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title: Switchboard Upgrade in Gladesville
description: Case study: residential electrical           Switchboard upgrade in Gladesville for safer protection and future capacity           The existing 12-pole switchbo
url: https://russoelectrical.com.au/case-studies/switchboard-upgrade-gladesville
date_modified: 2026-10-16
author: Lord Vincent Van Mendoza
language: en_US
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          Case study: residential electrical
          
# Switchboard upgrade in Gladesville for safer protection and future capacity

          
The existing 12-pole switchboard had limited room for future circuits and required improvements to its safety-switch protection and earthing. Russo Electrical upgraded the switchboard and meter-box arrangement, consumer mains and circuit protection.

          
            **Gladesville, NSW**Service area
            **Three-Phase**Installation
            **Completed 2025**Project status
          
        
        
          After
          
            ![Upgraded Gladesville switchboard with labelled Hager circuit protection](https://russoelectrical.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/gladesville-switchboard-after.webp)
          
          Completed switchboard with labelled circuit protection.
        
      
    
  

  
    
      
        Before and after
        
## A clearer, better-protected switchboard arrangement

        
These images come from the completed Gladesville job. They have been cropped to focus on the electrical work and stripped of location metadata.

      
      
        
          Before
          
            ![Existing 12-pole switchboard in Gladesville before the upgrade](https://russoelectrical.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/gladesville-switchboard-before.webp)
          
          The existing board had limited spare capacity and older circuit-protection equipment.
        
        
          
            
          
        
        
          After
          
            ![New labelled switchboard in Gladesville after the upgrade](https://russoelectrical.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/gladesville-switchboard-after.webp)
          
          The upgraded board includes a new main switch and labelled Hager circuit protection.
        
      
    
  

  
    
      
        The situation
        
## The existing board needed more than a simple component swap

        
The project record identified limited board capacity, issues with safety-switch protection and defects affecting the switchboard surround and earthing system.

      
      
        
          
### What required attention

          
- 1A 12-pole board with insufficient room for future power circuits
- 2Safety-switch protection that required upgrading
- 3Defects affecting the existing switchboard surround
- 4An earthing system that formed part of the upgrade scope

        
        
          
### What Russo Electrical delivered

          
- ✓New switchboard and meter-box enclosure in the existing service area
- ✓New 16 mm² XLPE consumer mains with mechanical protection
- ✓New main switch, service fuses, neutral links and Hager RCBO protection
- ✓New earthing electrode and associated earthing work
- ✓Testing and clear switchboard labelling on completion

        
      
    
  

  
    
      
        How the upgrade ran
        
## Planned from isolation through to final testing

        
The work included the Level 2 disconnection and reconnection requirements needed to complete the supply and switchboard upgrade safely.

      
      
        1
### Assess and plan

Review the existing board, supply arrangement, protection and earthing before confirming the upgrade scope.

        2
### Isolate safely

Coordinate the required Level 2 disconnection so the existing equipment can be removed safely.

        3
### Upgrade

Install the new consumer mains, meter-box arrangement, earthing and circuit-protection equipment.

        4
### Test and label

Complete electrical testing, label the switchboard and reconnect the upgraded supply.

      
    
  

  
    
      
        The outcome
        
## Modern protection with room for future electrical needs

        
The completed work addressed the recorded switchboard, supply and earthing issues while producing a clearly labelled installation.

      
      
        **New enclosure**Switchboard and meter-box arrangement
        **RCBO protection**Hager protection across subcircuits
        **New earthing**Electrode and associated system work
        **Tested and labelled**Clearer operation and identification
      
    
  

  
    
      
        Project record
        
## A completed Russo Electrical job in Gladesville

        
This case study is based on the recorded scope and completion photos for a genuine Russo Electrical project covering [switchboard upgrades in Gladesville](https://russoelectrical.com.au/service-areas/switchboard-upgrades-gladesville/). Customer names, the street address, contact details, meter serial numbers and image-location metadata have been excluded.

      
    
  

  
    
      
        
          
## Concerned about your switchboard?

          
Russo Electrical can assess existing circuit protection, capacity and visible switchboard issues for homes in Gladesville and across Sydney.

        
        [Learn about switchboard upgrades](https://russoelectrical.com.au/services/switchboard-upgrade/)