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Kell Electricals Ltd
Home Automation

Smart building infrastructure, integrated at the electrical layer

Automation systems installed after the fact tend to fight the existing wiring. We integrate smart lighting, climate, and access control into the electrical design itself, so switches, circuits and controls work as one system.

Overview

Automation planned with the wiring

Automation systems installed after the fact tend to fight the existing wiring. We design smart lighting, climate, and access control into the electrical layout itself - for new builds and retrofits alike. That’s what keeps it reliable, instead of devices bolted onto circuits that weren’t built for them.

Smart control panel installation
Services included

What’s covered under home automation

Automated lighting control and smart switch installation
Smart switches and smart sockets
Voice control integration
Scenes and schedules
Smart curtains and blinds
Smart AC / HVAC control
Smart fans
Home theatre and multi-room audio wiring
Smart TV integration
Smart locks and smart doorbells
Intercom systems
Gate automation
Security system integration
Energy monitoring
Centralized control panel and app setup
Solar/battery system integration
Problems we solve
Switches and controls scattered with no central system
Lights, AC, or appliances left running because there’s no schedule or remote control
No way to monitor or control the property while away
Automation devices bought piecemeal that don’t talk to each other
Smart devices retrofitted onto wiring that wasn’t designed for them
No integration between lighting, security, and access control
Who we serve

Residential

Homes wired for Nigeria’s real grid conditions, for years after the inspection.

Commercial

Offices and retail fit-outs, where an electrical fault costs you trading hours.

Industrial

Factory and plant electrical infrastructure where downtime is measured in lost production.

Hospitality

Hotels, restaurants, and event venues where guests never see the electrical system, only whether it works.

Education

Schools and training facilities where a power failure stops lessons.

Healthcare

Clinics and healthcare facilities where backup power isn’t a convenience, it’s a patient-safety requirement.

Retail

Shops and showrooms where lighting quality and uptime directly affect the customer walking through the door.

Banking & Finance

Bank branches and financial institutions where a power fault stops transactions.

Telecommunications

Telecom infrastructure sites where an outage doesn’t just cost one building, it cost everyone connected to it.

Oil & Gas

Energy sector facilities where electrical faults carry safety stakes well beyond the immediate equipment.

Manufacturing

Factories and industrial plants where unplanned electrical downtime can stop the whole production line.

Our process

Assess, design, install, test & handover

Assess

Site survey, load assessment, and diagnostics. We measure the actual conditions before proposing a scope.

Design

A written design based on the assessed load: circuit schedules and single-line diagrams you keep.

Install

Work executed by our certified team to the documented design, with safety isolation and site protocols observed throughout.

Test & Handover

Commissioning tests, compliance checks, and as-built documentation handed over. Not just a completed job, a documented one.

— Why choose Kell Electricals
COREN-registered engineers, NEMSA-compliant
15+ years of combined engineering experience
Automation designed into the electrical layout from the start
4.8★ Google rating from 192+ reviews
Technical considerations

Automation is only as good as the wiring behind it

A smart switch on a poorly designed circuit is still a poorly designed circuit. So we build automation into the electrical design itself: circuit layout, load calculations and control wiring.

Plan for the platform you actually want to use

Voice control, app control, and scene scheduling all depend on the control panel and hub you choose. We scope the electrical and control-panel infrastructure around your platform, so it works from day one without rework later.

New build vs. retrofit changes the approach

A new build lets us design wiring and control layout together. A retrofit works around your existing circuits, which usually means a site assessment first to confirm what can be automated without a full rewire.

— FAQ

Common questions

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Can automation be added to an existing property, or only new builds?

Both. New builds let us design the wiring and control layout together from the start, which is cleaner, but retrofitting smart lighting, climate, and access control into an existing property is a regular part of our scope too. It just needs a site assessment first to plan around the existing circuits.

Will a power outage disable the automation system?

Depends on the setup. Most smart lighting and control panels need power to function, same as any electrical system, so we discuss backup priorities (generator or inverter integration) as part of the design if outage resilience matters to you.

Do you work with a specific smart home platform?

We design the electrical and control-panel infrastructure to work with your chosen app or platform, so you aren't locked into one. Tell us what you're trying to control (lighting, climate, access, scenes) and we scope the electrical side accordingly.

— Get started

Ready to design your smart building system?

Tell us what you want to control and we'll scope the electrical infrastructure to support it.