Licensed electrician in Ilfov County

Ilfov County presents a different set of challenges than Bucharest, and not just because of the distances involved. The building stock here is dominated by houses put up over the last twenty years, many fitted with three-phase connections, solar systems, and heavy electrical loads — all drawn from a distribution network that, in some localities, hasn't kept pace with the rate of residential development.

New and nearly-new houses

In houses built after 2005, the cable runs are usually done correctly, but the consumer unit is typically sized right at the limit. The builder installed the bare minimum needed at handover, and the owner later added a heat pump, air conditioning in several rooms, an EV charging station, and in some cases a swimming pool.

The typical result is a saturated consumer unit with no room to expand and protection devices sized generically. The fix doesn't always mean a full replacement: in many cases, we can add a secondary panel for the new loads while keeping the components that are still working properly.

We systematically check the earthing in these cases — it's the component most often rushed during construction, and one that shows no visible sign of trouble until the moment it actually matters.

Grid quality and its consequences

In many Ilfov localities, the low-voltage grid is operating beyond the capacity it was designed for. This causes voltage fluctuations and, in more serious cases, neutral-conductor faults that can destroy household appliances throughout an entire home.

We've rewired homes from the ground up after exactly this kind of incident. Our consistent recommendation is to install a voltage-monitoring relay with a power contactor, along with T1+T2 surge protection. This doesn't fix the underlying problem in the distribution network, but it limits the damage at the level of the house.

In areas with overhead connections and exposure to lightning strikes, we consider surge protection mandatory, not optional.

Warehouses, storage facilities, and production spaces

Ilfov County is home to a large share of the warehouses and storage facilities in the Bucharest metropolitan area. Here we build distribution panels, automation systems, smoke extraction installations, power factor correction, and carry out periodic testing.

For production spaces, every technical proposal is preceded by measurements. The declared load almost always differs from the actual load, and for motors and equipment with a heavy starting current, that difference is decisive for sizing the installation correctly.

Getting to you

Inner-ring localities — Voluntari, Popesti-Leordeni, Chiajna, Bragadiru, Pantelimon, Dobroesti — are treated the same as Bucharest neighborhoods when it comes to response time. For more distant localities such as Snagov, Buftea, and Balotesti, we schedule the work so that every task the job needs is covered in a single site visit.

What we can do for you

• Residential electrical work
• Commercial electrical work
• Installation and commissioning
• Maintenance
• Repairs and remediation
• Testing and measurements

You can see completed work in our portfolio. For details on what a modern consumer unit should contain, we've written about it on our blog.