Find auto electrical help in your part of Perth

Perth stretches a long way along the coast, and the auto electrical work changes as you move across it. Inner-city cars sit in apartment basements and do short trips. Industrial hubs like Malaga, Wangara, Kewdale and Welshpool are full of trucks, forklifts and trade utes. Coastal suburbs from Joondalup to Fremantle, Rockingham and Mandurah deal with salt air and boat trailers, while the hills and outer suburbs tow floats and caravans. Start with your area:

What Perth does to vehicle electrics

Perth is hard on vehicle electrics in a few particular ways. These four account for a lot of the work auto electricians do here:

• Summer heat. Perth averages around five days above 40°C a year, and Perth Airport recorded 46.7°C in February 1991. Inland suburbs often run hotter than the coast, which shortens battery life and works air conditioning fans and relays hard. See common car air conditioning problems.
• Long drives. Trips up the coast or out to the country start at Perth's edge and cover big distances. Caravans, dual batteries and charging systems need to work properly, because help can be a long way off. See why a caravan battery isn't charging while towing.
• Salt air. From Hillarys to Fremantle, Rockingham and Mandurah, salt air and boat ramps corrode trailer plugs, lights and earth connections unless they're sealed and rinsed. See why trailer lights stop working.
• Storms. Winter fronts and the occasional summer storm bring heavy rain and hail. The March 2010 hailstorm is still WA's costliest natural disaster, and water in plugs and modules often shows up later as blown fuses and odd faults. See how to check and replace a fuse.

Common auto electrical jobs around Perth

Perth stretches a long way, from Two Rocks and Yanchep down to Mandurah and inland to the hills. The jobs, though, are much the same wherever you are. Start with the one that fits.

• Batteries and no-starts. A mobile auto electrician in Perth can test the battery, alternator and starter where the car is parked, including in the heat of a February afternoon. See car batteries in Perth summer heat and short trips and flat batteries.
• FIFO and work utes. Light bars, beacons, UHF radios, isolators and dual batteries for utes heading to site. See mining and FIFO ute electrics.
• Caravans and touring rigs. Brake controllers, 12-pin plugs and DC-DC charging for the long haul up the coast or out to the Goldfields. See caravan and trailer wiring in Perth and 4WD dual battery setups for WA trips.
• Dash cams and reversing cameras. Hardwired cameras with parking mode, fitted without upsetting airbags or driver-assist systems. See dash cam installation in Perth.
• Trucks and fleets. 24V diagnostics, lighting and charging for the freight and transport yards around Kewdale, Welshpool, Hazelmere and Kwinana. See truck auto electricians in Perth and truck and fleet electrics.

When to call a mobile auto electrician in Perth, and when to book a workshop

With so much of Perth spread along the freeways, getting a dead car to a workshop can take longer than the repair. A mobile auto electrician is the practical answer for flat batteries, charging faults, simple accessory fits and most dash cam installs, whether you are in Ellenbrook, Baldivis or Joondalup.

Workshops suit jobs that need a hoist or a long diagnosis: intermittent faults, damaged looms, full caravan rewires and heavy-vehicle work. Many Perth businesses offer both, and the directory shows which. Before you ring, have the make, model and year handy and note when the fault happens. Our guide to choosing a mobile auto electrician in Perth has a checklist.

Perth auto electrician FAQs

Finding the right auto electrician in the Perth directory

Our Perth auto electricians directory lists local businesses by area, with the kind of work each one does: mobile callouts, diagnostics, air conditioning, 4WD and caravan fit-outs, trucks and plant. Listings are checked by hand before they go up.

Fixing it yourself in Perth?

If you're fitting a DC-DC charger, rewiring a boat trailer or adding work lights to a ute, the right part matters as much as the right technique. Our free guides cover the how-to, and you can order quality parts online from Auto Electrical Australia, dispatched Australia-wide.