Caron Electric Inc
About us
Additional service areas - Portion of Norwood-Brockton, Lynn-Beverly, Concord-Maynard, Ashland-Norfolk, Boxford-Gloucester, Fitchburg-Leominster & Worcester counties.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Heating systems, ceiling fans & lighting, central air conditioning, ductless air conditioning & whole house ventilation., electrical inspections, electrical service upgrades, phone & cable jacks, power problems fixed, smoke & carbon monoxide detectors, switches & outlets, whole house generators
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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Scott agreed to come by the house and check out our existing panel; he obviously remembered doing the work but wanted to re-familiarize himself with it before committing to anything. I believe his company installs both 14kW and 20kW generators; we went with the latter as I don't recall there really being a substantial difference in price. It's a permanent full-house generator that runs on natural gas. Scott is very friendly, knowledgeable about what he does, and has extreme attention to detail. What I thought was extra nice is that he'd brought along an iPad with photos of various generator installs they'd done to give me a better idea of what would be involved.
His quote included the generator, installation on crushed stone/concrete pad, pulling the requisite electrical and gas permits for Lexington, gas piping, re-wiring the electrical panel, adding an automatic switch, maintenance for the first year (after this first year, I believe they charge ~$400/year), monitoring through Kohler's system, bi-weekly tests, and other things I'm sure I'm forgetting. We sent in a deposit check and in another day or two received a phone call to schedule installation, Scott indicated they typically book about 2 weeks out, but we were able to get on their schedule in less than a week.
The day of the installation, they said they'd arrive around 8 and it would be a full-day job. Around 7:50, Scott's truck was pulling into our driveway and he walked my wife and I through the process. We picked the exact spot where the generator would be installed, and Scott realized that a bush and sprinkler head would need to be moved. and quot;Who does your landscaping?and quot;, he asked. We told him that Eastern Brothers does, he whipped out his cell phone and started dialing: and quot;Hi, Keith? Scott Caron here, I'm installing a generator, and it looks like we'll need to move a bush and a sprinkler head or two...and quot; Within 1/2 hour, an Eastern Brothers truck was in our driveway too and their guys got to work. It was awesome.
Scott had two guys with him helping out, Don and another gentleman whose name unfortunately eludes me at the moment. Both of them were also extremely friendly and professional the entire day. Don spent the vast majority of his day standing in our utility closet, re-wiring the panel. The other guy handled extending the gas line out to the generator. The only downside was that in order to get the generator installed, they had to cut power to the house for about 8 hours while work was being done, but I figure this will hopefully be the longest we'll ever be without power again.
Once the generator was installed, they ran a full test, which involved cutting power to the house again. The generator kicked on and power started flowing to the house in about 5-6 seconds. Running at full-blast (which isn't indicative of typical usage, I'm told) it just sounded like someone was mowing the lawn outside. It's certainly not silent, but Scott and I were standing right in front of it and able to have a conversation without raising our voices. Caron Electric set us up with Kohler's monitoring system so that when the generator kicks on and off, not only will my wife and I receive emails, but Caron Electric gets them too, so he can see if we're in trouble. He also set it up so that it will perform bi-weekly tests for 20 minutes at a time. Our first test will be later on this morning.
I think that's about it? We really had a great experience with this, and highly recommend Caron Electric!
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