Fuse Boards in Maidstone
We install new fuse boards with the latest safety features, giving you complete confidence in the performance and protection of your electrics.
Consumer Unit Replacement in Maidstone
A safe, reliable electrical system starts with a modern consumer unit. If your home still has an outdated fuse box, cracked switches, or no RCD protection, now is the ideal time to upgrade.
At Maidstone Electricians, we specialise in fast, compliant consumer unit replacements that bring your home up to current UK wiring regulations.
We install new fuse boards with the latest safety features, giving you complete confidence in the performance and protection of your electrics.
We provide consumer unit replacements across Maidstone, including:
Bearsted • Allington • Penenden Heath • Weavering • Downswood • Tovil • East Farleigh • Barming • Loose • Aylesford • Ditton • and surrounding areas.
Types of Consumer Unit
Dual RCD Consumer Units
Protect your Maidstone home with a dual RCD consumer unit—the standard choice for most domestic upgrades. This configuration divides your circuits between two RCDs, each protecting multiple circuits. If a fault trips one RCD, half your circuits remain operational—you won’t lose all power throughout your home. Dual RCD boards provide excellent protection at affordable prices, suiting most properties across Bearsted, Allington, and Penenden Heath. We install high-quality units from leading manufacturers including Hager, Wylex, and Schneider, ensuring reliable protection and easy future maintenance. Every installation includes full testing and NICEIC certification documenting your upgrade for insurance and property sale purposes.
RCBO Consumer Units
For ultimate protection and convenience, choose a consumer unit fitted with individual RCBOs on each circuit. RCBOs combine RCD and MCB protection in a single device, meaning a fault on one circuit only affects that circuit—your lights won’t go off because your kitchen tripped. This configuration is increasingly popular across Maidstone homes where homeowners want the best available protection. RCBO boards cost more than dual RCD alternatives but provide superior convenience and targeted fault isolation. Properties across Loose, Tovil, and throughout Maidstone benefit from RCBO protection. We supply and install RCBO consumer units with full testing and certification.
High-Capacity Consumer Units
Larger properties need larger consumer units. If your Maidstone home has numerous circuits—twelve or more serving multiple floors, outbuildings, or extensive electrical installations—you’ll need a high-capacity board with sufficient ways. We install larger consumer units suitable for substantial family homes across Barming, Sandling, and the surrounding villages. High-capacity boards accommodate existing circuits plus provide spare ways for future additions—EV chargers, garden rooms, or additional circuits you might need later. We assess your current installation and future requirements, specifying consumer units that serve your property properly without running out of capacity within years.
Amendment 2 Compliant Boards
Current electrical regulations require all new consumer units to include Arc Fault Detection Devices (AFDDs) on certain circuits. AFDDs detect dangerous electrical arcs that can cause fires—protection that standard RCDs and MCBs don’t provide. We install fully Amendment 2 compliant consumer units meeting the latest 18th Edition regulations across Maidstone properties. While AFDD requirements primarily apply to new installations and rewires, upgrading to compliant boards during consumer unit replacement provides maximum protection. Properties across Grove Green, Shepway, and Park Wood benefit from cutting-edge protection that exceeds minimum requirements, keeping your family and property as safe as possible.
Why Choose Maidstone Electricians?
Your consumer unit protects everything electrical in your home—getting the upgrade right matters. We bring years of experience to every installation, ensuring your new board is correctly specified, safely installed, and fully compliant with current regulations.
We’re NICEIC registered, meaning our work meets the highest industry standards. Consumer unit replacements are notifiable work under building regulations—our registration means we self-certify and notify building control automatically. You receive full documentation including an Electrical Installation Certificate that protects your investment and provides essential records for insurance and property sales.
Before installation, we assess your existing system thoroughly. We check earthing and bonding, test circuit integrity, and identify any additional work needed for a safe, compliant upgrade. If your installation needs more than just a new board, we explain this clearly upfront—no surprises once work begins.
We install new consumer units throughout Maidstone and surrounding areas including Bearsted, Loose, Penenden Heath, Allington, Tovil, Barming, Sandling, Park Wood, Shepway, Grove Green, Aylesford, Ditton, Larkfield, East Malling, West Malling, Harrietsham, Lenham, and surrounding Kent villages. Contact us for a free assessment and quotation.
More of our services
EV Charger Installation
Adding an electric vehicle charger? Your consumer unit needs adequate capacity. Many older boards lack space for additional circuits or sufficient capacity for 7kW charging demands. We assess your consumer unit during EV charger surveys, upgrading where necessary to support home charging safely. Combined consumer unit upgrade and EV charger installation often proves more cost-effective than separate projects. Properties across Maidstone increasingly require this combination as electric vehicle ownership grows throughout Kent.
EV Chargers
Electrical Fault Finding
Frequent tripping often indicates underlying problems rather than just an outdated consumer unit. Our Maidstone electricians trace electrical faults accurately using professional testing equipment, identifying earth faults, short circuits, overloaded cables, and damaged wiring. We diagnose whether faults stem from your consumer unit, specific circuits, or connected appliances. Once identified, we complete lasting repairs. Sometimes a new consumer unit is the solution; sometimes additional work is needed. We’ll tell you honestly what your installation requires.
Fuse Board Replacement
EICR Testing
Not sure whether your consumer unit needs replacing? An Electrical Installation Condition Report reveals the true state of your electrical system. We complete EICR testing across Maidstone for homeowners, landlords, and property buyers, identifying outdated consumer units, missing RCD protection, and other defects. Your report clearly explains what’s found and what action is needed. Essential for rental properties requiring five-yearly certification. A valuable first step before committing to consumer unit upgrades.
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Safe, compliant installation by local experts.