Electrical safety

Electrical Safety First

Electrical Safety First provides information and advice about electrical safety at home, including simple checks that can save your life, electrical DIY, recycling electric items and an online socket calculator to help you check that your sockets are safe.

Visit the website to find out more information about common electrical hazards and Safety around the Home, including:

Overloading sockets
Kitchen safety
Bathroom safety
Garden safety
Fire safety
Flooding advice
Plugs and Fuses
Extensions and Leads
Extractor Fan safety

Visit the Advice for You pages for more information and advice about electrical safety for:

Landlords
Tenants
Parents & Families
Carers
DIYers
Students
Home Buyers
Pet owners

Fuseboxes

A fusebox, also sometimes known as a consumer unit, should be easy to find and is where the electricity in your home is controlled and distributed.

It’s important that you know where your fusebox is in case you ever need to turn the electricity off in an emergency. It contains three things – the main switch, fuses and/or circuit breakers, and Residual Current Devices.

Find out more about Fuseboxes and Fuses at Electrical Safety First.

Find a registered electrician

You can also find a registered electrician near you to carry out installation or remedial works, or to undertake an electrical safety report (including safety checks required to be carried out by Landlords).

Find a ‘competent person’

Search the Electrical Competent Person Register if you’re looking for an electrician to work on your home.

Electrical standards

Visit the Health and Safety Executive for information on commonly used electrical standards and approved codes of practice.

Portable appliance testing

Portable appliance testing (PAT) is the term used to describe the examination of electrical appliances and equipment to ensure they are safe to use.

Visit the Health and Safety Executive website for information about PAT FAQs

Register your appliances to get free safety updates

Taking a few minutes to register your appliances at registermyappliance.org.uk means that you could access free safety repairs and potentially prevent fires and accidents in the home.

For further information on how to do this and the benefits, visit the Lincolnshire County Council website.

Check out the Good Home Lincs pages on Trusted Tradespeople for more information about finding tradespeople to carry out work.

Check out the Good Home Lincs pages on Paying for works for more information about funding works.