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How to Tell If Your Switchboard Is Outdated
You can tell a lot about a switchboard from the front of it, without opening anything. Here is what to look for, what each sign actually means, and the point where the job stops being a normal electrician's.
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What Is Actually Inside a Pre-1990 Switchboard
The board on an older Sydney house is usually the least interesting part of the job. What sits behind it, and what feeds it, is where the work actually is.
How to Check a Level 2 Electrician Is Actually Accredited
Anyone can put "Level 2" on a van. The accreditation behind it is a public record, which means you can check it in a few minutes rather than take somebody's word for it.
Why Your Lights Dim When the Air Conditioner Starts
It is not the air conditioner and it is not your imagination. Dimming lights on startup is a supply-side symptom, and in western Sydney it is the most common one there is.
Electrical Warning Signs: What to Act On Tonight
Most electrical faults give you warning. The useful skill is telling the difference between something to book in next week and something to stop using right now.
Where House Electrical Fires Actually Start
Cables almost never start fires. Connections do. Understanding why changes what you look for and what is worth spending money on.
You Have a Defect Notice on Your Meter Box. What Happens Now?
It is not a fine, and it is not a scam. It is your distributor telling you something on your side of the connection has to be fixed, with a date attached.
Where a Switchboard Is Allowed to Go
The position of a switchboard is not a matter of taste. Access, clearance, height, weather and the meter reader all constrain it, and a renovation often breaks one of them without anyone noticing.
What Happens on the Day of a Supply Upgrade
A supply upgrade is mostly waiting for an outage window and then a few busy hours. Here is the order it happens in, and the five things worth sorting before anyone arrives.
How an Underground Cable Fault Is Actually Found
The whole point of underground fault finding is not digging. Here is the sequence that narrows a fault from a whole cable run down to a metre or two.
What Is a Level 2 Electrician, and When Do You Actually Need One?
Most people find out what a Level 2 electrician is at the worst possible moment. Here is the line that divides the two trades, and the jobs that fall on each side of it.
The Rules That Govern Underground Supply in NSW
Burying a service is not just a trenching job. Four separate sets of requirements apply, and the distributor has the final say on the connection itself.
Temporary Site Power: What the Rules Require
A builders supply is a proper electrical installation with its own standard, its own testing regime and its own paperwork. Here is what applies and who is responsible.
Site Power Keeps Dropping Out: What to Check
Most site power problems are one of six things, and four of them you can identify from the ground in ten minutes before anyone gets called out.
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