Bankstown's particulars
Two networks
Ausgrid's checker lists both Ausgrid and Endeavour Energy for 2200. Your bill shows which you're on: Ausgrid faults are 13 13 88, Endeavour's 131 003.
Mostly units, half rented
Flats were 58.5% of homes at the 2021 Census and houses 30.0%. Half, 50.4%, were rented.
Post-war growth
The railway arrived in 1909, and the population grew dramatically after the Second World War as people moved out from the inner city and migrants arrived.
Heat
Bankstown averages 8.8 days a year above 35 °C, and hot north-westerlies can push it to 40 °C.
Georges River floods
In February 1956, 300 mm of rain fell in two and a half days. Many of the worst-flooded areas were along the river in Bankstown, Panania, East Hills and Milperra.
Air conditioning in an older Bankstown home
A split system or ducted unit usually wants its own circuit. In a house with an older board, there may be no room for one, or no safety switch to protect it.
An electrician who does aircon circuits checks the board, the main switch and the supply before quoting. If the board needs upgrading, you want to know before the unit's bought.
Renting? Cooling is a landlord conversation first. NSW minimum standards do require enough electricity outlets for lighting, heating and appliances.
What's yours to do, and what isn't
You can
- Reset a tripped breaker once. If it trips again, leave it off.
- Unplug appliances one at a time to find a faulty one.
- Write down what was running when it tripped.
- Check your bill for the network before reporting an outage.
Leave to a licensed electrician
- Adding a circuit for an air conditioner.
- Replacing fuses, breakers or the board.
- Anything on the meter panel.
- Testing after water has been in the house.
If it were our place in Bankstown
We'd sort the cooling circuit in winter, not during the first heatwave. Electricians are easier to book, and if the board needs an upgrade, it isn't rushed.
Want a specialist to sort it?
Tell us the job and your postcode. We match the licence-checked local electrician who does this kind of work, and they call you. No ring-around, and your number goes to them alone.