Most after-hours emergency calls land somewhere between a 30-minute reset and a 2-hour rectification. The spread above reflects that. The price you pay is the call-out plus time on-site plus any parts; we agree the rate over the phone before dispatching, so there’s no surprise on the invoice.
What you’re paying for at premium rates
After-hours rates exist to cover the cost of someone being available when nobody else is. What you get for them is a real human answering the phone, a triage conversation so you know what you’re dealing with before we even leave the depot, a licensed electrician on the road within 1–2 hours, and an honest call about whether the fault needs immediate work or whether make-safe plus a follow-up in business hours is the smarter spend.
What’s covered on the night
Make-safe work to isolate the fault and restore power to unaffected circuits, full diagnostic of the root cause, and on-the-spot repair where parts are on the van. Larger remediation (board replacement, full rewiring, parts that need ordering) is quoted in writing during business hours. We don’t pressure you into committing to bigger work mid-emergency. Certificate of Electrical Safety lodged for any prescribed work.
If a fault needs us tonight, call: emergency electrician cover runs evenings and weekends across Melbourne’s east, and we’ll tell you straight whether it needs us tonight or can wait for a business-hours rate.