Home › Services › 24 Hour Electrician
Something has gone wrong with your electrics and "ring an electrician in the morning" is no help at half past one. Power Pros answer the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week across East Sussex. Tell us what you can see, hear and smell, and you will get a straight answer and a fixed callout price before anyone sets off.
CHECK THE SYMPTOMS
Ring and describe it. You will be told honestly whether it needs someone tonight or is safe to leave until daylight.
Get everyone out and call 999 first. Never put water on an electrical fire. Ring us afterwards to make the installation safe.
THE 3AM DIFFERENCE
A 24 hour electrician is not a different trade — the qualifications, the instruments and the wiring regulations (BS 7671) are the same at 3am as at 3pm. What changes is everything around the work. Wholesalers are shut, so the only materials available are what is on the van. The property is asleep, so noisy work waits. Lofts and floor voids are slower by torchlight. The objective often shifts from finish the repair to make it safe and get the essential circuits back on.
That is why the fault is talked through on the phone first: some night calls are settled in that conversation, and some turn out to be something that can safely wait.
If you sit between the two lists — half the property off, a full freezer, a tenant with lighting but no heating — ring and describe it. We would rather tell you it can wait than take a booking you did not need.
COMMON NIGHT CALLOUTS
The faults are the same ones that happen by day. What differs out of hours is whether they can wait, and what can be finished before the wholesalers open.
Everything dead, or half the property. The first job is establishing whether the fault is yours or the network's — see power loss and electrical tripping.
The classic 11pm call: usually earth leakage on one of the circuits that device protects — see RCD tripping and RCD faults.
The fault that most reliably justifies a night visit, because overheating progresses in hours — see burning smells and dangerous electrics.
Heat at a socket means a poor connection carrying current, and it does not improve overnight — see socket repairs.
A floor of lighting out at 10pm is a hazard on stairs; a board that buzzes or feels hot is more than that — see fuse box repairs.
A tenant with no power, refrigeration at risk, or a shop that cannot open. For many businesses evening attendance is preferable, because it does not interrupt trading.
KNOW THE SIGNS
Almost nobody describes a fault in technical terms at night. Here is what each phrasing commonly points to — only testing can confirm what is happening in your installation.
A device that drops out the moment you push it back is doing its job, and commonly indicates a live fault still present on that circuit.
If the neighbours have power, the fault is more likely inside your installation. If the street is dark, that is a free 105 call rather than a paid callout.
A well-known sign of overheating plastic in electrical accessories, commonly from a loose, high-resistance connection heating up behind a faceplate.
Load-dependent faults are common at night — and they are the ones most likely to have gone quiet by the time a morning appointment arrives.
COMMON CAUSES
It is not coincidence. There are genuine reasons why faults declare themselves in the evening, overnight and at weekends rather than at 10am on a Tuesday.
A loose or corroded termination behaves as a small resistance: current makes heat, heat degrades the joint, resistance rises again. That cycle needs sustained current, so it shows after an evening of cooking, heating and drying.
Rain tends to fall at night, and outside sockets, garden lights and external enclosures are where it gets in. Water bridges live conductors to earth, the RCD sees the leakage and disconnects — often intermittently, as things dry out.
Immersion heaters, storage heaters and EV chargers often energise automatically overnight. A failing element leaking current to earth can be invisible by day and trip the board the moment the timer switches it on.
Many appliances leak a small, normal current to earth. Together they raise the standing leakage, so one more load can push the total past the RCD's threshold — which is why a board sometimes trips with no single appliance at fault.
Cable insulation degrades with age, heat, damp and damage from nails, screws and rodents. Once insulation resistance falls far enough, current finds a path to earth — and cold, damp nights make marginal faults worse.
Christmas and bank holidays put unusual demand on ordinary installations: fuller houses, ovens running for hours, decorative lighting, extension leads multiplying.
HOW WE DIAGNOSE
The method is the same at night as by day, and deliberately methodical — guesswork wastes exactly what you are paying an out-of-hours rate for. Every callout includes a visual inspection and circuit testing.
STEP BY STEP
24/7 EMERGENCY LINE
Ring and describe what is happening. You will get a straight answer — either someone on the way tonight, or advice on what to switch off so it is safe until daylight.
