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Call Peter Stafford on 0415 684 120, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can also email ambientelectrical@hotmail.com or use the form on this page and Peter will call you back. The workshop is at Unit 1/58 Brown St, Bronte NSW 2024.
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0415 684 120Available 24 hours, 7 days. Response time across the Eastern Suburbs is often within the hour, and there is no call-out fee to quote.
- ambientelectrical@hotmail.com
- Workshop
- Unit 1/58 Brown St
Bronte NSW 2024 - Licence
- 237173C · Electrician class · ASP Level 2 · fully insured
- Hours
- Available 24 hours, 7 days
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63A · Main switch
Main switch
- What it does
- Isolates the whole property. Everything downstream dies when this drops.
- On an old board
- On an old rewireable board there is often no main switch at all — the only way to kill power is to pull the service fuse, which is Level 2 work and not something you should ever attempt.
- What it saves you
- A labelled main switch means you, a plumber or a firefighter can make the property safe in seconds instead of waiting on a callout.
RCD · Safety switch
Safety switch
- What it does
- Detects current leaking to earth — through a person, a wet wall, a damaged cable — and cuts power in about 30 milliseconds.
- On an old board
- Ceramic fuses do not do this. They protect the wiring from overload; they do nothing at all to protect a person from a shock.
- What it saves you
- The cheapest thing on this board and the only one that exists purely to keep someone alive. Required on power and lighting circuits in NSW.
20A · Kitchen
Kitchen
- What it does
- Bench outlets — kettle, toaster, microwave, air fryer, coffee machine.
- On an old board
- Kitchens are where old boards trip most, because a circuit sized for a 1960s kitchen is now running four appliances that each draw 10A.
- What it saves you
- Splitting the kitchen onto its own circuit stops the nuisance tripping that most people just learn to live with.
20A · Power
Power
- What it does
- General power outlets through the living areas and bedrooms.
- On an old board
- Older homes often run the entire house on one or two power circuits, so one faulty appliance takes out every outlet you own.
- What it saves you
- More circuits means a fault is contained. The fridge stays on while you work out which powerboard cooked itself.
16A · Lights
Lights
- What it does
- Lighting circuits, kept separate from power on purpose.
- On an old board
- If lights and power share a circuit, a tripped appliance leaves you in the dark — at exactly the moment you need to see the switchboard.
- What it saves you
- Separated lighting plus LED fittings cuts lighting running costs sharply against halogen, and halogen downlights are also a roof-space fire risk.
32A · Oven
Oven
- What it does
- A dedicated high-current circuit for the oven and cooktop.
- On an old board
- Induction cooktops draw far more than the old electric stoves they replace. Plenty of renovations get a new kitchen on undersized cable.
- What it saves you
- Sizing this properly at the board is far cheaper during a renovation than pulling up a finished kitchen to redo it.
20A · Aircon
Aircon
- What it does
- A dedicated circuit for reverse-cycle air conditioning.
- On an old board
- Air conditioners added to an existing power circuit are a common cause of summer tripping and of heat damage at the board.
- What it saves you
- Its own circuit means the aircon runs on the hottest day of the year without taking the rest of the house down with it.
20A · Hot water
Hot water
- What it does
- Storage hot water, usually on a controlled-load tariff.
- On an old board
- Controlled load is billed at a much lower rate than general supply, and plenty of boards have hot water wired to the wrong tariff.
- What it saves you
- Getting hot water onto the correct controlled-load tariff is one of the few changes at a switchboard that shows up directly on the power bill.