Electrical Tips & News

SPD stands for Surge Protection Device—equipment designed to protect your home's electrical circuits and appliances from voltage spikes. This guide explains what SPDs do, when they're required, and the practical questions homeowners should ask before installation.

An RCD that trips when nothing is plugged in points to a fault within the fixed wiring, not an appliance. Learn the common causes, warning signs and what a professional electrical assessment involves.

Understand what's involved when a qualified electrician adds a fused spur to your ring main, including the decisions you'll face, warning signs to watch for and how to prepare your property safely.

Understand what shapes the scope, duration and disruption of a professional house rewire, how to compare quotations fairly and how to prepare your three-bedroom home safely before work begins.

Power out at midnight? Smell of burning? Here is the exact checklist a London electrician wants you to follow — and the four things you should never do.

Planning a new kitchen? Here is the electrical spec every London homeowner should ask for — circuits per appliance, socket positioning and induction-hob wiring.