Estimating software closes the install and forgets the unit. PowerOps carries the generator forward — quote and manage the install, then turn the same equipment into a recurring maintenance agreement and a compliance record, without re-entering a thing.
The margin in generators is not just the install — it is the decade of maintenance after it. When the unit you installed is already on the record, standing up the service agreement is a continuation of the job, not a new project.
Build the install quote — configure the generator and transfer switch, price the line items — with the customer, site, and equipment captured once and carried forward through the job.
Run the installation through commissioning as a project, so the work that turns a sold job into an energized generator is tracked, not lived in a job-box and a text thread.
When the unit is commissioned it is already on the record — so it carries a PM cadence and can sit under a recurring agreement without re-entering the generator you just installed.
Once you are maintaining the generators you installed, you need what a generator service company needs — the PM program, the field capture, and the record. It is the same system.
Every generator you install carries make, model, serial, kW, ATS, and fuel type, plus its full history — so “what did we put in here and what has it needed” is one lookup, years later.
Each unit holds its own preventive-maintenance cadence with a due / coming-due / overdue view and auto-generated work orders — so the fleet you installed gets serviced on schedule instead of when someone calls.
Technicians capture readings, checklist results, photos, and serials against the right unit, offline on site, syncing when signal returns — no paperwork to transcribe back at the shop.
Each visit is written by the named, authenticated person who did it, at a server timestamp, and cannot be silently edited later — the documented maintenance history a building owner or auditor will accept.
| Capability | Estimating / accounting | PowerOps |
|---|---|---|
| Installed unit becomes a tracked asset | ||
| Recurring PM cadence per generator | ||
| Install quote flows to service with no re-entry | ||
| Offline field capture of readings & photos | ||
| Append-only maintenance record for the owner |
Your estimating tool is built to win the install and book the cost. The recurring service the unit generates for the next decade is the part it was never designed to hold.
An electrical contractor who installs standby generators is sitting on a service annuity — the units they put in need preventive maintenance, testing, and repairs for their whole life. General estimating or accounting software handles the install as a one-off job and forgets the equipment. Generator service software carries the unit forward: the generator you installed becomes an asset with a PM cadence, a service history, and a recurring agreement, so the install turns into an ongoing relationship instead of a closed invoice.
Yes — that is the point of running them in one system. Quote and configure the install, manage it as a project, and when it is commissioned the equipment is already on the record. From there the same unit carries a preventive-maintenance schedule, service work orders, and a permanent history. You do not re-enter the generator to start servicing what you just installed.
Yes. You can build an install quote — configuring the generator and transfer switch and pricing the line items — and manage the resulting work as a project through commissioning. The customer, site, and equipment captured on the quote flow forward, so nothing is retyped when the job moves from sold to installed to serviced.
Once a unit is on the record, it carries its own PM cadence and can sit under a recurring service agreement. The equipment, site, and customer are already there from the install, so standing up the maintenance program is a continuation of the job — not a fresh data-entry project. That is how contractors turn install revenue into recurring service revenue.
Each service visit is captured in the field — readings, checklist, photos, serials — and written to an append-only record by the named, authenticated person who did the work, at a server timestamp. Standby-power maintenance and testing cadences are set by the governing standard and the authority having jurisdiction; the software lets you configure them and then produces the documented history a building owner, insurer, or auditor will accept.
Start a free trial, or book a demo and bring the last install you closed — see how it becomes a service agreement.