Electrician Call-Out Visit

Details

Rs 249 buys travel, the time to find the actual fault, and a written price. It is not the price of a repair, and this page says so because most of the trade does not. The low advertised number is a door-opening fee: the electrician arrives, and the bill is Rs 900 by the time he leaves. So the rule here is that the Rs 249 comes off the job in full the moment you approve the work on that visit, and if you decline you pay Rs 249, keep the written quote and take it wherever you like. Two things are done inside the visit at no extra charge: tightening loose terminations at one board or point, and testing earth continuity at up to three sockets with the reading written down for you. Realistic totals for the four faults that follow this visit most often, with the Rs 249 already deducted. A fan that hums but will not start is almost always the capacitor, Rs 60 to Rs 150 for the part, so Rs 249 to Rs 400 all in. A dead switch or socket is Rs 150 of labour per point after the first plus Rs 60 to Rs 350 for the module, so Rs 400 to Rs 800. A tripping MCB is Rs 250 of labour plus Rs 200 to Rs 600 for the MCB, and the honest part is that a repeatedly tripping MCB is usually reporting a real fault rather than being faulty itself. And tracing a dead circuit or an earth fault is Rs 600 to Rs 1,500 depending on how much of the run has to be opened.

• Rs 249 is a call-out and diagnosis charge, adjusted in full against the job if you approve it on the visit
• Decline and you pay Rs 249 and nothing else, and the written quote is yours
• Loose terminations tightened and earth continuity read at up to three sockets inside the visit, readings written down
• Parts are charged at the printed MRP on the box and never above it, the box and the bill are left with you, and there is no handling charge on top. You may also buy the part yourself and we will fit it, and the labour price does not change.
• Not included: parts, new wiring points, chasing and making good, earth pit work, and anything on the supply side of the meter, which belongs to the distribution company and is an offence to touch
• We will not fit a larger MCB to stop a nuisance trip. That is not a repair, it is arranging a fire, and we will say so and quote the real fault instead
• 30 days on the workmanship of anything repaired during the visit
• The Gaya roster is being built, so this page names a service area and no arrival time. There is no crew size printed here, no response-time promise and no arrival window, because we would be inventing all three.