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A burning smell near your switchboard is always an electrical emergency. If safe, turn off the main switch immediately and call an emergency electrician.

Common causes include:

• Arcing connections
• Overheating breakers
• Burning conductors inside the board

Never open the switchboard yourself. Do not ignore intermittent burning smells these faults are often the most dangerous and can cause hidden fires.

BPM Electrical provides fast-response emergency electrical services across Auckland and prioritises urgent safety-related faults.

Response times depend on your suburb and current demand. The fastest way to reach us is by phone rather than an online form, especially after hours. Tell us your location and describe what you are seeing so we can give you an honest arrival estimate and advise you on safety steps while you wait.

Power outages, burning smells, overheating switchboards, exposed wiring, repeated trips, sparks, and electrical shock hazards require urgent assessment.

We are all NZ Registered Master Electricians with $5 million liability insurances.
We are also proud members of Master Electricians which demonstrates our
commitment to high quality electrical work, adherence to the regulations and
compliance with workplace health and safety regulations.

No. Repeated resetting may worsen faults and increase fire risk.

Yes. Older Auckland villas, bungalows, and character homes frequently have dangerous wiring faults that can become electrical emergencies without warning.

Common issues include:

• Deteriorating rubber or cloth-insulated wiring that cracks and exposes live conductors
• Original ceramic fuse boards with no modern safety protection
• Overloaded circuits that were never designed for today's appliances
• Unauthorised historical alterations hidden inside walls
• Corroded or loose connections that arc and overheat under load

These faults are often invisible until a fault occurs. A burning smell, flickering lights, or repeated breaker trips in an older home should always be treated as an emergency.

If your Auckland home was built before the 1980s, an electrical safety inspection is strongly recommended before faults become dangerous.

Yes. Heat pumps and EV chargers place significant electrical demand on home circuits, and older Auckland homes were never designed to handle this load.

Common problems include:

• Heat pump circuits drawing more current than ageing wiring can safely carry
• EV chargers repeatedly tripping breakers on overloaded switchboards
• Loose or corroded connections overheating under the sustained high load of overnight EV charging
• Ceramic fuse boards failing to provide adequate protection when circuits are pushed beyond their rated capacity
• Multiple modern appliances running simultaneously overwhelming an original single-phase system

These overloads can trigger an emergency fault without warning — often at night when an EV charger is running unsupervised.

If your home was built before the 1990s and you are planning a heat pump installation or EV charger, have your switchboard assessed first. Upgrading to a modern switchboard with RCBO protection can prevent an overload from becoming a serious electrical emergency.

Yes. BPM provides 24/7 emergency electrician services across Auckland.

Yes. BPM Electrical aims to provide same-day emergency electrician services across Auckland where possible. Response times depend on the urgency of the electrical fault, your location, traffic conditions, and electrician availability. We prioritise urgent issues such as power outages, burning smells, sparking outlets, exposed wiring, and switchboard faults, and will dispatch the nearest available EWRB-registered electrician as quickly as possible.

A circuit breaker that trips occasionally is usually protecting your electrical system from an overload or fault. However, if it keeps tripping, won't reset, causes a loss of power, or is accompanied by burning smells, sparks, buzzing sounds, or signs of overheating, it could indicate a serious electrical fault. In these situations, you should switch off the affected circuit if it is safe to do so and contact a qualified emergency electrician for prompt inspection and repair.

Yes. BPM Electrical provides 24/7 emergency electrical services for residential and commercial properties throughout Auckland. We respond to urgent electrical faults in homes, apartments, offices, retail stores, warehouses, schools, rental properties, and other commercial premises. Our EWRB-registered electricians diagnose the fault, carry out emergency repairs where possible, and ensure your electrical system is safe before restoring power.