Electrical Services in Baton Rouge & Denham Springs
Nine things we do — and an honest answer about which one you need.
SoLit Electric is an owner-operated electrical contractor serving homes and small businesses across Baton Rouge, Denham Springs, Prairieville, and Gonzales. Yancie David is the master electrician and the owner, and she still works in the field every day — so the person you talk to on the phone is the person who shows up at the door. Louisiana State Contractors License #76273.
Everything below has its own page, written for the job you actually have rather than the biggest job we could sell you. If a repair is the answer, that is the quote you get.
What We Do
- Electrical panel upgrades and replacements — repair or replace. You get an honest answer before anyone sells you a new panel, including when the answer is that a breaker swap is enough.
- Repairs and troubleshooting — dead and half-dead outlets, breakers that keep tripping, flickering and dimming lights, warm switches, and the intermittent fault nobody else wants to chase.
- Whole-home generators — standby generators, transfer switches, interlocks, and inlet boxes, sized to what your panel can actually carry.
- EV charger installation — Level 2 charging circuits sized and permitted correctly, including the load calculation that decides whether your service can take it.
- Whole-home rewiring — old wiring replaced where it needs to be, and a straight answer when a targeted repair is the better spend.
- Whole-home surge protection — a device at the panel so a lightning strike or a grid event stops before it reaches the HVAC board, the fridge, and everything with a chip in it.
- Lighting, ceiling fans, and outlets — fixtures, fans, dimmers, switches, and outlets installed or replaced, including the ones that were wired wrong the first time.
- Dedicated circuits — 240-volt and dedicated runs for welders, compressors, shop equipment, and outbuildings, sized to the machine instead of guessed at.
- 24-hour emergency service — burning smells, visible smoke, sparking, scorch marks, storm damage, and a panel that is hot to the touch.
No Job Too Small. We Mean That.
A lot of electrical companies will tell you that a single dead outlet is not worth the drive, or that a breaker that keeps tripping means you need a new panel. That is not how this business was built. It grew call by call, on exactly the jobs other contractors pass on.
The diagnosis comes before the repair. Replacing a breaker without finding out why it tripped is not a repair — it is a delay. We find the cause, and we tell you what it is, in plain language, on the same visit.
If a cheap fix is enough, that is the quote you get.
Common Questions
Do you charge to come out for one small job?
No job is too small for us. Outlet repairs, a breaker swap, a fixture changeout, or “something is weird with the lights” are normal work here, not a nuisance call.
How do I know whether I need a repair or a new panel?
Usually by looking for the cause rather than the symptom. A breaker that trips is reporting a fault somewhere on that circuit, and that fault is often a loose connection or an overloaded circuit rather than a failing panel. We test first, then tell you what we found. A panel replacement is only the answer when the panel itself is the hazard — Federal Pacific and Zinsco panels, rusted or scorched bus bars, or a service that is simply too small for the load.
What areas do you serve?
Baton Rouge, Denham Springs, Prairieville, and Gonzales, plus the communities around them. Each city has its own page with the local detail: Baton Rouge, Denham Springs, Prairieville, and Gonzales.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. SoLit Electric holds Louisiana State Contractors License #76273, is BBB A+ accredited, and has been a Nextdoor Neighborhood Fave from 2023 through 2025.
What should I do while I wait for someone to arrive?
If it is a burning smell, visible smoke, or sparking, stop using the circuit, leave the breaker off, and if anything is actually burning call the fire department first. One reset of a tripped breaker is fine. Repeated resets are not — the breaker is doing its job.