Access and parking
Access is the first thing we talk about when a call comes in from Lewes. Much of the older part of the town sits on sloping ground, the streets around it are narrow, and kerbside space near a period property can rarely be assumed. The phone is answered 24 hours a day, and we ask where the van can sit, how far the gear has to be carried, and whether anyone can meet us at the door.
Inside, the fuse board is seldom where you would put it. In older property it can sit in a cellar, under the stairs, in a cupboard on a half landing, or in a box on an outside wall reached down a side passage. Split levels and converted upper floors, common in a town built on a slope, can mean a second board somewhere else in the building. Light, a clear route and space to set tools down all help.
Beyond the built up streets the problem reverses. Properties out on the downland lanes and towards the surrounding villages can have long, unlit drives, gates that need a code, and outbuildings fed from a separate supply, sometimes with their own means of isolation. At night we want a name, a mobile number and directions to the right building, not just a postcode. None of that is complicated, but it saves a trip up the wrong track.
What we do
24/7Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a fast response across the South East. We make the installation safe first, then explain the repair and the cost before any work starts.
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We specialise in finding and fixing electrical faults, tripping circuits and power loss. Faults are traced by systematic testing rather than guesswork, so the repair holds.
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Reliable installation and repair of internal and external lighting systems, from downlights and replacement fittings to garden, security and outside lighting.
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Full and partial electrical rewiring for houses and flats across the South East. Work can be staged room by room to limit disruption, and the property is left tested and certified.
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New fuse boards fitted, also known as fuse boxes, consumer units or consumer boards. A modern board adds RCD protection and makes future faults far easier to isolate.
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Supply, installation and testing of mains powered smoke and heat alarms, including interlinked systems for rented properties and new installations.
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Electrical Installation Condition Reports for rented and residential premises throughout the South East. We can arrange access with your tenants directly and return the report promptly.
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Our in-house team can design, install, commission and maintain Solar PV installations of all sizes, covering the whole job from roof survey through to inverter and battery set-up.
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Domestic and commercial car charger installations. We check the incoming supply can carry the load and position the unit to suit where you park.
Learn moreThe work itself
The property mix in and around Lewes shapes the work more than anything else. Period houses and cottages, flats formed inside larger old buildings, shops and offices in the centre, and farm buildings and small units out on the edge all fail in different ways. A tripping RCD in a converted roof space and a dead circuit on a three phase supply are not the same job, even on the same night.
An emergency visit is about making the installation safe and restoring supply where that can be done safely. In older property that has been extended over many years, tracing a fault takes longer than it does on a modern board, and we explain what we find as we go. Where parts or a longer visit are needed, we isolate what has to stay off and book the return. The call out fee and the hourly rate are explained first.
Much of what follows an emergency is planned work: a fuse board replacement, a landlord safety certificate, smoke and heat alarms, a rewire staged room by room, extra sockets, or a charging point on the drive. CK Electrical is a locally based, family run firm covering Sussex and the South East, Part P registered and fully insured, working to the current wiring regulations with certification supplied. Quotes are free and carry no obligation.
Our process
You can call us at any hour, every day of the year, including bank holidays. In an emergency we ask what has stopped working and whether anything is hot, sparking or smelling of burning, and tell you what to switch off until we arrive. Booked work, from a landlord certificate to solar panels or EV charging, starts on the same call.
A Part P registered and fully insured engineer attends and makes the installation safe before anything else. Where there is a risk, the affected circuit or your fuse board is isolated, and anything that cannot be put right straight away is left in a safe condition. Planned work follows the same rule: circuits are proved dead before they are worked on.
We work from readings rather than assumptions. Testing can include continuity, insulation resistance, polarity, earth fault loop impedance and RCD testing. The results show where a fault sits, what an installation can safely take, and whether a problem is inside your property or on the incoming supply, which belongs to the distribution network operator and is reported free on 105.
Before any repair or installation begins, we explain the options: what needs doing now, what can safely wait, and whether repair or replacement is the sensible choice. Quotes are free and carry no obligation, and nothing goes ahead until you agree the price, so there are no call-out surprises. If parts or a return visit are needed, we tell you then.
The same qualified engineers who took your call carry out the work, whether that is an overnight repair, a fuse board replacement, new lighting, smoke and heat alarms, a rewire, an inspection, solar panels or an EV charging point. It is done to the current wiring regulations, with cables and accessories fixed securely and neatly, and disruption kept to a minimum.
Before we leave, the work is tested and checked in operation, and the working area is left tidy. You are told plainly what was done and anything worth keeping an eye on. Certification is supplied where the work calls for it, so you hold a written record of what was carried out and the results of the testing.
Where we work
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CK Emergency Electricians 247
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Example Road
Brighton, BN1 1AA
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