WHILE YOU WAIT
If there is smoke, flame or the smell of burning from inside a wall, ceiling or the consumer unit, get everyone out and call the fire service. Never put water on an electrical fire. If anyone is injured or unwell after a shock, call 999.
If you have isolated a circuit because of a burning smell, water, damage or a shock, leave it isolated until it has been tested. Restoring power to a circuit with an unresolved fault is the most dangerous thing you can do while waiting.
REPAIR OPTIONS
What gets done depends on what inspection and testing reveal, so nobody can honestly tell you the fix before seeing it. These are the realistic outcomes of an out-of-hours visit.
No work on the installation at all — the appliance is isolated and you decide on repair or replacement. A common outcome, and the cheapest there is.
A heat-damaged socket, a failed switch, a cracked outdoor enclosure or a loose connection remade properly. Often the answer to a burning-smell call, and usually completed on the night.
Where a damaged cable runs through walls, floors or a loft, the fault is often isolated overnight and repaired properly in daylight, when access is safer and quicker.
An MCB, RCD or RCBO in the existing board. Devices are not interchangeable between manufacturers, so whether it happens tonight depends on the make and model of your board — see fuse box repairs.
The faulty circuit isolated and labelled, every healthy circuit restored so you keep lights, heating and refrigeration, and the permanent fix booked for when the right part can be obtained.
Where the board itself has failed, consumer unit replacement is a booked daytime job. Where the fault is a symptom of something wider, an EICR establishes the real condition of the installation.
WORKED EXAMPLE
Location: Seaford, near the seafront
Customer's problem: Call at 2:40am — no power to the sockets, tenant on their own in the flat.
Initial symptoms: Lighting still working, every socket dead, and the socket RCBO tripping again on reset.
Tests performed: Ring final continuity (r1, rn, r2), insulation resistance line and neutral to earth, then split-half isolation to bracket the fault.
Fault discovered: Moisture had tracked into an outside socket on the balcony, with earth leakage climbing as the sea fog came in.
Repair: Outside socket disconnected and made safe, and the ring restored to the remaining points.
Final testing: Ring continuity re-proved, insulation resistance back above 200 megohms, and RCBO trip time recorded.
Outcome: Sockets live again before 4am. A weatherproof IP66 replacement was fitted the following day.
An illustrative example of a typical call-out of this kind.
CALLOUT PRICING
Two things decide what an electrician call out costs: the hour you ring, and how long the fault takes to find. The callout charge itself is fixed and set by the time of day you need someone, and you are told which band applies before anyone travels.
| Callout | Charge | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic callout, 9:30am–3pm | £110 | Not guaranteed within the hour |
| Day callout | £130 | Standard daytime attendance |
| Early evening callout | £180 | After the working day |
| Overnight callout | £250 | Through the night |
Exact start and end times for the day, early evening and overnight bands: [INSERT REAL FIGURE] — confirmed on the phone before anyone travels.
The callout covers attendance, a visual inspection and circuit testing. Any repair needed once the fault is found is quoted and agreed before it begins, with parts and labour separate from the callout charge: [INSERT REAL PRICE].
Beyond the time of day, cost follows how long the fault takes to find and where it turns out to be. A scorched socket is quick. An intermittent fault that only shows under load, or one buried in a large installation, is not — and nobody can honestly quote a fixed price to find something they have not seen. Buried cables, lofts, floor voids and communal risers all add time, and all of it is slower in the dark.
The cheapest callout is the one you do not have to make. If your fault is on the "safe until morning" list above, waiting costs £110 or £130 instead of £250, and we would rather say so than take the booking. If it is on the "call tonight" list, waiting risks far more than the difference.
WHY POWER PROS
Nights, weekends and bank holidays. Availability is not a slogan on this page — it is the service, and it is the reason the callout price is banded by the hour you ring.
Four callout bands set by time of day, £110 to £250, with further work quoted and agreed before it starts. All services carry a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
NICEIC Part P scheme members, City & Guilds qualified, insured to £2,000,000. Work is tested to BS 7671 and complies with current British Standards and Building Regulations — the same standard at 3am as at 3pm.
Night faults are disproportionately the intermittent, load-dependent kind. Experience is what separates finding those quickly from charging you by the hour to look for them.
Which matters most overnight, when a second visit means another day without a working circuit. Every callout includes a visual inspection and circuit testing, so the fault is measured rather than guessed at.
