Everything you need to draw a home electrical installation your electrician can price and build — from the Wiring Rules to the finished PDF.
Prepare the location, dedicated circuit, cable route, charging power and smart controls before asking an electrician to quote.
Turn the architect’s or builder’s PDF into a room-by-room electrical brief, circuit proposal and clear package for quotes.
Understand the main switch, RCDs, breakers, circuit schedules and rows, then generate a project-specific proposal from the floor plan.
Learn what a single-line diagram contains, how it differs from a multi-line view and how it connects to the house plan.
What to write on each label, how to measure your label holders and how to print true-to-scale labels from your floor plan.
How Planelico turns rooms and equipment into AS/NZS 3000 circuits, RCDs with three circuits each, a modular switchboard and a consistent PDF export.
Planelico, ELEK Cable Pro Web, ETAP and RoomSketcher — what each is actually for, what it costs, and which fits a home job.
Complete step-by-step guide: standard symbols, circuits, using Planelico, professional PDF export.
Plan a home installation in Australia: final subcircuits, RCD and RCBO protection, the switchboard, bathroom zones, certification and what your drawing should show.
Lay out a home switchboard: three circuits per RCD at most, RCD versus full RCBO boards, how many ways, and the circuit schedule.
The IEC 60617 technical symbols used in floor plans: power points, switches, lighting points, safety and smart home devices.
Understand the different types of wiring diagrams: single-line, multi-wire, floor plan layout. Create yours with Planelico.
Everything about apartment and unit electrical plans: circuits, power point counts, strata rules.
How to build a free electrical plan online with Planelico: PDF import, standard symbols, power points, wiring and PDF export.
Create an online electrical schema on your PDF plan: standardised symbols, power points, lighting, circuits, legend and PDF export.
Turn a PDF plan into a complete electrical plan: import, standard symbols, per-room zones, wiring, legend and pro PDF export.
A method to prepare a home wiring plan: power points, lighting, switches, dedicated circuits, data points, zones and PDF export.
Prepare a readable plan to request an electrician’s quote: PDF plan, symbols, rooms, circuits, notes, legend and pro export.
Prepare a rewire plan: survey the existing setup, new power points, lighting, dedicated circuits, the RCD rules for alterations and PDF export.
Put what you've learned into practice with Planelico — the online electrical floor plan tool for homeowners and professionals.