Electrician in Mount Hawthorn

Plenty of older Perth homes are still running on wiring installed when a house had a fridge, a radio and a few light globes. Insulation degrades, connections loosen and load has multiplied, and deteriorating wiring gives very little warning before it becomes dangerous.

The warning signs are reliable: browned or scorched power points and switches, a fishy or burning plastic smell near an outlet or the switchboard, buzzing or crackling from a switch, lights that dim when an appliance starts, and breakers that trip on the same circuit again and again. Any burning smell or warm accessory is treated as urgent. Turn that circuit off at the switchboard and call us before using it again.

Ceramic rewireable fuses with fuse wire date a board to before the 1980s in most homes, and no safety switches on power and lighting circuits usually places the installation before the mid 1990s. Period homes that haven't had a full renovation often still have both.

A modern switchboard includes Residual Current Devices (RCDs) and circuit breakers that immediately cut power when a fault is detected, greatly reducing the risk of electrical fires, shocks and equipment damage. We fit RCD protection, label every circuit and sign the upgrade off with a Certificate of Compliance.

Rubber or cotton braided cable in the roof space is the clearest marker of a home due for rewiring. A full rewire replaces every circuit and the switchboard; a partial rewire replaces the worst circuits, typically kitchen, laundry and any unearthed lighting, while keeping the sound ones. We stage rewires room by room where people are living in the property, so the house is never left without power overnight.

Lighting is often done at the same time. Replacing old halogen downlights with modern LED fittings, adding dimming, or changing a layout so a kitchen bench or lounge is lit properly are all common requests. If you want to change layouts, we mark it out with you before we cut so you can see the plan on the ceiling first.