DC Electric (740) 310-6044
A house on a rainy night with every window dark The same house with every window lit and a Generac standby generator running beside it

The grid goes down.

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Every house on the road goes dark.

Generac standby generators · installed by DC Electric

One of them doesn't.

A Generac standby generator senses the outage and starts itself. The lights are back in seconds, and nobody goes outside in the storm. Never lose power again.

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CKT 00 What DC Electric does

Services, Belmont County and the Ohio Valley

Six jobs. One electrician.

Every one of these is Derek's own work, photographed on the job. The man who quotes it is the man who does it.

  1. Generac standby generator on a pad beside a home in Belmont County, Ohio, installed by DC Electric
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    Generac standby generators

    A whole-home Generac sits outside like an air conditioner and watches the line. When the power drops it starts itself and the transfer switch moves the house over. Furnace, well pump, fridge, sump pump: all of it stays on. DC Electric is a Generac dealer, and the estimate is free.

    See the work
  2. New electrical panel mounted on plywood with tidy conduit, installed by DC Electric
    02

    Panel upgrades and 200-amp service

    Fuse boxes, 100-amp services that cannot keep up, double-tapped breakers, a panel that trips every time the dryer runs. New panel, new service, room for the garage and the hot tub, every breaker labelled before we leave.

    See the work
  3. Three labelled disconnects marked Barn, House and Shop on a farm electrical service built by DC Electric
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    Farm and outbuilding services

    One service feeding the barn, the house and the shop, each on its own disconnect, with a generator behind all three. Sized for what you will put in there next year, not just this one.

  4. Steel building interior lit with LED high bays by DC Electric
    04

    LED lighting conversions

    Shops, barns, garages, gyms. We reuse the circuits that are sound, hang LED high bays, and the ballasts and the light bill go away together. Light you can work under, corner to corner.

    See the work
  5. Steel arch building interior with overhead doors and new lighting, wired by DC Electric
    05

    Shops, barns and steel buildings

    Pole barns, steel buildings and shops need real power: welder and compressor circuits, high-bay lighting, door openers, and a subfeed that can take it. Run clean, run in conduit, labelled.

  6. Derek Cattran coring through a block wall to run a new electrical service
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    Service calls and new circuits

    Hot tubs, dryers, a kitchen that keeps tripping, a garage with one outlet. Derek finds the fault, cores through the block, runs the new circuit, and it is right the first time.

    See the work
  • Licensed
  • Fully insured
  • Free in-home estimates
  • Generac dealer
  • St. Clairsville, Ohio
CKT 01 Standby generator · 2-pole

Generac standby generators in St. Clairsville

Never lose power again.

A whole-home Generac standby generator sits outside like an air conditioner and watches the line. When the power drops it starts on its own, the transfer switch moves the house over, and it runs on natural gas or propane until the grid is back. Furnace, well pump, fridge, sump pump, medical equipment: all of it stays on. DC Electric is a Generac dealer, and the estimate is free.

Generac generator installed with meter and transfer switch on a house wall
Meter, disconnect and transfer switch
Generac standby generator on a concrete pad beside a house
Set, wired, tested
1

Free in-home estimate

Derek looks at your panel, your gas line and where the unit can sit, then gives you a written price. No charge, no pressure.

2

Sized to your house

Whole-home, or the circuits that matter: furnace, well pump, fridge, sump pump. You choose what stays on.

3

Installation day

Pad, generator, automatic transfer switch, wiring to your panel. Gas connection coordinated with your supplier.

4

Start-up and walk-through

We simulate an outage with you standing there, so the first time it runs is not the first time you see it.

Under a house, coring a new service
CKT 02 The electrician

Derek Cattran, owner

“DC Electric is committed to providing customers with professional and affordable electrical services. We are licensed, fully insured and always make safety our number one priority.”Derek Cattran, DC Electric

That is Derek under a house on Crescent Road, coring block for a new service. When you call DC Electric you get Derek: the man who quotes the job is the man who does it. Licensed. Fully insured. Based in St. Clairsville, working across Belmont County and the Ohio Valley.

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CKT 03 Panels & service · 200A

Panel upgrades & service work

200-amp service. Room to grow.

