Montecito 93108, Hope Ranch, Santa Barbara
Home automation in Montecito and Santa Barbara.
A Montecito estate is several buildings, a gate, a long driveway and equipment spread across the property, and its automation has to reach all of it. County Line Electric runs the backbone between buildings, installs the Lutron lighting and shades, and plans which systems stay powered when the grid is off.
- FiberBetween buildings
- SCEElectric utility
- SB CountyPermits
Why here
A network that reaches every building, and stays up in a shutoff.
On a Montecito or Hope Ranch property, the main house, guest house, pool house, gate and equipment yard can be hundreds of feet apart. The automation backbone between them is usually fiber in conduit, laid with the trenching for the power, with network, cameras, access control and audio extended to each building. County Line plans those runs at rough-in so the integrator's equipment has somewhere to land.
Southern California Edison serves Montecito and Santa Barbara and can de-energize foothill circuits in high-wind events. So the automation design decides which systems stay powered during an outage: the network, the gate, the cameras and the well or pump controls on the backed-up circuits, with the generator or battery sized for them. Permits are Santa Barbara County's in Montecito and Hope Ranch, and the city's inside Santa Barbara.
The process
Planning a whole-estate system.
- 01
Site and plan review
Every building, the gate and the equipment yard, and the drawings before trenching and rough-in.
- 02
Backbone
Fiber and copper between buildings in conduit, laid with the power trenches.
- 03
Backed-up circuits
Network, gate, cameras and pump controls placed on the circuits the generator or battery carries.
- 04
Lutron
Lighting control and shades across the buildings, installed and programmed by County Line.
- 05
Integration
The integrator's equipment landed on the backbone, and a walkthrough of the whole property.
County Line Electric at a glance
- 20+ yrsIn businessJeff Tucker has run County Line Electric in the Conejo Valley for over 20 years.
- #949580California contractor licenseLicensed, bonded and insured. Check it on the CSLB site any time.
- GeneracStandby generator estimatesA written estimate after a site visit and a load calculation.
- A+BBB Accredited since 2017Rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau. See the profile.
- 5.0HomeAdvisor ratingFive stars from every reviewed job. Read the reviews.
Montecito automation questions
How is a network run between buildings on a Montecito estate?
A network between buildings on a Montecito estate is usually run as fiber in conduit, laid with the power trenching during construction. County Line Electric plans the conduit and the termination points at rough-in so cameras, gate, audio and network reach every building.
Can the automation keep working during a power shutoff?
The network, gate, cameras and pump controls can be placed on circuits carried by a standby generator or a battery, so they stay powered during an outage. County Line Electric designs the backed-up circuits and sizes the backup to them.
Related
Official references
Where the facts on this page come from.
County Line links to the authorities rather than restating them. Rules change; these pages are current.
- Santa Barbara County: permits in Montecito and Hope Ranch
- City of Santa Barbara: permits inside the city
- SCE Public Safety Power Shutoffs: the foothill circuits
- CSLB license check: license #949580
Next step
Tell us about the property.
Tell us about the property: name, phone, city and a line about the buildings and the systems you want. The office calls back, and a site visit is scheduled if it makes sense.
Or call (805) 499-0823. Monday to Friday, 9 to 5.