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In everything we do, we put the safety of our clients, their families and property first.
Ensure safety through solid performance and use the best, proven materials.
It so happened that we provide high quality electrical services.
Our ultimate goal is to ensure the safety of our clients, their families and their assets. Provides verification according to our high requirements supported by 18th edition regulation knowledge, we can guarantee high security of installation use. Testing electrical installations and make sure of their available reliability and safety we help you sleep peacefully.
For a free quote for your fault finding call us:
For a free quote for your fault finding call us:
For a free quote for your fault finding call us:
Domestic Electrical Services
From small repairs and maintenance work to full electrical installations, we provide a wide range of domestic, commercial and industrial services to the Manchester communities.
We are dedicated to providing the best service possible at competitive rates. Below is an example of some of the most popular electrical services we deliver in North Manchester.
Consumer Unit
aka fuse box
Fault Finding
Security Lighting
aka outside lighting
The heart of your electrical installation. We can look after it for you.
We are just around the corner. If you need any help with your electrics give us a call.
We are trustworthy electricians to install for you new security lighting.
Does that perfect, good working part of your electrical installation or accessories stopped working?
Again !?
We are here to help you !
We rectify not working electrical installation and accessories for our clients and their families. You don't need to be fearful or terrified about how to rectify your installation. We understand that everyone wants to have their electrical installation and all accessories safe and working correctly.
We know how overwhelming unpredicted electrical problems could be.
That is why we have got successful plan for our clients:
1) call Tom on 07759875006 and schedule an appointment,
2) let us find out what cause a problem and to rectify it,
3) enjoy your fully working, safe electrical installation.
Thanks to our high quality service you will avoid: fires due to faulty wiring,electric shocks and burns as result of contact with live parts or injuries from exposure to arcing.
We always believe that health and safety are the most valuable things for our clients and us.
We are sure that we can eliminate from your life that annoyed feeling when something is not working correctly.
No more stress !
You will have a better, more peaceful and safe life.
It is time to start feeling complete when everything is working.
We want you to transform from an unhappy person who has electrical problems into a happy hero with a solution !
What is fault finding and what does it mean ?
What should your electrician have, to do fault finding?
Fault finding is the testing procedure of electrical installation (or part of it) to determine where a fault occurs.
This is a first step to diagnose the fault before you can plan how to fix it.
Usually it consists of inspection and testing procedures which will easily allow you to find where the fault is.
That is why it is important to choose a fully qualified electrician with testing experience who will find and point out a real problem/fault and repair it.
Otherwise you can temporarily fix the fault but your installation could still be unsafe and the problem will come back sooner or later.
# trade qualification/registration in government body/portfolio experience –
you can not repair something if you do not know how it is working. Of course there is always a chance you can disconnect a few things or hit a few places but usually it could sort the problem for a short period of time.
We have seen tripping mcb because of faulty socket where a self-made electrician said to a client a few hours earlier that this is caused by steam from a kettle – which obviously she did not use and mcb still was tripping.
No knowledge, no solution.
# qualification 2391/2392 –
which confirms that he knows the testing procedure and can carry work professionally. Without that knowledge there is nothing you can find and repair properly.
We have seen really dodgy installations but with proper knowledge everything can be repaired – sometimes it only takes more time.
# multimeter -
To carry fault finding you have to own proper testing equipment.
Multimeter is essential and allows you to go through testing procedures and verify circuits.
Good electricians always have good tools which make them more efficient.
What is fault finding?
Fault finding is the testing procedure of electrical installation to determine where a fault occurs.
What are the key steps of electrical fault finding?
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do a research, get as much information as possible from clients
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test the circuit and locate the fault
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determine and rectify the fault
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test the circuit and re-energise it
Do you repair faults on the same day?
Yes, in most cases the fault is rectified in the same day.
Less likely some components are required and a second visit is necessary.
How much does it cost to do fault finding?
The cost of investigation, finding a fault and repairing it is around £90.
When installation is in bad condition or there is difficult access then extra charge for extra hours is required.
Similar situations are with repairs, usually they are straightforward but sometimes it requires a second visit and that increases costs.
How long does it take to find a fault and repair it?
Finding a fault and repairing it usually take up to 1h.
If there is something more complicated and some material needed than repair could take extra time and visit.
Open circuit.
Your appliances, accessories or any electric load you are using in your home are conneed by wires.
Throughout that wire current flows from your electric supplier to your consumer unit and to all electrical points that you are using in your home. Now imagine that for example one of the connections wasn’t tight enough and conductors separate and they are not touched together – the current will not get to your electrical point and it is not going to work.
That is open circuit – quite a common fault.
Open Ring/sockets.
Usually your electrical circuit is like a line – starting from one of your circuit breakers in the consumer unit and finishing at the point of use of that power ie. your oven. But sockets could be different, because there could be more load/accessories connected to them, than instead of increasing cable size often you can have them in ring – that means cable from circuit breaker is going to all sockets (one by one) and from last socket extra cable going back to circuit breaker.
That way you have 2 cables in your circuit breaker , which means that current can flow in two directions and thanks to that you can use more electrical accessories at once!
But the problem starts when one of your connections is open and current can flow only one direction – in that case the standard 32A circuit breaker is not gonna protect the cable anymore!
Then using too much power you will create more heat inside the cable – after some time the cable could be melted and cause fire!
Open rings are common and dangerous faults!
Short circuit (tripping circuit breaker).
When your circuit breaker trips all the time it is most likely you have a short circuit fault.
Short circuit is nothing else like touch of two live conductors together and this creates heating of the wires and sparks. In every electrical point of your house you should have 3 conductors and they should touch each other.
If for example brown and blue will be connected by water in outside light it will cause a short circuit and trip circuit breaker.
RCD tripping.
RCDs generally detect the current flow in your cables. Current flow on one conductor supplying all electrical accessories and going back to circuit breaker on another conductor – same amount of current flow on each conductor, in and out. If there is a difference in power level on those conductors – that means that power is most likely on some metal parts in your home!
RCD should trip power off and most likely save you from electrocution by touching a metal switch or kettle for example.
RCDs are great equipment to improve our safety.
What are the most common faults ?
Frequently asked questions
Whitefield
Prestwich
Bury
Electricians you can trust to replace your fuse box or consumer unit in Manchester
Although we are based in North Manchester, we are willing to travel further. However, below are the areas where most of our customers get in touch with Tom Electrical:
Phone:
07759875006