Fuse boxes, 100-amp services that cannot keep up, double-tapped breakers, a panel that trips every time the dryer runs. We upgrade services, replace panels, add circuits for garages, shops and hot tubs, and label every breaker before we leave.

Open breaker panel with neatly dressed conductors
Dressed and labelled
Electrical panel with conduit runs in a basement
Service upgrade
Electrical panel and equipment installed in a basement
Basement service
CKT 04 Lighting · 20A

LED lighting conversions

Same shop. Half the light bill.

LED high bays draw about half the power of the tubes they replace and put out more light. No ballasts to change, no tubes to swap, and the floor reads corner to corner. Derek reuses the circuits that are sound and hangs the new fixtures on them.

A steel workshop at night under old fluorescent strip lights: dim, yellow and uneven, one tube out The same workshop under new LED high bays: bright, even, white light to every corner

Same room, same circuits. Only the fixtures changed.

A gym in Lansing was running on tired fluorescent tubes. Derek hung LED high bays on the circuits that were already there. Same room, and the floor reads corner to corner.

Shops, barns, garages, gyms, warehouses: we reuse what is sound, replace the fixtures, and you get light you can work under and a bill that drops the first month.

Price my shop
Electrician tools on plywood: Klein wire strippers, Klein Katapult strippers, Klein lineman's pliers, a Fluke 323 clamp meter, a Klein NCVT-2 voltage tester, an 11-in-1 screwdriver, fish tape, wire nuts, electrical tape, Romex and EMT
CKT 06 What's in the truck

Tools of the trade

What comes out of the truck.

  • Klein lineman'sThe tool that defines the trade.
  • Fluke clamp meterCurrent read without touching a conductor.
  • Klein NCVT-2It beeps before anyone touches a wire.
  • Klein 11-in-1One handle, every bit a panel needs.
  • Fish tapeNew wire through finished walls, no drywall.
  • Wire nuts and tapeYellow, red and black. Always.
  • Romex and EMTThe wire, and the conduit it runs in.
  • A breakerSized to the wire, not to the wish.

Follow the wire

Every circuit ends at the panel.

A 200 amp load center in a basement, door closed, on a plywood backboard, with a Generac transfer switch beside it The same load center with the door open: main breaker, two columns of branch breakers, and the circuit directory card on the door

Every job ends here

A panel you can read.

Main on top, branches below, neutrals and grounds landed, every breaker labelled. Our sticker goes on the door because we stand behind what is inside.

200A mainThe whole house comes through here
Branch breakersOne per circuit, sized to the wire
Transfer switchGenerator on, grid off, nothing shared

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Derek calls back to set a time to come look. No charge for the visit.

Derek calls back himself. Licensed · fully insured · Belmont County, Ohio

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Questions people ask

Before you call.

How does a standby generator know the power is out?
The automatic transfer switch watches the utility line. When it drops, the switch signals the generator to start, waits for it to come up to speed, then moves your panel over to generator power. When the utility comes back, it moves you back and shuts the generator down. You do nothing.
What does it run on?
Natural gas if you have it, propane if you do not. It plugs into the same supply as your furnace, so there is no fuel to store or fill.
Whole house or just the essentials?
Either. Whole-home covers everything at once. A smaller unit on selected circuits (furnace, well pump, fridge, sump pump, a few lights) costs less. Derek sizes it to what you tell him matters.
Do I need a permit for a generator or a panel?
Yes. Electrical work of this kind is permitted and inspected in Ohio. A licensed contractor pulls it; that is part of what you are paying for.
My panel is full. Can you add a circuit?
Usually. Sometimes it means a sub-panel, sometimes a service upgrade to 200 amps. Derek will tell you which after he looks, and the look is free.
Where do you work?
St. Clairsville, Belmont County, and across the Ohio Valley including Wheeling. If you are not sure, call.

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(740) 310-6044
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Address
70360 Crescent Rd
St. Clairsville, OH 43950

Service area

  • St. Clairsville
  • Belmont
  • Barnesville
  • Bellaire
  • Martins Ferry
  • Bridgeport
  • Shadyside
  • Morristown
  • Flushing
  • Wheeling, WV
  • and the rest of Belmont County
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