Domestic & Consumer Units Installations in Birkenhead

As a registered member of NAPIT, this gives customers the assurance that all the work we carry out shall is done by a competent person and to the highest safety & quality standards.

We can provide both partial and full electrical installation services within the domestic environments, accompanied with the relevant electrical certification.

From consumer unit or distribution board upgrades, to rewires and the installation of new circuits and as a registered NAPIT installer, all installation works is on accordance with the Part P Building Regulations and the IET Wiring Regulations BS7671.

Services range from but not limited to:

• Electrical installation (full or partial)
• Consumer unit upgrades or replacements
• Small power fixture replacements (sockets, cooker switches, fused spurs and isolators)
• Lighting fixture replacements (Lighting fittings, LED lighting, switches and controllers)
• Outdoor lighting and small power installations.
• Smoke alarms (mains powered)
• Fault finding
• Investigations for the nuisance tripping of circuit breakers.
• Inspection, Testing & Certification

Domestic & Commercial Consumer Units upgrades:

As every new edition of the BS7671 Regulations for Electrical Installation is published, more and more enthesis is being placed on safety and the wellbeing of people, especially within a domestic dwelling.

This is resulting in more and more customers looking at the safety within their own home and requesting for their consumer units to be upgraded.

A rewireable "fuse box" or consumer unit is central to any homes electrical installation and should provide vital safety features to help project you and your home from electric shock, burns, equipment damage and potential fires developing, even within concealed locations.

Modern day consumer units may contain some of the following:

MCB's - Miniature Circuit Breakers provide current overload protection and short-circuits, which can cause damage to household equipment and cabling.

RCD's - Residual Current Devices provide fault protection and primarily there to protect against electrocution.

RCBO's - Residual Current Breakers with overcurrent is a combined protective device and contains the safety features of both an MCB and RCD.

SPD's - Surge Protective Devices provide protection against short high in-rush currents into a consumer unit which may cause damage to household equipment and appliances connected. Examples of equipment prone to damage maybe TV's, computers, games consoles and washing machines of which contain circuit boards, These currents can originate from the likes of EV chargers, heat pumps or nearby lighting strikes.

AFDD's - Arc Fault Detection Devices provide protection against fire which can develop from arc faults. These maybe caused by loose wiring connections, breakages in cabling or worn connections within old appliances.

Each year in England there are approximately 19,300 domestic related fires associated to electrical distribution and other electrical appliances. Of these, approximately 800 people are either injured or killed. But by upgrading or replacing your existing consumer unit with some or all of the protective devices, it is likely to reduce the possibilities of these events occurring.

If you are concerned about the condition of your existing fuse box or consumer unit, we can provide free advice on it's safety features and ways to improve the existing consumer unit or recommendations and quotations for a replacement. All consumer units that are replaced are done so using only high quality reputable brands.

All Consumer Unit upgrades carried out come complete with a Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC) giving you peace of mind that the electrical installation is within a safe certified working order for years to come.