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Electrical services
Wiring, installation, fault finding and maintenance. Five categories that overlap at the edges rather than five sealed boxes.
01Overlap
How the five categories relate
The five categories describe overlapping kinds of activity rather than separate products. Troubleshooting finds out why something is wrong; what it finds is then put right under one of the others — a failed fitting is replaced (installation), a damaged cable is renewed (wiring), and a mixed list of small repairs becomes general electrical work.
Maintenance runs the other way: it looks at an installation that is still working, to catch problems before they become faults, and what it finds feeds the same categories. Installation and wiring meet wherever a new item needs a supply that does not exist yet. That is why an enquiry is better described by what is happening than by the category you think it falls under.
You do not have to pick correctly. Describe the property and what is happening, and the right category follows from the description.
02Examples
Common jobs and where they sit
Situations people describe, the category each usually falls under, and the guide that explains it.
A breaker trips whenever the oven, kettle or washing machine runs
LED lights flicker or hum once they are dimmed
One part of the house has lost power and the rest is fine
Extension leads have quietly become permanent in a home office
A new oven, water heater or car charger needs a supply
Nobody knows which breaker controls which room
A chandelier or ceiling fan is going up
Old halogen downlights are being swapped for LED
Garden, path or gate lighting is being added
A villa is about to change tenants
The air-conditioning season is about to start
A list of small changes needs doing in an apartment tower
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Describe the fault, not the category.
Tell us what the property is and what you have noticed. Working out which category that is, is our job.