Electricians Liverpool Orrell Electrics

 In a recent survey, the top three reasons choose an electrician to do their electrical work were to protect themselves from an emergency, to increase the reliability of their home, and to increase the value of their home. The reason for this is quite easy. If your electrician’s work is not completed correctly, they can cause damage to your home and you may end up having to replace it all. On the other hand, if the electrician does a great job and you have no problems with your electricity at all, they can be very loyal and work for many years with you. It is important that when you hire a local emergency electrician , that they are approved. It is good to make sure that your emergency electrician has the proper qualifications before they begin doing any work on your property. This will ensure that you are getting the highest quality service. Another reason that people choose to use an electrician in Liverpool is because they are happy with their service. Electricians hav

LED Lighting We as electricians have recently started to see a rise in the number of installations using LED lighting, this type of lighting can offer up to 85% cost savings over traditional forms of lighting and is considerably 'greener' than traditional lighting methods. The biggest area we have seen is in the GU10 type of fitting, many homes/businesses having down lights installed and this is an area where major savings can be found, we recently converted a major restaurant to LED, having over 80 fittings within the installations they can expect to make massive savings over the coming years, and the light emitted is much smoother using a mixture of warm white lamps for the seating areas and cool white for the bar/foyer areas. The cost savings are the most obvious reason for installing this type of fitting in your home or business and I would almost certainly recommend anyone to install them for that reason alone. Also the prices of the actual lamps/fittings

Emergency electricians Liverpool NICEIC approved General & Emergency Electricians In Liverpool Orrell Electrics NICEIC electricians Liverpool – electrical contractors based in Liverpool and surrounding areas. We undertake all types of electrical work including domestic, commercial and industrial, we are NICEIC approved contractors which means we can carry out ALL types of electrical installation, maintenance, repair and testing/inspections. We have public liability insurance up to £2,000,000 so you can be rest assured we have you covered. Give us a call on 0151 526 9998 to discuss your requirements We specialise in fault finding, repair, installation, maintenance, testing and inspections and cover all aspects of electrical work. We have many excellent customer reviews online and are confident you will be more than happy with the standard of our work, we work to current 18th Wiring Regulations, we are assessed yearly by the NICEIC and are deemed to be competent in all our installat

Consumer unit upgrade How Much Does It Cost To Install a New Consumer Unit in Your Home or Premises Here is a guide to installation of a new consumer unit and what should be considered before you have any works carried out at your home. Installation of a new consumer unit There are many reasons to upgrade your consumer unit, maybe your existing unit is of the old rewire able fuses type (and is giving you constant headaches) or maybe you have a more modern type of consumer unit but you have no RCD (Residual Current Device) protection present in your property – more on that later. BS7671 IEE Wiring Regulations state ‘ where a consumer unit is being replaced, additional protection by means of RCD’s should be provided to the extent required by the current regulations BS7671, such as for: · Socket outlets · Mobile equipment for use outdoors · Cables concealed in walls or partitions · Circuits of locations containing a bath or shower Circuits that are to be provided with

Examples of Electrical Faults We Experience Daily At Orrell Electrics we offer an out of hours emergency call out service, usually no two faults are the same and we are going to include photographs of some of the more extreme electrical faults we come across on a day to day basis as we operate in the area of Liverpool, Merseyside, UK. Faulty main switch: Fire Risk Very Dangerous This particular fault we found to be very serious and there is one real reason for this - inferior goods. There has been an influx of cheap inferior consumer units flood the markets in the last few  years and this is the result of using an inferior product, this installation was only a year old and how this did not ignite is a near miracle! Shower Pull Cords Melted Cables Cables too small This is an all too common fault, usually the shower stops working and the pull cord burning out is the first sign that the cable supplying the shower is too small. Electricians inst

