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The Watmar Electrical Contractors team based on the Gold Coast, consists of fully licensed residential, commercial, and strata electricians. Over the years, our electricians have been asked thousands of electrical questions so we thought we would put together a list of our most frequently asked electrical questions.
No, only a fully licensed electrician can perform electrical work.
Generally found near the front of the house or slightly down one side, the switchboard is generally a metal box that when opened has a one or two electricity meters and will have fuses or circuits mounted in a board.
If the switch that has tripped can’t be returned to the on position without tripping again, it indicates there may be a short circuit or an overload on the circuit. If too many appliances are plugged into one circuit or one of those appliances becomes faulty, the switch won’t remain on.
Start unplugging appliances to see which one might be the cause and if no result, a licensed electrician from Watmar Electrical Contractors will need to be called to rectify the problem.
A short circuit is an abnormal connection between two nodes of an electric circuit intended to be at different voltages. The failure of electricity to flow properly in a circuit due to wires or connections being damaged or not connected properly, can potentially cause circuit damage, overheating and fire.
A light bulb will blow due to heat or vibration. If the bulb is a halogen bulb which generates an amount of heat when producing light and there is a light fitting enclosing the bulb, air cannot flow around the bulb to disperse heat so it overheats.
RCD’s save lives. An RCD is a safety switch designed to disconnect the power within seconds if there is a leak detected from faulty wiring, a switch or electrical appliance. To prevent electrocution, RCD’s are required to be installed in all QLD homes.
