If you own or manage a commercial building in Brisbane, or you sit on a body corporate for a block of units, the emergency and exit lighting is yours to keep tested. AS/NZS 2293 is the standard that governs
A commercial electrical fit-out is the design, installation, testing and certification of every electrical system in a business premises before it opens for trade. That covers the power distribution, the lighting, the data cabling and the safety systems, all
Residential electrical maintenance, in practice, means having a QBCC-licensed electrician work through the electrical system in your home on a planned basis rather than waiting for something to fail. The switchboard gets looked at. So does the wiring behind
Call 000 and ask for an ambulance straight away if the person has lost consciousness, can’t breathe properly, or their heartbeat has gone irregular. Those are the signs that this is serious. Before you reach them, though, one thing
Most people use brownout and blackout interchangeably. They aren’t the same thing, and the difference matters when it comes to your appliances. A blackout is a total loss of power. A brownout is reduced voltage; the lights stay on,
A burning smell with no obvious source. A circuit breaker that won’t stay reset. An outlet that’s gone faintly brown around the edges. These are the early signs of an electrical fire, and in most Brisbane homes, they show
