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What is a Safety Switch (RCD)?

A safety switch, often known as a Residual Current Device (RCD) is a device designed to prevent electrical shock when a short circuit or other fault exists within the circuit.

It is essential to remember, Safety Switches Save Lives…

The importance of a Safety Switch…

A safety switch has the capacity to turn off electricity within milliseconds of a fault to safeguard you, your family and your home from a serious electric shock.

However, safety switches can only protect you when they are in optimum working order and are correctly connected to a faulty circuit in question.

That’s why it is imperative you have safety switches connected to not just one, but all the circuits in your home. These include, but not limited to; Power Points, Lighting, Air-Conditioning, Kitchen Appliances, Hot Water and more, even if they are on separate tariffs.

When safety switches are correctly installed by a licensed and accredited Master Electrician, you need to ensure you test the functionality of them every three months, safeguarding your home properly and ensuring you are well protected from unexpected electric shocks.

The difference between a Safety Switch and a Circuit Breaker?

More so than not, people are perplexed by the difference of a safety switch, circuit breakers and fuses. And quite often, people deem them as being the same thing, or doing the same job. Simply put it, they are not, and there are importance differences between them.

Safety switches protect you from electric shock. When a current leak is identified, safety switches turn off the electricity within milliseconds. Usually, this occurs when a faulty power point, jammed wiring or electrical appliance is in use.

When it comes to protecting the circuitry, this is where circuit breakers and fuses come in. When electrical wiring is jammed or has too much current flowing through it, they have the ability to cut the power, protecting you from a potential household fire. When there is a surge or lightning strike, excessive current builds up, overheating electrical appliances and wiring. This can turn hazardous in the matter of seconds, as when there is excessive current, household fires are at high risk.

Circuit breakers and fuses do not protect people directly, only safety switches save lives. The easiest way to identify whether you have safety switches installed is to check your switchboard and speak to one of our Alliance Master Electricians.

How to Maintain your Safety Switches?

Quite often, after Safety Switches are installed in switchboards, we easily forget that they are there. However, the key rule to safety is preventative maintenance, an invaluable asset when it comes to electrical safety and safeguarding your home and families lives from harm.

For safety switches and circuit breakers to perform, it is imperative they are kept clean and free from moisture. Therefore, Alliance recommends you check the meter box where they are installed on a monthly basis and ensure the door is always kept closed, minimising derbies entering.

Safety switches are not an ‘install and forget about’ household item. To ensure they are in working order, they need to be manually reset or tripped every six months making sure they have the ability to provide protection when required.

For added safety, an Alliance tip is to use the occasion to manually trip each circuit breaker as well to make sure they are also functioning properly.

Download our Home Safety Guide and Alliance Tips & Tricks on how to safely check your Meter Box for safety switches, circuit breakers and fuses.

If there are any problems or doubts your safety devices are not working, call Alliance Climate Control Master Electricians. 
We are always on call 24/7 and can be at your house in a short time via our radio-controlled vehicles. Your safety is our responsibility, we care, and we are committed.

Call us now on 02 8061 5023 to arrange a visit or to set up a systematic and routine Home Safety Check, ensuring and safeguarding the livelihood of you and your family.

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Alliance Climate Control - Heating, Cooling, Electrical
Based on 2414 reviews
rada P.
Liam was fantastic. Very friendly, clean and job well done. Highly recommend Alliance. Always such a good service. Have used many times and will continue to. Keely also super friendly and helpful giving me eta so I wasn’t waiting.
Amith S.
The service and follow up was prompt and as promised... We had a 9 year old AC unit which had stopped cooling and making unsteady noises... The initial review and assessment to change the unit foundations which was rotting and a service was point on. The service person was prompt, very kind and mindful despite the difficult access to the roof unit. Have to say, the only issue I'd have was the initial inspector and quote pushing us to replace the unit for double the service price which in itself was a bit pricey, but in these days a full days of work it's expected. All in all an happy customer, as happy to pay a premium for a job well done! Great service - definitely will use again.
Mary
Explanation and co-operation from go to woe. Couldn't be happier 😁
Jennifer F.
Replacing old gas heating system with new heating and cooling system. I was impressed with Jake’s knowledge when he came out to quote the job, then the Installation team was very experienced and professional, good communication and provided onsite solution. I am very happy with the result, thanks to Vy, Lyn, Eric & Peter.
Eric T.
We got AC for our North Bondi house and could not be happier.
From initial conversation Aysa came up with a very genius plan for placement installation of the AC. Installation team Gokhan, Louise and Charles was so helpful and made the idea happened
They were so clean, tidy up everything and super knowledgeable. They did a schmick job.
Many thanks guys 🙏🏻
Allan L.
Happy with the work done, clean up and respect for our property by Ivan and his partner (sorry name forgotten). Follow up plaster work was also done well and Liam is to be commended.
Ugur O.
Charles and Arron did a great job installing the pendant and outdoor lights. Took great care to leave everything perfect and clean.
Simon van W.
We installed our air conditioning 5 years ago. The installation was perfect and we have had no issues in all the time we have owned the system. We had to get them back because one unit was leaking water. They were prompt to attend to the problem, admitted that some of the problem was their issue and they would cover the fix themselves.

