineties work, and open a wall two streets over and find original cloth-jacketed branch circuits. Neither one tells you what the panel looks like until you take the cover off.
Practically, that means a Northridge crew cannot standardize its truck stock. You need old-work boxes and modern remodel housings, ungrounded-circuit GFCI solutions and current AFCI breakers, cloth-wire splice fittings and NM-B. We stock across that whole range instead of assuming one vintage.
From Northridge it is south on Reseda or Balboa to Sherman Way, then east. Coming off the 118, drop down and pick up Sherman Way the same way. It is surface street the whole way if you want to skip the 405.
The blocks around the university run heavy on rentals — houses split into rooms, older apartment courts, duplexes, and small complexes that turn over on an academic calendar.
Turn work is about getting a unit rentable fast and to code. That is devices, plates, and fixtures in quantity, plus the safety items every unit needs signed off: GFCI protection in kitchens and baths, smoke and CO detectors, working bath ventilation, and exterior lighting that comes on when it is supposed to.
Landlords and property managers buy at the same wholesale pricing as contractors do. Bring a list for one unit or for a whole building and we will price it the same day, and special order anything we have to.
Northridge panels range from original tract-era gear to nineties replacements to recent work. Photograph the label and the interior and bring it in — the bus style decides which breakers fit, and guessing costs a trip.
Sometimes the answer is a subpanel for an addition or ADU rather than a full service change. We stock load centers, subpanels, meter sockets, and disconnects for either path.
Breakers, conductors, grounding and bonding, weatherproof hardware, and the devices the new circuits land on — quoted the same day so nothing holds up the inspection.
North of Nordhoff and out toward the horse-property pockets, the lots get large. Detached garages, workshops, ADUs, pools, and yards deep enough that a light at the back of the property is a real underground run, not an extension cord.
We carry the pieces for it: PVC and fittings for underground runs with THHN/THWN pulled through them, subpanels and disconnects for outbuildings, weatherproof boxes and in-use covers, Dabmar landscape and path fixtures, EMCOD low-voltage transformers, Alloy LED linear for structures and hardscape, AirZone ceiling fans for covered patios, and Infratech heaters. Grounding and bonding hardware for the whole run is on the shelf too — see electrical supplies.
Indoor, landscape, and exterior fixtures from 20+ lighting brands.
View →Devices, boxes, fittings, detectors, fans, and transformers.
View →Cut to length, plus PVC and fittings for underground runs.
View →Every category we stock, in one place.
View →Call (818) 781-0771 or send it over. Will-call pickup on Sherman Way from 6:00am.