EDUCATION · ELECTRICAL WORK IN NORTH QUEENSLAND
Guides and answers on the electrical work in your home.
The rules and the things worth checking before you call an electrician up here. Search a question, or show only the guides or the short answers. Free to read, no sign-up.
Where not to put a smoke alarm in a Queensland home
The distances Queensland law sets from lights, corners, air conditioners and fans, and why a sloping ceiling is the exception.
Read the guide ↗Do I need a safety switch on every circuit?
What Queensland law requires at sale, at lease and when new work is done, and why we fit one on every circuit.
Watch, 54 sec ↗The electrical to check before you buy a house
A building inspection does not cover the electrical. What to check, and what the law makes the seller and buyer do.
Watch, 1 min 45 sec ↗What size air conditioner does your room need in North Queensland?
The rule of thumb, what changes it, and why an oversized unit struggles with the humidity up here.
Read the guide ↗The home battery rebate, explained
How the federal discount works, who qualifies, and what changes on 1 January 2027.
Read the guide ↗Why does my switchboard keep tripping?
Usually a faulty appliance, an overloaded circuit or a wiring fault. How to find which one, safely.
Full answer ↗What changes for smoke alarms on 1 January 2027?
Every Queensland home needs interconnected photoelectric alarms from 1 January 2027. What counts, and whether you have to hardwire them.
Watch, 1 min 47 sec ↗Smoke alarm rules for Queensland landlords and property managers
What a compliant rental needs, what you must do in the 30 days before every lease or renewal, and what falls to the tenant.
Read the guide ↗Does an old Queenslander need a rewire?
How to tell if the old rubber wiring has had it, and why age alone does not mean a full rewire.
Read the guide ↗Should you book an electrical inspection with your building and pest?
A building and pest does not cover the electrical. Why to book both at once, and how long it takes.
Watch, 1 min 18 sec ↗Does the smoke alarm you choose make a difference?
Any compliant alarm is legal. In our experience, build quality decides how often it goes off for no reason.
Watch, 1 min 27 sec ↗Why do we fit solar panels with glass on both sides?
What we found on 15-year-old panels with a plastic back, and why we fit glass on both sides.
Watch, 45 sec ↗How do you know if your property pole needs replacing?
Three things to check from the ground, and what to do if you see one.
Watch, 44 sec ↗Is off-grid solar an option if connecting to Ergon is too expensive?
Home battery systems can now run off-grid, at about half the cost of a traditional off-grid setup in our experience.
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