Outside Lighting Its nearly that time now when the dark nights are closing in and we as electricians start to receive a lot of calls regarding outside lights. It is at this time of year that people start to notice that their outside/security lights are failing. Well this guide will talk you through the various types of lighting that are available: Traditional Tungsten Halogen Fitting These are the most common of 'domestic' outside/security light fittings, usually they come fitting with PIR sensor and are reasonably cheap and you can usually expect to get 12 to 18 months use before they fail or start to blow bulbs. These fittings are usually supplied with 400w bulbs and are pretty average. Recently there have been newer versions of these fittings which will accept low energy bulbs and are more cost efficient long term. LED security lights These fittings are a relatively new concept and are a replacement for the traditional fitting but offer a ultra brig

Why you should upgrade your consumer unit Electricity in the home and your garden can be dangerous and potentially cause a fatality, so any work involving the electrics in your home, should be undertaken by a suitably qualified electrician. Orrell Electrics are NICEIC approved electricians and specialists in upgrading consumer units. Back in June 2008, the 17 th edition of wiring regulations - British Standard BS7671 “Requirements for electrical installations” came into force setting out the UK’s national standard for electrical low voltage installations. This improved the safety standard of electrical installations by making it a requirement that almost all electrical circuits that were to be installed into homes from then should be fitted with an RCD ( residual current device ) that provides an extra level of protection over and above that found in the old style of fuse box/board (consumer unit). Old Fuse Box/Board (Consumer Unit) Many homes are still fitted wi

Electrical Maintenance Liverpool Electrical maintenance Liverpool - Orrell Electrics 0151 526 9998 NICEIC approved electrician Liverpool If you need electrical maintenance in Liverpool Orrell Electrics has the right solution for you Based in Aintree Liverpool We aim to be with you within 1 hour of contact being made Maintenance packages available Emergency electrician 24 hour call out service Specialising in reactive/proactive maintenance We specialise in all aspects of electrical installations for businesses, landlords and letting agents Maintenance and repairs Electrical installation certificates Electrical installation condition reports Minor electrical installation condition reports Fire alarms Emergency lighting Landlords safety reports Full and part rewires Fault finding Sockets and lighting Inspection and testing Consumer units Surveys and recommendations Give us a call now if you need an electrician quickly or you need any furt

Electrician Liverpool Electrician Liverpool Orrell Electrics is a local electrician covering Liverpool area Consumer Unit Upgrades Recently Orrell Electrics have carried out several consumer unit upgrades and we have been amazed by the amount of faults we are finding on a daily basis. Some of the better faults include, no earthing present in consumers installations, live ends on cables exposed and hanging in lofts, attics, sheds, garages etc. During an inspection and test of a property we found some faulty reading on the socket outlets and after further investigation we discovered this behind one of the socket outlets This was causing severe problems to the installation with constant tripping of the fuse protecting the sockets. The customer was issued with an 'unsatisfactory' certificate as several issues with the electrics were picked up. If you need an electrician Liverpool give us a call on 0151 526 9998 We are an NICEIC approved

Local Electrician Liverpool Electrician in Liverpool Orrell Electrics is a local electrician covering Liverpool. We are NICEIC approved and can cover all aspects of electrical work. We cover all aspects of electrical installation, maintenance, electrical fault finding and repair. We have over 20 years experience in fault finding and diagnosing problems quickly and efficiently. Inspection and testing, electrical surveys/reports. Emergency electrician Livepool 24 hour call out service 7 days a week. We offer maintenance packages for your business and can work out of hours to minimise disruption allowing you to trade in normal business hours. Visit our website: Electrician Liverpool Call us now: 0151 526 9998 Gary Price Orrell Electrics

Electrician Liverpool City Centre Local electrician covering Liverpool city centre and the whole of Liverpool. Do you own a business in Liverpool city centre? Do you own a home/apartment or rent out a property in Liverpool city centre? If you need an electrician to carry out some urgent repairs or you need your electrics checking out then give Orrell Electrics a call, we are local electricians Liverpool who can respond quickly if you need us. We are a NICEIC approved contractor and we are approved electricians to JIB standards. We carry out all aspects of electrical installation, maintenance, fault finding and repair. We carry out work for some of the biggest letting/estate agents in Liverpool, we can also deal directly with landlord's and offer maintenance package to give you a 24/7 service for your rental properties. We can also carry out works out of hours if required to minimize disruption to your business and allow to operate in your normal business hour

