Six services, each with its published scope
A price with no scope beside it is not information. Each service below states what it covers, what it does not, and who it suits, so the choice can be made before the first conversation rather than during it.
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Diagnostic visit
$119
Up to ninety minutes on site. Supply voltage measured under load, continuity and polarity confirmed, insulation resistance tested, earth-fault loop impedance read at the far end of the affected circuit, and every residual current device timed. Ends with the readings written down and the options set out. Parts and repair labour are quoted separately.
Suits A circuit that trips without an obvious cause, and anyone who has been quoted for a part without being told which reading called for it.
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Panel safety inspection
$159
The consumer unit opened and inspected: every termination checked for tightness and heat damage, each protective device identified against the circuit it serves, residual current devices timed, and the board relabelled way by way. Ends with a written schedule of circuits. Covers one board; a sub-panel on the same visit is priced separately.
Suits A board that has never been labelled, a house bought without paperwork, and any installation where a fuse has been replaced more than once.
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Circuit and outlet repair
$135
One circuit traced from the board to the fault: outlets, switches, junctions and terminations opened and inspected, the failed component identified and replaced where it is a like-for-like part, and the circuit tested before it is re-energised. Ends with a written note of what was found. A second circuit on the same visit is priced separately.
Suits A dead socket, a switch that has stopped working, or a circuit that trips as soon as one appliance is plugged in.
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EV charger installation
from $260
Supply and fit of a charge point on its own protected circuit, with the spare capacity at the board confirmed first, the cable route agreed, the protection selected to the device's requirement, and the finished circuit tested and documented. The price starts from the simplest surface run on a board with capacity to spare.
Suits A driveway or garage beside the building, and anyone told a charge point will be fine without the supply having been measured.
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Service upgrade quote
no charge
A survey of the incoming supply, the board and the circuits already on it, an assessment of the load the building actually draws rather than a like-for-like assumption, and a written comparison of the options with a figure against each. No charge, and no obligation. Repairs to the existing board are quoted separately if an upgrade is not chosen.
Suits A board sitting at its limit, a rewire under consideration, and anyone weighing a large repair against a new board.
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Lighting design consultation
$95
A room-by-room walk through with light levels read where it matters, the existing switching and dimming recorded, and a layout drawn showing fittings, switch positions and the circuits they would sit on. Ends with a written note of what the layout asks of the board. Fittings and their installation are quoted separately.
Suits A room lit from one central point that never quite works, and anyone planning a renovation who wants the switching settled before the walls close.
What happens in each of the three stages
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Measurement
Readings first: supply voltage under load, continuity and polarity, insulation resistance, earth-fault loop impedance and residual current device trip times. The numbers are written down and shown.
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02
Scope and figure
The readings become a written scope with a figure against it. Any part that has to be ordered is named, and the reason the work is needed is stated in a sentence that does not require an electrician to read.
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Work and handover
The agreed scope is carried out and the same tests are repeated afterwards, so the effect of the work is a measurement rather than an assurance. Anything found on the way is quoted, never assumed.
When a new board is the honest answer
Gridline Electric Works declines repairs that cost more than the remaining life of the equipment is worth, and says so at the visit rather than after the invoice. A board with no residual current protection, a rewireable fuse box feeding modern loads, and cable insulation that has gone brittle are all replacement conversations, not repair conversations.
Start with a diagnostic visit
Readings first, written down and shown, with the options set out before anything is fitted.