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How Office Lighting Can Improve Productivity
There's that cliché image we have in our heads of office spaces: a bubbling water cooler, cramped cubicles, and a flickering fluorescent light. While there is more than one thing wrong with that picture, poor lighting is one that is all too common in office spaces....
How To Prepare for the Seasons?
We don't need to consult the calendar to know what season is upon us. Auckland has got beautiful hot summer days and chilly, sometimes frosty, winter nights. Each one of those seasons is great in its way. We made a small list of things you could consider to make every...
3 Things to Look for When Choosing an Electrician for Your School
From electrical burns to electricians operating under fake identities, the real risk these mishaps pose is to the safety and wellbeing of the students in the schools they were allowed to work in. While choosing an electrician from your home can ultimately come down to...
How To Ensure Your Commercial Property’s Electrical Systems are Compliant
Since commercial buildings are often multi-purpose complexes that are visited and used by many people for various reasons, they require more sophisticated systems to keep them running effectively, compared to private and residential dwellings. There are requirements...
How To Choose An Electrician
When it comes to choosing an electrician, it can be tempting to simply go for the cheapest option, however as Benjamin Franklin said – "the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low prices is forgotten." So, besides price, what else should you...
4 Reasons to Use a Master Electrician for Your next Job
French Electrical is proud to be a member of Master Electricians, the professional trade organisation for electrical contracting businesses in New Zealand. Master Electricians set the benchmark for excellence, ensuring Master Electricians possess and continue to...
Is Electrical Work In Your Home Up To Standard?
As with many professional services, rigid guidelines and standards exist around electrical work to ensure it can be carried out safely, and to minimise the risk of fire, electrocution, or other harm to people or property. Knowing which standards apply to the type of...
Why DIY Electrical Work Will Cost You More
Doing electrical work yourself not only carries the risk of something going wrong, causing damage to your property or injury to yourself or a family member, it can also prove to be extremely expensive. If you carry out or get work done that is not compliant and...
The Consequences of Not Using a Certified Electrician
With many tradies advertising their services with a variety of rates, promises, and deals – as well as a ton of DIY advice available on the internet – it can be hard to know where to start when it comes to deciding how to go about carrying out electrical work at home....
Stay Safe Around Electricity This Winter
As the weather cools during the winter months, electricity usage in the home tends to increase as we spend more time indoors and seek to warm our homes with electrical appliances. With more pressure on your home’s electrical system, the risk of faults, damage or fire...