A safety switch cuts your power in about 30 milliseconds when it senses electricity leaking to earth - fast enough to stop a shock before it stops your heart. Many older homes around Cowra and the district have fuses or breakers but no RCDs at all. We install, test and fault-find safety switches across Cowra, Canowindra, Grenfell, Woodstock and Boorowa - and the safety-switch check is free.
An RCD - a residual current device, the technical name for a safety switch - constantly compares the current flowing out on a circuit against the current coming back. If even a small amount goes missing, it's leaking to earth, usually through a person or a faulty appliance. The RCD trips in about 30 milliseconds. A circuit breaker won't catch that; it only reacts to overload. Here's what a safety-switch job with us covers.
Any one of these is worth a free safety-switch check - it costs nothing to know where you stand.
If pressing the test button does nothing - or there's no test button to press - your circuits have no shock protection at all. This is the one to fix first.
A safety switch that trips over and over is warning you of a real fault. We find the circuit or appliance causing it rather than leaving you flicking it back on.
A house with modern RCD protection is safer, easier to insure and one less thing for a buyer to knock you on. Cheap peace of mind at sale time.
Landlords across Cowra and Boorowa need working safety switches to meet their duty of care to tenants. We test, fit and document for the property file.
Ceramic fuses pre-date safety switches entirely. If that's your board, RCDs can't just be bolted on - a switchboard upgrade is the right move.
New power points, a shed circuit, air-con or a hot water changeover - any new work is the natural time to bring the rest of the board up to RCD protection.
Press the test button - if nothing trips, or there's no button to press, give us a call.
Most safety-switch work is a short, same-day job. If we find the board needs upgrading first, we'll tell you straight before doing anything.
We open the board, test every existing RCD, and tell you exactly which circuits are protected and which aren't. No cost, no obligation.
Add RCDs to a board with room, or upgrade the board if it's full or running ceramic fuses. Either way, an itemised quote in writing.
Safety switches fitted to each circuit. If yours has been nuisance-tripping, we track down the faulty circuit or appliance while we're there.
Every RCD trip-tested to confirm it cuts power fast enough. Certificate of Compliance issued and emailed with your invoice.
Safety switches often go hand in hand with a couple of other jobs - especially if the board itself is due for attention.
If your board is full of ceramic fuses or has no spare capacity, a switchboard upgrade comes first - you get RCDs on every circuit and a modern board in one go.
View ServiceA safety switch that keeps tripping is pointing at a real fault. We methodically trace it back to the circuit or appliance causing the leak to earth.
View ServiceOld, damaged or damp-affected wiring is a common cause of nuisance tripping. Where a circuit's insulation has had it, rewiring that run is the proper fix.
View ServiceFill this in and Hayden will get back to you - usually same day. The more detail the better the quote. Prefer to talk? Phone 0401 362 936 any time.