Your fuse box, the consumer unit in the trade, is the heart of your home's electrics, and an old one is the weak point we find most often across Derby. A modern board cuts the power in a fraction of a second when something goes wrong, which protects you from a shock and your home from an electrical fire. If yours still has rewireable fuses, a wooden back board or no safety switches, it's well worth upgrading, and that's a common sight in the older terraces around Normanton and the between-the-wars homes across the city.
We test every circuit before the changeover so there are no surprises, fit a quality board with surge protection as standard, label everything clearly and walk you round the new unit before we leave. The work is tested and certified, and because we're NAPIT registered we notify it to Building Control for you. Most swaps are finished in a day with only a short break in your power, and you get one fixed price agreed before we start.
Circuits tested first
Every circuit inspected before the swap, so hidden faults are found and priced honestly up front.
Protection on every circuit
Each circuit gets its own safety switch, so a fault in one room never blacks out the whole house.
Surge protection built in
Your TVs, computers and appliances protected from damaging power spikes as standard.
Your questions, answered
How long will my power be off?
Usually just a few hours in the middle of the day. We plan the changeover so the disruption to your home is as short as possible, and confirm timing when we quote.
Why does my new fuse box trip when the old one never did?
Modern boards catch faults the old one silently ignored. That's exactly the protection you're paying for. We test every circuit at changeover, so anything the new board flags is found and put right.
Do I actually need a new consumer unit?
If yours has rewireable fuses, a wooden back or no safety switches, it's worth upgrading. If yours is fine, we'll tell you so. We'll never sell you a board you don't need.
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