Bexhill-on-Sea, Hastings, Eastbourne and the wider county. At night, distance is time — and time is what you are paying for.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
“Came out late at night and fixed the issue straight away. Great service.”— Paula White, Google review
“Very happy with these emergency electricians, really knew what they were doing. They cover 24 hours as well — definitely the best in Bexhill.”— Caroline, Google review
“I had a sudden electrical fault late in the evening and Power Pros came to the rescue. From the first call they were professional, calm and very reassuring. The electrician arrived quickly, clearly explained what the issue was, and got everything safely sorted without any hassle.”— Jane Baker, Google review
Reviews from our Google Business Profile, rated 5.0 from 10 reviews. Read them on Google.
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Yes. Power Pros operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends and bank holidays. The fault is talked through when you ring, so you get an answer about what you are seeing rather than a callback in the morning.
Ring 0333 360 8583. The line is answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the first thing that happens is a conversation about what you can see, hear and smell. If your neighbours are dark too it is a network fault, and you will be pointed to 105 free of charge rather than charged for a callout. If the fault is inside your installation, you are told the callout band that applies at that hour and a realistic arrival time before anyone travels. Power Pros attend across Bexhill-on-Sea, Hastings, Eastbourne and the wider East Sussex area.
Ask what happens if it waits eight hours. Burning smells, arcing, sparks, water reaching electrics, exposed conductors, a shock, or no heating for a vulnerable person will not wait. A dead socket or one room's lighting out will be the same in the morning.
Check whether your neighbours are dark too. If they are, ring 105 free of charge: that is the national power cut line and your network operator attends around the clock at no cost. If it is only your property, the fault is likely inside your installation.
The callout charge is fixed by time of day, not by how urgent the fault sounds: £110 for a basic callout between 9:30am and 3pm which is not guaranteed within the hour, £130 for a day callout, £180 early evening and £250 overnight. Any further work is quoted and agreed before it begins.
Both happen, and 85% of emergency callouts are resolved on the first visit. Faults in accessories and connections are usually finished on the night. Where a specific part is needed, the faulty circuit is isolated, every healthy circuit is restored and the permanent repair is booked.
Power Pros quote a 1 hour response. The exception is the basic £110 daytime band, which is expressly not guaranteed within the hour. You will be given a realistic time on the phone before anyone sets off.
Usually yes, provided nothing smells of burning, nothing is hot and the board is quiet. An intermittent trip commonly indicates earth leakage that occasionally crosses the device's threshold. It needs testing rather than living with, but it is rarely a middle-of-the-night job.
Treat it as one. A new light fitting can give off a brief hot smell that fades in minutes, but a persistent or fishy plastic smell commonly means something is overheating, and that is a fire risk measured in hours. Switch the circuit off at the breaker and call. If you see smoke or flame, call 999 first.
Yes. Any shock from the fixed wiring or an accessory indicates a fault, commonly a damaged accessory, a faulty appliance or a problem with earthing and bonding. Switch that circuit off, stop using it, and have it tested before it goes back into service. Call 999 if anyone is injured or unwell.
You are responsible for keeping the installation safe and in working order throughout the tenancy, so a total loss of power or anything presenting a safety risk needs dealing with promptly. We attend, make safe, restore what can be restored and give you a written record for your file.
Yes, and for many businesses out of hours is the preferred time because the work does not interrupt trading. Refrigeration failures, catering circuits, shop lighting and distribution board faults are common evening and overnight calls. The same fixed callout bands apply.
Have an EICR carried out at sensible intervals so failing insulation, loose terminations and poor earthing are found on a booked daytime visit instead of at 2am. Investigate intermittent tripping rather than living with it, and check outdoor sockets and garden lighting before winter.
RELATED READING
If your situation is more specific than "out of hours", these pages go deeper into the fault itself.
AREAS WE COVER
Power Pros cover Bexhill-on-Sea, Hastings, Eastbourne and the whole of East Sussex, 24 hours a day. Choose your town for local detail, or call 0333 360 8583 and tell us the postcode.
CALL ANY HOUR
24 hours a day, 7 days a week across Bexhill-on-Sea, Hastings, Eastbourne and all of East Sussex. Fixed callout price agreed before we travel, NICEIC Part P scheme members, insured to £2,000,000, 100% satisfaction guarantee.
