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E/02 / Electrical / Consumer Units

Fuse Box & Consumer Unit
Upgrades in Kent.

A modern RCBO board, fitted right — safer circuits, surge protection, and the certificate in your hand before we leave.

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01 / Why upgrade

What a fuse board upgrade involves

Your consumer unit decides how quickly a fault is stopped. Older boards with rewireable fuses or no RCD protection react slowly — or not at all. A modern RCBO board disconnects a fault in milliseconds, keeps the rest of the house running, and shields your electronics from voltage spikes.

  • Survey & honest advice

    We inspect your existing board, earthing and bonding, and tell you plainly whether an upgrade is genuinely worthwhile.

  • Safe isolation & changeover

    The supply is safely isolated, the old board comes out, and a modern 18th Edition unit goes in — wired neatly.

  • Every circuit tested

    Each circuit is inspected and tested before it's re-energised — so faults are found now, not later.

  • Certify & notify

    You receive an Electrical Installation Certificate, and we notify Building Control under Part P for you.

Allview Electrical van at a consumer unit upgrade
SPD
Surge protection fitted on every board we install.
02 / When to upgrade

Signs your fuse board needs upgrading

Not every old board needs replacing straight away. These are the things we look for — and if yours is still safe, that's exactly what we'll tell you.

Rewireable fuses

If your board takes fuse wire and there's a card of spares hanging beside it, it long pre-dates modern protection standards.

No RCD protection

Without an RCD, a damaged cable or faulty appliance can stay live instead of being disconnected in milliseconds.

Frequent tripping

A board that trips regularly is telling you something — often a failing circuit, an overloaded way or ageing protection.

Buzzing or warmth

Humming, crackling or heat around the board points to loose or failing connections that need attention now.

A crowded board

No spare ways and doubled-up circuits mean your home has outgrown its board — a real problem if you want an EV charger or extension.

A failed condition report

C1 or C2 codes against your board on an EICR mean faults need fixing. We'll interpret the report and quote for exactly what's required.

A new 18th Edition consumer unit with clearly labelled circuits
03 / What's included

What’s included

A consumer unit change is priced clearly before we start — no hidden fees, no extras invented halfway through.

  • New 18th Edition board

    A modern metal consumer unit with RCBO protection on every circuit — one fault no longer blacks out the house.

  • Surge protection (SPD)

    Built-in defence against voltage spikes for your appliances, electronics and smart-home kit.

  • Full test of every circuit

    Each circuit inspected and tested before re-energising, with the results recorded on your certificate.

  • EIC & Building Control notification

    Your Electrical Installation Certificate issued, and Part P notification handled through our NAPIT registration.

  • Clearly labelled circuits

    Every way labelled — CCT 01, CCT 02, CCT 03… — so anyone at the board can see exactly what's what.

04 / How it works

How it works

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Survey

We inspect your existing board, earthing and bonding, and check the condition of the circuits it feeds.

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Fixed quote

A clear, itemised quote covering the board, the work and the certification — agreed before we start.

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The changeover

Supply safely isolated, old board out, new RCBO board in — wired neatly and labelled clearly.

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Test & certify

Every circuit tested, your EIC issued and Building Control notified — backed by our 12-month labour warranty.

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06 / Good to know

Frequently asked questions

Not always — but if your board still uses rewireable fuses, has no RCD protection, or has been flagged on an EICR, it isn't protecting you the way a modern board would. We'll inspect it honestly and tell you whether an upgrade is genuinely worthwhile.

An RCD protects a group of circuits, so one fault can knock out half the house. An RCBO gives every circuit its own combined protection — if a fault occurs, only that circuit trips and everything else stays on. We fit RCBO boards as standard because they make faults easier to live with and easier to find.

A surge protection device (SPD) absorbs sudden voltage spikes — from the grid or nearby lightning — before they reach your electronics. Modern homes are full of sensitive kit, from TVs to boilers to EV chargers, so we include an SPD in every board we install.

Yes — the supply has to be safely isolated while we change the board. For a typical home the changeover and testing is usually completed within a day, and we'll confirm timings before we start so you can plan around it.

There's no law that forces you to upgrade an existing board. But any replacement must meet the current edition of BS 7671 and be notified to Building Control under Part P — and an old board can be marked as unsatisfactory on an EICR, which matters for landlords and house sales. We'll give you straight advice either way.

Yes. Every consumer unit we install is fully tested circuit by circuit and certified with an Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC), and we notify Building Control for you through our NAPIT registration.

07 / Get in touch

Get a free,
no-obligation quote.

Tell us a little about your fuse board and we'll come back with honest advice and a clear fixed quote for the upgrade.

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