They owned the problem. They are always very polite. The engineers they send out are highly professional, leave no mess, take off their boots and are good at communication with the client.

I've recommended them to many people..
Tam T.
We have asked Alliance Climate Control to come and service our 2 air con systems (one central and the other, a stand slone unit). Andres - a young trademan came ontime with prior warning and did a really good job for us. We also had Kyle (?) coming later to fix a condensate leakage issue which he also did well, on time with prior phone call. We then signed a 3-year maintenance contrsct with ACC after our good experience with their workers. We strongly recommend this group, having professional and friendly staff working for the company. Thank you ACC
Ian B.
We were delighted with our experience with the Alliance team of Tommy, Nick and Luan. They went about the job professionally, expertly and with no fuss. They left the job site as they found it, perfectly clean. What a wonderful example of hard working young men and a credit to your organisation. All contacts with these young men were courteous and polite. Well done Alliance.
Angus H.
Connor and Steven completed some drainage works and also a service of three of my AC units today. They were friendly, professional and communicated excellently. Highly recommend these guys!
Christopher B.
Alliance team on time and efficient. Thanks Shabi and Louis for handling both the callouts so well.
Elliott Y.
The team Kristin, Aaron P, John M, and Chris D were as good as it gets. From my initial request with Adrian, confirmation appointment with Kristin to the actual work undertaken was all a pleasure. For me as a customer I was again impressed with their expertise and their communication. There's a lot to be said about Alliance, all good!
David B.
Very happy with the product and the installation, very professional and efficient. Highly recommend.
Clemence W.
We had Shabi, Louis and Nicolas install our aircon right before the heat wave this week. They worked really hard and we love the result.
Kathryn T.
A big thank you to the whole team for a professional and very clean job, can’t thank them enough. They fixed up our ducted system and installed a new system at the back of our house! Big shout out to Andre G for managing the ducted service, and to Gokhan, Veysel, Michael and the electrician Charles for installing the new system. We will now use them for all our servicing.
Sue H.
We were very impressed with all aspects of the installation and replacement of our outdated ducted air conditioning system. The prompt response we got from Jake, who came out to scope the job & provide a quote was very impressive. As was the turnaround from accepting the quote to the installation (3 days). The team who carried out the installation, were terrific & worked tirelessly to get the job done with minimum disruption, which we appreciated as it was a fairly complicated job. We would like to thank each of them, Jonathan, Miguel, Matt, Maisam & Ahmad, they all deserve a shout out. All in all from start to finish it was a great experience & couldn't recommend Alliance highly enough.
Steven K.
Lachlan was professional,punctual and pleasant to deal with
Roger P.
Excellent service from Andre. Thank You.
Cate C.
Service technician polite and efficient
Marcus W.
Job well done, Jason was very clear in the process before hand and also explained everything well when finished.
Neil L.
Update: 3 Dec

Decided to ask ACC to do some straight electrical - powerpoint installs , sconce replacement.

JJ and Aden did a great job: quick, friendly, informative. Really neat job. Cleaned up after themselves and even took the old sconces for disposal.

Happy with the work.

JJ also noticed some switches were out of code in my switchboard and recommended and completed replacements.

So house electrics are a little safer too.

