Keep Your Home Powered When the Lights Go Out

Power outages can leave your home without heating or air conditioning, refrigeration, lighting, and other essentials. A standby generator can automatically restore power to your home when the electrical grid goes down, helping you stay comfortable and connected during an outage.

Cross Electric provides generator installation, replacement, repair, and maintenance throughout the DFW area. Being Generac Certified, our electricians can help you choose and install a standby generator that’s appropriate for your home’s electrical needs.

Whole-Home Standby Generators

Unlike portable generators that typically power only a limited number of devices, a standby generator is permanently connected to your home’s electrical system and can provide backup power to your home during an outage.

When the power goes out, a standby generator can automatically detect the interruption and start providing power. When utility power is restored, the generator returns to standby mode.

That means you can have backup power available even when you’re away from home.

Why Install a Standby Generator?

A power outage can be more than an inconvenience. Extended outages can affect heating and cooling, food storage, lighting, and other important systems in your home.

A standby generator can provide peace of mind by helping you avoid:

  • Losing power to essential household systems
  • Spoiled food during extended outages
  • Leaving your home during a prolonged outage
  • Interruptions caused by severe weather
  • Being without power while you’re away from home

For households that rely on electrically powered equipment, dependable backup power can be especially important.

Generator Services

Cross Electric provides a complete range of residential generator services.

Generator Installation

Ready to add backup power to your home? Our electricians can help you select a generator that fits your home’s electrical needs and handle the electrical installation. The installation process can include coordinating the necessary electrical connections, gas hookup, permitting, inspection, and startup.

Generator Replacement

If your existing generator is aging, having trouble starting, or no longer meets your home’s needs, Cross Electric can help you evaluate your options and replace the system with a new generator.

Generator Repair

If your generator isn’t starting, isn’t providing power, or is experiencing another problem, our electricians can troubleshoot the electrical system and identify the cause.

Generator Maintenance

Regular maintenance helps keep your generator ready when you need it. Cross Electric provides generator maintenance to help identify worn or damaged components and keep the system operating properly. Ask about our generator membership with annual inspections and maintenance!

Interlock & Inlet Kit Installation

Want backup power without the heavy price tag of a standby system? We install generator interlock kits that let you safely run your home’s essential circuits using a portable generator for a fraction of the cost.

Generac Certified

Cross Electric is Generac Certified and provides generator installation, repair, and maintenance services.

Generac standby generators are designed to provide automatic backup power when utility power is interrupted. Our electricians can help you determine which system is appropriate for your home’s electrical requirements.

What to Expect From Your Generator Installation

Installing a standby generator involves more than placing the equipment outside your home. The generator needs to be properly connected to your home’s electrical system and installed in accordance with applicable requirements.

Cross Electric can help with the installation process, including:

1. Evaluate Your Home

We’ll help determine what type and size of generator is appropriate for your home’s electrical needs.

2. Plan the Installation

Our team will determine the appropriate location and electrical requirements for the generator.

3. Complete the Installation

We’ll handle the necessary electrical work and coordinate the required gas connection, permitting, inspection, and startup.

4. Provide Ongoing Service

After installation, Cross Electric can provide regular maintenance, and repair if needed.

Is Your Generator Ready for the Next Outage?

A generator only helps when it’s operating properly. If your generator hasn’t been serviced recently, is having trouble starting, or you’re unsure whether it’s ready for the next outage, it’s worth having it evaluated.

Cross Electric can provide generator maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair to help keep your backup power system ready.

WHY CHOOSE CROSS ELECTRIC?

Cross Electric is a third-generation electrical contractor that has served the DFW area since 1980.

Our professional electricians are licensed and insured, with safety at the forefront of our work.

Our electricians receive ongoing technical training and have experienced field supervisors available for additional support when needed.

We’ll explain what we find, what the repair involves, and what you can expect before moving forward with the work.

Our service vehicles are thoroughly stocked so our electricians can arrive prepared to diagnose electrical problems and complete many repairs efficiently.