Bronze
£12/mo
Billed annually at £144Save 20%
Lower rates on every job, plus a free safety certificate each year.
- 5% off labour
- 5% off certificates
- Free safety certificate, once a year
Electrical fault finding in Basingstoke
JD Electricals finds electrical faults in homes around Basingstoke: a circuit that trips, a socket that has gone dead, or lights that fail for no clear reason. Testing locates the cause so the repair can be priced before any extra work starts.
“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 DunnElectrician · Nvq level 3 electrical installation
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.
- The board trips when a shower, kettle or heater starts, then the same circuit dies again after you reset it.
- One outlet, one room or one downstairs circuit has no power while the rest of the house still works.
- A warm switch, a discoloured faceplate or a smell at a socket needs the circuit tested before you keep using it.
What is covered
Fault finding with JD Electricals is testing to name the cause, then a written price for any repair that follows.
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 £75 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
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 £75 an hour, or you get a written price if the tests point to a different service.
- 01
Arrival and the fault you have noticed
You show the trip, the dead socket or the fitting that failed, and the circuit is isolated before testing starts.
- 02
Testing to name the cause
The breaker, the wiring and the connected fittings are tested until the fault has a named cause in plain words.
- 03
Repair, price or paperwork
Once the circuit is retested, you are told if a minor works certificate applies to the repair that was completed.
What fault finding costs
Electrical fault finding and repair starts at £75 an hour. That hour buys testing on site, a named cause, and a figure for the repair before extra work begins.
- 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.
What you get from fault finding
You leave with a named cause, a price for the repair, or a move onto the service the tests have shown the property needs.
- A clearer cause question
- The visit answers what failed: the breaker, a joint, a fitting, or a circuit that needs more than a repair.
- The repair priced once the cause is known
- Labour stays on the £75 hourly rate until you have a figure for parts or extra work, written down before it starts.
- The right alternative service
- If testing shows a fuse board, a rewire or an EICR is needed, that job is priced as itself.
Why customers choose JD Electricals for fault finding
JD Electricals writes a price for extras once a fault is found, rather than adding them to the bill without a figure. Testing and the relevant electrical paperwork come with the work that follows.
Nvq level 3 electrical installation
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Bronze is 5 percent off labour and certificates plus a free safety certificate once a year. Silver is 10 percent off labour and certificates, a free safety certificate once a year, and next day priority. Gold is 15 percent off labour and certificates, free safety certificates three times a year, same day priority booking, and two emergency call outs a year.
Silver
Popular£20/mo
Billed annually at £240Save 20%
Double the discount, next-day priority, and a free safety certificate each year.
- 10% off labour
- 10% off certificates
- Free safety certificate, once a year
- Next day priority
Gold
£31/mo
Billed annually at £372Save 20%
Best rates, same-day priority booking, three free safety certificates a year.
- 15% off labour
- 15% off certificates
- Free safety certificates, 3 times a year
- Same day priority booking
- 2 emergency call-outs a year
Recent work from JD Electricals
These photographs show work completed across the wider service area covered by JD Electricals; they are not all presented as electrical fault finding work.
Electrical fault finding in Basingstoke
JD Electricals traces electrical faults for homes in Basingstoke and Kempshott.
Common questions
Homeowners and landlords ask these questions before booking electrical fault finding with JD Electricals.
How much does electrical fault finding cost?+
Electrical fault finding and repair with JD Electricals starts at £75 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.
— James Dunn
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 £75 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.
— James Dunn
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 £75 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.
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The booking line takes the address, the tripping circuit or dead fitting, and a time for the visit.