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Switchboards & Automation

Custom switchboards and control cabinets built to the job, plus board upgrades, compliance and site automation for homes, businesses and industrial sites.

At a glance

What switchboards & automation covers.

Boards built to the job

Custom switchboards and control cabinets built on the bench in our Chinchilla workshop, sized for the site they are going to.

Upgrades and relocations

Old and overloaded boards brought to current standards, and boards moved when a property grows around them.

Automation and control

PLC automation, motor control and pump, irrigation and silo control gear, tested and commissioned.

Remote monitoring

Plant that reports its own trip, so a pump or a cold room is not found stopped hours later.

The overview

Everything the job needs, handled by one team.

We build, upgrade and automate switchboards and control systems for homes, businesses and industrial sites across the Western Downs and South West Queensland. Custom switchboards and control cabinets are built on the bench in our Chinchilla workshop rather than forced into an off-the-shelf unit, so the board fits the job, with the right layout, the right protection and full documentation.

Old and overloaded boards are upgraded to current standards with safety switches, surge protection and compliance testing, and boards stranded by a growing property get relocated with the metering and supply side coordinated. For sites that need more, we install PLC automation, motor control, metering and remote monitoring.

What's included

  • Custom switchboards and control cabinets built to the job
  • Board upgrades and replacement to current standards
  • Switchboard relocations, with the metering and supply side coordinated
  • PLC automation and motor control
  • Pump, irrigation and silo automation controls
  • Remote monitoring systems for unattended pumps and plant
  • Metering upgrades, CT metering and distribution work
  • Surge protection and power quality monitoring
  • Testing, commissioning and compliance documentation
  • Site and process automation
How it works

From first call to final test.

You will know the scope and the cost before anyone starts.

01 / Step one

Get in touch

Call us or send through what you need online.

02 / Step two

We assess and quote

We look at the site, confirm the scope and provide a written quote.

03 / Step three

We do the work

Licensed team, tidy work, done properly.

04 / Step four

Backed for good

Tested, handed over and backed by our workmanship warranty.

Recent work

Real work, real homes and sites.

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Work that speaks for itself.

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    "Dan and the crew are absolute godsends! Despite an immense workload, we had 3 split-system aircons quoted and installed within a month of enquiring. I was 8 months pregnant at the time."
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    "Dan, Eddy and Lachlan did a great job on our new ducted air-con installation, difficult due to limited roof access. Very professional, happy with the price, and tidy work."
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  • ★★★★★
    "Dan and the team did an absolutely amazing job. We had a decent-size job with four unit removals and replacements. Very professional, we’ll definitely be using them again."
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    Kat
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    "A great experience with Switch’D Electrical. Terry was friendly, professional and easy to deal with from start to finish. He clearly explained what he was doing."
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    "Thank you Switch’D for the great service through our renovations, your expertise, well-mannered staff, turning up on time and ongoing service has been a blessing."
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    "The electrician completed the job very efficiently with a high degree of professionalism. Thoroughly recommend, and appreciate the service."
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    "I reached out late in the evening for advice on a power-point problem. They were more than helpful in trying to help me resolve it."
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    "Switch’D provided a great service for me. Dan was very professional and full of knowledge. Thanks again."
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    "Excellent to do business with."
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Good to know

Questions, answered straight.

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Yes. Boards and control cabinets are built on the bench in our Chinchilla workshop, sized and laid out for the site they are going to rather than squeezed into an off-the-shelf enclosure. Layout, protection and documentation are all settled before it leaves.

We upgrade and replace switchboards to current standards, with safety switches, surge protection and compliance testing. A board that keeps tripping at home and a full commercial distribution upgrade are different jobs, but both get tested and both get handed over with the paperwork done.

Yes. Boards get stranded by renovations, shed extensions and new yard layouts, and a board you cannot safely reach in a hurry is a hazard. We move it, and handle the supply and metering side of the change.

PLC automation allows machinery and processes to run automatically with centralised control. We install PLC automation and motor control for industrial and agricultural sites that need more than a basic switchboard.

Yes. Start and stop control, level and pressure switching, sequencing, duty-standby alternation and fault alarms. The control gear goes into the board we build, so the automation and the power it runs on arrive as one piece of equipment with one set of drawings.

Yes. We fit remote monitoring so a pump, a board or a shed reports its own state and raises an alert the moment it trips, instead of the failure being discovered on the next run.

We handle metering upgrades, CT metering and distribution work, along with surge protection and power quality monitoring. These are part of the switchboard and automation scope, not a separate contractor.

Yes. A solar installation or a board upgrade often touches the same infrastructure. Because we handle the electrical, the solar and the switchboard, the whole job is one scope, one team and one point of accountability.

Every switchboard build, upgrade and automation install is tested and commissioned before handover, with compliance documentation. The work is backed by our workmanship warranty.

Ready when you are

Need a switchboard or automation sorted?

Tell us about the job and we will get the right person onto it.

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