Most likely! An electrician will have to de-energise power in order to perform work throughout the course of their job.
Professionals will give you a 15 minute warning and confirm once again that it is okay to shut down the power.
At the end of the day, safety is paramount when dealing with mains power, and under Health and safety law it is an unacceptable risk to work on energised equipment.
You can call an electrician any time! We dont charge for advice, if you are unsure about any part of your home or businesses electrical status its best not to take a chance. If you have a switch tripping, see sparks or smell burning in your power points then you may have an emergency and you should turn off the power to the affected equipment. If you want any help forming ideas from experienced technicians, we are available!
Yes we are experienced in installing home and business security, access control and online integration.
No! Please dont run any wiring yourself as it poses a risk to anyone on the premises and uncertified work may void your home or business insurance.
Yes! Its important to meet your compliance obligations as a business
We can provide an emergency lighting logbook and ongoing recurring safety testing. We can also provide test and tag for appliances with a complete logbook
If you want a great home or business lighting and power solution we can provide it.
From planning to installing we have experience meeting light level requirements for offices and workshops.
Want your home or office to be energy efficient and also look great? Then we can help!
Rental property owners are advised that in March 2021, new regulations were introduced by Energy Safe Victoria regarding essential safety services at rental properties.
For all new tenancies after 29th March 2021, Residential Rental Providers are required to have the smoke alarms serviced annually, and gas and electrical safety checks completed every two years by appropriately qualified tradespeople.
Contact us if your property is due!
Transparency is key! Its important to note what you are paying for when engaging a tradesperson.
We encourage you to ask for a quote whenever it is possible so you will know what you are paying for and if the work is in your budget.
Communication is key! Any changes to the work should be discussed between you and the tradesperson and may result in a change to the original quote.
We provide itemised and consistent pricing on maintenance work, so you arent in the dark.
To ensure prompt service, we focus on an area ranging from Richmond to ringwood to Frankston. We are able to service areas outside that based on the size of the job.
An electric switchboard is fundamentally the unit which distributes electricity to the home.
It distributes mains power to different places around the home. Modern switchboards require safety switches which protect the building and the people within it.
The safety switch was made to shut down the switchboard in case there is a dangerous fault on a piece of equipment or light, but older switchboards may not have safety switches and may pose a fire hazard.
A safety switch will turn off power in 0.03 seconds following a change in the electric current is detected. Aged systems are much slower and may be dangerous to the users.
Each camera is wired individually back to the base, which can be installed in a study room, at your tv cabinet, or the top of a wardrobe/laundry cabinet.
Included in the installation is a new power point for the security main system.
The installer will wire, position and program the system with a password of your choice
If you wish to connect the cameras to the internet, that may require extra wiring to your modem.
You will need:
A monitor
USB computer mouse
Cameras and camera hub
Camera package
A rewire is a replacement and re installation of non-compliant electrical wiring and components. This is because electrical standards in the past were not safety oriented, this means older houses can be unsafe due to the materials the wire is made of, the process of installation used or simply the aging of these inferior plastics and impure copper wire.
The breakdown of these wires are a fire hazard due to “hot-spots” forming in the house wiring, the wires themselves may not be suited to the high level of electrical demand in Australian homes as these days, we use more electrical equipment than ever before. In accordance with electrical standards (AS300:2018) it is mandated that all electrical equipment must have an earth bond and safety switches.
What’s an earth? Safety switch??
Safety Switches and earth wires are like seatbelts and airbags in your car. For a very long time cars were produced and used without these safety devices causing many deaths, until the airbag and seatbelt were developed over time, at which point realising how many lives could have been saved they were mandated.
Just like an airbag, we hope you never have to use these safety devices, but they are designed to preserve life in case of an accident
Common wires which must be replaced are
- Cotton covered aluminium cable
- Black “Rubber” VIR Indian rubber cable
- Degraded “bare earth” Copper power wires
- Power wires containing no earth