TEIGE Electrical Services

12/03/2026

Apprentices, this one’s for you.

We’ve brought all the information you need together in one place, on our website.

☑️ Licensing information
☑️ Supervision requirements
☑️ Responsibilities on site
☑️ Practical safety guidance

No crawling through tight spaces required – all the essentials in one easy-to-access location.

Check it out here 👉 go.vic.gov.au/4fg4QnQ

12/03/2026

Hi Warrnambool 👋

I’ve noticed recently there’s been a growing number of companies advertising rental compliance inspections in our area. Many of these businesses operate from Melbourne or Geelong, and some run under franchise models servicing regional towns like ours.

There’s nothing wrong with that — but it’s worth remembering that not all services are local.

TEIGE Electrical Services is a locally owned Warrnambool electrical business, and when you book a rental electrical safety check with us, you’re dealing directly with a licensed electrician who lives and works in this community.

No call centres.
No franchises.

Just a local electrician who takes pride in doing the job properly.
Supporting local businesses means supporting local jobs and helping keep skilled trades in our region.

If you’re a landlord or property manager needing a rental electrical safety check under the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021, we’d be happy to help.

Thanks to everyone in Warrnambool and South-West Victoria who continues to support local businesses 🙏

📞 0429 886 686
🌐 teige.com.au

06/03/2026

Selling or Renting Out Your Property? 🏡⚡

If you're selling, leasing, or preparing a rental property, you may need an Electrical Safety Inspection and Certificate of Electrical Safety (CoES) to meet Victorian safety and compliance requirements.

TEIGE Electrical Services provides professional electrical safety inspections to ensure your property is safe and compliant with current standards.

✔ Comprehensive electrical safety inspection
✔ Certificate of Electrical Safety issued where required
✔ Fast turnaround to meet real estate and settlement timelines

Perfect for:
• Homeowners preparing a property for sale
• Landlords ensuring rental compliance
• Property managers organising safety checks for tenants

Servicing Warrnambool and South-West Victoria.

📞 Call or text TEIGE Electrical Services on 0429 886 686 to book your inspection.

05/03/2026

Every year in Queensland, around 70 children end up in the emergency department because of electrical injuries, and more than a third are under five years.

Protect your children from electric shocks and burns with these simple fixes around the home:

• Install and regularly test safety switches.
• Replace damaged outlets, switches or frayed leads.
• Install dummy plugs on all power points and power boards.
• Avoid overloading outlets.
• Keep electrical items away from baths and sinks.
• Keep cords and leads out of children’s reach.
• Teach older children how to plug and unplug safely.
• Choose electrical items with the Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM).
• Always use a licensed electrician.

05/03/2026

With the way petrol prices are headed...

01/03/2026

Not all "compliance" business we've worked with actually meet these requirements.

01/03/2026

Electrical Safety Reports with NO SUBSCRIPTION.

https://teige.com.au/electrical-inspection-reports/

23/02/2026

A quick insight into what we actually spend most of our time doing during a rental electrical inspection…

A lot of people assume we walk around plugging a tester into a few power points, tick a box, and that’s about it.
Honestly — the majority of the inspection is focused on two things:
The earthing system
and,
The safety switches (RCDs)

Because nearly every serious electrical injury in a house comes down to one of these not doing its job.

The earthing system
This is the part of the installation nobody ever sees, and the one that often hasn’t been looked at since the house was built… sometimes 50+ years ago.
It’s what gives electricity a safe path to ground if something inside an appliance fails and energises metal parts — ovens, washing machines, taps, sinks, even the frame of the house wiring itself.
If the earthing is damaged, missing, corroded, undersized, or disconnected, the electricity doesn’t disappear safely.
It waits.
Usually for a person to become the path instead.
You can have modern appliances, new lights, and a tidy switchboard — but if the earthing is compromised, the installation isn’t safe.

Safety switches (RCDs)
RCDs don’t stop faults from happening.
They stop faults from killing people.
They monitor the electricity leaving and returning to the circuit, and if even a tiny amount of current goes somewhere it shouldn’t (like through a person), they disconnect the power in milliseconds.

But only if they:
• exist
• are wired correctly
• trip within the required time
• protect the right circuits

We regularly find:
– circuits not protected
– nuisance tripping that’s been bypassed
– failed RCDs
– incorrectly labelled boards
– brand new switchboards with dangerous wiring faults

The report isn’t really about just the paperwork for the owner or property manager — it’s about making sure the person living there is protected if something goes wrong at the worst possible moment.

Most houses never have an electrical incident.
But the ones that do rely entirely on earthing and RCD protection to stop it becoming a tragedy.
That’s why we focus on them so heavily.

22/02/2026

21/02/2026

When planting near powerlines, only ever choose low-growing vegetation ✅

Your electrical distributor can provide you with a list of acceptable and recommended foliage to plant in your area.

🚫 Avoiding contact with powerlines protects you and your property from dangers like fire, power outages and electric shock.

For guidance when planting near powerlines, look up! More at the 👆