Signs Your Orange Home Has Old or Unsafe Wiring

Signs to Look For

Ceramic fuse box — if your switchboard has porcelain fuse carriers with replaceable wire, your electrical infrastructure is pre-1970s. Ceramic fuses provide no earth fault protection, are slow to clear faults, and are a fire risk. The board needs upgrading.

Discoloured or brittle wiring — if you can see wiring in roof spaces, under floors, or in wall cavities and the insulation is brown, cracked, or crumbling, that's TRS (toughened rubber sheath) wiring from pre-1970. It's become brittle and is a fault and fire risk wherever it moves or contacts anything.

Buzzing, flickering, or warm fittings — these indicate loose connections, overloading, or active faults in wiring. Don't ignore them.

Orange's Older Housing Stock

Orange has a high proportion of pre-1980 homes, many with original wiring that predates modern safety standards. Rewiring, switchboard upgrades, and RCD installation are in constant demand across the CBD fringe suburbs of Bowen and Calare. The cool climate also creates high demand for panel heater circuits and underfloor heating installations.

We carry out electrical safety inspections specifically designed to assess the condition of older home wiring — checking the switchboard, testing RCDs, inspecting accessible wiring, and giving you a clear picture of what needs attention and in what order.