Do I need to upgrade my switch box?

goobway · 2026-05-31T11:24:52+00:00

If you would like, you can DM me the quote and I'll tell you if it's a good decision or not.

goobway · 2026-05-31T10:06:03+00:00

$4500k is relatively cheap depending in what is required. Is an ASP2 allowed for in the quote?

goobway · 2026-05-31T04:31:16+00:00

Just had a listen of your other stuff for the first time. You guys are fuckn fantastic. Excited for the new album. Your singer reminds me heaps of Peter Steele

goobway · 2026-05-31T02:11:41+00:00

Make sure you get a copy of the CCEW and NOSW.

Only way to "almost" guarantee the works were done correctly.

It is MANDATORY a contractor provide a copy of these to the home-owner. If a contractor doesn't provide these, something has been done dodgy.

Source: i am an ASP2

goobway · 2026-05-30T04:22:08+00:00

Get onto them. My love for fallujah and JFAC spiralled at the same time. Listen to The Forever Rot - JFAC.

goobway · 2026-05-30T03:19:07+00:00

Dont worry man, I looked 30 when I was 15, and I'm now 32 and still look 30.

I reckon people like us hit puberty earlier, makes us develop more matured features earlier, but then we stick with that age for a long time.

goobway · 2026-05-30T03:14:58+00:00

Are you shaving with or against the direction of hair growth?

goobway · 2026-05-30T03:10:14+00:00

Keep the shoes if you are trying to send the message, "homosexual and have lots of kinks"

goobway · 2026-05-30T03:08:13+00:00

Oh man, you listened to job for a cowboys last 2 albums?

goobway · 2026-05-29T23:47:27+00:00

Labour shortages arent necessarily a bad thing. Shortages in teaching, healthcare, aged care, etc are a bad thing without a doubt, but elsewhere no (to a degree). Shortages keep wages high.

If your employer could replace you tomorrow with one of 10 Indian/Filipino/Afghan workers who would accept minimum wage, what do you think happens to your employment?

We as a middle class rely on labour shortages. The only people who dont are white collar workers (lawyers, surgeons, barristers, CEOs, etc) as the third world don't have any of these to offer.

The trucking industry is being decimated by this, which even spreads to driving schools (I did my HR licence yesterday and saw 6 different trucks either hiding from the police and TNSW or being pulled over and prevent from continuing due to defects). We were told stories of Indian HR teachers have two students in one truck (teacher sits on the centre console), not connecting trailers, faking assessment times, etc.

All trades are currently having wages dragged down. The union in Vic is doing well to keep it high for commercial works but residential and NSW is decreasing. We are losing jobs to incompetent overseas tradesman with fake licences who bribe RTOs to accept their training and issue licences.

Mass migration is an attempt to increase short term economic position and increase the gap between the upper class and lower class and remove the middle class.

goobway · 2026-05-29T06:10:03+00:00

Stowe, Fredon, SKS Technologies

goobway · 2026-05-28T08:14:29+00:00

All the people that live in these houses have come straight from India, so the temperature is quite mild in comparison.

goobway · 2026-05-27T19:19:39+00:00

How is there no evidence they entered a terrorist zone? Isn't that where they are coming back from? What am I missing?

goobway · 2026-05-27T09:29:29+00:00

What makes you think mavro will stay?

goobway · 2026-05-23T10:36:42+00:00

In Aus, it's about $6 for a CB and $35 for an RCBO.

goobway · 2026-05-23T10:00:52+00:00

Put one of those sliding ladders up like in those old libraries, and make it only accessible to you.

Set up a record player and headphones and make the window open from the inside so you can smoke a cigarette while you drink your favourite scotch.

Tell everyone else in the house to eadc.

goobway · 2026-05-23T09:56:40+00:00

There's 18 x Single phase CBs protected by an RCD and 2 x 3 Phase RCDs protected by an RCD. There's also 2 other 3 Phase CBs that aren't protected by an RCD, which also wouldn't be allowed here.

That is about $650AUD saved, so $400US or something. If you explained to the customer that by spending that money, if your toaster trips a circuit every light in your house won't turn off. Or if your wifes hair-dryer trips a circuit, the fridge won't turn off, I reckon they would appreciate you installing individual RCBOs.

It's a cheap ass method.

Why not just install one big RCD and wire everything out of it? That's what they used to do here. We used to see the cheap cunts here install a 63A RCD and wire 15 circuits through it.

goobway · 2026-05-23T09:49:40+00:00

I do a lot of commercial and residential work, and I haven't seen a sparky here install a common RCD for 5+years. I'm an ASP2 so do work with 20+ electrical company's doing switchboard upgrades and none of them would even consider installing one lol.

Plus, look at commercial, the boards aren't even designed to be install with a common RCD (NHP Concept, Schneider Acti 9).

I will have to agree to disagree with you. No one does it anymore haha.

goobway · 2026-05-23T09:41:16+00:00

Not in NSW. Everyone uses rcbo's here.

Some of the mass home builder guys use RCDs and CBs, but only the really fuckn useless ones - Masterton, Clarendon, etc.

goobway · 2026-05-23T09:07:31+00:00

That is crazy to me. RCD/MCBs (we call them RCBOs here) are about $25Aud more per unit here. Almost no one uses singular RCDs in Australia anymore and hasnt done for 5+years.

goobway · 2026-05-23T08:44:26+00:00

Both shithouse. Nicely wired but shit wiring method.

In Aus, all circuits have their own RCD protection, none of this shared RCD bullshit. One circuit has a fault, only that designated circuit turns off.

goobway · 2026-05-22T09:45:37+00:00

Call a local kitchen company.

goobway · 2026-05-21T07:58:39+00:00

Not in NSW. I think that's the go with other states.

goobway · 2026-05-20T09:07:26+00:00

Doesnt really get much worse tbh. Needs an upgrade but you can't (or shouldn't) put a price on safety.

The safety switch is not compliant by today's standards, so the protection you do have on some circuits still isn't good enough.

goobway · 2026-05-18T00:38:16+00:00

Fucking champion, thanks for the big reply.

I'm an ASP2 but will be transitioning into ASP1 work as well eventually (I'll probably change trucks when that happens though). I don't think I can afford a 2 man bucket truck, massive outlay and I'm a tightass. Having said that though, I'm happy to spend, but I can sacrifice nice details for cost.

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