Aliso Viejo, California, United States, 21st Aug 2026 – All Thingz Electric, a licensed electrical contractor serving Aliso Viejo and the surrounding South Orange County communities, is advising homeowners to have backup generators and transfer switches inspected now, ahead of the Santa Ana wind season responsible for most of Southern California’s fall power shutoffs.
Fall Is When Orange County Loses Power
Southern California Edison runs Public Safety Power Shutoffs when high wind and dry brush raise wildfire risk. Those conditions concentrate in September, October, and November. Shutoffs last hours and sometimes stretch into a second day. Hillside and canyon-adjacent neighborhoods across South Orange County sit inside the highest-risk zones, and a single event takes out entire streets at once.
A standby generator protects a home only if it starts and carries the load. Most residential units run a short weekly self-test. The self-test confirms the engine turns over. It does not confirm the unit holds a full household load for eight hours, and it misses a failing starting battery, stale fuel, a clogged air filter, or a transfer switch stuck in the utility position.
“Almost nobody calls us during an outage because their generator died of old age,” said Anthony Feeney, founder and certified journeyman electrician at All Thingz Electric. “They call because the unit has not been touched since the day it was installed. A dead starting battery stops a five-year-old generator as fast as a fifteen-year-old one.”
What a Pre-Season Service Visit Covers
All Thingz Electric technicians load-test the starting battery, change oil and filters against hours run rather than the calendar, verify fuel supply pressure on natural gas and propane systems, and operate the automatic transfer switch under load to confirm it moves the house off utility power and back again. The visit also checks the generator’s connection at the service panel, where loose lugs and corroded terminals build up quietly over years.
Homes with a history of nuisance tripping get a look at the circuit breaker side as well, since a breaker problem shows up under generator load the same way it shows up on utility power. An electrical inspection and code compliance check confirms the installation still meets current requirements.
Homes Without Backup Power Have a Narrow Window
For homeowners considering a system, timing matters. Whole-home generator installation runs one to two days on site once permits clear, and the permit step follows the city’s calendar rather than the contractor’s. Portable setups move faster. A manual transfer switch and power inlet install in four to six hours and let a portable unit feed hardwired circuits safely, instead of running extension cords under a door.
Panel capacity decides part of this. A generator ties into the same service equipment as everything else in the house, and older Orange County panels often lack the spare capacity or the physical room for a transfer switch. In those homes an electrical panel upgrade or a sub-panel installation comes first. Homeowners already planning a panel upgrade often add whole-house surge protection at the same visit, since restored utility power after an outage is one of the more common sources of household surges.
“Backup power is the one system in a house nobody thinks about until the hour it matters,” Feeney said. “Book the service call in August. By late October the whole county is calling at the same time.”
All Thingz Electric offers free quotes on generator installation and service, and its 24/7 emergency electrical team responds during active outages.
About All Thingz Electric
All Thingz Electric is a licensed electrical contractor founded by Anthony Feeney, a certified journeyman electrician, serving residential and commercial clients throughout Aliso Viejo, Laguna Niguel, Mission Viejo, Irvine, Lake Forest, Dana Point, and Laguna Beach. Services include home backup generator installation and service, electrical panel upgrades, sub-panel installation, EV charger installation, whole-house surge protection, whole-home rewiring, and 24/7 emergency electrical services. Every project includes a free quote and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Learn more at allthingzelectric.com.
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