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Understanding Consumer Mains: Your Essential Guide

Consumer mains, in the context of electrical installations, are the supply cables that are brought into every switchboard. These cables are absolutely crucial because they serve as the lifeline of the electrical installation. Without consumer mains, there would be no power supply to your property or switchboard.

What Exactly Are Consumer Mains?

Why Might You Need to Upgrade Consumer Mains?

Consumer mains may require upgrading for various reasons, such as when they become defective due to deterioration or low insulation resistance. Defective consumer mains often lead to the issuance of an electrical defect notice by authorities like Ausgrid or Endeavour Energy.

Who Can Install Consumer Main Systems?

The installation of consumer mains cabling systems is a task reserved for qualified professionals. Specifically, it can only be carried out by a licensed electrician or an ASP (Authorised Service Provider) Level 2 electrician. Regular licensed electricians do not have the authorization to connect consumer mains to the supply network. Their role is limited to preparing the work that must be executed by an authorized electrician with the necessary qualifications and accreditation, often referred to as a Level 2 electrician.

The Risks Associated with Aging Consumer Mains

Electrocution Risk:

When the wiring of older consumer mains is exposed or when a significant amount of voltage flows through them, coming into contact with these wires can have fatal consequences. Even if you don’t touch the wires directly, these aging cables remain hazardous and can lead to serious safety concerns.

Fire Hazards:

Aging and heavily worn-out cables can become prone to sparking, significantly increasing the likelihood of an electrical fire occurring. The combination of deterioration and excessive voltage poses a real fire risk.

Power Outage Potential:

Older consumer mains often struggle to handle the high voltage demands of modern electrical appliances. This can result in power overloads, leading to frequent power outages. Many issues causing electrical service interruptions can be traced back to the limitations of aging consumer mains, which struggle to keep up with the electrical load from various appliances in use.

What Our Clients Say About Us

We cannot recommend Charles and his Team enough! They worked through the best switchboard upgrade option for our home. They were on time professional, fairly priced and cleaned up after themselves, which is somehow a thing of the past with trades these days! Thank you for saving us money and providing a really great service. We won’t be going anywhere else.

Very prompt coming out to quote for our job to upgrade power cable from house to pole. Job was done by team of very competent tradesman to a high standard. Very happy with service and the work done.

Very fast and efficient service. Called in the morning and problem fixed the same day, and it wasn’t even an urgent matter. Exceptional service.

Charles provided a very quick after hours visit to troubleshoot loss of power to the house. He was very professional to deal with. I will definitely be using him next time I need an electrician.

Amazing service throughout. Very professional, with great communication, from quote to final paperwork. Everything was arranged with energy supplier too and went like clockwork. The work is immaculate and tidiest I’ve seen. Would definitely recommend for all electrical work needed. Many thanks

Local Level 2 Electrician provided great customer service, and the company and its technicians were efficient and responsive to deal with the matter at hand. Thank you so much!