Electrical Tips for Your Home
Understanding Electricity Supply Charges: Why They Vary and What It Means for Your Home
For a typical single dwelling, your home is generally allocated around 10 kW of power, protected by a service or meter protection fuse. But your home doesn’t operate in isolation — it’s part of a shared local network. Usually, 25 to 50 homes are grouped together and connected to a local distribution transformer, which is typically…
Read MoreHow to Choose a Smoke Detector: The Ultimate Guide
There are a range of smoke detectors available, and the laws and fitting process of smoke detectors can be confusing. This guide includes a comprehensive overview of smoke detectors, complete with up to date smoke alarm information. Given that the majority of house fires occur during the night, and that sense of smell is absent…
Read MoreDifference Between a Circuit breaker and safety switch
Did you know that a lot of people don’t know the difference between a circuit breaker and a safety switch. A lot of older houses still only have circuit breakers at their switchboards. A lot of people think they are safety switches as they look very similar. The main difference is a safety switch has…
Read MoreDon’t let the pool guy do the earthing
Earthing and bonding of pools is now a mandatory requirement. Two often you see the pool builder installing the earthing wire to the rio bar before the concrete is poured and set for the pool. The issue is a lot of pool builders think they can use tape or just wrap the earth wire around…
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