Switchboards & safety
Switchboard upgrades in Melbourne’s west
Replace the old fuse board before it fails you. Modern boards, safety switches on every circuit, tested and certified the same day.
The upgrade that protects everything else
Everything electrical in your home passes through one grey box. If that box is thirty years old, running ceramic fuses with no safety switches, then every other job — the new oven, the EV charger, the extra powerpoints — is building on a weak foundation.
A Flowsmart upgrade replaces the lot: modern circuit breakers, RCD protection on every circuit, clear labelling, and surge protection where it earns its keep. Underground mains and metering upgrades are handled in the same visit where needed.
Every board is load-tested circuit by circuit before handover, and you get the Certificate of Electrical Safety on the spot.
On the tools
Board upgrades, before and after
Fair questions
Before you book
Ceramic fuses, no safety switches, a board that’s warm to touch, breakers tripping weekly, or flickering when big appliances start — any one of these is enough to book an inspection. Two or more means don’t wait.
Most single-home upgrades are done in a day, power back on the same evening. Underground mains or metering changes can add time — you’ll know from the quote, not on the day.
Off for the working hours of the swap, yes — that’s unavoidable. Anthony schedules around what matters (medical equipment, freezers, work-from-home days) and confirms the outage window before booking.
Old rewireable fuse boards don’t have RCD protection — the technology that cuts power in milliseconds when current leaks through a person. They’re also the most common origin point for house fires in older suburbs. It’s the one upgrade Anthony recommends without hesitation.
Depends on circuits, mains and metering — see the honest breakdown in our switchboard cost guide. You get a fixed written quote before anything is touched.
Ready when you are.
Free quote, answered within two business hours.