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Three-phase upgrades

From a 40 A single-phase supply to three-phase — for villas, pools, workshops and multiple splits.

A Maltese home is normally supplied single-phase at 40 A, and regulation 23 says motor loads above 1.5 kW should be three-phase with starting-current limitation unless Enemalta waives it. Pool pumps, lifts, workshops, multiple air-conditioning units and an EV charger all push a property in that direction. Since the 2024 amendments there is a new 40 A three-phase residential service alongside the 60 A one.

Only an Authorisation B electrician can certify three-phase work. The job is the ARMS application, a four-pole intake with the protection regulation 21 requires, a new distribution board with the loads balanced across the phases, and the certificate. Enemalta's connection fee is €600 for 40 A or €900 for 60 A, with a higher annual service charge afterwards.

What this covers

What it costs

Every three-phase upgrade is different: the intake, the route to the meter room and the board all change the number, and no Maltese guide publishes one. Enemalta's own fees are fixed — €600 (40 A) or €900 (60 A), plus €23.29 per metre beyond 7 m — and are separate from the electrical work.

We do not publish a rate for this one. It does not price per unit in any way that survives contact with a real property, and a number we cannot stand behind is worse than no number. It is quoted after the site visit, itemised, before anything starts.

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How it works

You deal with us, not with the trade. We visit, we quote a fixed price, we bring in a REWS-authorised electrician from the CheckYourTraders-verified network, and we stand behind the work. One point of contact, one contract, one invoice — and a certificate at the end.

Questions people ask

Does three-phase cost more to run?
The annual service charge is higher — €195 against €65 for single-phase, on Enemalta's published residential tariffs — and above 60 A per phase a maximum-demand charge applies. The units cost the same.

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From a 40 A single-phase supply to three-phase — for villas, pools, workshops and multiple splits.

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