Price for fault finding? ££

[Koreelec]

What do people charge for fault finding for a domestic customer?

 

[baldelectrician]

Hourly rate if during day

 

[Dustydazzler]

£80 per hour , maybe a little less if its right on my door step

 

[buzzlightyear]

Go with a mask and see what you can get.

 

[Petej999]

What do people charge for fault finding for a domestic customer?

A thirty min rate

 

[timhoward]

Depends on the nature of the fault.
If its something that looks easy to pin down E.g light not working then I’ll just quote to fix it.
If not, I’ll say job 1 is to find and prove the fault. I’ll spend up to two hours and report back. In most cases I can demonstrate progress within two hours.
Then the discussion can start about which aspect of the house to destroy to fix it!

 

[Algarve Sparky]

Standard call out charge to include first hour and then hourly rate from there in for local jobs, if a fair distance then fuel cost to be added.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Depends on the nature of the fault.
If its something that looks easy to pin down E.g light not working then I’ll just quote to fix it.
If not, I’ll say job 1 is to find and prove the fault. I’ll spend up to two hours and report back. In most cases I can demonstrate progress within two hours.
Then the discussion can start about which aspect of the house to destroy to fix it!

This is the crucial part that the customer needs making aware imo

I had one recently, lights kept tripping rcd. I managed to trace the fault to the flat roof extension within my first 2 chargeable hour. Second hour I had found and disconnected the feed to the extension and managed to get about 60% of the lights back on.
Customer then agreed for me to get medieval on the flat ceiling with my hammer to find the dodgy wiring.
About 2 further hours and 6 holes later I managed to find some cables which a squirral had chewed through right down to the bare cores.

My bill came to 4 hours labour plus some new cable and wago boxes

I expect the bill to reboard and skim the ceiling will be considerably more than my 400 quid