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The electrical industry is being flooded with second rate, cheap electrical products. On comparison of a known brand power point eg. Clipsal with a cheaper brand you can notice the differences in quality straight away. Some of these cheaper brands will more than likely break before the year is out, leaving you with costly bills …

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Do you need your solar panels cleaned? Over time dust, insect and bird droppings and other substances build up on solar panels and limit the electricity generated by each panel.  Even panels which are partially covered will be affected.  Rolly’s Electrical can come and clean your panels for you, which usually will take a couple …

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What is a switchboard upgrade? A switchboard upgrade is when an electrician replaces your switchboard with a new one. The picture below shows an old switchboard with an asbestos back and fuses on the left and new switchboard on the right with safety switches. Why would you need to have your switchboard upgraded? Some of …

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Have you had solar installed but not had a chance to review the electricity tariffs that you are on?  Depending which feed in tariff you have it may be more cost efficient to change some appliances to day time use (Tariff 11), therefore using the solar electricity generated.  This would be true for your electrical hot water …

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If you have a circuit breaker / safety switch that keeps tripping, most of the time it won’t be the breaker at fault.  It is probably responding to a condition elsewhere on the circuit it is protecting ie a faulty appliance.  You can quite often diagnose the problem yourself. Start by turning off and unplugging every electrical …

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Smoke Alarms save lives. If a properly maintained smoke alarm is installed reports indicate that the risk of death by house fires is significantly reduced by more than half. It is recommended by the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services that: * Residential accommodation be fitted with photoelectric type smoke alarms * To be either hard …

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Rolly’s Electrical can provide all your electrical, air conditioning and data services for office and shop fitouts for Townsville, Magnetic Island, Charters Towers, and Ingham. Rolly’s Electrical have a highly skilled team that can meet your quality and timeframe requirements. We can provide the following office and shop fitout services: * Installation and testing of …

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