Emergency room doctors treat over 4,000 individuals each year for injuries caused by faulty electrical outlets—don’t let anyone in your family fall victim to an electrical accident. Electrical fires and related injuries can be prevented by properly inspecting electrical outlets and the condition of an existing installation.In greater glasgow and surrounding area RCB electrical has compiled a list of warning signs, thermal imaging, inspection and testing that signal an electrical problem is occurring behind your walls or above ceiling tile by inadequate termination of down lights or proximity to fire propagating material.

It’s not uncommon for homeowners to immediately spot an electrical issue. Any good handyman will tell you that they can fix it themselves without a problem. Unfortunately, there is a problem. Handymen are not qualified to handle electrical work. Electricians have to undergo years of extensive training and certification processes to obtain his or her license. A license may seem like a piece of paper, but that paper is something that can save your life.

Know when to call an approved electrician and when to call a handyman. If your new project involves electrical installation and connection, seek the appropriate tradesman is not very difficult to make the right decisions. Don’t save a penny and lose a coin.

When you are resetting circuit breakers or changing fuses too often. When you turn on your air conditioner or shower switch and the lights dim in the room. When your lights flicker or go ON and OFF intermediately. When you can smell electricity burning. When you have six electronic devices going into one socket outlet in back of your electronics enclosure . When you have receptacle outlets overburdened by multi-plug strips. When your garden need a supply or socket outlet. If you have to run extension cords to plug in electrical
devices.

Most cities including England and Wales call for 100 amps as standard in Modern or upgraded electrical supply system, but it is not uncommon to see 60 amps or 80 amps as the cut out fuse.

With the ever increasing demand for Electric Vehicle charging point, we recommend 100amps especially in modern homes. This also gives you some space for future additions. This is not a job for an unlicensed person to attempt. In most cases it involves contacting your supplier to make such upgrade while we add or extend a distribution circuit safely without impairing or induced unnecessary burden to your existing electrical supply which in the long run could cause incalculably damage.

Flickering lights are annoying and may be a sign of a potentially dangerous electrical connection, or something simple like a faulty lamp, lamp holder or point of termination – like a bulb that is on the fritz. If replacing a light bulb and it doesn’t work, call a qualified electrician straight away. Your flickering lights could be a potential risk of fire hazards, do not ignore the warning sign which is the flickering 

If the same circuit breaker keeps tripping off repeatedly so that it is impossible to keep the circuit energised, You may want to give a qualified electrician a ring.
It’s possible too many electrical appliances or devices are plugged into one circuit resulting in what is called overloading.
Your circuit breaker or fuse interrupting the flow of power, it’s operating as design to minimised danger.
Our electrician will help diagnose the issue and recommend a plan of action to fix the electrical problem.

Most energy supplier will charge you for the electricity you use. There are many things you can do to help save electricity and reduce your bill.

For example:

• Electric hot water tanks are less efficient than gas ones, if you have an older electric water heater then consider an upgrade.
• Monitor your electricity use; turn off lights and devices when you are not using them.
• Change your light fittings or lamp to a more energy efficient Light bulb like LED.
• Replace light switches with motion detector/PIR in utility rooms, car Park, outdoor or communal area to automatically turn light on and off.
• Try to use natural lighting whenever possible.
• Take shorter showers.
• Minimise electric cooker run time.
• Fit thermostat to heating system.
• Change old incandescent lights, older fixtures and appliances to newer more efficient ones.