Electrical fault finding in Basingstoke
Electrical fault finding by JD Electricals locates the cause of tripping circuits and dead sockets in Basingstoke homes, with clear written pricing before any extra work starts.
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- 17 years trading
What fault finding costs
Electrical fault finding and repair starts at £65 an hour. That hour buys testing on site, a named cause, and a figure for the repair before extra work begins.
From £65 an hour
from £65 an hour
Included
- A walk through the trip, dead socket or failed fitting you have noticed
- Isolation and testing of that circuit, its breaker and the fittings on it
- A plain spoken result: what failed and whether a repair can be done on the visit
- Labour to repair the fault at £65 an hour once you accept the price
- Retesting of the circuit after a repair, and power restored to the fittings that work
Not included
- A new consumer unit, a kitchen rewire or a full house rewire
- Parts and replacement fittings until those items have their own written price
- A landlord EICR of the whole property
Ways to pay
- Pay by bank
- Bank transfer
- The rate is hourly because tracing a trip can take one test or several tests along the same circuit.
- Parts, a new fitting or a follow on repair are priced once the cause is known.
- A fuse board, a rewire or a landlord certificate is a separate service if testing shows the property needs that work.
Why sockets and lights stop working
When a socket is dead, a breaker will not stay on, or lights fail without a blown lamp, book electrical fault finding with JD Electricals.
- A breaker that will not stay onThe board trips when a shower, kettle or heater starts, then the same circuit dies again after you reset it.
- A socket or light that has gone deadOne outlet, one room or one downstairs circuit has no power while the rest of the house still works.
- A warm switch or a burning smellA warm switch, a discoloured faceplate or a smell at a socket needs the circuit tested before you keep using it.
- A let home with a trip or dead circuitLandlords book fault finding when a tenant has a breaker that will not stay on or a room that has lost power.
What happens on the day
The electrician who quoted the visit arrives and tests the circuit that is tripping or dead. A repair you accept is done at £65 an hour, or you get a written price if the tests point to a different service.
- Arrival and the fault you have noticedYou show the trip, the dead socket or the fitting that failed, and the circuit is isolated before testing starts.
- Testing to name the causeThe breaker, the wiring and the connected fittings are tested until the fault has a named cause in plain words.
- Repair, price or paperworkOnce the circuit is retested, you are told if a minor works certificate applies to the repair that was completed.
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Why choose JD Electricals
James DunnElectrician- Reviews
- 13
- Rating
- 4.7
- Trading since
- 2009
“Most of my work is domestic: consumer units, full and partial rewires, lighting and EICRs on houses around Basingstoke. I test and certify everything I fit, and anything else I find while I am there gets priced separately rather than added quietly to the bill. The electrician who quotes your job is the one who does it.”
James Dunn, JD Electricals
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WhatsAppHow much does electrical fault finding cost?
Electrical fault finding and repair with JD Electricals starts at £65 an hour. That hour is testing and labour on site, because a trip can be one failed fitting or a longer hunt along the circuit. Parts and a different service get their own written price before that work starts.
Can you fix the fault on the same visit?
A repair you accept after the cause is named can be done on the same visit at £65 an hour. If the tests show a consumer unit, a rewire or another priced service, that work is quoted as itself. Hourly labour on the visit still covers the testing that reached that result.
Do you do fault finding in Basingstoke?
JD Electricals does electrical fault finding for homeowners and landlords in Basingstoke. The visit is for the circuit that is tripping or dead, not a survey of the whole house unless you book an EICR.
What if the fault is the fuse board?
If testing points to the consumer unit, fuse board replacement starts at £650 rather than more hourly fault finding. You get that price before any board work starts. The visit still bills at £65 an hour for the testing that reached that result.
Do I get a certificate after fault finding?
Finding the fault does not include a landlord EICR of the whole property. A minor works certificate starts at £95 when the repair needs a written record. After a completed repair you are told whether that certificate applies to the work done.