Planning a home EV charger installation
Buying the car is usually the exciting part. Then somebody asks: “Where are you going to charge it?” For homeowners with off-street parking, installing a dedicated home EV charger is usually far more convenient than relying on public chargers. But there is more to the installation than mounting a box next to your driveway. The […]
Why do my electrics keep tripping?
You switch the kettle on. Click. Everything goes dark. You reset the consumer unit and the power comes back. Then it happens again the following evening. A circuit breaker or RCD tripping occasionally can be inconvenient. Repeated tripping is different. It usually means the protective device is responding to something that needs investigating. Electrical Safety […]
Is it time to upgrade your consumer unit?
An old consumer unit is easy to worry about. You open the cupboard, see a fuse box that looks as though it has been there since the house was built and immediately assume it needs replacing. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesn’t. The important question is not simply how old is it? It is what […]
What does an EICR actually check?
You may have been told you need an EICR before renting out a property, buying a house or carrying out other electrical work. But what actually happens during one? An Electrical Installation Condition Report, or EICR, is essentially a health check for the fixed electrical installation in a property. It is not simply an electrician […]
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