Supply and board checks
Whether the main fuse and the board can carry a large new load.
Consumer units and supplyHamble-le-Rice
Electrician in Hamble-le-Rice
Electrical work in Hamble — repairs and fault finding, fuse boards, inspections, sockets, lighting and new circuits.
- Repairs, boards and inspections
- Free, no-obligation quotes
- NAPIT registeredRegistered competent electrician
- Fully insuredInsured on every job
- 15+ years' experiencePeter has been doing this a while
- Covering Hamble-le-RiceLocal to you
Services
Electrical work in Hamble-le-Rice
New circuits
Dedicated supplies for a charge point, shower, heat pump or kitchen.
Additions and circuitsFault finding
Lights dimming when something heavy switches on, or power lost to part of the house.
Investigating faultsInspections (EICR)
The condition of an older installation before more is asked of it.
About EICRsAn electrician in Hamble
Most people simply call it Hamble, and either name brings you to the same page. The whole village is covered, along with the roads leading into it. Day to day the work is repairs and additions. A breaker that will not stay in, or sockets and lighting that have failed. Switches and fittings replaced, and extractor fans fitted. Consumer unit changes where an old board has no RCD protection. And EICRs for sales, purchases and tenancies, with the remedial work afterwards. New circuits and rewiring where the house needs them.
You deal with Peter from the first visit to the certificate at the end, and the quote is free.
Adding something big to an older house
Worth knowing before a charge point, heat pump or much larger kitchen goes in. In an older house the incoming supply can be the limit rather than the consumer unit: the main fuse may be rated lower than houses get today, and the supply may be looped, with two neighbouring houses sharing one cable. Both belong to the network operator, and I check what you have before the work is booked.
Faults, outdoor power and building work
Most calls are ordinary ones. A breaker that keeps tripping or a room that has lost power needs the cause traced properly rather than a part swapped and hoped for — that is what fault finding is. Alongside that: sockets and lighting added or replaced, outdoor sockets and garden lighting in weatherproof fittings, and supplies out to a garage, workshop or garden office.
Planned work follows the same pattern. An extension or loft conversion is cheapest wired while the walls are still open, with the positions agreed early. An EV charge point wants a circuit of its own, which brings the board and the incoming supply back into it.
Not sure where to start?
Plenty of people ring without knowing what they need, and that’s fine. Tell me what’s going on and I’ll explain it properly: what’s worth doing now, what can be left, and roughly what each costs. 15 years in, that conversation usually takes a couple of minutes. Quotes are free. Let’s have a chat.
Questions
Hamble-le-Rice questions
How do I know if our supply is looped?
You often cannot tell from the meter cupboard alone. I can look at the incoming arrangement, and the network operator can confirm it from their records. If it is looped, they are the ones who separate it.
Planning to add something in Hamble?
Tell me what you want to add, and I will check whether the supply can take it.