Switchboard Upgrades in Boronia

With roughly 2089 residents per square kilometre, Boronia homes generally have single-phase supply and a board with somewhere between six and twelve circuits. At roughly 120 metres, Boronia sits on the rise east of the city, with a mix of board vintages across its housing.

Boronia is 29 kilometres from town. Three-phase supply is more common here, which changes both the board and the options above it. Boronia is in Knox. A switchboard upgrade needs no planning permit. It does need the distributor notified where the supply arrangement changes, and it always needs a Certificate of Electrical Safety.

Boronia shares a boundary with Bayswater and Bayswater North, so a booking here often slots into a run we are already doing. Boronia spans roughly 11.3 square kilometres of Knox. Postcode 3155, and 23607 people at the 2021 census.

Local context worth knowing: Boronia railway station opened in 1920, leading to an influx of residents and Boronia Post Office opened on 1 October 1920. Housing from that era typically has a board with no spare ways and no RCD. Boronia sits within a group of suburbs we are in constantly: Bayswater, Bayswater North, Ferntree Gully and Knoxfield.

Boronia grew around Boronia railway station, so housing age tends to step newer as you move away from the line. It is also worth knowing that The new tunnel and intersection opened in 1998, with the land which the railway used to occupy (housing the Country Fire Authority, railway station and large playground/park) being converted into a new shopping centre and carpark.