Emergency Callouts
You can count on us for any electrical emergency. We are extremely confident in our abilities and we solve 85% of all electrical emergency callouts on the spot.
Twenty-four-hour help for Brighton and Hove flats, conversions and businesses — dead sockets, tripping RCDs, failed communal lighting and damp basement faults, traced and made safe by NICEIC-registered electricians.
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Brighton and Hove is a city of converted Victorian and Regency houses, purpose-built Hove mansion blocks and rented flats, so most emergencies here begin with a shared supply, an ageing consumer unit or a circuit that was extended when the building was split. Power Pros find the fault, test the circuit and make it safe, 24 hours a day.
Most emergency work in a city of flats begins with the way the building was divided. A Victorian or Regency house split into three or four homes often runs on circuits that were separated rather than rebuilt, so a fault in one flat can dim the lights in another and the stair lighting may still sit on somebody's private consumer unit.
Hove's interwar mansion blocks bring their own jobs — rising mains and intake cupboards added to over decades, communal landings, and flat consumer units still holding rewireable fuses instead of RCBOs.
Then there is the rented sector, which is unusually large here: landlords need a satisfactory EICR every five years, and licensed HMOs are scrutinised harder still. Testing shows what is actually present — earthing, bonding, insulation resistance, RCD protection — rather than what the last person to work on the flat assumed.
We will fault find and resolve the issue if it can be resolved on the spot. With 25 years experience in fault finding we believe there isn't an issue which we can't solve. Some issues may need a revisit due to the deterioration of the cabling, and where that happens we will always explain your options clearly before any further work begins.
You can count on us for any electrical emergency. We are extremely confident in our abilities and we solve 85% of all electrical emergency callouts on the spot.
All electrical installations deteriorate with age and use. They should be inspected and tested at regular intervals to check whether they are in a satisfactory condition for continued use — commonly known as periodic inspection and testing.
We are proud members of the NICEIC Part P scheme. Our electrical work is tested to BS7671 regulations and complies with the latest British Standards and Building Regulations.
Old fuse boxes and rewireable fuses can't protect you the way a modern consumer unit does. We supply, install and certify RCD-protected boards, with every circuit tested and labelled before we leave.
FAQ'S
All of our services are backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee and delivered by our qualified electricians.
In a converted Brighton or Hove house each flat normally has its own consumer unit fed from a shared submain, so a fault on your circuits will trip your board and leave the rest of the building alone. If the RCD will not stay in, or it trips the moment something is switched on, leave the board alone and call us. The circuits need testing one at a time rather than repeated resetting.
Water reaching a light well, a basement wall or an outdoor circuit lowers the insulation resistance of the cable, and an RCD is built to react to exactly that. It is a common pattern in the older, lower parts of the city, but it is not something to live with. Testing identifies which circuit is leaking and whether the cause is the wiring, an outdoor accessory or damp getting into a junction.
Privately rented homes in England need a satisfactory electrical installation condition report at least every five years, and licensed HMOs are looked at closely on it. The report inspects and tests the fixed wiring against BS 7671, codes anything unsatisfactory and sets out what has to be put right. All work Power Pros carry out is tested to BS 7671.
It changes how, not whether. Inside, lath-and-plaster walls, cornices and panelling limit where cable can be chased, so routes usually follow floor voids, cupboards or existing conduit. Anything visible on a frontage — an external light, a meter box, surface trunking — may need consent from the council, so it is worth checking with them before it is fixed in place. Making a dangerous installation safe still comes first.
Yes — say so when you call, and if a managing agent or landlord holds the key, having that number to hand saves time. Most flat faults are found and repaired at your own consumer unit and on your own circuits. The sealed service head and meter belong to the network operator and your supplier, so no electrician cuts those seals; if the fault sits there, that is who has to attend.
An emergency here is often not a whole house going dark. It is a tenant in a lower-ground flat with no light, a meter cupboard in a shared hallway nobody has the key to, or a call at eleven at night from a flat above a shop.
Weather matters too. Rain runs off the chalk slopes quickly and gathers in light wells and basement areas, and damp is hard on old rubber-insulated cable, on metal accessories and on anything buried in lime plaster. Along the seafront, salt air eats outdoor socket outlets, balcony lights and external fittings far faster than it does inland.
Power Pros answer the phone 24 hours a day across East Sussex, and every callout includes a visual inspection and circuit testing, so the fault is proved rather than guessed at.
…and if we can resolve and fix or (identify the issue if the circuit needs rewiring). The cost ends there.
We have structured our pricing in 4 easy categories, so the customer and ourselves understand the costs involved.
PRICING
CALLOUT PRICING
Basic call out 9.30am – 3pm which would not be within an hour would be £110
*When there will be any rewiring, we will specify works and extra costs before any extra work would commence.
Also rates are multiplied by 1.5 for any weekend works
We arrive with a smile and want to cause you as little inconvenience as possible, we want to make it a positive experience.
TESTIMONIALS
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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 and got everything safely sorted. Read more
GPosted onThe electrician came out quickly within 1 hour and fixed a fault tripping out my electrics, which turned out to be a water leak getting into a socket outlet. Highly recommended. Read more
GPosted onExcellent service from start to finish. They responded quickly, arrived when they said they would and got straight to diagnosing the problem. Explained clearly, with no pressure or hidden costs. Read more
GPosted onFast, reliable and genuinely professional. The emergency electrician diagnosed the issue straight away and carried out the repair safely. Pricing was fair with no hidden surprises, and the work was left neat and tidy. Read more
GPosted onWHY CHOOSE US
We take great pride in our reputation. That's why we have a solid work ethic based on reliability and customer service friendliness. We never compromise on customer satisfaction.
BRIGHTON & HOVE
The city's housing is old and tightly packed. Regency stucco terraces in Kemp Town and Brunswick, Victorian and Edwardian terraces climbing the slopes at Hanover, Preston and Fiveways, and interwar flats along the Hove seafront make up most of it. Very little of that stock was rewired in one go; it has been part-rewired, extended and patched instead.
Conversion is the other half of the story. Houses became bedsits, bedsits became flats, lofts became bedrooms, and each stage added a submain, a spur or another consumer unit to an installation designed for one family. That is where borrowed neutrals, unlabelled circuits crossing between flats and main bonding that was never brought up to date tend to turn up.
Position adds to it. The seafront takes salt-laden air all year, so external accessories and balcony fittings corrode quickly; the chalk slopes send surface water down into light wells and basement areas; and lower-ground rooms stay damp enough to shorten the life of cable and metal accessories left in them.
Much of the city sits in a conservation area and a great many buildings are listed, which limits where cable can be run and what can be fixed to a frontage. Add two universities, a large private rented sector and licensed HMOs, and periodic inspection is a routine part of owning property here rather than an occasional chore.
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Tell us what's happening and when suits you. For a genuine emergency, call us instead — we answer 24/7 and aim to be with you inside the hour.
Emergency line — 24/70333 360 8583