Rozelle's workers' cottages, terraces and units often still have the switchboard they were built or last renovated with: rewireable fuses, one safety switch or none, and no room for anything new. Blue Link Electrical Services replaces and upgrades switchboards in Rozelle 2039, from compact boards for units to full upgrades for houses and shops on Darling Street. Switchboards are our main specialty, and Matthew, the owner and licensed electrician, quotes every job.
Call 0421 772 661 for a written quote, or send a photo of your board through the contact form.
This Rozelle job was photographed before the cover went on. It shows a new compact switchboard with circuit breakers and RCBOs on the DIN rail, and the neutral and earth bars along the top. With the cover off you can see how each cable comes in, is dressed along the board and terminates at its device. That is the stage where an electrician's workmanship is visible.
See the Rozelle switchboard project. Not sure between RCDs and RCBOs? Read RCD vs RCBO.
Rozelle's back streets are workers' cottages and terraces, and the edges near White Bay and Rozelle Bay are old industrial land, now with the new Rozelle Parklands. Along Darling Street and Victoria Road there are shop-top homes, cafes and restaurants, and apartment blocks have filled in many of the old sites. What we typically find:
Adding an EV charger, induction cooktop or heat pump hot water means new circuits and more load. We check the board's capacity and upgrade it where needed. See EV charger installation in Rozelle and switchboard upgrades for an all-electric home.
A hot or burning switchboard, a main switch that won't reset or no power? Turn off the main switch if it is safe and call 0421 772 661. We are open 24/7. See emergency electrician Inner West.
For most Rozelle homeowners the upgrade comes at one of three points: the old fuse board starts tripping or blowing fuses, a renovation is planned, or a new load such as air conditioning or an EV charger is on the way. A modern switchboard with modern circuit breakers and RCBOs brings the home's electrical system up to current safety standards and protects against electric shock in a way an old board can't. Every switchboard we install is built to meet current AS/NZS 3000 rules, and the compliance certificate (CCEW) is issued once the new work is tested, before electrical work is signed off.
Where the old board sits in a poor spot, such as a hallway cupboard or high on a front wall, we can relocate it as part of the upgrade. Meter box relocation is supply-side work done through our accredited partners. As licensed electricians we also handle electrical repairs and fault finding, and emergency electrical call-outs 24/7 for burning smells, flickering lights or a board that has failed.
We service Rozelle, Inner West suburbs and surrounding areas, working across Rozelle, Balmain, Birchgrove, Lilyfield, Annandale, Leichhardt and Five Dock, and further across the surrounding Inner West in Summer Hill, Petersham, Stanmore, Newtown, Dulwich Hill and Croydon Park. If you are comparing Rozelle electricians for a switchboard job, switchboards are our main line of work. Answers to common questions are below.
Supply-side work, such as the service mains, point of attachment and metering, is level 1 and 2 work arranged through accredited partners, and we coordinate it with Ausgrid. See meter box upgrades.
Switchboard work in NSW must be done by a licensed electrician. Please don't replace fuse wire or breakers yourself.
It depends on the number of circuits, whether there is an asbestos backing board, whether the meter has to move and what you want to add. We give you a written quote before any work starts. Our switchboard upgrade cost guide explains what drives the price.
At the 2021 Census, Rozelle had 8,553 residents in 4,128 private dwellings. Separate houses made up 24.5% of occupied homes, semis, terraces and townhouses 38.8%, and flats and apartments 34.9%; 39.6% were rented. (Source: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats, Rozelle.) Rozelle is in the Inner West Council area, and Ausgrid runs the local electricity network.
Not by law on its own. But a board with ceramic fuses or no safety switches does not protect people from electric shock, and any new circuit you add needs RCD protection. We can inspect it and tell you in writing.
Usually, yes. Our recent Rozelle job was a compact board with circuit breakers and RCBOs, suited to a smaller home where wall space is limited.
An RCD (safety switch) protects a group of circuits. An RCBO is a circuit breaker and safety switch in one device for a single circuit, so a fault only switches off that circuit.
Yes. The existing circuits are checked before the new board is fitted, so a faulty cable or overloaded circuit is found and fixed rather than carried over.
If the board or the cabling is on common property, the owners corporation usually needs to approve the work. We can give them the details they need.
Yes, for part of the job. We agree the timing with you and keep it as short as practical.
Yes. We install and upgrade three-phase switchboards for shops, offices, restaurants, cafes and warehouses.
Yes, a Certificate of Compliance for Electrical Work (CCEW) for every upgrade, plus our lifetime workmanship warranty.
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Switchboard Smart Meter Preparation LilyfieldAbsolutely wonderful experience and service. Matt responded to my call and fit me into his schedule arriving on time as promised. Matt offered an explanation for all he did and suggestions fo some future work we are looking to do.
Fantastic quick reponse. The technician was lovely and fixed the issue immediatley. I highly recommend this company. We will be using them again.
Very impressed with Blue Link Electrical. Reliable, professional, and reasonably priced. They did a great job and made sure everything was completed properly. I would happily recommend them to anyone needing electrical work.
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