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Big Business Turns To Solar
Government Lags Behind, As UsualLast week Telstra signed a deal to purchase the entire output of a new 70MW solar farm to be built in Queensland. Rapidly rising power costs have prompted the move as...
Generator Inlets For Home Back Up Power
A Generator Inlet Makes Home Back Up Power Easy And Safe Connecting a portable generator to power your home during a blackout requires some preparation. You could just throw a cord in through a...
Trying To Save Money Can Cost You A Fortune
Should you buy your own gear for an electrical job or let the electrician supply it? Some people are very focused on minimising the costs of any home improvement project they undertake. For...
The Dangers In Old Fluorescent Light Fittings
There Could Be A Nasty Surprise Lurking In Your Old Fluorescent Lights. Fluorescent light fittings manufactured before 1980 may contain a dangerous chemical called Polychlorinated Biphenyls or PCBs....
The $800 Power Point Problem Solved
Add New Power Points Without Expensive Upgrades The ProblemIn our previous blog post we looked at the cascading series of events and spiralling costs that could result from a simple installation of...
The $800 Power Point
How a simple job can turn into a major expense A new client called us to get an extra power point installed in their garage. On checking their switchboard we found they had an old fuse board in poor...
Rewiring Your Home. The Truth About Rewires – Part 3
Did You Get The Rewire You Paid For? In part 1 of our Truth About Rewires series we looked at “The Cheapest Quote Rewire”, where everything is done as cheap and nasty as possible, and in part 2 we...
Rewiring Your Home. The Truth About Rewires – Part 2
Not All Rewires Are Actually Rewires In part 1 of our rewire series we explored the joys of “The Cheapest Quote” rewire, where everything is done to the bare minimum, using the cheapest materials,...
Rewiring Your Home. The Truth About Rewires – Part 1
If you have an older home maybe you still have some older wiring in use as well. These days all new wiring is thermoplastic insulated, with a life expectancy of at more than 40 years. Older homes...
How Much Power Does My Electric Heater Use?
It’s a very common question. Everyone wants to know how much it really costs to run their electric heater. Electric heaters come in a variety of types, including convection, radiant and fan...