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Electrician in West Orange, NJEssex County
Your West Orange house has some history to it, and you want the wiring done right. Steven is 10 minutes away, licensed, insured and bonded.
Copper Electric works out of Livingston, about 10 minutes from West Orange on a clear road, and Steven Byrne oversees every job under NJ license #19255.
- Licensed
- NJ #19255, active
- Insured
- Insured and bonded
- 5.0 from 8 reviews
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- 973-900-3543
West Orange electrician, every service
Looking for a licensed electrician in West Orange, NJ?
Copper Electric is a licensed electrician serving West Orange, NJ, from Livingston, about 10 minutes away. Steven Byrne holds NJ license #19255, and he's insured and bonded. About a quarter of West Orange homes were built before 1940, and the median home dates to 1956. Homes from those years often have old panels and circuits that weren't built for today's kitchens, so it's worth knowing what's there first. The post office address for West Orange is zip code 07052.
In West Orange he hangs chandeliers and pendants and puts in recessed lights. He adds lights outside, for a yard or a driveway, and he upgrades panels and service, adds circuits and puts in Level 2 EV chargers. He wires kitchens and baths, adds GFCI outlets, and tracks down dead outlets and flickering lights. He works on homes and businesses.
West Orange permits go through the code office at 66 Main Street, Room 217, and you book inspections by phone at 973-325-4112, with the permit number ready. The town lists panels and meter installs as their own inspections, and if you skip one you can get a stop-work order and fines. Call Steven at 973-900-3543.
Send the job over
Tell him what you need done and where the house is.
Residential and commercial
Everything electrical in the house, from a switch to the panel.
Lighting installation
Pendants, chandeliers, recessed and kitchen lighting hung level, wired right and on a dimmer that actually suits the bulbs.
Read moreTroubleshooting and repairs
Dead outlets, tripping breakers and lights that flicker get traced to the cause and fixed, not just reset.
Panel upgrades and circuits
A panel with room for what you are adding, and new circuits for the kitchen, the garage or the charger, permitted and inspected.
Read more04EV charger installation
A Level 2 charger on its own 240 volt circuit, so the car is charged by morning and the work is signed off.
Read moreOutlets and switches
New outlets where you actually need them, GFCI where the code wants them, and switches and dimmers that work the way you expect.
Kitchen and bath electrical
Lighting, outlets and dedicated circuits for a kitchen or bathroom remodel, done to code and ready for the inspector.
Outdoor and landscape lighting
Security lights, path and landscape lighting that make the house safer at night and look good doing it.
Read moreWhat is true in West Orange
Three things that are true in West Orange and not three towns over.
- 01
Five kinds of electrical inspection
West Orange's inspection guide lists rough wiring, final wiring, panels, service and meter installs, and smoke detectors as separate electrical inspections.
- 02
A quarter of homes are prewar
About a quarter of West Orange's homes were built before 1940, and the median home was built in 1956.
- 03
Have the permit number ready
West Orange books inspections by phone at 973-325-4112, and you must have your permit number ready when you call.
Each card was read from westorange.org and censusreporter.org, and checked on 2026-10-20.
West Orange, Essex County
Where jobs in West Orange actually get approved.
West Orange's code office on Main Street books inspections by phone and lists five kinds of electrical inspection. Skipping one can mean a stop-work order and fines.
The office that signs off jobs in West Orange
West Orange Building & Construction Code Enforcement
- Where
- 66 Main Street, Room 217, West Orange, NJ 07052
- Phone
- 973-325-4112
- Open
- Office open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Electric
- PSE&G (electric and gas)
Before you call, in West Orange
What does West Orange inspect on a panel or service upgrade?
The town's guide lists panel installations and service and meter installations as their own electrical inspections. The permit placard has to be posted where it can be seen from the street.
Source: westorange.orgWhere do West Orange electrical permits come from?
West Orange's Building & Construction Code Enforcement office at 66 Main Street, Room 217, handles them. It is open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the main number is 973-325-4112.
Source: westorange.org
Office details and the answers above are read from the town's own pages, the utilities' own lists and the Census, and were checked on 2026-10-20. Call ahead before you drive there, because hours move.
Linear chandelier over a dining table
NJ Lic. #19255 · insured · bonded
Who you are calling
On a job in West Orange, the license is the license of the person you talked to.
Copper Electric is Steven Byrne. He holds New Jersey Electrical Contractor license 34EI01925500, the #19255 on his site, and Copper Electric is insured and bonded. He oversees residential and commercial work himself, and you can check the license on the state's own lookup before anyone comes to the house.
West Orange is about 10 minutes from his base, and when you call 973-900-3543 you talk to Steven directly.
From his Google listing, in the words people wrote
“Steve B is the ultimate professional; he is knowledgeable, determined to solve any problem and extremely courteous. He's the best we've ever had.”
“Top-notch service. Steven is prompt, responsible, and gets the job done efficiently without overcharging. Always my go-to for any electrical needs”
“very professional and quality work.”
Other towns he covers from Livingston
Tell him what it’s doing and he’ll tell you what it needs.
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