Do You Charge for the Service Call?
Yes. The $99 service call covers an electrician and a fully stocked truck at your home. You get a full diagnosis, findings explained in plain language, and guaranteed pricing in writing before any work begins. After-hours, overnight, weekend, and holiday emergency service is $289. You approve the price first, every time.
How the Visit Works
What the $99 service call actually buys you
Home Team Electric is a residential-only electrical contractor serving homeowners throughout the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin since 2006. The $99 service call is the start of every non-emergency visit, and it exists for one reason: we diagnose before we quote. You should never be asked to approve work nobody has actually traced.
We diagnose first, then give you a straight answer with the price in writing. No guessing, and no scaring you into work you don't need.
Why we don't quote over the phone
Two homes with the same symptom can need very different repairs. A warm outlet can be a worn device, a loose terminal upstream, or a circuit at its limit. Quoting before tracing the cause would just be guessing with your money. The evaluation replaces the guess with a diagnosis.
Written By
Frank Luersen
Owner and Founder, Home Team Electric
California C-10 Electrical Contractor License #879507, with 28 years of residential electrical experience serving the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin.
Last Updated: August 2026
What's Included
What Happens During the $99 Service Call
The fee covers the diagnostic visit itself, performed by an electrician who works desert homes every day. Here is what that includes.
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A real diagnosis, not a glance
The Specialist traces the issue to its actual source: the circuit, the connections, the device, or the panel. The symptom you noticed is the starting point, not the conclusion. Desert systems run under sustained heat stress, and tracing matters more here than in mild climates.
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Findings in plain language
You walk the system with the Specialist and see what they see. What is an active hazard, what can be scheduled, and what is fine gets stated plainly. We do not frame options as emergencies unless they genuinely are.
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Guaranteed pricing in writing
Before any work begins you get the full price in writing, and that price holds. If the job takes longer than expected, that is our problem, not yours. You decide what fits your home and your budget.
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A fully stocked truck
Most repairs can start the same visit because the truck carries the parts desert homes actually need. Same-day service available.
The evaluation is the diagnosis. The quote is the plan. You approve both before anything else happens.
Know the Difference
When the Fee Applies and When It Doesn't
The structure is simple, and there are no surprise add-ons. Here is how the fee works in practice.
- The $99 service call applies to standard scheduled visits.
- It covers the full diagnosis, the walkthrough, and written pricing.
- If you approve the work, the plan and price are already set.
- After-hours, overnight, weekend, and holiday emergency service is $289.
- That covers a Specialist responding when most shops are closed.
- Active hazards get made safe first, then the repair gets planned.
You will never find out what something costs after it is already done. The price comes first, in writing, every time.
Stop and Make the Call
Call Right Away, Fee or No Fee, If
- You smell burning or see scorching near the panel, an outlet, or a switch.
- A breaker trips again the moment you reset it.
- Part of the home has gone dark and your neighbors still have power.
- An outlet, switch, or the panel itself feels hot to the touch.
An active hazard does not wait for a convenient appointment. Call, and an electrician will tell you plainly whether it is urgent.
What to Expect
What to Expect After You Book
From the first call to the closeout, the process is built so you always know what is happening and what it costs before it happens.
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Your call is answered by a real person.
Whether it is 2am or 2 in the afternoon, a real person answers, takes down what is happening, and gets you scheduled. Same-day service available.
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The Specialist evaluates and explains.
The system gets traced, the findings get explained in plain language, and you see exactly what is going on in your home.
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You get guaranteed pricing in writing.
The full price is presented and approved before any work begins. No hourly meter running, no surprise line items at the end.
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The work is backed for life.
Every repair we complete is backed by the Lifetime Workmanship Guarantee and our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. If our workmanship ever fails, the fix is ours to make right.
Backed by the Work
Certified Expertise and a Fully Stocked Truck
A service fee covers the visit and a fully stocked truck. Our team includes certified residential specialists, electricians in training, and apprentices, and a certified electrician leads or oversees the work in your home. That standard is built on verified field experience, formal technical education, rigorous testing, and ongoing training (weekly classroom training in our own training room). Pricing is presented in full and approved before any work begins. Same-day service available.
- California C-10 Electrical Contractor License #879507. Verify it at cslb.ca.gov.
- Home Team Electric works exclusively on residential electrical systems in desert conditions. All work is code-compliant and backed by our Lifetime Workmanship Guarantee.
Get a straight diagnosis and a written price.
Book a service call with an electrician who works desert homes every day.
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