As the local electrician in Aylesbury, Paradigm Electrical Solutions provide a range of service to homes and businesses in the area. Whatever your electrical needs if you are looking for an ELECTRICIAN NEAR ME, we are sure to be able to help.
Electrical Safety Inspections
The importance of a regular safety electrical check cannot be underestimated. Most businesses will need an electrical check regularly to ensure that their insurance is valid, rental properties are now required to have a check done every 5 years as a minimum but what about our own homes?
There is no compulsory legislation that means private homes should have their electrics checked regularly. The result? Often there are hidden dangers and electrical issues that lie undetected. This is especially true where older fuse boxes are present in the property.
Older fuse boxes do not have the technology to detect many electrical faults, this is because the technology didn’t exist at the time of installation or was far too expensive to install.
It is recommended that private homes have an electrical check carried out by an electrician every ten years by the IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology).
Replacement Fuse Boxes
Fuse boxes do not last forever. Old fuse wire and fuse type boxes are now obsolete, that is, new parts can not be obtained for them and as a result they are often unrepairable if anything goes wrong. These older boxes are now around 30 years old or much more and many internal components will have degraded to a point where they may be introducing danger.
Over time, metals can corrode, degrade, and become less conductive to electricity meaning that components can overheat, fail, and break.
If you do have an old fuse box, get in touch with us and we will offer friendly advice and help on what is available to replace this for you. As a minimum, consider an electrical inspection to check the condition of the home’s wiring and fuse box, just for your peace of mind.
Additional Sockets
Homes built up until the 1980s typically did not have a sufficient number of plug sockets to fulfil the modern equipment we have today. There are hundreds of pieces of electronic products, kitchen appliances and other electrical equipment that exists today that didn’t several decades ago. As a result, many homeowners find themselves relying on extension leads to power this equipment.
A reliance on extension cords and towers can cause problems with overloading and overheating leading to potential fires. Trailing wires also look unsightly in the home.
If you find that you need additional plug sockets then get in touch with us, we are able to convert single plug sockets to double plug socket, install additional sockets and carry out any necessary upgrades to electric shock protection to ensure that your new additions are safe and compliant.
Get in touch
If you are looking for an ELECTRICIAN NEAR ME in Aylesbury, we can definitely help. No matter how big or small the project. From a light fitting to a full home rewire or commercial re-fit.
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