AIR COND INSTALL Review:

Two teams worked on our place:

Andres , Cristian and Qais replaced our ducted system, and Vy, Luan and Maison installed a separate split system where ducted couldn't reach.

Both teams did an excellent job.

Everyone arrived on time, walked us through what was going to be done and were happy to answer any questions. They were friendly and professional. Completed install on time, showed us how the new system worked and made sure we were happy. Cleaned up afterwards too - as promised.

Ducted team worked for two days in some hot conditions, removed old unit and ducting and disposed off. Hassle free for us. Install of new system, ducting and control system was trouble free for us.

Split team did a great job too - gave advice on best position for indoor and outdoor unit, clean efficient install, tidied up after themselves. Really professional.

Great from start to finish.
M E.
Tech was nice polite guy but he did not have the correct filters and wanted to cut some down to fit .. this does not work as cut down filters do not hold their shape so I told the guy not to replace them this time although the cut downs ones that were installed last year were quite clean, they were not in good shape.
Update: the company apologised for not having the correct filters at the time and promptly arranged for the correct units to be installed .. they really do follow up and fix any issue so deserve 5 Stars
Alex K.
Alliance are the best! Garret, Shane and Louis did a fantastic job installing our new AC unit. Protective mats were placed on all floors, they removed all mess and even took away our old unit. Garret ensured we were across the installation process, asked questions when required and also informed us of how to operate the new system. Great job!
Elaine B.
Excellent and professional service from start to finish. Particularly impressed with the team who did the installation. Efficient and careful. Attention to achieving optimum performance from the system much appreciated.
Karen P.
Jake and James were efficient, punctual, clean and courteous. My AC unit is as good as new. I would have no hesitation in recommending Jake and James and I will certainly use Alliance in the future. Thank you guys.
Maria C.
We had our split system air-conditioning installed almost two years ago now (April 2024) and I have been meaning to write a review, because we were really happy with the service and installation, and I have only just got around to it. But that may be good, as I can say that the system works perfectly, and we have had not problems.

We have an inner city terrace, and have over more than a decade got quotes, only to be told that "it is not possible". So, I looked for someone close, who I figured would have experience with our type of dwelling. The quote was very reasonable, the installation went smoothly, and we are very happy.
Tracey H.
Very good service from BJ, James, Errol and Will for our air conditioner installation. Errol and Will were very responsive and flexible during the consultation and booking phases - I felt like their advice was solid and really suited my circumstances. BJ and James were an incredibly professional and efficient installation team - they got it done, cleaned up, and made sure I was across our new aircon. Would recommend.
Kylie B.
Excellent service - on time, friendly and professionally completed the job ( air conditioning & two ceiling fans). Also cleaned up and put furniture back into position.

Thank you to the team who did the work - Shabi, Louis, Peter & JJ.
Also to Will behind the scenes who coordinated the scheduling of this job ( fans added in )
Thanks again
Kylie
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How can we help with your Safety Switch?

Safety switches installed in a switchboard of any residence or household, ensures the protection of human life when a fault occurs.  When it comes to safeguarding your families lives, safety switches are imperative.

Accidents happen, and quite frequently this happens when power tools are being used at construction sites. Our Master Electricians are certified and knowledgeable in installing ‘stand-alone’ safety switches providing added protection to individual circuits. Vans are fully stocked, and we can have these installed on the spot for you.

Electrical safety is a serious matter, and no one should be playing around with live or inactive electrical wires. Switchboard safety switches should always be installed by a licensed and registered Master Electrician as they have the knowledge and ability to ensure they are functioning as intended.

Alliance Climate Control Master Electricians are highly skilled and trained to install safety switches to either your existing switchboard or the switchboard of your new residence when you are in the construction phase.

If your existing switchboard still has porcelain fuses, we strongly recommend replacing these with circuit breakers before fitting a safety switch. Alliance Climate Control can upgrade your switchboard to provide the maximum level of electrical safety for you and your family.

Our Master Electricians are licensed and skilled to:

Download our 10-Point Safety Switch and Household Protection Guide, or find out if you qualify for a FREE Home Safety Check Report today.

In need of a licensed and accredited Master Electrician? Call Alliance Climate Control on 02 8061 5023 to arrange a visit and begin your journey to optimise your household safety.

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