Wandsworth Flickering Lights

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Flickering Lights – When to Worry

Flickering lights can be irritating but were you aware that they could be an indicator of an electrical emergency at your Wandsworth property?

A lot of the time, whatever causes your lights to flicker is benign. Sometimes, it can be the ‘tip of the iceberg’ and indicate your electrical system has a major fault.

Deciding if you need a Wandsworth Emergency Electrician

Making the decision about calling out an emergency electrician in Wansdsworth can be tricky. On one hand, you don’t want to spend money needlessly. On the other hand, you don’t want to have to call the fire brigade when your property is on fire because of an electrical fault that you didn’t get sorted. If in doubt, call out.

We have domestic and specialist commercial emergency electricians who cover Wandsworth and other areas of South London. A simple call to us on 07956 523316 at any time of day or night and we can get a local emergency electrician out to you very quickly.

Here are our top tips to help you decide if you need to call an emergency electrician:

One flickering light.

The usual cause of this is a dodgy or a loose bulb. First check to see if it is loose and tighten it if necessary. If it continues to flicker, change it for a new bulb. If it still flickers, the problem lies elsewhere, call an emergency electrician.

Several lights flickering in a contained area.

This is probably an issue with the lighting circuit for that part of the house, office or other building. There may be a loose connection somewhere or a degraded wire. This needs an electrician to diagnose and repair the fault.

Lights flicker when an appliance or machinery is switched on.

This happens because the appliance or machinery puts extra loading on your system. It is not an emergency, however, you should call out a Wandsworth eletrician sooner rather than later as it could mean your electrical system needs upgrading.

All of your lights are flickering.

This can be an indicator that there is a bigger problem affecting your whole electrical system. Often, it is something as simple as loose connections to one or more circuit breakers. Loose connections are a significant source of electrical fires so definitely call out an emergency Wandsworth electrician as soon as you have this problem.

BUT IF …

Lights are flickering in neighbouring homes or business premises

This indicates there is an issue with the supply. Your power supply company will probably be looking into it. In this case, don’t call us, call your energy supplier. They will probably already be aware but it will do no harm for you to call as well.

We have domestic and specialist commercial emergency electricians who cover Wandsworth and other areas of South London. A simple call to us on 07956 523316 at any time of day or night and we can get a local emergency electrician out to you very quickly.

Premises we cover

List of some of the types of premises we cover in SW8, SW11 and SW12:

Private homes
Flats and appartments
HMOs
Hotels
Industrial kitchens
Offices and other commercial premises
Public buildings including schools, museums, council buildings etc
Hospitals
Sports venues
Factories
Light industrial units
Garages
MoT test centres
Houses, apartments, maisonettes and flats

Keep our number handy – 07956 523316.

Reasons to call South London Electricians to invetigate your flickering ights in Wandsworth.

  • Established for over a quarter of a century therefore you benefit from our wide experience
    We are a team of time-served, fully qualified electricians, so you can be confident your repair will be to the highest standard
  • We have specialist commercial and domestic electricians to deal with major outages such as restoring three phase supplies to solving the cause of a buzzing light switch in your home.You can therefore be assured that we will send the right specialist to solve your problem
  • Neat and tidy working (see our Checkatrade reviews) thus you won’t need to call in the cleaners when we leave
  • Available 24 hours, 7 days a week meaning that you one of our emergency electricians can be with you at any hor of the day or night
  • You will speak directly to an electrician, so no time will be wasted waiting for a call back

Call the best Wandsworth Emergency Electricians …

07956 523316

Our team of experienced and fully qualified electricians are available to solve your electrical issues in the south east from Central London to the Home Counties. We are based in Croydon, which puts us in easy reach of many Croydon Borough areas:

South Croydon
Purley
Sanderstead
Hamsey Green

Along with this, we can also help customers in all other areas of South London:

Lewisham
Southwark
Greenwich
Thornton Heath
Kenley
Bromley
Dulwich
Lambeth
Orpington
Wandsworth
Whyteleafe

In the Surrey area we regularly provide electricians for domestic and commercial customers in

Banstead
Caterham
Carshalton
Sutton

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