Yesterday many of our customers across Hornsby and the North Shore experienced a total blackout, with no electricity for close to 20 hours. We’ve outlined a few tips to prepare you for a blackout next time it happens; Check your surroundings As a first point of call, you need to decipher if the outage is [...]
Tesla Powerwall – is it worth it? It’s certainly worth exploring whether investing in the Tesla Powerwall is worth it for your family’s ongoing energy usage. After all, having a rechargeable battery that allows you to collect energy for the sun to use anytime day or night sounds like a no-brainer, considering the high costs [...]
Daylight saving is well and truly upon us and we will be using lighting less than we would in the dead of winter. As the new year swings into motion, it’s a good time to set some new habits around saving money and using less energy. Looking at how to use your lighting is a [...]
As part of our service, we provide regular free safety inspections to our valued customers. Their electrical safety is very important to us and we wouldn’t feel right coming into their home to do electrical work without pointing out any issues that could jeopardise their family’s electrical safety. We sometimes find outdated electrical wiring, outdated [...]
It’s that time of year when you may be heading off on a well-deserved holiday. The last thing you want to think about is whether you forgot to set the burglar alarm, turn off the water, or unplugged the certain home appliances. You want to enjoy your time away and not worry about if you [...]
From time to time, the need arises for an electrician to visit your home to install, replace, fix and repair electrical wiring issues in and around the home. Having a qualified, experienced and thorough electrician is critical to the electrical safety of your home and family. More often than not, you can’t see if electrical [...]
Once again, we are entering the deadly Australian bushfire season. According to Climate Council’s latest report, the risk of bushfires in NSW have increased relative to the rapid climate change where long hot summers are now the norm. If you live in the North Shore, Hornsby and surrounding area, you need to be aware of [...]
If you live in the North Shore, Hornsby or the Hills District, chances are you could be living in a beautiful character filled older house. The problem with older homes though, as charming as they are, there may be hiding electrical hazards within their walls and ceilings in the form of outdated and/or faulty electrical [...]
Summer can be a time where your energy usage soars. We turn up the air conditioning both day and night, we spend more time at home while the kids are on school holidays and they spend more time inside keeping out of the sun watching TV or chewing up energy on other devices. But, with [...]
Do you own an iPhone, an iPad, or a mobile phone? Most people do. Yet, so many homes do not have USB powerpoints installed. A USB powerpoint allows you to charge your phone or device directly without all the chargers and extra chords. We recommend most homes have at least one USB power point in their home for [...]
