Electrical software
DispatchMind runs a electrical company from one place: calls and leads in, jobs on the schedule, the work on your team’s phones, then the invoice. Pick Electrical when you sign up and it’s set up for your trade from the first screen. You can change any of it later.
An electrical shop mixes quick service calls with bigger installs. A dead outlet takes an hour, a panel upgrade or EV charger takes planning and a signed estimate. DispatchMind keeps both kinds of work on one board, lets your electricians quote from the truck, and keeps the photos of every panel you touched.
A typical electrical job in DispatchMind
- A customer fills out the lead form on your website asking about an EV charger install, and it shows up as a new job.
- The office books an estimate visit on the calendar and assigns an electrician from the dispatch board.
- He photographs the panel, notes the open breaker space, and builds the estimate from your price book while he's standing in the garage.
- The customer signs, the job gets a tag for what's needed next, and the install gets scheduled.
- After the install the tech closes it out, the invoice goes out, and the card is charged through your own Stripe account.
What electrical owners tell us slows them down
Troubleshooting runs long
You never know if a flickering light is a loose wire or a bad panel. Techs log notes and photos as they go, so the office can see what's happening and push the next customer if the job runs over.
Install jobs stall between steps
Panel upgrades and generators wait on parts, approvals and the customer. Color tags show exactly what each job needs next, and the stuck jobs report catches anything that hasn't moved in 60 days.
Hard to know which work pays
Is an outlet call worth it compared to a ceiling fan install? Reports by job type and profit per job show what each kind of work actually brings in after parts and tech pay.
Set up for electrical from day one
Your job types
- Troubleshooting
- Outlet / switch
- Lighting install
- Ceiling fan install
- Panel upgrade
- EV charger install
- Generator
- Surge protection
- Rewiring
- Emergency
- Estimate visit
The details you keep on each job
- What the customer reports
- Rooms affected
- Panel size (amps)
- Panel brand
- Home built (year)
- Permit #
- Inspection date
A checklist for the work
Panel work: Power off and verified dead · Permit number recorded · Breakers labeled · Grounding and bonding checked · Torque on connections checked · Power restored and tested · Inspection booked if needed · Photos of the finished panel
A starter price list
Your common items are already in your price book. You set every price; nothing is filled in for you.
- Service call
- After-hours service fee
- Troubleshooting (per hour)
- Outlet replacement
- GFCI outlet install
- Switch replacement
- Dimmer install
- Light fixture install
- Recessed light install
- Ceiling fan install
- Breaker replacement
- Panel upgrade (quoted)
- EV charger install
- Whole-home surge protector
- Generator install (quoted)
- Smoke / CO detector install
Equipment on file
Keep what’s installed at each place, by type and brand (Square D, Siemens, Eaton, Cutler-Hammer, GE, Leviton, Lutron, Generac and more).
Nellie knows the trade
Nellie is the assistant built into DispatchMind. On a electrical account she knows how your customers talk and what to ask:
- What is happening: no power, tripping breaker, flickering, or a new install?
- Is any outlet, switch or panel warm, buzzing, sparking or smelling like burning?
- Is the whole house out or part of it? Are the neighbors out too?
- Best time window and the address?
What she treats as urgent: Burning smell, sparks or smoke: tell them to turn the main breaker off if it is safe, and call 911 if there is fire; A warm or buzzing panel; Whole house without power (after they check the utility isn’t out); Water near electrical.
What she never does: Never walk a customer through electrical repairs; Never quote a price the company hasn’t set; Never say a job needs no permit.
Everything else
- Jobs move through four plain steps: Submitted, In progress, Pending, Done pending approval. Your trade’s own steps are color tags you can sort by.
- Estimates and invoices from your price book.
- A tech app for your team, with what each person may see set by you.
- Reports and commissions worked out from your own jobs.
- Bring your customers and jobs over from the system you use now.
Electrical software: common questions
Can I send estimates for panel upgrades and EV chargers?
Yes. Build estimates from your price book, send them for the customer to approve and sign, then turn the approved estimate into the invoice when the work is done.
How do I keep track of photos of panels and wiring?
Techs add photos right to the job from the app. They stay on the job and the customer page, so you can pull them up the next time you're called to that address.
Can I track multi-step jobs like generator installs?
Use color tags for each step, like waiting on parts or ready to schedule. Automations can add tags for you, and the jobs board lets you sort by what needs attention.
Can my electricians work in basements with no signal?
The tech app works offline with the jobs it last loaded. Notes and changes go through once the phone gets a connection again.
Can I try DispatchMind for my electrical company before paying?
Yes. You get a 14-day free trial with every feature turned on, Nellie included, and no card needed. After that it's month to month, so you can walk away anytime.
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