Consumer unit & fuse box upgrades in Cheltenham
The consumer unit, the fuse box, is the heart of your electrics, and an old one is the weak point we find most often in Cheltenham homes. Plenty of properties around Tivoli, Fairview and Charlton Kings still have boards with old-style rewireable fuses or a single RCD, which either fail to cut the power fast enough or black out the whole house when one circuit trips. A modern board cuts the power in a fraction of a second when something goes wrong, protecting you from a shock and the building from an electrical fire.
We test every circuit before the changeover so there are no surprises, fit a quality board with surge protection as standard, label everything clearly and certify the work before we leave. Most upgrades are finished in a day, with the power off for only a few hours in the middle of it, and we walk you through the finished board so you know exactly what protects what.
Circuits tested first
Every circuit inspected before the swap, so hidden faults are found and priced honestly up front.
Protection on every circuit
Individual safety switches, so a fault in one room never blacks out the whole house.
Surge protection as standard
Your TVs, computers and appliances protected from damaging power spikes, built into the new board.
Your questions, answered
How long does a fuse box upgrade take?
Most are finished in a day, with the power off for just a few hours in the middle of the day. We plan the changeover so disruption stays as short as possible.
Why does my new board trip when the old one never did?
Modern boards catch faults the old one silently ignored, which is exactly the protection you are paying for. We test every circuit at changeover, so anything the new board flags gets found and fixed properly.
Do I actually need a new consumer unit?
If yours has rewireable fuses, a wooden back or no RCD protection it is worth upgrading. If yours is fine we will tell you so, and we will never sell you a board you do not need.
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