08/09/2026
⚡ Is It Time to Upgrade Your Consumer Unit?
The consumer unit is at the centre of your home's electrical protection.
Modern consumer units can provide individual RCBO protection for circuits, surge protection and, where required or appropriate, AFDD protection.
One big advantage of individual RCBOs is fault separation. If one circuit develops a fault, it doesn't necessarily mean losing power to several unrelated circuits.
But here's something important:
👉 An old consumer unit doesn't automatically need replacing.
Before recommending an upgrade, I prefer to inspect the existing installation and understand its condition and protection.
If replacement is appropriate, Dan Electrician provides the complete job — installation, inspection, testing and certification.
📍 Liverpool • Birkenhead • Wirral
⚡ NICEIC registered electrician