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What we would tell you on the phone, written down — so you can decide before anyone quotes you.
These are the questions that come up before every job. They are written to be genuinely useful on their own, including where the honest answer is that you need less than you were about to buy.
Electrical certificate (CIE)
How to Increase Your Contracted Power in Spain (Alicante)
The meter keeps cutting out, so you ask for more power. Sometimes that is a short request to your supplier. Sometimes the cable behind the meter says no. Here is how to tell which.
Consumer unit and rewiring
Rewiring an Older Home in Alicante: What to Expect
A new board fixes the protection. It does not fix forty-year-old cable. Here is how to tell which of the two you are dealing with, and what a rewire really involves.
Electrical certificate (CIE)
How to Get an Electrical Certificate (Boletín) in Alicante
Boletín de luz, CIE, certificado de baja tensión: three names for one document. Here is how you actually get one, and why two quotes for it can be so far apart.
Electrical certificate (CIE)
Buying a Home in Alicante: Electrical Checks First
Nobody walks away from a sea view over a fuse box. But knowing what the electrics need before completion turns a surprise into a line in the negotiation.
EV charger installation
EV Charger in a Communal Garage: What to Know
You do not need the community's permission, but you do need a clean answer to where the electricity comes from.
EV charger installation
Wallbox EV Charger Installation at Home, Step by Step
A home charger is a dedicated circuit with its own protection, and the box on the wall is the last and easiest part of it.
Air conditioning installation
The Electrical Side of Installing Air Conditioning
The unit you choose is only as good as the circuit that feeds it, and that circuit is easier to plan than to rescue.
Consumer unit and rewiring
Consumer Unit Replacement: What It Involves
A new board is often the right answer, but only after someone has measured what the board is protecting.
Emergency electrician
Common Electrical Faults in Costa Blanca Homes
Most faults announce themselves in a few recognisable ways, and reading which one you have tells you a great deal before anyone opens a board.
EV charger installation
What an EV Charger Installation Really Costs
The charger is rarely the expensive part. Four other things are, and none of them are visible in a photograph.
EV charger installation
7.4, 11 or 22 kW - Which Charger Do You Need?
The honest answer for most homes is the cheapest one, and the reason is your car rather than the wallbox.
EV charger installation
Charge Your EV Without Increasing Contracted Power
A sensor on your supply is almost always cheaper than a permanently higher standing charge, and it does the same job.
Air conditioning installation
Sizing Air Conditioning for a Costa Blanca Home
Floor area is the starting point and almost never the answer. Orientation, glazing and what is above the ceiling matter more.
Air conditioning installation
Ducted or Multi-Split Air Conditioning?
One outdoor unit or several, visible indoor units or grilles in the ceiling — the right answer depends more on your building than your budget.
Solar panel installation
Solar Panel Payback in Alicante, Honestly
This coast has excellent sun. That is the easy part, and it is not what decides whether an installation is a good investment.
Solar panel installation
Solar Panels and EV Charging Together
An electric car is the best load a solar installation can have, but only if it charges when the sun is up.
Emergency electrician
Electrical Emergency, or Can It Wait Until Morning?
Most electrical faults can safely wait. Knowing which cannot is worth more than any phone number.
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