Electrical software that counts the devices for you.
Walk the house, read off the openings, and Redline turns 14 recessed cans, 6 GFCIs and a 200 amp service change into a quote. Then it keeps the permit, the utility pull and the final payment from slipping.
A panel upgrade quoted from the driveway
Drafted for Ray Whitfield: 200A main panel, breakers, 2 garage circuits with wire, permit and inspection, utility meter pull, labor. $5,860 with a $2,344 deposit. Review it?
Second quote drafted: everything above plus a 48A EV charger on its own circuit, $7,240. Approve both and they save to his file as drafts.
Quotes are drafts you check. Redline reads the photo you send, it doesn't do load calculations.
Made for how electrical work is priced and run
Per-device quoting
Read off the count ("14 recessed, 6 GFCI, 3 dimmers, 2 ceiling fans") and Redline prices each opening from rates it remembers. See electrical estimating.
Deposits on the big tickets
Panel upgrades, generators and EV chargers get a deposit percentage on the quote. Bill it when they say yes so the panel and the charger are paid for before you order. Invoicing is on Solo and up.
Utility disconnect days
Book the service change for the exact time the utility gives you, then put your electrician and apprentice on it from the board on Team and up. If the utility moves it, one message moves the job.
Inspection before final payment
Keep the job In Progress until the inspector signs off. A date reminder ("remind me Thursday to check the Whitfield inspection") lands in your morning push on the iPhone app so the final invoice goes out the day it passes.
Small jobs actually invoiced
A fan swap or a dead outlet is easy to forget. Home shows every job that's done but not invoiced, and "invoice Patel for the fan swap, $185" is all it takes.
Panel photos on file
Before and after shots of the panel go on the job, so the next call to that house starts with a picture of what's in the wall. See Quick-Sort.
What an electrician's week looks like
Electrical work splits two ways. Service calls (tripping breakers, dead outlets, a fixture that flickers) are small and fast, and the danger is that they never get billed. Projects (panel upgrades, EV chargers, generators, rewires) are bigger, need a permit and an inspection, and often hang on a utility disconnect that somebody else schedules.
Redline keeps both on one calendar. The service calls get slotted by town, the projects carry their deposit, checklist and inspection reminder, and the job pipeline shows which generator and EV charger quotes have been sitting in Quoted for two weeks.
When the inspection passes, say so in the chat. Redline moves the job along and drafts the final invoice. It doesn't subtract the deposit on its own, so tell it the balance.
Redline on electrical jobs, plainly
Redline does
- Quote per device, per circuit or per project (options in the quote composer, Solo and up)
- Bill deposits and finals with card pay links (Solo and up)
- Put electricians and apprentices on a dispatch board (Team and up)
- Remind you about inspections and quotes still out
- Keep panel photos and notes with the job
Redline doesn't
- Run load calculations or size services
- Pull permits or book inspections with the town
- Schedule the utility disconnect for you
- Track material or wire inventory
- Text the customer when the utility date changes (calling is one tap)
Questions contractors ask
Can I price by the opening?
Yes. Tell Redline your per-device rates once ("recessed can installed is $165, GFCI is $95") and it uses them every time you read off a count.
Can it hold the final invoice until inspection?
It doesn't hold anything on its own, but the job stays In Progress until you move it, and a date reminder brings the inspection back up in your morning push on the iPhone app.
Does my apprentice see the job price?
No. On Team and up, techs see their day, the checklist and your notes. Job values, quotes and invoices stay with the owner and office.
Electrical paperwork and tools
- Electrical estimate templatePanel upgrade, circuits, devices and permit lines
- Electrical invoice templateService call, devices and labor, ready to edit
- Electrical estimating softwareHow a device count becomes a quote
- Electrical invoicing softwareRough-in, trim-out and final billed by phase
- Electrical dispatch softwareElectricians, apprentices and utility times on one board
- Markup vs margin calculatorCheck your markup on panels and chargers
Keep reading
- Electrical estimating softwareWalkthrough counts in, a per-device quote with permit and deposit out.
- Quotes and estimatesItemized quotes by chat or from a photo, with a deposit. Options and tax in the composer.
- MemoryMention a price or habit once and Redline remembers it. You can see and edit every fact.
- Solar softwareFollow up on long sales cycles, quote per watt and bill each milestone.
- Plumbing softwareFit emergencies into a full day, quote water heaters on the spot and get paid before you leave.
Run your business by chat.
Redline is free to start. Tell it about the job and it handles the quote, the schedule, the invoice and the follow-up.