Surge protection is a must have here in the Territory. The more electronic equipment you purchase, and the more sophisticated it is, the more you risk damage to or complete loss of that equipment should a major electrical surge suddenly hit your home. A power surge is a sudden and rapid increase in voltage. There […]
Smart Wiring From Dunwrights Electricians Darwin With Smart Wiring, a certified electrician can combine many different types of wiring into a single, automated platform. One that also allows for future expansion without the need to re-start the wiring process or, once again, knock holes in your walls, ceilings, floors, and so on. A Smart Wiring […]
Surge Protection Protecting Your Home and Family The more electronic equipment you purchase, and the more sophisticated it is, the more you risk damage to or complete loss of that equipment should a major electrical surge suddenly hit your home. A power surge is a sudden and rapid increase in voltage. There are a number […]
It might shock you to know that every year there are more than 10,000 house fires in Australia. The good news, however, is that most of these can be prevented by taking simple but effective precautionary measures. There are numerous ways to safeguard your home from electrical fire. Here are a just a few to […]
Power and water corp. have increased electricity, water and sewerage. Now you need to save power to save money. With power going up 30% in Darwin, some of us are going to feel the pinch. We’ve all heard the stories on the news from Victoria and New South Wales about the people who cannot afford […]
Working on a job here in Darwin last week, I came across the following aircon install. In a place where everything has to be cyclone coded, storm proof and secure you just can’t take the cheaper option sometimes, because it will cost you more in the end. If this aircon install wasn’t repaired, the next […]
You already know that outdoor security lighting – motion sensitive or otherwise – helps to send would-be burglars or vandals on their way. That’s their primary purpose here in Darwin, and elsewhere. So if you don’t already have security lighting, either you’re comfortable without it or you’ve simply been putting off your decision. Well, if […]
On an Electrical job in Darwin the other day I was talking to one of our valued repeat customers about fans and why I thought the cheaper fan that he had bought was going to cost him more money in the long run. He had called up and requested a ceiling fan replacement and was […]
Driving across town to a job yesterday I glanced out my window and saw this. Which is pretty disturbing to say the least. These cowboys are doing electrical and air conditioning, with ladders on a pitched roof and if you look closely, the ladder feet are resting on the lip of the gutter. How can […]
Here are some photos of DIY attempt at cbus/home automation, sent in by Trevor, who is a fellow electrician from NSW. The client bought the house off of an ex electrical engineer and things started to go astray not long after. She couldn’t work out which switch controlled which lights, lights and fans would come […]
