You don’t have to be as cunning as a fox to save money when hiring an electrician, not when you have some insider tips from an actual electrician who is living and working here in Darwin and Palmerston. And what’s the tip? Group a few things together. This is such a smart way to use […]
How can you prevent power surge and current drop this wet season? How does a surge arrestor work and how can it prevent brown out? What is the difference between a surge diverter and an over voltage arrestor? When it comes to the Northern Territory and your electric service, a surge diverter can be a […]
We’ve had plenty of enquiries from Darwin home owner occupiers as well as prospective first home buyers wondering how they might spend their NT home improvement voucher with Dunwrights Air & Electrical, so we thought we’d better make a simple list now the NT Home Improvement Scheme is underway. Firstly, if you haven’t read up […]
So I’ve just returned from a late night call out on a public holiday. It’s the close of a long weekend and everyone is going back to work. The house I’ve been called out to has no power after turning on an oven. So after asking a few questions and getting a few answers from […]
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 […]
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 […]
Some of the most lightning prone country is right here in your backyard. The Northern Territory is the lightning capital of Australia. Every year Darwin residents get to see some of the most fantastic storms and lightning displays, capturing many of them on film. Yet there is a down side; your electrical. Whether your digital […]
Just a quick one… So up here in Darwin we are ‘finally’ going into wet season now, it’s been a long time coming. Now is the time of year that Dunwrights seems to get more and more calls out to faulty RCD’s or nuisance tripping of circuit breakers. While circuit breakers don’t have as many […]
How safe are you when using Electricity in your home or workplace? If your premises has a Residual Current Device, or RCD, you are much safer then generations before you, thanks to the mines in South Africa. The primitive form of our modern day RCD, originated in South Africa where electrocution was commonplace in the […]
