Consumer Unit Installation

All electrical installations deteriorate with age and use. Therefore, meaning your consumer unit should be inspected and tested at regular intervals, to ensure it is still within a satisfactory condition for use. With our highly trained NICEIC approved professional electrical engineers, we are experienced in delivering high-quality electrical consumer unit installations, inspections, testing and maintenance to the commercial, industrial and domestic consumer markets.

Our installation, inspection and maintenance services are second-to-none. Covering West Sussex, East Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, London, Kent and Dorset. We are able to provide you with professional and remarkable consumer unit installations, as well as support with maintenance and testing. Whether you are looking for a consumer unit to be installed or inspected for your home, office or commercial building, we can do the job.

What is a consumer unit?

A consumer unit is the funnel of all wiring systems. An electrical consumer unit distributes electricity through fuses to direct circuit areas of your building, whether it be your home, office or commercial unit.

When it comes to consumer units over the years requirements have changed considerably. The most recent consumer units – the rewireable type, provide protection against overcurrent and short-circuits, as well as protection from electric shocks.

Under the new IET Wiring Regulations, BS 7671:2018 consumer units are now manufactured from non-combustible materials, meaning your consumer unit will contain a fire, if it was to set a-light, in turn lowering the risk of fire spreading.

Circuit protection and your protection

With our installation packages, we install circuit protective devices to protect the overall circuits. Typically, there is a main switch which serves as an isolation device only, meaning it does not offer any electrical protection. However, the main switch can be used in an emergency to isolate the whole installation. The additional security with a consumer unit is through it having fuses, it provides protection against overcurrent and short-circuit faults.

As well as circuit protection, having a consumer unit installed additionally protects the user from an electric shock under, Residual Current Device (RCD). We at Marble M&E Group on installation, supply two RCDs to protect a number of circuits within the installation, preventing danger or inconvenience to the user in the event of a fault.

What if I have a consumer unit installed already?

Whether you have had a consumer unit install with us or someone else, they still require maintenance and we are here to help and support you with the upkeep of your unit through regular inspections and testing.