Bronze
£12/mo
Billed annually at £144Save 20%
Lower rates on every job, plus a free safety certificate each year.
- 5% off labour
- 5% off certificates
- Free safety certificate, once a year
Emergency electrician in Colchester
Lighting Electrical is our Colchester electrical company. We attend emergency electrician callouts for homes and businesses across Colchester, Witham, Maldon and the nearby Essex towns when power fails, a board trips, or a fault becomes unsafe.
“Ten years on Colchester housing stock and I have seen most of it: terraces where the lighting circuit has been extended once too often, boards fitted before RCDs were standard, new builds with sockets nowhere near the kitchen. I check the earthing, the bonding and whether the supply will carry another load before I price anything, because the age of a house settles nothing on its own.”
Valandi KotorriElectrician · NAPIT
Who needs an emergency electrician
- People book this work when the lights go out, a board will not reset, or a fitting is hot or smelling of burning. We cover houses, flats and small commercial premises in Colchester, Witham, Maldon, Wivenhoe, Tiptree, Kelvedon, West Mersea, Stanway and Brightlingsea.
- Landlords and homeowners call when a whole property is dark, the cooker will not work, or only one floor still has sockets. We find whether the consumer unit, a circuit, or a failed fitting has taken the supply down.
- A tripped breaker or RCD that will not stay on is a common reason we are asked out. We isolate the failed circuit so the rest of the house can be used while the fault is traced.
- Sockets, switches and light fittings that smell of burning or feel hot need the circuit taken off before anyone uses them again. We make that circuit dead and tell you what has to be replaced.
What the visit covers
An emergency visit is about finding the failed part and leaving the property safe. Larger jobs such as a full rewire or a new consumer unit are quoted separately.
Included in the call-out
- Attendance at the property in Colchester or a nearby Essex town
- Isolation of the failed circuit, fitting or board
- Fault finding on the circuit that has gone down
- Temporary making safe so the rest of the installation can be used where that is possible
- A written note of what failed and what work should follow
Not included automatically
- A full house rewire or a planned consumer unit replacement on the same visit unless already quoted
- Parts we do not carry in the van, which we price in writing before we fit them
- Work on another trade such as gas, plumbing or structural fabric
What happens on the day
You deal with us from the call to the last test. We work through the failed circuit in order so the property is safe before we leave.
- 01
We arrive and take the failed part off
We check in with you, look at the consumer unit and the room that has lost power, and isolate the circuit or fitting that is unsafe. The rest of the board stays on where that can be done safely.
- 02
We trace the fault
We test the circuit, the fittings on it and the board itself. Typical finds are a failed breaker, a short in a socket, water in an outside light, or a burnt connection in a junction.
- 03
We make it safe and set out the next work
Where a repair can be finished on the visit we complete it and issue a minor works certificate if the work needs one. If the board or the wiring needs a later job, we leave the property safe and give you a written price for that work.
What an emergency call-out costs
The starting price of £90 an hour for an out of hours emergency electrician covers our attendance, the first checks on the failed circuit or board, and making the property safe enough to leave.
- That figure is a starting price, not a fixed or guaranteed total.
- Calls are answered any time. The hourly rate applies when we attend outside opening hours.
- If the fault needs parts or a later visit, we quote that work in writing before we start it.
What you get
You are left knowing what failed, which circuits are safe to use, and what work still has to be booked.
- The immediate condition of the installation
- You know which circuit or board caused the outage, what we isolated, and what you can switch on again without bringing the fault back.
- Permanent work can follow separately
- If the visit only made the installation safe, we quote the lasting repair in writing, such as a consumer unit replacement from £450 or further fault finding from £75 an hour in opening hours.
Why customers choose Lighting Electrical
An out of hours call reaches the electrician, not a message service. The rate is said before we travel, and further work is priced on its own once the property is safe.
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Electrical maintenance plans in Colchester
Three yearly plans. Bronze takes 5 percent off labour and certificates and includes one free safety certificate. Silver doubles that to 10 percent and adds next day priority. Gold takes 15 percent off, runs to three free safety certificates a year, and adds same day priority booking with two emergency call outs.
Silver
Popular£20/mo
Billed annually at £240Save 20%
Double the discount, next-day priority, and a free safety certificate each year.
- 10% off labour
- 10% off certificates
- Free safety certificate, once a year
- Next day priority
Gold
£31/mo
Billed annually at £372Save 20%
Best rates, same-day priority booking, three free safety certificates a year.
- 15% off labour
- 15% off certificates
- Free safety certificates, 3 times a year
- Same day priority booking
- 2 emergency call-outs a year
Recent work from Lighting Electrical
These photographs show work completed across the wider service area covered by Lighting Electrical; they are not all presented as emergency electrician work.
Emergency electrician questions
These are the questions people in Colchester and the nearby Essex towns ask before they book an out of hours visit.
How much does an emergency electrician cost?+
Out of hours emergency electrician attendance starts at £90 an hour. That starting price buys the visit, the first tests and making the property safe. Extra parts and later work are quoted in writing first.
— Valandi Kotorri
Do you come out at night and at weekends?+
We answer the phone at any time. Booked work sits in opening hours. When you need us outside those hours the out of hours rate of £90 an hour applies.
— Valandi Kotorri
Will you replace the fuse board on the same visit?+
Only if the board can be made safe and we have already given you a written price. A consumer unit replacement starts at £450. Many emergency visits isolate the failed board and book the replacement for the next working day.
Who turns up?+
We do. Lighting Electrical remains responsible for the work. You speak to Lighting Electrical from the first call through to the repair. Lighting Electrical is NAPIT registered.
What towns do you cover for callouts?+
We cover Colchester, Witham, Maldon, Wivenhoe, Tiptree, Kelvedon, West Mersea, Stanway, Brightlingsea, Coggeshall, Marks Tey, Dedham, Rowhedge, Great Horkesley, Heybridge and Silver End.
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Say what has failed, which town the property is in, and whether the board still has power.