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Head Electrical Services Fully trained and Approved Electician with 15 years experience

I’ve been really busy at work lately and on Monday my apprentice joined me. She was great at measuring and the customer ...
23/07/2026

I’ve been really busy at work lately and on Monday my apprentice joined me. She was great at measuring and the customer appreciated her picking up the Hoover to do some cleaning afterwards

27/06/2026

WHAT DOES MY SERVICE INCLUDE?

• Visual inspection of plugs, cables, and appliance casings
• Electrical safety testing using calibrated PAT testing equipment
• Testing of 110V, 230V, and 415V equipment
• Appliance labelling with pass or fail results
• Risk assessment support
• Identification of damaged or unsafe equipment
• Same-day digital certificates and reports
• Recommendations for repairs or replacements where required
• Ongoing support and advice on electrical equipment safety

So today’s job was a fuseboard change like no other! I had to do the job with a bike parked in the way 😅 another really ...
08/06/2026

So today’s job was a fuseboard change like no other! I had to do the job with a bike parked in the way 😅 another really happy customer though

Sometimes you’ve got to work late to help get the job ready for the next trades - kitchen fit with new downlighters, a c...
02/06/2026

Sometimes you’ve got to work late to help get the job ready for the next trades - kitchen fit with new downlighters, a couple of feature lights and plenty more to do around the house when I get time!

Lovely view from the office today - EICR in Salcombe working alongside Ocean City Pat Testing
18/05/2026

Lovely view from the office today - EICR in Salcombe working alongside Ocean City Pat Testing

This is a job that’s just come in - they’ve asked for me to tidy it up! It’s a headache to look at, even for me! I’ll ge...
14/05/2026

This is a job that’s just come in - they’ve asked for me to tidy it up! It’s a headache to look at, even for me! I’ll get it looking lovely though and the owner will know exactly what every circuit controls. I’ll update in about 2 or 3 weeks time!

Nice easy job to get back to it after the Easter break. Can’t be many of these huge SONE lights left now! Look at the si...
07/04/2026

Nice easy job to get back to it after the Easter break. Can’t be many of these huge SONE lights left now! Look at the size difference to the LED equivalent light output!

What’s your thoughts on EVs? I have a leased Nissan leaf and I love it. I enjoy the ease of the drive, the extra feature...
18/12/2025

What’s your thoughts on EVs? I have a leased Nissan leaf and I love it. I enjoy the ease of the drive, the extra features (heated steering wheel and seats which I can set from the app in the morning before getting in the car) and the fact I don’t have to go to a petrol station anymore.

Then in August I got rid of my diesel van, it served me very well for around 10 years but I wanted to avoid the £120 a month cost of filling up with diesel - plus it was drinking oil!

I got myself a 7 seater car which can be used as a van, great now I have a toddler.

In my experience here’s some positives and negatives of what I’ve experienced

✅ cheap to run - electricity tonight is really low so it’s going to cost me 42p to charge my car giving me a range of 100 miles
✅ low on Maintennance - no oil to worry about
✅ charge anywhere - we have plugged into a travelodge through the window and even the back of a petrol station 🤣 not ideal the chargers weren’t working at the time but it’s led to some funny experiences
✅ for around 6 months we managed to charge for free at a ‘broken’ charger - it wasn’t communicating but was still giving out electric - you never get that at a petrol station
✅ re-fuel whilst you sleep overnight at home
✅ waiting in traffic knowing your not kicking out smelly fumes

❌ range anxiety - you jump in it says 150miles when you drive actual miles could be anything from 100 to 150miles depending on many factors (hills, speed, temperature)
❌ lack of public chargers - there’s a lot more planning involved and even at times that doesn’t help as the chargers could be broken!
❌ the cost of public chargers! Tonight I’m charging at around 1p per kWh - fast public chargers can be £1 per kWh so instead of 42p for 100 miles I could pay £42!!
❌ difficult to charge at home unless you have a drive
❌ Apps - a lot of EVs is controlled via apps - checking the vehicle, setting charge times and charging in public. These apps can be slow, not respond or crash

Overall I’m very happy with my EV because the money I’m saving over my diesel van is huge.

Do you know what the signs of an electrical burn/fire are? 💡Usually it’s the smell that you recognise first - it’s the p...
17/12/2025

Do you know what the signs of an electrical burn/fire are?

💡Usually it’s the smell that you recognise first - it’s the plastic burning and it smells a bit fishy.
💡Sometimes you can even see discolouration in the plastic where it’s got really hot.
💡the other one is heat - if the plastic enclosure/switch is hot to touch then something could be loose and a burnout/fire could happen soon.

Where’s the most likely places for this?
1. Shower isolator (pull cord or sometimes on the wall)
2. Shower itself - actually in the shower
3. Oven isolator
4. Old sockets

If you’re not sure get it checked out. This was my call out today to a shower that’s been smelling for a few days and I got the call when it’s stopped working. Luckily the cable was long enough and I could just replace the connector block so they don’t have to spend out big big just before renovating the whole bathroom. - call at 10:20am fixed by 11:40am 👍 sorted within an hour and half of the call

Today was in two parts wearing two hats as I actually have two businesses. Head Electrical and a Property Management com...
21/11/2025

Today was in two parts wearing two hats as I actually have two businesses. Head Electrical and a Property Management company (Murland Kerth) which looks after HMOs in Plymouth.

This morning I went to a Damp and Cold homes Expo in Plymouth - great for networking, making new connections and learning a lot. I also got some great community connections to help tenants who may be lonely, depressed or struggling with money in my properties. I will send them links to help them out.

This afternoon I was finishing working on a shop in central Plymouth.

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Princes Road
Torquay
TQ11NW

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+447305481566

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