Safety Switches

Local Safety Switch Experts Throughout Brisbane and South East Queensland

Protecting your family and home from electric shocks is of the utmost importance. Safety switches are your frontline of defense and automatically cut the power when an electrical fault occurs. Our team of experienced electricians provides professional and safe installation, maintenance and repair services throughout Brisbane and SEQ. We are dedicated to your safety, offering comprehensive servicing and maintenance solutions that guarantee your safety switches are functioning all year round.

For a free quote, contact All Purpose Trade Solutions today on 1300 370 455 or complete our online enquiry form.

What is a Safety Switch?

A safety switch, also called a Residual Current Device (RCD) is a device that automatically switches off the electricity in your home if it detects a fault or leak. They are designed to protect you and your family from electric shock, electrical fires and injuries. Both property owners/landlords and residents need to know where the safety switches are located in case of an emergency.

Are Safety Switches Legally Required in Queensland?

In short, yes! Safety switches are a crucial part of protecting your home or business from dangers and hazards like electrical fires and electric shocks. It is a legal requirement for all residential properties, including rentals, to have at least one safety switch installed. It is up to the landlord to organise the installation if there aren’t safety switches present before the tenancy agreement is signed. If the property owner fails to install appropriate safety switches, they may be fined up to $1,500.

Tenants are urged to contact their real estate agent or landlord directly if their residence doesn’t have a safety switch on at least the power circuits. This is so that the landlord is notified and can arrange to have one fitted. Homes built from 1992 onwards are required to have a safety switch on all power points and lighting circuits since 2000.

What Do You Do When Your Safety Switch Keeps Tripping?

If your safety switch keeps tripping, it could be due to a wide variety of reasons, including bad weather, damaged wiring, a low-voltage power point or an overloaded switchboard.

It’s best to reset the safety switch by flicking it back to the ON position. However, if your safety switch continues to keep tripping, it’s time to give our licensed electricians a call on 1300 370 455. Our electricians will thoroughly assess every aspect of your safety switches and will get to the bottom of the problem and figure out the best way to repair it as quickly as possible.

Safety Switch Testing

Safety switches continuously monitor the flow of electricity in your home. They work by turning off the main power supply when an electrical hazard is detected, saving you and your loved ones instantly. They save lives but only if they work properly.

Staying on top of maintaining and testing your safety switches can save your life and help prevent deadly situations from happening. Our qualified electricians recommend that you test your safety switches every 3 months.

On top of most safety switches, there is a T or TEST button. By pressing this button it simulates an unsafe situation. If your switch is working properly, it should automatically flick to the off position, cutting the power to all power and electrical points.

If your safety switch doesn’t automatically turn off, don’t hesitate to call our qualified and fully licensed electricians on 1300 370 455 or complete our online enquiry form today.

Why Choose All Purpose Trade Solutions?

At All Purpose Trade Solutions we base our business on customer satisfaction, repeat clients and referrals. That's why we take our customer service so seriously. Our Service Guarantee is put in place to give you, the customer, the peace of mind to know that you are always going to be looked after.

Our service guarantee entails:

• We will answer your calls. If for some reason we could not answer your call at that time, please leave a short message and your call will be returned in less than 30 minutes.
• We will be on time. We always try our hardest to make it to every appointment on time, however, it is the nature of this industry for plenty of surprises to pop up, so if we ever are late, we will take $50 off the quoted price of the job.
• The electrical safety of your home is always going to be of paramount importance. Every job we do, big or small, includes a complimentary visual safety inspection, to make sure you and your family are safe.
• We will only use quality products. All the products that we supply will be of the highest quality and be backed by a 12-month warranty.
• We will clean up after every job and always leave your home the same way we found it, if not better.
• The electrical work we do complies with all industry, state and Australian standards and we carry out mandatory testing on every job to ensure it's electrically safe. All our work is backed by a limited lifetime warranty.

Your Local Safety Switch Specialists Throughout Brisbane

Contact All Purpose Trade Solutions for all of your safety switch installations, repairs and testing throughout Brisbane and South East Queensland. For a free quote, contact our qualified electricians on 1300 370 455 or complete our online enquiry form today.