Electrical Emergency and Breakdown Cover

Don't let an electrical breakdown or a damaged fuse box leave you in the dark. With Electrical Emergency and Breakdown Cover, we'll send an engineer to your home if you're completely without power. Plus we'll even cover you for DIY accidents – so if you do damage your electrics by mistake you can breathe a sigh of relief as you'll be covered.

Please note this policy is available online to customers purchasing this policy for the first time.

Electrical Emergency and Breakdown Cover
Electrical Emergency & Breakdown
An emergency caused by, or breakdown of, the domestic electrical wiring supply system and its components (switches, sockets, fuse box)
Up to £2,000 per claim
No limit to the number of claims per policy period

Excess Amount Payable

You will have to pay the first £50 of any claim. We can only accept payment using the following cards: MasterCard, Solo, Switch Maestro, Visa or Visa Delta. A separate excess payment is required for each area of policy coverage affected by a claim, whether for a single incident which requires you to claim under more than one area of policy coverage or for each new unrelated claim you make. Excess payment(s) will be taken when you call to make a claim. Please see the policy Terms & Conditions for further details.

For more information about what's covered and what's not, please see the Summary of Cover and Terms & Conditions of this policy, also available in the policy documents section on the right hand side of this page.

Electrical Emergency & Breakdown
All non-permanent wiring/electrics, e.g. kettles, fairy lights or any other appliances with plugs
Shower unit or immersion heater unit
Routine electrical maintenance tasks including replacing
light bulbs, fluorescent tubes and decorative light fittings and
replacing fuses in plugs

For more information about what's covered and what's not, please see the Summary of Cover and Terms & Conditions of this policy, also available in the policy documents section on the right hand side of this page.

This policy is for homeowners only.

Retail, commercial and other premises used for business are not eligible for this cover, and council and housing association tenants will not need this service.

The property must be your permanent home and owned and solely occupied by you and your family as a private residence with no business use.

Mobile homes, bedsits, sub-divided homes and let and sub-let properties are not covered.

Important information

Prices include all fees and Insurance Premium Tax (IPT).

Please see Summary of Cover for what happens next year. Prices quoted are for Year 1 cover only. Current Year 2 price for Electrical Emergency and Breakdown Cover is £53.40 per year. Renewal prices are subject to change.

HomeServe is a trading name of HomeServe Membership Ltd which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Service Authority (FSA). Cable Drive, Walsall, WS2 7BN (registered in England no. 2770612).

Please refer to 'Who provides Electrical Emergency and Breakdown Cover' in the Summary of Cover

* Calls may be recorded for quality control and training purposes.

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