Switchboard upgrades
Ceramic fuses replaced with circuit breakers and safety switches, with capacity left for what you add next.
Electrician Burwood
Burwood is roughly nine kilometres from our Hawthorn East workshop, about twenty minutes outside peak hour. Ring and we will tell you when we can be there.
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What goes wrong in Burwood
Burwood is where Melbourne’s post-war east meets its redevelopment belt. The brick veneer houses that went up from the 1950s to the 1970s are still here, and on many of the larger blocks they have been joined by two or three townhouses behind them. Whether you want a residential electrician Burwood homeowners can call for a board and a rewire or a commercial electrician for a tenancy, both halves of that story reach us as electrical jobs.
Original wiring in post-war brick veneer
Houses from the 1950s and 1960s were wired for a fridge, a radio and a light in each room. Many still have the first switchboard, with ceramic fuses and no residual current device, or a 1980s replacement that protects the power circuits only. That board now feeds a house running a split system, a dishwasher and a second television. The question is rarely whether the board was compliant for its date. It is whether it can carry what the house has added since. Our switchboard upgrades page covers what a replacement involves.
Townhouse and unit developments
Burwood has a lot of subdivided blocks, so a supply that once served one house may now serve three dwellings. Owners and landlords ring us about tripping safety switches, shared meter boxes and tenants running more than the supply was sized for. Work on common property usually needs the owner of the original lot or the owners corporation to authorise it, so tell us who is approving the spend when you call.
Rentals near Deakin University and Burwood Highway
Rentals near the Deakin University campus and the units along Burwood Highway put a lot of load on small boards: heaters, bar fridges and cooking appliances on circuits designed for far less. Landlords should have the board and the smoke alarms checked before a new tenancy. See our smoke alarm installation and electrical safety inspections pages.
Commercial electrician Burwood
For a commercial electrician Burwood businesses can book, the work sits on and around Burwood Highway: shopfront tenancies, medical and professional suites and light commercial units. The supply question comes first, as it does everywhere. A cafe or a clinic moving into an older tenancy needs the board and the mains checked against the equipment before the lease is signed. We work outside trading hours and leave a written record. Our commercial electrical page lists what we do.
Getting to you
Burwood is a short drive east of our Ashburton and Glen Iris work, so it sits comfortably inside the area we cover. Ring 03 9889 3341 with the address and we will tell you when we can be there.
We also cover Ashburton, Camberwell, Glen Iris, Hawthorn East.
Services in Burwood
What we are usually called out for here
House rewiring
Period homes with cloth or rubber-insulated wiring brought up to AS/NZS 3000, in stages if needed.
Electrical repairs and fault finding
Dead circuits, tripping safety switches and power points that run warm, traced to the cause.
Power point installation
New outlets, USB points and outdoor weatherproof power, added on a circuit that can carry them.
Air conditioning installation
The electrical side of a split or ducted install: dedicated circuit, isolator and the board capacity to carry it.
EV charger installation
Wall box installed and tested, after we check your board can actually carry the load.
Questions
Burwood questions we get asked
How quickly can you get to Burwood?
Roughly nine kilometres from Hawthorn East, about twenty minutes outside peak hour. Faults reported in the morning are normally attended the same day. For genuine emergencies we aim to be on site within two hours, and the phone is answered 24 hours a day.
Several townhouses were built on our Burwood block and the power trips when two of us cook. Why?
Almost always a shared supply. When a block is subdivided, the dwellings often draw through one consumer mains cable sized for the original house. Your board is rarely the issue. The mains capacity is, and fixing it is a decision for everyone on that supply.
Do you only do homes, or commercial electrical work in Burwood as well?
Both. Homes are most of our Burwood work, but we also do shopfront tenancies, medical and professional suites and light commercial units, including after hours where the site needs it.
Is a ceramic fuse board in a 1960s brick veneer dangerous?
Not immediately, but it is the oldest part of the house doing the most important job with the least protection. Rewireable fuses protect the cable and nothing protects you, because there is no residual current device. It also leaves no spare capacity for anything you add.
I own an investment unit in Burwood. What should I have checked between tenants?
The switchboard and the safety switches, the smoke alarms and anything the last tenant complained about. A written inspection tells you what is urgent and what can wait, and it is the record you want if something fails later.
Get it sorted
Book a Burwood electrician
Fastest way to get an answer is the phone. It is answered 24 hours a day, seven days.
03 9889 3341Not urgent? Send the details and we will come back to you within one business day.