Whole-Home Surge Protection
The power strip in the corner protects one outlet. A whole-home surge protector defends every appliance, electronic, and circuit in the house. Lightning strikes, utility switching, and big appliances cycling can all send voltage spikes through your wiring. Surge protection stops the damage before it reaches your equipment.
Is It Right for You?
Whole-home surge protection makes sense for any home, but especially homes with HVAC equipment, smart thermostats, networked appliances, home offices, gaming setups, or solar systems. Today's homes carry far more sensitive electronics than the homes most surge events were rated against decades ago. Insurance commonly covers a major surge event once. The deductible alone often costs more than the device.
Why Whole-Home Surge Protection
A point-of-use power strip protects whatever's plugged into it. A whole-home unit installs at the main electrical panel and intercepts surges before they branch out into the rest of the house. That covers hardwired equipment like the furnace, AC, oven, dishwasher, and garage door opener that a power strip can't reach.
Modern units include indicator lights that show the device is still functional, surge counters that track how many events the unit has absorbed, and audible alarms when protection has been used up. Layered protection, with a whole-home device at the panel plus point-of-use strips at sensitive equipment, gives the strongest defense.
Quality manufacturers back the equipment with strong warranties, and many include connected equipment warranties that cover replacement of damaged appliances if the surge protector fails.
Why Godby
Surge protection is only as good as the install. Proper placement at the panel, correct grounding, and code-compliant connections are what let the device respond fast enough to actually clamp a surge. Godby's certified electricians handle every step and check the device on every service visit. That's what turns a good product into a great long-term investment.
Outlet Installation and Upgrades
The outlet is the most-used part of your electrical system and usually the most ignored. Two-prong outlets, ungrounded circuits, and missing GFCI protection in wet areas are some of the most common safety issues we find. Newer outlet styles add charging, smart features, and code-required protection without changing how your house looks.
Is It Right for You?
An outlet upgrade makes sense if you still have two-prong outlets anywhere in the home, if kitchens, bathrooms, garages, or outdoor outlets aren't GFCI protected, or if you've added a kitchen island, home office, or media wall and just don't have enough power where you need it. USB and USB-C outlets eliminate the wall-wart pile next to nightstands and desks. Smart outlets let you schedule, monitor, and remote-control plugged-in devices without changing the device itself.
Why Modern Outlets Matter
GFCI outlets shut off power within milliseconds of detecting a ground fault, which is what stops a hair dryer in a sink from electrocuting someone. Code requires GFCI protection in kitchens, bathrooms, garages, basements, and outdoor outlets. Many older homes don't have it.
Tamper-resistant outlets prevent kids from sticking objects into the slots and are now required in new construction. AFCI breakers and outlets prevent arc faults that cause a high percentage of residential electrical fires. USB and USB-C outlets eliminate adapter clutter and charge devices faster than the cable plugged into a standard outlet through a brick.
Smart outlets let you control plugged-in lamps, fans, and appliances from a phone or voice assistant, which is the easiest way to add automation without rewiring lighting.
Why Godby
An outlet is only as good as the wiring behind it. Old aluminum wiring, ungrounded boxes, and overloaded circuits all create issues that the outlet itself can't fix. Godby's certified electricians inspect the circuit before any upgrade, replace what needs replacing, and install outlets that meet current code. That's what turns a good product into a great long-term investment.
Kohler Whole-Home Generators
Power that turns on when the grid turns off. A Kohler whole-home standby generator runs on natural gas or propane, sits permanently outside your home, and starts automatically within seconds of an outage. Lights stay on. Furnace keeps running. Sump pump keeps the basement dry.
Is It Right for You?
A standby generator makes sense if outages in your area regularly last more than a few hours, if you have well water that needs power to pump, or if anyone in the home depends on medical equipment, refrigerated medication, or climate-controlled spaces. It's also a strong call for finished basements where a sump pump failure means real damage and for home offices where downtime costs money.
