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Market town, growing fast

Fuse Box Replacement in Hailsham

Hailsham mixes a Victorian market town centre with large new estates and the old Hellingly Hospital site, now Roebuck Park. Older homes often need a board that finally adds RCD protection; newer ones need room for EV chargers and heat pumps. We fit both, at a fixed price.

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  • Part P registered installers
  • Fitted and certified in a day
  • Surge protection as standard
  • Fixed prices, no surprises
  • 17+ YearsEst. 2009 in Brighton & Hove
  • 6 Year GuaranteeWorkmanship, every board
  • Specialist TeamDirectly employed installers
  • Free QuotationSurvey or photo, no call out fee
  • 2,400+Boards replaced since 2009
What we do in Hailsham

Consumer units for Hailsham homes

Choose from dual RCD, full RCBO or RCBO with arc fault protection. Every Hailsham board includes Type 2 surge protection, a whole property test and a certificate, and we notify Building Control for you.

Full RCBO consumer unit with surge protection, neatly wired and labelled in a Sussex home
Our standard installationFull RCBO board with surge protection
Old town, new estates

Two very different kinds of Hailsham home

Around the High Street, Market Street and the roads leading off them, Hailsham has Victorian and Edwardian terraces and cottages from its days as a rope making and market town. Many of these have been rewired at some point, but the board may still be decades old. We often find a mix of RCD protected and unprotected circuits, or a board that has run out of space for the circuits added since.

The estates built on the edges of town over recent decades usually have modern dual RCD boards. Those are rarely unsafe, but they can struggle when you add a car charger, solar or a heat pump, which all need their own circuits. We size the new board for the circuits you have now and for those you are likely to add.

  • Victorian terraces near the centre
  • Older cottages in surrounding villages
  • Recent estates on the edge of town
  • Roebuck Park homes at Hellingly
  • Boards upgraded when space runs out
  • Mixed RCD cover put right
Fuse box replacementSee prices
Flush mounted consumer unit mid installation with RCBOs, surge protection and neatly dressed cables
C1 & C2 defects clearedPaperwork to your agent within 48 hours
Hailsham lettings

Family lets and first homes

Hailsham's rental market is mainly family houses on the estates and smaller terraces closer to the centre, often let to people working locally or commuting towards Eastbourne. Newer properties usually pass an EICR without trouble, but older terraces can fail on the board alone, particularly where it is plastic, has no RCD protection or shows signs of heat damage at the main switch.

We can replace the board and carry out the EICR on the same visit, with the EICR added for £99. If you only need the report, a standalone EICR is from £175. If the property is between tenancies, we can usually fit the board, test the house and send the certificates before the new tenant collects the keys.

  • Estate houses and town terraces
  • Board changes between tenancies
  • EICR for £99 with any board
  • Standalone EICR from £175
  • HMO reports from £350
  • Paperwork emailed within 48 hours
Landlord upgradesEICR testing
Large distribution board being installed with cable tray and busbar, levelled and ready for termination
Specified for HailshamEV chargers and heat pumps
EV chargers and heat pumps

Getting a newer home ready for more load

Hailsham has seen a lot of new housing, and owners of newer homes are often the ones adding EV chargers, battery storage or air source heat pumps. Each of these needs a dedicated, correctly protected circuit, and some installers need a spare way on your board before they can start. If yours is full, or lacks surge protection, a board change is usually the tidiest fix.

We fit boards with spare capacity built in and include Type 2 surge protection as standard. If you only need surge protection on an otherwise good board, a retrofit is £165. Send us a photo of your board and tell us what you plan to install, and we will say whether the existing unit can take it or whether a new one makes more sense.

  • Spare ways for EV and heat pump circuits
  • Type 2 surge protection included
  • Surge retrofit £165
  • RCBO boards 14 to 16 way from £795
  • Main fuse and tails checked
  • Ready for your charger installer
RCBO boardsAFDD boardsSurge protection
Getting to you

Hailsham emergency board faults

If a board in Hailsham has failed, is tripping repeatedly or shows scorch marks, call us any day between 8am and 8pm. We aim to get someone to you the same day where possible, make everything safe and find the cause. If the board needs replacing, you get a fixed price before any work starts, so you can decide without pressure.

We reach Hailsham from Brighton along the A27 and A22, and cover Hellingly, Herstmonceux and the Dicker villages on the same basis. Our prices are the same for outlying villages as for the town centre, and we will always tell you what time to expect us.

Hailsham at a glance

  • PostcodesBN27
  • Typical homesVictorian terraces, post-war semis, large new estates
  • CouncilWealden District Council
  • Common board issueFull boards with no space for EV or heat pump circuits
  • Earthing we seePME in town, TT on some rural properties
  • Getting to youA27 then the A22 north from Polegate
How long does it take?

