24/7 Emergency Electrician in Brisbane

We aim for the fastest possible response across Brisbane and the surrounding suburbs. In most cases we can be with you within a couple of hours, depending on your location, the time of day and traffic. When you call, we will give you a realistic arrival window and keep you updated if anything changes. For genuine safety hazards we always do our best to prioritise the job and get a licensed electrician to you as soon as we can.

We run a genuine round-the-clock emergency service. You can call Comma Electrical at any hour — overnight, on weekends and on public holidays — and speak to a real person about your electrical emergency. Urgent faults like burning smells, sparking outlets or a complete loss of power do not keep business hours, so neither do we. After-hours work is charged differently to a standard daytime appointment, and we will always explain what that means before any work begins.

It depends on where the problem is. If the fault is outside your property — a street outage, damaged power lines or an issue on the network side of your meter — that is Energex's responsibility and you should contact them. If the problem is inside your home or business, such as a tripping switchboard, faulty wiring, dead outlets or a burning smell, you need a licensed electrician. If you are not sure which it is, call us and we will help you work out who should attend.

If it is safe to do so, switch the power off at the main switch on your switchboard, stay clear of any affected areas and keep water well away from electrical points. Do not touch exposed or damaged wires, and do not try to reset equipment that is sparking, smoking or smells like it is burning. If anything feels unsafe, leave it alone and wait for us. Your safety always comes first — when in doubt, call us and we will talk you through it.

Emergency and after-hours call-outs are priced differently to a standard daytime job because they are urgent and often outside normal hours. Once our electrician has inspected the fault on site, you will get a clear fixed price for the repair before any work starts, including any parts that are needed. We explain costs upfront so there are no surprises, and you can decide how you would like to proceed before we begin.

Yes. Every Comma Electrical technician is a fully licensed Queensland electrician and the business holds a current electrical contractor licence. We also carry public liability insurance, so the risk sits with us, not with you. On emergency work we still follow the same safety standards as any other job, and where required we issue a Certificate of Testing and Compliance once the work is done.