I'm Marcus, and Erindale is a straightforward trip east from my Vale Park base — along Payneham Road and Kensington Road and I'm usually there in 15-20 minutes. It's a suburb I get out to regularly, from switchboard upgrades to fault finding.
Erindale is a leafy pocket near Kensington Road and Newton Road, mostly brick homes from the 1960s and 70s with some newer builds mixed in on the bigger blocks. Homes of that era usually have a switchboard that was adequate when it was installed but has never been reassessed since — no individual RCBO protection on each circuit, and not much spare capacity once solar, a heat pump hot water system or an EV charger gets added to the mix. That's exactly the kind of job that comes up in Erindale: something else gets installed, and it exposes a switchboard that's been quietly running out of room for years.
Whether it's a straightforward safety switch upgrade or something a solar or EV installer has flagged as needing attention first, I look at the whole board before quoting, not just the immediate problem. Call 0468 008 822 and we'll work out what your Erindale property needs.
Erindale's 1960s-70s brick homes bring a fairly consistent list of work:
In September 2026 I upgraded an old switchboard on Kensington Road in Erindale. The trigger was a solar installer who'd flagged that the existing board had no room left for the RCBOs a new solar installation needed — a common problem on an older board that was never built for individual circuit protection in the first place. On top of that, the hot water system was wired into its own controlled-load circuit and had started tripping occasionally, which is exactly the kind of intermittent fault that tends to get worse rather than better.
I replaced the board with a fully individually-protected Hager setup, giving every circuit — including the hot water's controlled-load circuit — its own dedicated RCBO. That freed up the space the solar system needed and cleared the tripping fault at the same time, with the new equipment covered by the manufacturer's warranty and my own workmanship guarantee, set out in writing before the work went ahead. It's a good example of how one call-out for a solar-readiness check often uncovers a second problem worth fixing while the board's already open.
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Erindale's 1960s-70s switchboards often have no individual circuit protection, and a controlled-load circuit feeding hot water can start tripping without warning as it ages. A board that's been quietly running near capacity for years can fail once one more appliance gets added.
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This is common on older Erindale boards. Solar and battery systems need dedicated RCBO protection, and an older board often has no spare space or individual circuit protection at all, so the switchboard needs upgrading before the solar install can go ahead.
A controlled-load circuit that trips occasionally is usually a sign of an ageing breaker or a fault developing in that part of the board. It's worth having it looked at before it fails completely and leaves you without hot water.
Yes. I assess the switchboard's available capacity and the cable run to the charger position, then install a dedicated, properly protected circuit.
Yes, I carry out electrical safety inspections and written reports against the SA minimum housing standard.
Erindale sits near Kensington Road in Adelaide's east. Here are the nearby areas I also service:
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— Marcus, Amped Up Electrical