Electricians in Liverpool Orrell Electrics We will be uploading more video's in the coming weeks Also check out Orrell Electrics web stories If you need an emergency electrician in Liverpool give us a call on 0151 526 9998 Gary Price Orrell Electrics www.orrellelectrics.co.uk info@orrellelectrics.co.uk

Orrell Electrics demonstrates commitment to quality electrical work with NICEIC approval Orrell Electrics is pleased to announce that it has successfully undergone assessment with leading voluntary electrical safety regulator NICEIC, and is now an Approved Contractor. This means that Orrell Electrics has demonstrated its ability to competently  inspect and test  electrical installations, and carry out work that complies with Building Regulations and meets national safety standards. Gary Price of Orrell Electrics, who will have to undergo annual inspections by the NICEIC to ensure the firm continues to meet standards said: “Orrelll Electrics prides itself on providing a quality service to customers, and our approval by the NICEIC demonstrates our commitment to carrying out  electrical work  to a high standard.” All householders having work carried out by Orrell Electrics will receive a certificate with a traceable serial number, which confirms the work has been carried out in accordance

Installing Shower Cabling Orrell Electrics have attended several faulty shower circuits in the last few weeks whilst on emergency call outs, all with the same outcome. Our emergency electricians repeatedly reported seeing this issue reoccuring. The cable used to feed the showers has been too small, too many people install 6mm twin and earth when the correct cable should be 10mm twin and earth for the size of the shower in question. Anything below 7.5 Kw is fine for a 6mm cable but above that rating and you need to install 10mm ie a 9.5Kw shower. At first the cable will be fine but over time as the cable is unable to deal with the load it will deteriorate and usually in the process the first signs are a faulty shower pullcord or switch as seen below Notice how the insulation has completely melted away from the copper, this is caused by the cable getting extremely hot as it is not able to handle the current passing through it. You should always examine

Orrell Electrics - Electricians Liverpool and Merseyside area NICEIC approved electrical contractors Recently we carried out an inspection and test on a well known public house in Liverpool City Centre, the installation was six years old and had been carried out by an electrical contractor and had been issued with an NICEIC certificate. There were several major problems found on the installation which were very dangerous, the main problem being someone had tampered with the incoming supply and had decided to change how the pub was supplied from a three phase supply to a single phase supply, see images below: So the whole installation was running off a single phase, this includes 4 consumer units and the whole of the kitchen, this type of work could have caused some serious electrical problems and possibly worse could have caused a fire as the cable could have melted/overheated. Also found was a supply for the fire alarm which was fed off the main incoming

Whilst working on an installation today I was replacing a socket outlet for a customer, as I took the socket face off I found the wiring to be unsatisfactory so I investigated further, it turned out the sockets had been connected via the lighting circuit. I had noted to the customer when quoting for the job that the wiring on show around the consumer unit was unsatisfactory but the best was yet to come when I removed the cover from the consumer unit: This is one of the worst installations I have seen for a long time, the consumer unit is a mess and apparently the sockets I was working on were only installed 18 MONTHS AGO!! I was actually half tempted to call the emergency electrician to ask him to explain why he had wired the sockets in lighting cable (1.5mm twin and earth) and why he had used the old red and black wiring colours. Also the lights are wired in single insulated conductors which you can touch as the ceiling is very low in the garage, the customer wa

Electrical Appliance Advice During most days it's likely that most people will use several electrical devices in their homes. With electrical appliances being so widespread in modern electrical  installations  its very easy to miss the hazards and risks that are present. The following guide will help you recognise the dangers and prevent  injury or harm to you or your loved ones. We are emergency electricians based in Liverpool dealing with these matters on a day to day basis. Safety Advice For Your Electrical Installation Safely using electrical appliances, light bulbs, extension leads and the like is easy and should be fully explained to all members of the household. One mistake can cause an injury, but with some simple advice this can be easily avoided. Electrical Appliances Appliances are all around us in our household, from a phone charger to a lawn mower. These tips should make operating such devices an easy experience: Always unplug unused appliances a