Main and existing switchboard replacements, modifications and upgrades

Replacement of Switchboards:

This is a must-do in any old building. Ensuring the electrical safety of your home for you and/or your occupants is extremely important. We want to make sure they are all well-protected in the event of an electrical fault.

Well and Safe Function of the Main Switchboard:

Ensuring that the main switchboard functions under faulty conditions and trips the circuit within time and safely is a requirement of safe operation.

Loose or over tightened electrical connections may cause a heat build-up with a combination of old electrical wiring. This means that the electrical cabling will slowly degrade over time, causing overheating and then leading to carbonisation and potential fire.

Other issues such as Vermin, can chew through your electrical cables in the places that the eye can often miss. This could result in electrocution when coming into contact with these dangerous wires. Once they have eaten through most of this, they move away, which then could become a fire hazard if the circuit stays live.

OME recommends using ‘Arc Fault Detection Devices’ when upgrading main switchboards to give you the most protection when a fault situation arises.

Please note: Older main switchboards that have the symptoms of copper sulphide (green goo) could be an electrocution hazard. An electrician must visually check this out as underlying issues may be present behind the board/switchboards and should be attended to urgently. It will need general maintenance, repairing or cleaning to prevent any future problems from occurring.