CKLM Electrical Contracting: The Owner-Operated Kelowna Electrician Customers Keep Calling "My Go-To Guy"
Read enough customer reviews of small electrical contractors and a pattern emerges. The good ones don't get praised for any particular technical wizardry — they get praised because they showed up, did the work cleanly, explained what they did, and didn't try to upsell.
That's exactly the pattern across CKLM Electrical Contracting — the family-owned, owner-operated electrical shop running out of 1515 Renfrew Rd in Kelowna's east industrial corridor. Founded July 1, 2016 by Cameron Myers, CKLM is the kind of small trades business that doesn't advertise heavily, doesn't run sponsored Facebook ads, and is busy anyway because the same customers keep calling and bringing their friends.
This article is about why that happens — what the credentials actually mean, what the verified Google reviews and third-party ratings reveal, and what Okanagan homeowners and businesses should know if they're looking for an electrician.
The credentials, in plain English
Cameron Myers carries two qualifications that, taken together, sit at the top of the British Columbia electrical trade:
FSR — Field Safety Representative. This is the BC-specific licence that authorizes an electrician to take legal responsibility for electrical work on a project. An FSR is the person who pulls permits, signs off on installations, and is accountable to BC Safety Authority for code compliance. CKLM's licence number with Technical Safety BC is LEL0204846.
Red Seal Journeyman Electrician. Red Seal is the inter-provincial trade certification — a Red Seal electrician has completed an accredited apprenticeship, passed the inter-provincial exam, and is qualified to work as a journeyman across Canada. It requires roughly 9,000 hours of apprenticeship plus formal schooling and exams.
For a Kelowna homeowner, the practical implication is straightforward: at CKLM, the owner pulls his own permit, does the work himself, and has the credentials to do both legally and competently. Cameron does occasionally work alongside a colleague named Paul (mentioned by name in Christina Pearson's Google review covering a panel and mast upgrade), but the company's accountability rests with the FSR. Owner-operator with FSR-on-job-site is the cleanest accountability configuration in residential electrical work.
The independent ratings
Beyond customer reviews, two third-party signals are worth flagging:
Better Business Bureau (BBB) rating: A+. CKLM's BBB file has been open since December 2017 — the company has been continuously rated for more than 8 years. The A+ rating is BBB's highest grade.
9 years in business. Per BBB records, CKLM started July 1, 2016. Surviving a decade as an owner-operated trades shop in a competitive market is the strongest non-review signal of consistent customer satisfaction available — businesses that fall short of customer expectations don't make it nine years on referral-driven growth.
Verified Google Reviews
CKLM's Google Business Profile carries a 5.0 rating across 8 reviews. Four of them, captured verbatim with reviewer names and dates:
*"Cameron was very informative and knows what he's doing. Did a big job a new Electric Panel and Mass. Did an amazing job and cleaned up after they were done. Cameron and Paul even fixed a few other things while here like my range plug just so it was safe. Very highly recommended 5+ stars."*
— Christina Pearson (Local Guide · 18 reviews) · 6 years ago
*"Cameron does great electrical work very clean. Always explains the job well. Will not be disappointed when the job is complete."*
— Marlowe Vogel (Local Guide · 12 reviews · 13 photos) · 2 years ago
*"Cam is my go-to guy for electrical contracting! He has always been efficient, prompt and thorough. He doesn't hesitate to answer any question or concern that I may have. Thanks Cam!"*
— Michelle Chartrand (Local Guide · 9 reviews) · 6 years ago
*Tagged: Responsiveness, Punctuality, Quality, Value*
*"Cam provided excellent electrician work at my house. He was professional and reliable. Highly recommend."*
— Chris Carter (9 reviews) · 5 years ago
Three of the four Google reviewers we captured (Marlowe Vogel, Michelle Chartrand, Chris Carter) are also featured as testimonials on cklmelectric.com — CKLM republishes their Google reviews on the company site. The other website testimonials (from Sophie Pasche, Leading Edge Glass, and desj5902) appear to be older Google reviews that have rolled off the visible list, or reviews from other platforms — all named, all consistent in voice with the verified Google content.
What's interesting about Christina Pearson's review
Of the four Google reviews captured here, Christina Pearson's is the most informative for someone considering hiring CKLM, for three specific reasons:
1. It names the work. Most reviews are vague ("did great work"). Christina says exactly what was done: *"a new Electric Panel and Mass."* For homeowners considering CKLM specifically for a panel upgrade — the single most common reason an Okanagan home calls an electrician in 2026 — that's a direct match. (Note: "Mass" is a colloquial spelling of "service mast" — the conduit and weatherhead running from the utility line down to the meter, which gets replaced as part of a panel upgrade.)
