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πŸ”§ Licensed electrical contractors | Busselton & South West WA
β˜€οΈ Solar, batteries & off-grid
⚑ Generator hire β€’ Thermal imaging
πŸ‘‡ Free quotes

Solar installs live and die on the details you'll Solar installs live and die on the details you'll never see once it's finished.
Each mounting bracket gets aligned and torqued properly before a panel goes anywhere near it - get this wrong and you're looking at panel movement, water getting in, or a roof that doesn't hold up long-term.
This is what a full day on the tools actually looks like: bracket by bracket, panel by panel, until the whole array's up and running.

DM "SOLAR" if you're planning a system and want to know what a proper install actually involves.
#busselton #southwestwa #solarbusselton #swhybridenergy #solarinstall
Lost the pliers under a panel today 😭 If you kno Lost the pliers under a panel today 😭 

If you know, you know - that split second where you watch a tool disappear somewhere you can’t easily reach and just have to accept your fate.

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever lost on a job? πŸ‘‡
Cam was pretty proud of this one… and we can see w Cam was pretty proud of this one… and we can see why. πŸ˜‰βš‘

Every circuit labelled. Every cable run clean. Everything exactly where it should be.

Because a quality switchboard isn’t just about getting the job done - it’s about getting it done properly.

Clean work. Easy to inspect. Easy to maintain. Built to last.

Exactly what you want behind your walls come inspection time. πŸ‘Œβš‘

#SWHE #ElectricalWork #Electrician #Switchboard #Sparky
Found this melted breaker on a job β€” a loose conne Found this melted breaker on a job β€” a loose connection had been quietly overheating until this happened. 

Loose connections don’t always trip anything straight away. They just get hotter until something like this happens.

If a switch, powerpoint or breaker in your home ever feels warm to touch, that’s not normal, get it checked.
Tradie things: turn up to a job, and the bollard l Tradie things: turn up to a job, and the bollard light’s decided it’s a water feature now. πŸ˜‚ 
This thing was basically irrigating the garden by itself.
Anyone else copped one of these?
#tradielife #tradiesofinstagram #busselton #southwestwa #swhybridenergy
Found this on a job today – the earth stake was go Found this on a job today - the earth stake was gone. Completely missing.
Earth continuity gets checked after any electrical work for exactly this reason: a wire with nothing to earth into isn’t doing its job, and you’d never know just by looking at your switchboard.
If you ever notice damage near an earth stake outside your home - corrosion, a snapped wire, or like this one, nothing there at all - that’s worth a call to a sparky, not a guess.

DM β€œEARTH” and we’ll tell you what a healthy earth stake should look like.
#busselton #southwestwa #electricalsafety #electriciansbusselton #swhybridenergy
Out with the old, in with the new. ⚑ This SMA inve Out with the old, in with the new. ⚑
This SMA inverter had been on the wall for years. We pulled it out and put in a Fronius inverter paired with a Reserva battery so this home isn't just back on solar, it's got battery backup built in now too.

Same wall, same job, a proper upgrade.

Thinking about what a system like this looks like for your place? DM "UPGRADE" and we'll talk you through it.
#busselton #southwestwa #solarupgrade #hybridenergy #swhybridenergy
Most people think their main isolator switch is ju Most people think their main isolator switch is just another circuit breaker. It's not. ⚑

It's what stops your solar system from feeding electricity back into a "dead" line while a lineman is working on it. Skip it or wire it wrong, and you're not just risking a fault - you're risking someone else's life.
Every hybrid/solar install we do gets this checked. No exceptions.

Didn't know this? DM "ISOLATOR" and we'll tell you what to look for on your own switchboard.

#busselton #southwestwa #electricalsafety #solarbusselton #swhybridenergy
Boss: β€œShould be a pretty straightforward job.” T Boss: β€œShould be a pretty straightforward job.”

The job: πŸ‘†πŸ˜‚

#SouthwestHybridEnergy #SparkyLife #TradieLife #Busselton
Big switchboard, one very important handle. πŸ”΄ Thi Big switchboard, one very important handle. πŸ”΄

This is a main isolator - flip it and the whole board goes dead, safely and instantly. Every commercial board needs one, clearly labelled, easy to find in an emergency.

