It is well known that safety devices in the home such as smoke alarms or detectors and power safety switches save lives. These critical systems need to be checked regularly and kept in good working order. If you don't already have them as part of your home safety system then it is best to get them installed as soon as possible.
Smoke alarms or detectors save countless lives. Without them in your home, there is a much greater risk of dying in a house fire. Around three-quarters of all home fire deaths happen in homes without smoke alarms and almost half of all house fire deaths occur while people are sleeping.
By law all NSW homes must have at least one working smoke alarm (sometimes mistakenly referred to as a smoke detector) installed on each level of their home. This includes any kind of residence where people sleep.
Safety switches are often confused with circuit breakers and fuses, but they perform different tasks. Circuit breakers protect the wiring from excess current and cut the power before any damage is done to the wiring or machinery attached to the circuit. Safety switches monitor the flow of electricity through a circuit and turn off the power in a fraction of a second if a leakage of current is detected. Safety switches provide protection for people against electric shock.
In order for you to have full protection from electric shock you will need to install a safety switch on every circuit in your home. A safety switch can only protect you if it's on the faulty circuit. If you haven't already done so, you should consider having safety switches installed on all circuits in your home, including power points, lights and pool equipment circuits, even if they are on a separate tariff.
Safety switches are some of the most important electrical devices in your home. They save many lives each year. We can upgrade or install safety switches on all your circuits at the switchboard, protecting you and your family from electrocution. We can also test your switches to ensure your protection is complete.
Circuit breakers provide protection for the circuit wiring only. They are designed to trigger if the current exceeds the wire's capacity thus protecting the circuit and any connected appliances from burning out. These devices offer no protection against electrocution and are NOT a safety switch.
Outdated switchboards generally do not have safety switches / RCDs or modern trip circuit breakers installed. Quite often they will still have the old ceramic fuse style circuit breakers instead. For the safety of your family and the convenience of not having to constantly replace fuses it is important to keep your main switchboard up to date. You will be able to take advantage of modern surge protection and safety devices protecting your family and appliances from disaster.
Contact our expert electricians to come out and inspect your switchboard and give you a quote for an upgrade and experience the peace of mind knowing your family and appliances are protected.
Have our expert electrician come round and upgrade your old switchboard with a new panel and RCD compliant switches and circuit breakers and we will supply and install a surge arrester to protect you and your appliances from mains power surges.
We will upgrade your board with a 20kA surge arrester which will provide you with a basic level of surge protection for your home.
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