Blog - Mance Electrical

Big Business Turns To Solar

Government Lags Behind, As UsualLast week Telstra signed a deal to purchase the entire output of a...

Generator Inlets For Home Back Up Power

A Generator Inlet Makes Home Back Up Power Easy And Safe Connecting a portable generator to power...

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...

The Dangers In Old Fluorescent Light Fittings

There Could Be A Nasty Surprise Lurking In Your Old Fluorescent Lights. Fluorescent light fittings...

The $800 Power Point Problem Solved

Add New Power Points Without Expensive Upgrades The ProblemIn our previous blog post we looked at...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Generators Are Lost Opportunity For Tasmania

Hydro Tasmania’s greed and mismanagement, the failure of the Basslink cable and an unexpected...

Heat Pump Installations

Heat pumps are the most efficient and popular electric heating solution for dealing with our Launceston winters.

Heat pumps use electricity to operate, but they produce more energy, in the form of heat, than the amount of power consumed. This efficiency advantage is what makes your heat pump cheaper to run than a conventional electric heater.

Wall and Window Exhaust Fans

There are times when it’s just not possible to install a ceiling mounted exhaust fan. Maybe you have a downstairs bathroom with no ceiling space, only the floor above.

Maybe you have a flat roof with only a few inches clearance between the ceiling and the roofing material and you don’t want to risk cutting a hole for a vent.

Turn Any Broken Power Point Into A USB Power Point

Got a faulty power point somewhere in your home? Would you like to turn that faulty power point in the laundry, garage or anywhere in your home into a USB charging point in your kitchen?

Exhaust Fan Facts

Without a working exhaust fan in place bathrooms quickly become mouldy and full of condensation and kitchens build up a greasy film on cupboards and surfaces near the hotplates.

The most common problem with exhaust fan installations is a lack of roof space above the fan

Lightning Strike – Is Your Home Safe?

While they can be fun to watch, from safe inside your home, lightning is a powerful and potentially dangerous force of nature. Every year between 5 and 10 people are killed by lightning strike in Australia and around 100 seriously injured.

How The Blazing Hot Summer Sun Can Keep You Cool

With solar panels on your roof you can use your own power as you make it and run your air conditioning so you can remain cool and comfortable during even the hottest days.

In fact the hotter it gets the more power you make and the cooler you can be!

The Dangers Of Halogen Downlights

Across Australia, hundreds of homes have been damaged or even completely destroyed by fire caused by old style halogen downlights.

There are millions of the lights still in use across the country and many of them are just a disaster waiting to happen.

New LED Down Lights

LED down lights have greatly improved over the last year or so. There are many new brands on the market and prices have dropped by around 50%.

The new lights on offer are more compact, with the LED drivers built in to the light fitting instead of having a separate driver that plugs into the light. This makes them easier to install, especially in confined spaces.

Does Your Stove Have An Anti Tilt Bracket?

A modern stove without an anti tilt bracket can easily tip forward, causing serious injury – usually to young children.

The most common type of injury happens when the young child pulls down the oven door and stands on the door as a step to get higher up

The Difference Between An Electrician And An Electrical Contractor

A qualified tradesperson is not allowed to carry out electrical work on their own behalf, and charge clients for that work. In order to conduct an electrical business the practitioner must obtain an electrical contractors license.

Gaining a contractors license requires further study, passing more exams and other requirements such as insurance cover and reporting obligations.

Christmas Lights Survival Guide

It seems that every year the bar is raised higher and higher in the neighbourhood Christmas lights competition.

Displays are bigger and brighter, with more and more lights added each successive year. Home owners go to a lot of trouble and some of the displays look quite impressive, but did you know there is a dark side to those festive lights?

Your NBN Connection – What To Expect

NBN Questions Answered Many homes in Launceston have already been connected to the NBN and are now enjoying the benefits of broadband internet. If you haven’t been connected yet, what should you expect? Your NBN connection can happen in up to 3 separate stages, and possibly be carried out by 3 different cre

Cold Tassie Winter Leads To Flooded Ceilings

The cold winter of 2015 has seen a larger than usual number of homes flooded by frozen water pipes. With temperatures falling well below zero, water pipes in some ceilings have frozen, causing joints to crack due to expansion of ice in the pipes. When the ice melts the water flows again – into the ceiling space.