The electricians’ industry is not what it used to be a few years ago. The global volume of construction is forecast to grow by 85% to $15.5 trillion by 2030, according to a report by Global Construction Perspectives and Oxford Economics sponsored by PwC. Electricians are always busy with power outages, rewiring equipment, inspecting ongoing projects, installing electrical wiring and lighting, and troubleshooting day-to-day problems.
Taking saws and drills to the field of work is simply not enough. Electrical contractors are in need of powerful tech support to help them keep up with the pace of work. Today, we will be listing the best apps for electricians in 2022 that can help your mobile workforce optimize their performance.
Frontu (Android – Free / Subscription Required)
Frontu is a field service management software that helps you manage tasks, service requests, set up a schedule for employees, as well as evaluate their performance. Getting all of that into one platform allows you to streamline your operations, save management time and ultimately help your workforce do more in less time.
Frontu comes with a wide array of features and integrations that can be tailored to the electrical engineering field. The day of an electrician is filled with planning routes, ensuring they have the right tools for the job with them, traveling, and adjusting plans on the go. Frontu helps them plan their entire, adjusting to factors like traffic, new information, and customer feedback.
The app works perfectly offline, making it even more valuable in remote scenarios.
The app is free to download but Frontu plans come with specific pricing.
Ugly’s Electrical References (iOS app – $12.99; Android app – $12.99)
Ugly’s Electrical References has been around for 35 years and is considered one of the best electrician apps on the market. Their latest app updates offer amongst other things
- Table change information
- Mathematical formulas
- National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) wiring configurations
- A conduit bending guide with videos
- Measurement conversions
- Interactive tables
- Ohm’s Law calculator
- Voltage drop calculator
- Ampacity calculator
- How-to video tutorials
- And more
The vast amount of reference materials helps electricians solve complex calculations from their mobile phone, eliminating the need for pen and paper or top of your head calculations. Electrical apps come in many shapes and forms, and this one is a must-have, easy-to-use format for electrical formulas that need to happen on the spot.
QuickBooks (iOS, Android – Free / Subscription Required)
QuickBooks is a small business accounting software. It takes care of the accounting, reporting, and bookkeeping needs of electricians. The app helps automate the overall workflow by taking care of things like invoices, reports, income, and payroll.
Keeping track of costs, tax and overall finances can be cumbersome and time-consuming. An electrician should be able to focus on the task at hand and not worry about accounting. QuickBooks makes it easy to conduct electrical calculations and capture expenses on the go.
Master Electrician Reference (iOS, Android – $9.99)
Master Electrician Reference is widely considered one of the best electrician service apps on the market. The app contains formulas, tables, charts, and pictures, and a scientific calculator to automate and fast-track calculations. The search functionality makes it easy to find information such as:
- Grounding sizes
- Ohm’s law, series, and parallel circuits
- Formulas for kVA, kW, and HP
- “The Master Bender Way” guide on how to bend conduit
- Temperature conversion
- Frequency converter
- Circuit parameters
- Electrical engineering dictionary
- And more
ElectroDroid PRO (iOS – $3.99; Android – Free)
Can you imagine an electrician in the field of work, tired, sweaty, and stressed, trying to make complex calculations based on reference documents, or manual calculations? The risk for error is extremely high and it takes a considerable amount of time.
Thankfully, electricians no longer have to do that. ElectroDroid PRO mobile app is a handy suite of tools that includes features like:
- Capacitor charge
- Operational amplifier
- Battery life calculator
- Power calculator
- Voltage divider
- Y-Δ transformation
- Zener diode calculator
- Energy cost calculator
- Adjustable voltage regulator
- And more
EveryCircuit (iOS, Android – Free / Subscription Required)
EveryCircuit is one of the best free apps available, helping electricians build and simulate circuits on their mobile devices. It’s a convenient tool that allows you to animate, create prototypes, and understand how circuits work by looking at interactive graphs. You should expect to see:
- dynamic animations of voltages, currents and charges
- adjust circuit parameters while simulation is live
- responsive touchscreen interface
Another advantage of this app is its big community of users. Becoming part of an active community gives you the opportunity to network, meet people with the same ideas, access a library of circuit designs, ask questions or even publish your own work.
