Consumer unit replacement in Eastleigh

Fuse board or consumer unit — the same job

People in Eastleigh ask for this work under a lot of different names: a new fuse board, a fuse box replacement, a consumer unit upgrade, a board that needs repairing. It is the same piece of equipment and the same conversation.

Whatever you call it, I’ll look at what you have and tell you honestly whether it genuinely needs replacing or whether something smaller will do — then price it before I start.

When an Eastleigh property needs a new board

• An old rewireable fuse box with fuse wire rather than circuit breakers
• No RCD protection where there should be
• A board that trips repeatedly or will not reset
• Scorching, overheating or visible damage
• An EICR that recorded a fault code against the board
• Adding load — a shower, an extension, or an EV charge point

What I tend to find locally

Because I am based in Eastleigh, this is everyday local work rather than a long call-out.

The older terraced housing near the town centre and the railway works is where original fuse boxes and limited RCD protection still turn up most often, and a full replacement is usually the sensible answer. Bishopstoke and Fair Oak have a lot of mid-century and later family housing where the board is simply reaching the end of its service life — a cleaner job, often an upgrade to RCBOs. In Chandlers Ford and Boyatt Wood, where much of the stock is 1960s onwards, it is more often an additional circuit or a supply for a charge point than a complete replacement.

That is a starting point, not a diagnosis — I’ll confirm what your property actually needs when I look at it.