After-hours call answering for Prince George electricians

A Tuesday in Prince George

Tuesday at 9am you're loading the truck in Prince George. The first call of the day is a service upgrade quote tied to a kitchen reno. You're already booked solid by the time it's transcribed and sent back to your inbox. The phone goes to voicemail because both of yours are pinned. You don't see it until you're back in the truck.

The 4pm call is a homeowner whose breaker keeps tripping in the kitchen. You can't take it. By 6:30pm there's an after-hours job too, a tree branch on a service drop after a wind storm. Two missed calls, one half-day of revenue, no way to triage from a ladder.

What changes

Avidra answers your phone with AI voice the moment a call lands. The caller hears a real voice. You get a structured lead summary on your phone, the same way a text would arrive.

The Tuesday morning call still happens. You still can't answer mid-job. Now the homeowner gets a text in under five seconds asking the basics. By the time you're back in the truck the lead is qualified and sitting in your inbox.

Two ways to set it up

Two setup paths. Path one is forwarding: your existing business number stays the front door, calls ring to your phone, and Avidra only catches the unanswered ones. Path two is direct: the Avidra number is the front door, AI picks up every call live, and it transfers to your cell when the caller asks for a human. Most one-truck shops use path one. Larger shops with reception coverage usually move to path two.

Both pickup modes run on the Free tier. AI voice answering and SMS text-back are included at $0, with 30 voice minutes a month.

What it costs

Free for 14 days. No card to start. Plans after the trial run from a flat monthly rate, not per-call. Most electricians pay less per month than the value of one recovered job. See the pricing page for current numbers.

The phone end of your shop

Avidra owns the phone end of your shop. It picks up calls, runs the qualifier, captures the job, and relays the messages you ask it to send. Everything past the phone stays with you. Pricing, scheduling, dispatch, billing all live in your existing tools.

The text won't quote a panel swap. It won't promise an inspection slot. It won't argue with a homeowner over the phone about whether their flickering is a loose neutral or a bad breaker. The intake gets you to the panel faster. Everything after that is yours.

Your assistant for the calls you do answer

Avidra isn't just for missed calls. The owner side runs on text and voice too. From a truck or a job site, you can text the Avidra number to relay a message to a specific customer, ask how today's leads are shaping up, or have the AI book a callback. It does what a human dispatcher would do, on whichever channel you're already using.

Calls electricians in Prince George actually take

Most of these will look familiar. Double tap breaker that won't stay on after a storm. GFCI outlet that keeps tripping after a bathroom remodel. Panel swap quote for a pre-1950 home with knob and tube. Outlet sparking when a vacuum gets plugged in. Each is the same opportunity. The phone is the bottleneck.

After hours, the calls shift. The patience is shorter and the stakes are higher. Burning smell from a panel, lights flickering. Tree branch on a service drop after a wind storm. Fast pickup is the difference between the job and a callback that never gets returned.

What the year looks like

Year-round demand. Small spikes in summer for EV chargers and patio circuits, and again before holidays for outdoor lighting.

Volume changes by season. Pickup rate shouldn't. Avidra fires the text-back the same way in February as it does in July, on a slow Tuesday or during a heat-advisory week.

Getting Avidra answering your phone

Setup is two minutes. You connect your business number to Avidra, either by porting it or by setting your existing line to ring the Avidra number. The AI picks up from then on. You edit the default intake script to sound like your office, and the first real call uses your voice and your business name.

Most owners are live before lunch on the day they sign up. The honest test is to call your own line and have the AI answer. The questions land. The summary fires. You see the intake on your phone.

Why live pickup beats voicemail

Voicemail is where service leads go to die. A homeowner who hits voicemail at 7pm and gets a callback at 9am has already booked the next name on the list. Avidra picks up live, so the conversation starts in the first ring. By the time the caller would have hung up on voicemail, the AI has already captured the caller's name and address along with the basics of the call. The follow-up callback then lands into a warm conversation, not a cold one.

After-hours and on-the-ground in Prince George

FSR Class A or B is required for the contractor of record in BC, with electrical permits filed through Technical Safety BC.

Common questions

Try Avidra on your own number

Plug it in, miss a call, see what happens. 14 days free, no card needed to start. The product doesn't change by city. Prince George electricians get the same thing every other market gets.