What electrical maintenance covers
- Fault service. Tripping circuits, failed lighting, dead outlets, faulty switches and the intermittent problems that are hardest to pin down. See fault finding.
- Scheduled inspections. A walk through the site with a tester and a thermal camera: boards, connections, RCDs, emergency lighting, and anything that's warmer than it should be.
- RCD and safety switch testing to AS/NZS 3760, with the results recorded. See RCD testing.
- Test and tag of portable equipment, leads and portable RCDs. See test and tag.
- Emergency and exit lighting testing to AS 2293, 6-monthly and annually. See emergency lighting testing.
- Lighting maintenance. Lamp and driver replacement, sensor faults, and the point where replacing a whole run with LED costs less than keeping the old fittings alive.
- Minor works. The extra outlets, the relocated switch, the new circuit for the machine that arrived on Tuesday.
Who we maintain sites for
Facility and property managers with several sites, schools with a holiday-period works window, medical practices with body-protected areas that need annual testing, manufacturers with plant that can't be down, and homeowners in our western suburbs who want the same electrician back each time. 1 of our long-term customers describes it as domestic and commercial work over years; that's the relationship we're describing.
How a maintenance arrangement works
There's no lock-in. We visit, list what's on the site, agree a testing schedule that matches the standards that apply to you, and set a rate. From then on you get a known electrician who has seen the site, priority over scheduled work when a fault comes in, and a folder of test records that's complete before an auditor, insurer or WorkSafe inspector asks for it. Out-of-hours attendance for maintenance customers is arranged in advance rather than negotiated at 9pm.
Why preventative maintenance is cheaper than the alternative
A loose connection at a switchboard costs 20 minutes to find with a thermal camera and 5 minutes to fix. Left alone it becomes a burnt-out busbar, a shutdown and a board replacement. An RCD that hasn't been tested in 3 years is a coin toss on the day it's actually needed. The maths on maintenance isn't complicated; the discipline is. That's what the schedule is for.