Welcome to our resources where you can find lots of useful information on how to keep your family safe around electricity, new products, and plenty of tips on how to save power and save money in your home or business.
Autumn Electrical Safety Checklist: Smoke Alarms, Heaters, and More
Autumn electrical safety checklist for Launceston homes. Learn how to test smoke alarms, check heaters, avoid overloaded circuits and prevent electrical fires.
Installing an EV Charger at Home in Launceston
Installing an EV charger at home in Launceston? Learn AS/NZS 3000 requirements, switchboard checks and safety essentials for compliant EV charging.
Summer Electrical Safety Tips for Launceston Homes
Stay safe this summer in Launceston. Learn how heatwaves, power boards and storms affect your electrics, plus practical tips from local experts.
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...