2. It mentions a second person. *"Cameron and Paul even fixed a few other things while here..."* This tells you CKLM occasionally runs two-person jobs for bigger work like panel upgrades. For a customer wondering if they're getting a one-person operation that might not finish on time, the answer is: when the job calls for it, Cameron brings help.
3. It documents unprompted safety work. *"...like my range plug just so it was safe."* This is the kind of detail that distinguishes a contractor who's there to do the work from one who's there to do the work and also flag unrelated issues he sees. Range plug safety isn't part of a panel upgrade scope — Cameron noticed it was unsafe, fixed it, and didn't make a thing of it.
That paragraph alone tells you more about what hiring CKLM is like than any number of "5 stars great service" reviews.
What customers consistently say
Across the Google reviews — plus the additional named testimonials on the company website — the same vocabulary keeps showing up:
"Go-to guy" — Michelle Chartrand on Google ("Cam is my go-to guy for electrical contracting"), and Sophie Pasche on the website ("we're happy to have found our go to guy"). When unrelated customers reach for the same idiom on different platforms, they're tracking something real: this is the kind of contractor people lock in and stop comparison-shopping.
"Clean" / "perfectionist" — Marlowe Vogel on Google ("very clean"), and Leading Edge Glass on the website ("very 'perfectionist' work"). Electrical work is mostly invisible behind drywall, but the visible parts (panel layout, conduit runs, terminations) are tell-tales of craft quality.
"Explains the work" — Marlowe Vogel ("Always explains the job well") and Christina Pearson ("very informative") both flag this. Most homeowners don't speak electrical code; a contractor who slows down to explain *why* a panel needs upgrading or *what* the inspection requires builds the trust that turns a one-time job into a "go-to" relationship.
"Cleaned up" — Christina Pearson explicitly calls this out. Site cleanliness on a panel upgrade involves drywall dust, packaging from new equipment, old wires and conductor offcuts. A clean exit at end-of-job is one of the easiest things to skip and one of the most-noticed when customers are home.
The B2B reference matters
One additional testimonial on the company website stands out: Leading Edge Glass. They don't hire CKLM occasionally — they say *"we use Cameron exclusively at our business for electrical upgrades."*
For a small electrical shop, locking in a B2B account that uses you exclusively is harder than landing a hundred residential calls. Commercial work demands faster turnaround, tighter compliance, more predictable scheduling, and an FSR who can pull permits without delay. When a Kelowna business says "exclusively" about a small contractor, they've been through the comparison and stopped looking.
When you'd call CKLM
If you're an Okanagan homeowner and any of these are on your list:
- A panel near capacity or on its way out (especially older homes with 100A — the same scope as Christina Pearson's project)
- An EV charger you've ordered or are about to (see our EV charger install guide for what the install actually involves)
- A flickering or tripping circuit you can't trace
- A hot tub or pool you're installing
- A 240V welding or RV circuit in a shop or garage
- Renovation wiring or new-build pre-wire
- A generator transfer switch or backup generator install
- LED retrofits or smart-switch upgrades
- A ceiling fan install (yes, even small jobs)
…then CKLM is in your zone of relevance. Licensed FSR (LEL0204846), Red Seal certified, family-owned for 9 years, BBB A+, and the patterns across Google reviews suggest the experience is as advertised.
Practical details
1515 Renfrew Rd, Kelowna, BC V1X 5W9
Phone: (236) 420-3841 · Email: info@cklmelectric.com
Web: cklmelectric.com
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8 AM – 4:30 PM
Owner: Cameron Myers — FSR (TSBC Licence LEL0204846) / Red Seal Journeyman Electrician
In business since: July 1, 2016 (9 years)
BBB Rating: A+
Google rating: 5.0 across 8 reviews (4 captured verbatim, see above)
Service area: Kelowna and surrounding Central Okanagan
The bottom line
There's a category of small trades business — the owner-operated, family-owned, near-decade-tenured kind — that doesn't market itself loudly and doesn't need to. Customers find them through other customers. Reviews accumulate at a slow drip. The work compounds.
CKLM Electrical Contracting reads like the canonical example of that category in the Kelowna electrical trade. Two top-tier credentials carried by the same person doing the work. Eighteen services covering the realistic span of homeowner and small commercial needs. A 5.0 rating across 8 Google reviews plus additional named testimonials on the company website and YellowPages repeating the same vocabulary about cleanliness, explanation, and reliability. A BBB A+ rating after eight years of monitoring. A B2B account that locked them in exclusively.
If you're looking for an electrician in the Okanagan, that's a list of qualifying signals worth paying attention to.