Why Kohler
Kohler has been building engines since the early 1900s, and that experience shows up in the residential generator line. Every unit ships with a commercial-grade engine designed for long run times, not the lighter-duty engines competitors put in residential models. That means quieter operation, longer life, and reliable starting in extreme cold and heat.
Kohler standby generators connect to the home's existing natural gas or propane line so the fuel supply effectively never runs out. An automatic transfer switch detects the outage, isolates the home from the grid, and starts the generator within ten seconds. When utility power returns, the system switches back automatically and shuts the generator down.
The OnCue Plus monitoring app keeps the generator visible from anywhere. You see status, run history, and any alerts on your phone. PowerBoost technology handles big motor loads like central AC starting up without dimming lights elsewhere in the house. Sizing options range from units that cover essential circuits up to whole-home models that run every appliance simultaneously, including central air.
Kohler backs the equipment with a 5-year warranty so your investment is protected long after install.
Why Godby
A Kohler generator is only as good as the install. Correct sizing, code-compliant gas and electrical work, proper transfer switch wiring, and ongoing maintenance are what keep the unit reliable for the next decade plus. Godby's certified electricians handle every step and provide annual service. That's what turns a good product into a great long-term investment.
See who's at the door from anywhere. Ring doorbells stream HD video to your phone the moment motion is detected or someone presses the button. Talk to delivery drivers from work. Check the porch from bed. Catch the package thief before they leave the driveway.
Is It Right for You?
A Ring doorbell makes sense for any home that gets regular package deliveries, has kids who come home alone, or has had porch theft or unwanted visitors. Hardwired models replace your existing doorbell button and run continuously without battery worries. Battery models work for homes without existing doorbell wiring or for renters and short-term setups.
Why Ring
Ring is the most widely used video doorbell in the country, which means the software is mature, the app is fast, and integration with the rest of your smart home is straightforward. Two-way audio lets you talk to whoever's at the door, even when you're not home. Motion alerts come within seconds of someone stepping into view.
Ring Protect plans add cloud video recording so you can review footage from earlier in the day, week, or month. Sharing clips with neighbors or police is one tap. Pairing the doorbell with Ring chimes, cameras, and the Alexa ecosystem turns a single device into a connected home security layer.
Ring backs the equipment with strong warranties so your investment is protected long after install.
Why Godby
A Ring doorbell is only as good as the install. Existing doorbell wiring may need a transformer upgrade, the chime needs the right Pro module, and Wi-Fi placement determines whether video streams cleanly or lags. Godby's certified electricians handle every step including the wiring, app setup, and integration with the rest of your smart home. That's what turns a good product into a great long-term investment.
Smart Home Wiring and Automation
Lights, locks, cameras, thermostats, and appliances that talk to each other and to you. A properly wired smart home isn't a pile of gadgets. It's infrastructure that quietly does the right thing in the background and gives you one app to control everything when you do want hands-on.
Is It Right for You?
Smart home work makes sense if you're building, remodeling, or adding rooms to your home and want the wiring done right while walls are open. It also makes sense for any homeowner ready to consolidate the patchwork of apps and remotes that piles up over time. Whole-home automation pays off most for people who travel, work from home, or want energy savings without thinking about every light switch.
Why Whole-Home Automation
Standalone smart devices are fine for one job but break down when you try to make them work together. A unified system, integrated through a hub like Trane Nexia or a similar platform, ties HVAC, lighting, locks, garage doors, cameras, and more into one ecosystem with rules you set once.
Schedules and scenes let the house adjust itself. Lights dim and the thermostat sets back when the last person leaves. Cameras and doorbells alert you to motion while you're away. Smart locks let in family or service techs without sharing a code, and log every entry. Energy use shows up in dashboards instead of getting buried in monthly bills.
Quality manufacturers back the equipment with strong warranties so your investment is protected long after install.
Why Godby
A smart home is only as good as the wiring underneath it. Clean low-voltage runs, properly grounded outlets, hub placement that gives every device a strong signal, and code-compliant electrical work are what separate a system that just works from one that frustrates you weekly. Godby's certified electricians handle every step and help you build the rules and scenes that match how you actually live. That's what turns a good product into a great long-term investment.