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After-hours electrical calls, triaged before they wake the wrong tech.

Outage, breaker, burning smell, or a light that can wait until morning. The configured workflow asks intake questions, records the report, and applies your routing rules. Enso is not an emergency service.

From Hello to Handled.

Illustrative · Configured workflow

For the owner and admin of electrical contractors

Your electrical work, in the Command Center.

Outages, lighting faults and electrical service requests. Keep the reported conditions, panel location and office review together.

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Try the automated demo line with an electrical service request.

Common after-hours intake gaps

Configured intake examples: Partial or full outage · Breaker trip · Burning smell / scorch · Parking-lot lighting · Access-control power · Generator

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What Enso asks

Example intake questions for a configured electrical workflow. Your routing rules determine the next step.

  1. 01Site and panel location
  2. 02Whole building or one area?
  3. 03Burning smell, smoke, or visible damage?
  4. 04Is anyone stuck in an elevator or behind powered door hardware?
  5. 05Last thing that was on?
  6. 06After-hours access to the electrical room

Routing rules you configure

Urgent route

Smoke, fire, someone trapped, or immediate danger → contact emergency services first; a configured Enso rule can also queue an on-call notification.

Office follow-up

Single circuit or lighting → tag for office follow-up, unless your configured rule treats the site differently.

Enso does not replace 911 or emergency responders and does not tell occupants to reset breakers in a flood or fire situation. It records the report and can queue a configured notification.

Example

Client: “Half the second floor lost power at the Rowan Street office.”

Enso: Records an electrical work order, checks for smoke or burning smell and anyone stuck, asks what was running when it tripped, and applies the configured routing rule.

How you go live

Four configuration steps before activation, pre-filled for electrical.

  1. 01

    Pick your trade

    Choose electrical to start with suggested intake questions and example prompts. Review them before use.

  2. 02

    Confirm the call flow

    Review what Enso asks and the routing rules you want. Choose the work-order fields to capture.

  3. 03

    Add sites and on-call

    Add asset names, coverage schedules, and on-call contacts. Text notifications require each recipient to opt in.

  4. 04

    Go live on your Enso number

    After your voice, SMS, and inbox channels are provisioned, verify forwarding and run a test call before activation.

Price

Shop plan from $199/month

Pricing is based on the jobs Enso handles, not doors, units, or sites.

Electrical after-hours questions

Who answers my electrical line after hours?
Once your Enso number and forwarding are activated, the configured workflow can answer and ask for the site and panel location, affected area, burning smell or visible damage, whether anyone is stuck, and what was last running.
How does an emergency electrical call get escalated?
Callers facing smoke, fire, someone trapped, or immediate danger should contact emergency services. Separately, your configured rule can flag the Enso work order and queue a notification to an opted-in named contact. Delivery and a technician response are not guaranteed.
Will it tell someone to reset a breaker?
No. Enso does not talk an occupant through resetting a breaker in a flood or fire situation. The configured workflow records the details, advises use of emergency services when appropriate, and can queue a notification under your rules.
Can it handle a generator or parking-lot lighting call?
They can be included in the electrical intake you configure. The work order can then be tagged for staff review or an opted-in on-call notification under your rules; Enso does not schedule the visit automatically.

General questions about pricing, setup, and recording →

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