Emergency electrician in Mairena del Aljarafe, Seville, Spain: estates, towers and communities

Emergency electrician in Mairena del Aljarafe: which estate are you on?

Mairena del Aljarafe has about 47,515 residents and almost all of them live on residential estates (urbanizaciones), not in an old village centre. The town grew from the 1970s in waves, each with its own way of building, and that shows in the faults. So when you ring our emergency electrician, the first thing we ask is which part of town you are in. With that answer we already know what fuse board awaits us and what is most likely wrong. The estimated arrival time is given in the same call. How the round-the-clock service works is explained on our 24-hour emergency electrician page.

Ciudad Aljarafe and the older blocks

The first block developments of modern Mairena have decades of use behind them. Inside the flats, emergencies come from installations designed for few appliances: air conditioning with no circuit of its own, old sockets without earth and joints that heat up. In the communities, which are large here, the problem is usually in the shared parts:

• Garden and entrance lighting that stays off after a storm.
• Communal pool pumps that trip the main board of the whole estate.
• Communal service boards with moisture inside.

For those we work directly with presidents and administrators; for planned upkeep see building maintenance.

Simón Verde, Cavaleri and townhouses with gardens

On estates of townhouses and villas, the most frequent fault is the RCD (GFCI) that trips at night. Garden, irrigation and pool live alongside the wiring, and when a junction box lets water in or a spotlight seal dries out, an earth leakage appears. We fix it by isolating the outdoor circuit and replacing the damaged part, and if it recurs we suggest giving the outside its own RCD. Causes and checks you can do yourself are on our RCD keeps tripping page.

Ciudad Expo: towers, large garages and chargers

Ciudad Expo, at the end of metro line 1, concentrates high-rise buildings with large garages, and more and more spaces with a charger. That adds a new kind of call: the car that will not charge the night before a trip. Often it is a protection device tripped in the charger’s board; sometimes the unit itself has failed. We tell the two apart during the visit.

The Bulevar and the new builds

Habitat, Vía Ágora, Aedas Homes and Amenabar have handed over or are building hundreds of homes on the Bulevar and in sectors SR-3 and SR-4. These are new installations and emergencies usually come from a light fitting badly connected during the move or a brand-new appliance. If you suspect a construction defect, we give you the diagnosis in writing. More context on our Mairena del Aljarafe new-build page.

Emergency prices in Mairena

No repair starts until you have accepted its price; general rates are on our prices page. For planned work in the town, see electrician in Mairena del Aljarafe.

If you smell burning

In the Ciudad Expo towers and the Ciudad Aljarafe blocks, if the smell comes from the meter room or the stairwell, warn the neighbours and do not open the meter cabinet. If it comes from your own fuse board, switch off the main switch without touching any hot area, then call us.