SWITCHBOARD UPGRADES ADELAIDE AND SA
Is your switchboard holding you back?
Many South Australian homes still have the switchboard they were built with: ceramic fuses, no safety switches and no spare room. That was fine for a house with a fridge and a kettle. It isn’t built for solar, a battery, an EV charger, air conditioning and an induction cooktop.
Yorke Solar’s licensed electricians replace old switchboards with modern ones: circuit breakers, safety switches and space for what you add next.
Signs your switchboard needs attention
- Ceramic fuses or rewireable fuse wire
- No safety switches (RCDs)
- Fuses blowing or breakers tripping often
- Burning smells, scorch marks or a warm board
- No room for new circuits
- Asbestos backing on older boards
BEFORE A BATTERY OR CHARGER
Often the first step for a battery or EV charger
A battery or EV charger needs its own protected circuits, and some batteries need extra space for backup wiring. If your switchboard has no room or is too old to be extended safely, it needs upgrading first.
Because we are electricians as well as solar installers, the upgrade is done in the same job as the battery or charger, by the same team, on one quote.
WHAT'S INVOLVED
What a switchboard upgrade involves
- Inspection. We check the board, the main switch and the wiring it feeds.
- Quote. A fixed price, including any meter box work.
- Upgrade. New board, circuit breakers and safety switches, labelled circuits.
- Testing and certificate. We test every circuit and lodge the required electrical certificate of compliance.
Power is off for part of the day while the board is changed. We tell you how long before we start.
WHY YORKE SOLAR
Licensed electricians across South Australia
Family-owned and South Australian since 2018, based in Maitland and working across Adelaide and regional South Australia. Our own licensed electricians do the work; we don’t subcontract. Rated 5 out of 5 from more than 100 reviews.
We do general electrical work too: new circuits, shed and farm power, and new connections.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Switchboard questions
Ceramic fuses, no safety switches, frequent trips, scorch marks or no room for new circuits are the usual signs.
Not always, but older boards often lack the space or protection a battery needs. We check before we quote.
Most home upgrades are done in a day, with the power off for part of it.
A safety switch, or RCD, cuts power in a fraction of a second if it detects current leaking to earth, which helps protect people from electric shock.
Call 08 7111 0780, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5.30pm, or request a quote online.