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A twin-door VYNCO switchboard on a plastered wall, doors closed

Home electrical, from the switchboard out.

Switchboards, wiring, lighting, repairs and fault finding, across North Canterbury and Christchurch.

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The switchboard with its doors open: rows of breakers, labelled by circuit

If a breaker keeps tripping, don’t keep resetting it. Call.

The switchboard, open, on the plastered wall beside a socket

Fixed wiring work comes with a Certificate of Compliance. Keep it with the house papers.

What we do

An open switchboard with two rows of Schneider Electric breakers and safety switches, each circuit labelled.
Schneider Electric breakers, every circuit labelled.
A new white switchboard on a plywood wall with its door open, showing three rows of labelled breakers and a Steel Electrical sticker.
A labelled switchboard. The sticker is ours.

  • Switchboards

    Upgrades and replacements.

  • Wiring

    New circuits, extensions, rewires.

  • Sockets

    More of them, where you use them.

  • Lighting

    Downlights, feature lighting, outside lights.

  • Fittings

    Heated towel rails, extractor fans, smoke detectors.

  • Outdoor power

    Sheds, garages, gates, with RCD protection.

  • Repairs

    Switches, sockets, damaged cable.

  • Fault finding

    It trips, flickers or smells hot. We find out why.

A bathroom wall of teal finger tiles with recessed downlights above and an LED strip lighting a tiled niche.
Bathroom downlights and an LED-lit niche.
Two leadlight glass pendant lights hung from a white panelled ceiling beside timber-framed windows.
Two leadlight glass pendant lights.
Two black built-in wall ovens stacked in green kitchen cabinetry.
Two built-in wall ovens.

Signs your board needs a look

  • Sockets hot to the touch, or scorch-marked.

  • Breakers tripping for no reason you can see.

  • Flickering lights.

  • Rewireable fuses, or no RCDs.

Renovations and alterations

The walls are open once. Get the sockets, lighting and a data point in while they are.

Paul Morrison, induction hob: “One of the tidiest and politest tradesmen I’ve ever come across.”

  • Christine ThomasGoogle review

    “Kayne from Steel Electrical and Heat Pumps has just completed a few more urgent jobs for us, replacing a dangerous old sub-switch board in the garage and replaced/fitted new security lights and inside garage lights. We cant recommend him enough, a first class sparky.”

  • Hardy AbrahamsonGoogle review

    “… he has completed two brand new electrical circuits for us for our new section. He is always concise and his work is exemplary. He gives good advice on small things around the place which has saved us being electrocuted when we had tried to set up things ourselves. …”

  • Rach MansonGoogle review

    “… Steel Electrical & Heat Pumps Ltd recently completed a bathroom renovation for me, which involved installing lights, a heated towel rail, a room heater, the extraction fan, and an electric mirror with integrated lighting. … In addition to the bathroom work, Kayne installed fire alarms and offered expert advice on my heat pump system. He was incredibly polite and ensured the site was left extremely tidy. …”

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Get a quoteCall 022 534 7810

Sources

  1. WorkSafe NZ, “Electrical wiring in your home”
  2. WorkSafe NZ, “Getting electrical work done”
  3. EWRB, “Documentation from your electrical worker”
  4. WorkSafe NZ, “Electricity outdoors”
  5. WorkSafe NZ, “Cords and plugs”