Find auto electrical help in your part of Hobart

Greater Hobart spreads along both sides of the River Derwent, and the auto electrical work changes as you cross it. Inner Hobart is short city trips, street parking and university share houses. Glenorchy and the northern suburbs add factories, truck yards and horse floats, and Brighton takes in Bridgewater and the freight hub on the highway north. Clarence on the Eastern Shore mixes waterfront suburbs with industrial estates at Mornington and Cambridge near the airport, while Kingston is a growing family area at the end of the Southern Outlet. Start with your area:

What Hobart does to vehicle electrics

Southern Tasmania is hard on vehicle electrics in its own ways. These four conditions account for much of the work auto electricians do around Hobart:

• Cold winters and frost. July mornings in Hobart average under 5 degrees and frost is common on cars parked outside. A cold battery delivers less cranking power, so weak batteries tend to fail in the first cold snap of June. See how to test a car battery.
• Snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington. Snow regularly settles on the mountain in winter, and cold outbreaks have brought it down as low as 200 metres. Pinnacle Road is often closed at The Springs for ice, and heaters, demisters and headlights get a hard workout on dark, wet mornings. See how to change a headlight globe.
• Salt air from the Derwent estuary. Waterfront suburbs on both shores sit beside a tidal estuary, and boat ramps along the river put trailers in salt water. Battery terminals, earth points and trailer plugs corrode faster near the water. See how to clean corroded battery terminals.
• Hills and short trips. The Southern Outlet climbs over the shoulder of Mt Nelson, and many suburban streets are steep. Lots of short, hilly trips with the heater on leave batteries undercharged, which leads to flat batteries and odd warning lights. See why a car battery keeps going flat.

Looking for an auto electrician?

Our Hobart 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 fleets. Listings are checked by hand before they go up.

Doing the auto electrical job yourself?

If you're replacing a battery before winter, fixing a heater fan that only works on high or rewiring a boat trailer, 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 Ozautoelectrics, dispatched Australia-wide.