About Sale Electrician
Who runs Sale Electrician, what happens to an electrical enquiry from Sale or nearby towns, and how to check a Victorian electrician's licence first.
Sale Electrician is an enquiry and referral website for household electrical jobs in Sale and the towns around it in Wellington Shire. Yes Right Pty Ltd, ABN 91 664 546 061, operates it. Nobody employed by the site touches your wiring: an independent local electrical contractor reads the enquiry, decides whether it can take the job on, and prices it under its own name.
The company that operates this website
Yes Right Pty Ltd runs the pages and the enquiry form. It is not a registered electrical contractor, it holds no electrical licence, and it has no shop, van or workshop in Sale. You will not find customer reviews, star ratings or photos of finished jobs here, because the site has not done any jobs. Pictures added to the site later show the type of work a page talks about. They are not records of real installations.
The site is paid by referral. An electrical business that accepts an enquiry may pay Yes Right Pty Ltd a fee. You are not charged that fee, and the price in your quote is set by the business that writes it.
What happens to an enquiry after you send it?
- You complete the electrical enquiry form with your town, your contact details and a short description of the job or fault.
- The details go to an independent electrical business that works in your area and handles that kind of job.
- That business gets in touch, asks what it needs to know, and may want photos of the switchboard or a visit before it gives a price.
- If you accept its quote, the agreement is between you and that business. This website is not a party to it.
Sending the form is not a booking, and no one can promise a provider will be free on a particular day. If a powerline is down, stay well clear: Energy Safe Victoria says to keep at least 8 to 10 metres away and leaves restoring supply to the network company that owns the poles and wires. Its power outage advice sets out the rest.
What is the electrician responsible for?
The business you choose is responsible for everything about the job: the quote and what it includes, times, parts, workmanship, any warranty it gives, payment terms and tidying up. In Victoria the electrician also owns the paperwork. The registered electrical contractor or licensed electrician responsible for the installation issues a Certificate of Electrical Safety and gives you a copy. Some work, such as a main switchboard, consumer mains or a solar or battery system, is prescribed work that a licensed electrical inspector has to check before it is switched on. Energy Safe Victoria explains the timeframes on its certificate page for consumers. Keep your copy with the house papers.
How do you check an electrician’s licence in Victoria?
Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) licenses electrical workers and registers electrical contractors. Plumbers and gasfitters are licensed separately, by the Building and Plumbing Commission. ESV tells householders they can and should ask to see a tradesperson’s licence, and to always engage a registered electrical contractor.
Before you accept a quote:
- Look the business up on the Registered Electrical Contractor register.
- Check the person doing the work on the Licensed Electrical Worker search. Both registers ask you to complete a CAPTCHA.
- For prescribed work, ask which inspector will check it. ESV keeps a Licensed Electrical Inspector register as well.
- Ask for the Certificate of Electrical Safety number when the job is done. ESV’s list of public registers includes a certificate search.
Run these checks on any business that contacts you through this site, the same as you would for one found anywhere else.
Which towns does the site take enquiries from?
Enquiries come from Sale and nearby towns such as Wurruk, Maffra, Stratford, Longford, Heyfield, Rosedale and Loch Sport, all inside Wellington Shire. Local conditions are covered on the Sale area page, and the electrical services list has a page for each common job. Whether a provider travels to your address is that provider’s call.
Handling of your details
Your enquiry goes to one electrical business that can quote the job. Your details are not sold or put on a marketing list. The privacy policy covers what is collected, how long it is kept and how to ask for it to be deleted. The Sale Electrician home page is the place to start again.
Next step
Give the provider enough to price the job on the first contact: your town, what you want done or what has stopped working, the age of the house if you know it, and a clear photo of the switchboard with the door open. Then send your electrical enquiry from Sale and an independent local business will contact you about its quote.