Find auto electrical help in your part of Armidale

The work changes as you move across the Tablelands. In Armidale it's town cars, student hatchbacks and short winter trips that flatten batteries, plus vans heading down Waterfall Way to the coast. Up the highway in Guyra, one of Australia's highest towns, diesel farm utes, tractors and machinery-shed wiring take over. Uralla, the seat of its own shire, mixes foundry and farm work vehicles with caravans turning onto Thunderbolts Way. Start with your area:

What Armidale does to vehicle electrics

Life at altitude in New England is hard on vehicle electrics in a few particular ways:

• Hard frosts. The Bureau of Meteorology's Armidale Tree Group Nursery station averages about 66 mornings a year at or below 0°C and has recorded -11.2°C. Cold cuts a battery's starting power just when the engine is hardest to turn. See how to test a car battery.
• High country. Armidale sits at about 980 m and Guyra at about 1,330 m, with occasional snow on the higher ground. Diesel glow plugs, heater fans and demisters all get a real workout from May to September. See is it my starter motor or my battery.
• Wildlife at dawn and dusk. Transport for NSW says 1 in every 41 casualty crashes on country roads involves a vehicle hitting an animal, with kangaroos most active around dawn and dusk. Good headlights and correctly wired driving lights help you see them sooner. See how to wire a 12V relay for driving lights.
• Long, hilly towing routes. Waterfall Way runs about 170 km from Armidale to the Pacific Highway, climbing the Dorrigo Range on the way, and Thunderbolts Way winds south from Uralla across the Great Dividing Range. Trailer brakes, plugs and van charging all need to be right. See how to install an electric brake controller.

Looking for an auto electrician?

Our Armidale auto electricians directory lists local businesses covering Armidale, Guyra and Uralla, with the kind of work each one does: mobile call-outs, diagnostics, farm and truck electrics, 4WD and caravan fit-outs. Listings are checked by hand before they go up.

Doing the auto electrical job yourself?

Whether you're keeping a farm ute's battery alive through a Guyra winter, wiring driving lights for the New England Highway or replacing a dusty trailer plug, the right part matters. Our free guides cover the how-to, and you can order quality parts online from Ozautoelectrics, dispatched Australia-wide.