Knights' Electric, Inc. LIC. #432135

Mike Saitone is the Senior Sales Representative of TEGG Services at Knights' Electric, Inc. Saitone has 20 years of sales experience, most of which has been in the industrial and construction sectors. Saitone has 9 years of experience in mechanical contracting, including energy retrofitting.

As Knights' Electric's TEGG Services Senior Sales Representative, Saitone will be responsible for making presentations to prospective customers for TEGG Services, which provide companies with electrical power distribution inspections and service contracts to maintain power quality and safety.

Saitone enjoys developing relationships and trust with his customers based on his knowledge and understanding of their problems and challenges. "I need to understand and know the customer's business so I have the knowledge to help them," says Saitone. "Then I can bring them a more grounded solution."

Saitone has experience in his family's business, which is somewhat similar to Knights' Electric's family history. His father, Jim Saitone, has owned and operated a retail business in Petaluma since 1964, beginning with boat sales and now motorcycle and horse trailer sales. Mike worked with his father and mother in the business periodically over the years and managed the business from 1982 to 1985.

Empire Waste Management, Inc. previously employed Saitone for 6 years in sales and as public relations manager. He was responsible for 420,000 customers from Mendocino County to Sonoma County.

The Gaige House Inn with its bucolic surroundings in Glen Ellen.

Molofsky Builders, Inc. has recently begun an expansion project at the Gaige House Inn located in Glen Ellen. The expansion project includes 8 Asian inspired cottages. Knights' Electric will install the electrical system, Internet cabling, interior lighting, and landscape lighting for the cottages. Molofsky Builders and Knights' Electric have previously worked together on another high-end wine country bed and breakfast resort project, The Inn at Cedar Mansion in Sonoma.

Knights' Electric will install low-voltage ambient lighting for the Gaige House Inn cottage interiors and landscape lighting to accent the private patio and garden areas. Each cottage will also feature a recessed spa tub.

Molofsky Builders, known for custom commercial work and high-end residential projects, built Lytton Springs Winery, the largest rice straw bale building in the world , for Ridge Vineyards in Healdsburg. Knights' Electric installed the electrical and lighting along with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC's), temperature controls and automated night air system at Lytton Springs Winery.
 

Knights' Electric will also be working with Molofsky Builders on two other residential projects that are set to begin this year. They will return to Healdsburg to build the Puma Springs Vineyards-Residence and start a residential project on Trinity Road in Sonoma Valley. Molofsky Builders will also soon begin construction of their new office building in Glen Ellen.

Molofsky Builders, which was licensed and established in 1979, has achieved an outstanding reputation based on teamwork with owners and architects, gaining trust from their customers and using the best people for the job.

Molofsky Builders chooses its subcontractors based on previous performance, reputation, service following completion, and pricing. They want their subcontractors to be competitive and successful in their businesses. Knights' Electric is pleased to be a part of Molofsky Builders' philosophy of success. 

The generator and diesel engine are housed in this green metal shroud with service doors.
The 3-phase conduit for power is to the left.

The Sonoma County Morgue now has a 200-killowatt emergency back-up generator. Knights' Electric purchased and installed the generator along with an 800-amp automatic transfer switch at the facility located on Chanate Road in Santa Rosa.

The emergency generator system will automatically engage when the main power is lost at the facility. Knights' Electric completed the trenching, conduits, and piping along with the cement foundation to mount the generator and the diesel engine.

The 120/208-volt, 3-phase generator is powered by a Cummins West 317-horse power turbo-charged diesel engine. The unit is located outside the power house building at the morgue. The generator/engine shroud has sound reduction elements such as fiberglass paneling to comply with environmental sound level guidelines.

There is a 400-gallon sub-base diesel fuel tank situated below the generator and diesel set-up. The Cummins West diesel engine can burn 4 to 14 gallons per hour depending on the power demand at the facility.

The automatic transfer switch (ATS) for the emergency generator is located inside the powerhouse. An enunciator panel, which is connected to the ATS, mimics the controls and alarms on the generator and then sends a signal through a wireless link transmitter to the Sonoma County office complex located off Bicentennial Drive near Hwy. 101 in Santa Rosa. The entire power system at the morgue can be monitored at the main offices to detect problems such as a leak or a low fuel level.