Industrial projects
Three-phase work, straight answers.
Distribution upgrades, machine commissioning, switchboard maintenance and breakdown response across Melbourne's northern industrial corridor. One REC 28523 electrician on the floor, written scope, written program, certificates lodged with EnergySafe Victoria.
Quick answer
Thunderman Electrical and Air Conditioning Services handles small-to-medium industrial electrical projects across Greater Melbourne's northern corridor — three-phase distribution upgrades, machine commissioning, factory switchboard maintenance and thermographic surveys, industrial breakdown response. REC 28523 licensed (EnergySafe Victoria), AS/NZS 3000 + AS/NZS 4836 compliant, fully insured. Yiannis Knodarites answers the phone directly — no after-hours dispatcher, no call-centre.
What this looks like
One licence, straight to the operations manager.
Industrial electrical work doesn't tolerate the customer-service pattern of a domestic call. When a three-phase fault stops a Cooper Street factory floor at 6am on a Monday, the operations manager doesn't want a triage call-centre — they want the electrician directly. Yiannis answers the phone, and in most northern-corridor industrial postcodes (Campbellfield, Somerton, Tullamarine, Broadmeadows, Glenroy) the van is on site inside ninety minutes during business hours.
The work that follows is written: a scope, a workback program, a single-line diagram where the install needs one, a lock-out / tag-out sequence before any switchboard is opened, a Certificate of Electrical Safety lodged with EnergySafe Victoria when the job is done, and a thermographic re-check on the modified board where the insurer wants it on the file.
Honest about capacity: one REC 28523 + apprentice + trusted-network carries small-to-medium industrial scope well. For large multi-month industrial builds with several trades coordinated against a head contractor's program, Thunderman is best deployed as a sub-trade in the team rather than the principal electrical contractor. Where the scope is bigger than we can carry inside the window, we say so before the deposit is paid.
At a glance
| Licence | REC 28523 (EnergySafe Victoria) |
|---|---|
| Compliance scope | AS/NZS 3000 (Wiring Rules), AS/NZS 4836 (Live work), AS/NZS 3008 (Cable selection) |
| Standard work types | 3-phase distribution upgrades, machine commissioning, switchboard maintenance, breakdown response |
| Diagnostics | Calibrated thermographic switchboard surveys with insurer-ready documentation |
| Certificates | CoES lodged with EnergySafe Victoria on every fixed install |
| Service area | Greater Melbourne & surrounds (Campbellfield, Cooper Street precinct, Somerton, Tullamarine corridor) |
Standard scope items.
- Three-phase distribution upgrades for new machine installs (mills, lathes, presses, compressors)
- VSD + soft-starter coordination with machine installers
- Sub-distribution board design + install with Type B RCD where required
- Calibrated thermographic switchboard surveys + insurer-ready reports
- Switchboard maintenance — lug torque, busbar inspection, lockout-tagout discipline
- Industrial breakdown response — direct mobile, no call-centre triage
- Distributor liaison for service-capacity upgrades + meter equipment changes
- Cool-room + warehouse refrigeration electrical integration
- Compliance documentation: CoES, AS/NZS 3000 statements, AS/NZS 4836 live-work where needed
- Public liability + professional indemnity insurance (COI on request)
Industrial projects — common questions
Can you commission a new three-phase machine in my factory?
Yes. Standard workflow: assess existing supply capacity (with distributor liaison where a service upgrade is needed), specify a new sub-distribution board with appropriate switchgear and earth-leakage protection, coordinate the install around the machine installer's soft-starter or VSD configuration, commission the circuit, and lodge the Certificate of Electrical Safety with EnergySafe Victoria. REC 28523 licensed.
My insurer wants an annual thermographic scan of my industrial switchboards. Do you do that?
Yes. Thunderman runs calibrated thermographic surveys of industrial switchboards — identifying hot lugs, busbar degradation, overloaded sub-circuits — documents the findings in a report your insurer can accept, and schedules any rectification work for the operations window that costs the factory the least production time.
How fast can you respond to a three-phase fault on the factory floor?
Yiannis answers the phone directly. Within the northern + north-western corridor (Campbellfield, Cooper Street, Somerton, Tullamarine, Broadmeadows, Glenroy) confirmed urgent industrial faults are typically on site inside ninety minutes during business hours, and the same number is answered for after-hours emergencies.
Are you compliant with AS/NZS 4836 for live work?
Yes — and we prefer not to work live. Most industrial work we do is properly isolated and lockedout-tagged before any panel is opened. Where genuinely live diagnostic work is necessary (a fault that only presents under load, for example), it is performed by a licensed electrician with current AS/NZS 4836 competency and the appropriate PPE.
Will Thunderman handle a large-scale industrial scope?
Honestly: small-to-medium industrial work yes, large multi-month industrial projects with several trades coordinated on a tight program — only as part of a head contractor's team, not as the principal electrical contractor. Where the scope exceeds what one REC 28523 + apprentice + trusted-network can carry inside the program, Thunderman will say so up-front and recommend a larger commercial electrical contractor rather than over-promise.
Email Yiannis the machine spec or the fault description.
The fastest project quote comes from a machine datasheet + a single-line of the existing distribution. Email [email protected] or call 0434 254 474 — he answers.