Electrical safety is always a priority for the team at JSH Electrical Services. Your home will have many electrical components and you should only use a qualified electrician to provide an in-depth analysis of the system’s health. An electrical inspection checks for the safe operation of parts, appliances and wiring but the most critical check of all will be the one we perform on your fuse board or consumer unit.
JSH Electrical Services is your local specialist for consumer unit upgrades in our hometown of Woking, and for homeowners in the surrounding Reading, Berkshire and Surrey areas.
The consumer unit is one of the most important parts of your household electrical system. It consists of a mains switch, a set of circuit breakers and residual current devices, also referred to as RCDs. While older fuse boards and new consumer units serve the same purpose, a consumer unit is safer and will comply fully with the current IET Wiring Regulations.
A consumer unit upgrade will better protect your home and turn off the electrical supply when the system overloads through the circuit breakers. Older fuse boxes used fuses with wires that melted during a surge to trip off the power supply.
It is easy to turn on the circuit breakers on consumer units but tricky to deal with fuse board faults and melted fuses.
The electricians on our team can visit properties in Woking, Reading and the surrounding areas to evaluate the current installation, inspect the area and assess your suitability for one of our consumer unit upgrades. We promise to be fair and transparent in our assessment, and to only recommend that you replace a fuse board or consumer unit if it is really needed.
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Consumer unit upgrades make your home safer to live in. If you have an older fuse board that doesn’t have RCDs fitted, you are more at risk to electrical fires, and these pose a serious threat to life and property. Modern installations have metal casings and cladding which, compared to plastics, do a much better job of keeping electrical fires safely contained.
Faulty wiring and equipment cause more than 4,000 fires in the UK each year. BS 7671 recommends that you have your Woking, Reading, Berkshire or Surrey home inspected for electrical safety every 5 to 10 years to ensure regulatory compliancy. Those who let out properties to tenants should book in for Electrical Installation Condition Reports more frequently.
Should a qualified electrician find a system to be unsafe, JSH Electrical Services can quote for consumer unit upgrades with the promise of sensible turnaround times, exceptional customer service, guaranteed workmanship and excellent aftercare.
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For consumer unit upgrades in Woking, Reading or the surrounding areas, call JSH Electrical Services on 07447 459688.