A new consumer unit, fitted in a day

  1. 01
    The first hour

    Protect, isolate, strip out

  2. 02
    Hours two to four

    Fit and terminate the new board

  3. 03
    Hour five

    Test every single circuit

  4. 04
    The final hour

    Energise, label, walk through

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Pricing guide

Fixed fuse box prices in Hailsham

The same published prices we charge everywhere in Sussex, no travel supplement. Every figure includes the board, a Type 2 surge protection device, full testing, your certificate and Part P notification.

Dual RCD board

6 way, from£425

Two RCDs each covering a bank of MCBs. The budget friendly route to full RCD protection for flats and smaller homes.

  • Ideal for 1 to 2 bed flats
  • 10 way from £495
  • Surge protection included
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High integrity

12 way, from£575

Dual RCD protection plus dedicated RCBO ways for freezers, alarms and smart home kit, so the circuits that matter never share a trip.

  • 3 to 4 bed houses
  • Critical circuits isolated
  • Surge protection included
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Most popular

Full RCBO board

8 way, from£625

One RCBO per circuit. A fault trips only that circuit, fault finding is faster and nuisance tripping all but disappears. Our recommendation.

  • 10 to 12 way from £695
  • 14 to 16 way from £795
  • Our recommendation
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RCBO + AFDD

10 way, from£1,095

RCBOs plus arc fault detection devices for the highest level of fire protection available. The right choice for HMOs and period property.

  • 14 way from £1,295
  • HMOs & period terraces
  • Selected circuits from £845
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Surge protection retrofit £165 Relocation with a new board add £250 Standalone relocation £395 EICR with any board £99 Standalone EICR £175 to £350

Full breakdown by number of ways on the pricing page.

Where we work in Hailsham

Hailsham and the BN27 villages

BN27 stretches well beyond the town into farmland and small villages. We cover all of it, including properties out towards the Pevensey Levels and Herstmonceux, where older homes may be on overhead supplies with their own earth rod. Text us a photo with your postcode for a price.

Phones answered 8am to 8pm, 7 daysInstallation slots typically 3 to 5 working days out
BN27Hailsham town

Town centre, High Street, Market Street, Cuckoo Trail side

BN27North of town

Hellingly, Roebuck Park, Lower Horsebridge, Upper Horsebridge, Amberstone

BN27Rural villages

Herstmonceux, Magham Down, Windmill Hill, Lower Dicker, Upper Dicker, Cowbeech

Hailsham town centre Hellingly Roebuck Park Lower Horsebridge Upper Horsebridge Amberstone Herstmonceux Magham Down Windmill Hill Lower Dicker Upper Dicker Cowbeech
Hailsham questions

Fuse box questions from Hailsham

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Often you would not. A recent dual RCD board is generally safe. The usual reasons to change it are running out of ways for an EV charger or heat pump, wanting RCBOs so one fault does not knock out half the house, or adding surge protection. If only surge protection is missing, a £165 retrofit may be all you need, and we will say so.

Yes, and many people find this the simplest order of work. We fit a board with spare ways and correct protection, test the property and give you the certificate. Your charger installer can then connect to the new board without needing to add a separate enclosure. If you already have a charger quote, send it with your photo and we will make sure the board suits it.

Roebuck Park is a newer development, so homes there are likely to have modern wiring and boards. The questions are the same as for other newer Hailsham estates: is there spare capacity, is there surge protection, and does the board suit what you plan to add. Some properties nearby are converted older buildings, which we would test with extra care.

It can. Many rural BN27 properties use a TT earthing system with an earth rod, rather than an earth supplied by UK Power Networks. We test the rod's resistance as part of the job and make sure the new board's RCD protection is arranged to suit a TT system. If the rod is not up to standard, we will tell you and price a fix.

Yes, Hailsham sits in Wealden District. Because we are Part P registered, we notify the work ourselves, so there is no application or fee for you to deal with. A compliance certificate arrives by post afterwards and your Electrical Installation Certificate is emailed within 48 hours. Keep them together for when you sell.

Around Hailsham

Villages and hamlets we cover near Hailsham

27 smaller places around Hailsham each have their own page. Same installers, same fixed prices, no travel charge.

Nearby

Also covering towns near Hailsham

Polegate Eastbourne Heathfield Seaford Bexhill-on-Sea Newhaven All Sussex locations
Ready when you are

Fixed price boards in Hailsham

Text a photo of your fuse box to 0333 360 8691, add a note if you are planning a charger or heat pump, and we will price a board that suits.

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