Our services

Electrical Home Maintenance

Your lights and plugs aren’t ‘working’, you see sparks or lights flickering and you seem to be endlessly changing bulbs, it’s time to replace your tired old fittings or you need some extra plugs and switches installed…
Our awesome SDC Dream Teams will get your home back into tip top shape!

Domestic Installations

You are building your dream home or thinking of renovating, you need qualified and professional electricians to install all the electrics from lighting and switchgear to home automation!
You can speak to Brusco or Stephan about your plans and the dates we have available.

Commercial Installations

Your shop, restaurant or business needs lighting, switches and sockets installed, removed or repaired. Perhaps you’re redesigning your space?

We have worked with business owners and brands all over Cape Town and St Francis Bay from the V&A Waterfront Logo Store, Icon Villas, Merchant Finance, Corporate Image, 2 Inn 1 Kensington, Nexus/Balance Catamarans, Corona Open J-Bay and Maze Clothing, to name a few.

With us, you’re in excellent hands!

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What else we provide?

Back-Up Power Maintenance

Maintaining the health of your back-up power installation is hugely important, a simple hitch such as dust and loose connections can lead to expensive issues and failure…

From cleaning solar panels and inverter filters, to testing and recalibrating equipment and wiring, our team will ensure your solar panels, batteries and inverter are functioning at optimal capacity and efficiency. Book a health check now!

Conversion to LED Lighting

Are you still stuck with incandescent and halogen lamps? Save the planet and your bucks, we can update all your lighting to LED. You’ll conserve energy and reduce your lighting bill by 90%!

Switchgear Upgrades

Is your switchgear a throwback to another decade? Ask us about updating your switches and plugs. We have switchgear ranges to suit every budget.

Distribution Board Makeover

The first place to look when the lights or plugs go out is in the DB. If you don’t know your earth-leakage from your elbow, then it’s time for an upgrade. We’ll transform your distribution board into perfect order.

Installation of Solar PV Inverter Systems & Generators

Get off the grid! We install back-up generators, solar PV inverter systems and battery back-up solutions to keep your home, office or business running during load shedding. Contact us for a consultation.

Our team

Alfonso Smitsdorf
Electrical Assistant
Alfonso Smitsdorf
Electrical Assistant
Brusco Cock
Manager & Electrician
Brusco Cock
Manager & Electrician
Stephan Swanepoel
Installation Electrician
Stephan Swanepoel
Installation Electrician
Lauren Cock
Receptionist & Administrator
Lauren Cock
Receptionist & Administrator
Jodi Thurtell
Marketing
Jodi Thurtell
Marketing
Daron Cock
Owner & Master Electrician
Daron Cock
Owner & Master Electrician
Established
1991
Team
7
Solar Inverter Installations in 2023
28
Happy Customers
400

What our clients say

I just wanted to say a big thank you to you, Brusco and his team – you guys were super professional, efficient and got the job done 100%.

We really appreciate the high level of service!

 

Waldi du Toit – Ginkgo Agency

I would like to put on record that we were most impressed by the work done by two of your employees. They arrived on time, were friendly, courteous and very efficient at the job on hand. I shall certainly have no hesitation recommending SDC to others who need an expert electrician.

 

Trish Thurtell

Our rental team use SCD Electrical exclusively for all our electrical work. Whether the job is big or small, they always give us the best level of service and we can depend on them 100%.  They are honest, reliable and in our line of business, this is very importance to us. We have enjoyed a wonderful working relationship with them for years.

Vivien Adler, Barbra-ann Briner and Catherine Martin at Seeff Properties

SDC Electrical has shown to be a very reliable and experienced company who has been able to produce great work on fast track projects. As part of their service they also have electricians who are proactive and great problem solvers. You can expect neat work finished on time. We gladly recommend their service.

Andre Loock – Loock Architecture

For the past four years my real estate agency has used the services of SDC Electrical.

They offer brilliant service at competitive rates and their honesty and reliability is beyond reproach. I can recommend them with the utmost confidence.

Werner Burger Owner – Cape Splendour Homes

A friend referred me to SDC Electrical after I mentioned my disappointment with several other electricians. That was six years ago; I’ve used SDC’s service at three properties and I’ve never looked back. If they are not available immediately, I wait. 

I find them highly efficient and professional. Unlike other suppliers, I’ve never needed to call them back to sort out shoddy work. They are always on time and on the rare occasion that they were late (once in the entire 6 years) they called to let me know. They always take the time to explain the problem to me without being patronising because I’m a woman. They have respect for my home – I’ve had electricians who damaged my kitchen counter tops. No such issues with SDC.

And yes, they might be a bit expensive but it’s worth every rand since there is never any need for follow-up callouts. 

Marian van Wyk – Three Anchor Bay

I have had the pleasure of working with the SDC team for the past five years and I have only good things to say about the service and staff that work at SDC.

Seth Pieret – Pieret Project Management

Our work

Being in the business for 30 years means you’ve just about seen or worked on every possible site out there. We are proud to have been a part of many large scale projects, from shopping malls and town squares to mansions all along the Atlantic Seaboard and across Cape Town however it’s the ‘small’ home and commercial renovations and construction projects that have kept our business thriving. Here are some of the homes and businesses we have had the pleasure working on in the last few years. We truly appreciate the loyalty our clients have afforded us and we ensure that every experience they have with SDC is problem free, well organised and affordable, which is why they keep coming back for our services!

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About us

Back in 1988, Daron and Lauren Cock built a family home in Camps Bay. Daron, a qualified Master Electrician and Shane Cock, an Electrical Engineer decided to form SDC Electrical and in 1991 SDC became a licensed company and a member of the Electrical Contractors Association. We were officially a legitimate business!

We started off with construction projects and house maintenance and finished off construction work from contractors that went insolvent. Eventually, our main focus became domestic electrical installations.

In the Nineties, we branched into the electrical side of shop fitting with an anchor client, Spec Savers, which found us doing installations all over the country. We worked on many boutiques, shops and restaurants during the construction phase of Cavendish Square shopping mall as well as Mitchell’s Plain town centre and Century City/Canal Walk.

In 1996 we purchased a building, 86 New Church Street and from there we grew from a two man team to a staff of twenty-six by 2002.

Our main focus was directed towards the electrical service industry in domestic, industrial and commercial installations and issuing Certificates of Compliance.

In 2004 we sold our premises in the City Centre and moved the business back to Camps Bay where it originated from. Karyn Farrell, our aunt and experienced business owner took over the management of SDC and did a sterling job steering the business through the tough economic recession. In 2014 after 13 years at the helm, she decided it was high time for a new challenge.

The management was then entrusted to Jodi Cock, former assistant to Karyn Farrell and Brusco Cock, a qualified Electrical Artisan, bringing the idea of forming a family business full circle.

SDC has grown in leaps and bounds thanks to decades of hard work and maintaining an excellent reputation for outstanding workmanship and reliability within the Camps Bay community and Cape Town. In 2021 we expanded our services to Cape St Francis and St Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape.

We have long-standing relations with some of the best builders, architects, interior designers and lighting specialists in South Africa and have had many incredible opportunities over the last three decades.

Thirty-two years on, SDC is still a family business at the core and we’re proud of this.

Who we work with