Hot Tub and Outdoor Kitchen Electrical in Los Gatos

This Los Gatos backyard build had a lot going on - a hot tub, an outdoor kitchen, and a motorized louvered pergola with built-in LED lights. Every one of those needed its own dedicated power. The landscapers handled the trench work, and we came in to run conduit and wiring to each location before everything got covered up.

For the hot tub, we pulled a dedicated 50A circuit from the main panel, installed a GFCI disconnect within sight of the tub, and wired it up to code. That disconnect isn't optional - it's a code requirement, and it's there for a reason. Hot tubs draw serious power and need proper protection.

The outdoor kitchen got three dedicated appliance circuits: one for the refrigerator, one for the BBQ grill, and one for the wine cooler. Every outdoor outlet got GFCI protection too. Running separate circuits for each appliance is the right way to do it - you don't want a tripped breaker killing your fridge mid-cookout because the grill pulled too much load on a shared circuit.

The pergola was its own piece of the puzzle. We ran power out to it so the built-in LED lights and motorized louvers could operate at the touch of a button. That kind of convenience doesn't happen by accident - it takes clean, planned wiring from the start.

Working alongside the landscaping crew early in the process made a real difference here. Conduit goes in before the trenches get backfilled. That's the efficient way to do a project like this, and it means nobody has to dig anything up twice.