Follow along for more of these πŸ”§

#electricianbusselton #busselton #southwestwa #commercialelectrician #swhybridenergy
Found Cam. He's the one matching the mural. πŸ˜‚ New Found Cam. He's the one matching the mural. πŸ˜‚

New switchboard installed at Mandalay Holiday Resort - 10/10 camouflage, 0/10 subtlety.

#busselton #electricianbusselton #southwestwa #swhybridenergy
Solar on the roof, power in the ground. β˜€οΈ Every Solar on the roof, power in the ground. β˜€οΈ

Every glamping tent on this site runs off its own circuit, fed from an underground pit connected back to the ablution block board - spare ways built in for when the site expands.

Off-grid doesn't mean rough. It means planned properly.

#busselton #offgrid #southwestwa #ruralwa #swhybridenergy
Everyone photographs the panels. Nobody photograph Everyone photographs the panels. Nobody photographs the box that makes them useful. ⚑

This is a Fronius inverter - it converts what your panels generate into power your house can actually use. No inverter, no power, no matter how many panels are up there.

Solar's only as good as everything wired behind it.

#solarbusselton #busselton #southwestwa #electricianbusselton #swhybridenergy
New pool build, sorted properly. 🏊 Pump, filtrati New pool build, sorted properly. 🏊

Pump, filtration, and the power to run it - wired in before the paving goes down, not chased through it afterwards.

Pool going in? Loop your electrician in at the same time as your builder.

#busselton #poolinstallation #electricianbusselton #southwestwa #swhybridenergy
Sparky life. πŸ˜…βš‘ Pulled the skirting back to run a Sparky life. πŸ˜…βš‘

Pulled the skirting back to run a new cable and found a screw had gone straight through an existing one probably from the original build or a reno years ago. No idea it was live until now.

This is exactly why you don't just start screwing into walls without knowing what's behind them. Best case, you nick a cable. Worst case, it's a lot worse than an inconvenient repair.

Renovating or hanging something heavy on a wall? Ask us to check first - DM "CHECK" and we'll talk you through it.

#busselton #electricianbusselton #southwestwa #sparkylife #renosafety #swhybridenergy
Not all heroes wear capes, some just solder earth Not all heroes wear capes, some just solder earth wires with a steady hand πŸ”₯πŸ”§
This is what a proper earth connection looks like - no shortcuts, just clean, solid work.
Small detail, big difference.

#ElectricianWA #SouthWestWA #BusseltonElectrician #TradesOfInstagram #ElectricalWork
First time one of our sparkies got the camera out First time one of our sparkies got the camera out on the job πŸŽ₯⚑
Cold bathroom mornings? Sorted. πŸ”₯
Swapped in a 3-in-1 exhaust fan + heat lamp cut, ducted, wired and tested in one visit.

Bit more behind-the-scenes content coming your way πŸ‘€

Need an upgrade like this in your bathroom? Send us a DM to book in.

#ElectricianWA #SouthWestWA #BusseltonElectrician
Every small business owner wears a lot of hats. πŸ‘· Every small business owner wears a lot of hats.

πŸ‘· Installer
πŸ“‹ Business owner
πŸ“± Content creator

...and every now and then, one of those hats drops the phone. πŸ˜‚

Don't worry, the installation was a lot smoother than the filming.

#SWHE #SmallBusiness #TradieLife #BehindTheScenes #ConstructionHumour #KeepingItReal
New outdoor socket for a water filtration system πŸ”Œ New outdoor socket for a water filtration system πŸ”Œ

Weatherproof enclosure, proper terminations, done once, done right.

Filmed from the boss’s shirt pocket. Take three πŸ˜‚

What should he film next? πŸ‘‡

#sparkylife #busselton #electricianbusselton #southwestwa #swhybridenergy
Reynold Street project – kitchen’s in. πŸ–€ Matte bl Reynold Street project - kitchen’s in. πŸ–€

Matte black power points on stone, induction wired and ready, everything flush and level. The electrical should look like it was designed in, not added on.

Renovating? Get your sparky in at the design stage - link in bio.

#busselton #kitchenreno #electricianbusselton #southwestwa #swhybridenergy
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