Emergency electricians in Sunshine Coast
19 Sunshine Coast electricians that say they take emergency callouts, for sparking, burning smells, a switchboard that keeps tripping, no power to part of the house, or a fault after water damage.
Do this first
Before anyone arrives, and before you agree to a callout fee.
- 1If anything is sparking, smoking or smells like burning plastic, switch the circuit off at the switchboard immediately.
- 2If you cannot safely reach the board, or the board itself is the problem, leave the house and ring 000.
- 3Never touch a fallen powerline or anything in contact with one. Stay at least eight metres away and ring your electricity distributor — it is their line, not an electrician's job.
- 4If power is out across the street it is a network fault, not your wiring. Check your distributor's outage page before paying anyone a callout fee.
- 5If a safety switch keeps tripping, unplug appliances one at a time and reset. If it still trips with everything unplugged, the fault is in the wiring — stop and call.
If anyone is in danger, ring 000. For a gas leak ring 132 771. For a fallen powerline, stay at least eight metres away and ring your electricity distributor — not a tradesperson.
19 of 80 electricians listed in Sunshine Coast, Queensland state that they offer emergency or after-hours callouts. This is what each business publishes about itself and has not been independently verified — WhoToHire does not check response times or confirm that anyone is available at a given hour. The businesses are ordered by independent evidence: corroboration across sources, agreement between the listed phone number and the number on the business's own website, website reachability and review history. Nobody pays for a position. Before ringing, ask about the callout fee, the after-hours loading, and how long until someone is actually on site.
What “emergency” means on this page
These 19 businesses publish that they take emergency callouts. We have not verified that. Unlike the ABN, contact-accuracy and website checks — which we run ourselves and publish the results of either way — availability is a claim, and nobody has rung these numbers at 3am to test it. Expect to try more than one.
All 19 emergency electricians in Sunshine Coast
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All Sunshine Electrical
Sunshine Coast, QLD
90.7/1005.0from 249 reviews- Independently corroborated
- Website live
- Phone number matches
- ABN confirmed
- Free quotes
- Offers a warranty
- Emergency callouts
Trusted Electrical
Sunshine Coast, QLD
87.8/1005.0from 112 reviews- Independently corroborated
- Website live
- Phone number matches
- Free quotes
- Offers a warranty
- Emergency callouts
J & P Electrical
Sunshine Coast, QLD
86.9/1005.0from 176 reviews- Website live
- Phone number matches
- Free quotes
- Emergency callouts
D2E Electrical Co.
Sunshine Coast, QLD
86.5/1004.9from 202 reviews- Website live
- Phone number matches
- ABN confirmed
- Offers a warranty
- Emergency callouts
FLR Electrical
Sunshine Coast, QLD
85.9/1005.0from 135 reviews- Website live
- Phone number matches
Beaumont Electrical
Dicky Beach, QLD
83.9/1004.8from 71 reviews- Independently corroborated
- Website live
- Phone number matches
- Free quotes
- Offers a warranty
- Emergency callouts
Brightwave Electrical
Sunshine Coast, QLD
81.3/1005.0from 45 reviews- Website live
- Phone number matches
- Free quotes
- Offers a warranty
- Emergency callouts
Emerge Electrical Group
Sunshine Coast, QLD
78.9/1005.0from 15 reviews- Independently corroborated
- Website live
- Phone number matches
- Free quotes
- Emergency callouts
Nashcom Electrical
Caloundra West, QLD
81.9/1005.0from 29 reviews- Independently corroborated
- Website live
- Phone number matches
- ABN confirmed
- Free quotes
- Emergency callouts
Powerhaus Electrical
Sunshine Coast, QLD
81.1/1005.0from 57 reviews- Phone number matches
- Free quotes
- No callout fee
- Offers a warranty
- Emergency callouts
TMEC Services
Sunshine Coast, QLD
81.4/1004.9from 31 reviews- Independently corroborated
- Website live
- Phone number matches
- Trading since 2014
- Free quotes
- Offers a warranty
- Emergency callouts
Seaside Electrical Co
Sunshine Coast, QLD
81.6/1005.0from 48 reviews- Website live
- Phone number matches
- ABN confirmed
Hennig Electrical Services
Nambour, QLD
79.8/1004.8from 25 reviews- Independently corroborated
- Website live
- Phone number matches
- Trading since 2007
- Free quotes
- Emergency callouts
All Electrical Work
Warana, QLD
76.8/1004.7from 13 reviews- Independently corroborated
- Website live
- Phone number matches
- ABN confirmed
- Trading since 2010
- Offers a warranty
- Emergency callouts
Buderim Electrical
Buderim, QLD
75.4/1004.9from 81 reviews- Independently corroborated
- Phone number matches
Excite Electrics
Maroochydore, QLD
74.5/1004.9from 107 reviews- Independently corroborated
- Website live
- Trading since 2013
Coast Electrical and Data Services
Sunshine Coast, QLD
67.3/1004.9from 35 reviews- Website live
- ABN confirmed
- Free quotes
- Emergency callouts
Power It Up
QLD
67.0/100- Independently corroborated
- Website live
- Phone number matches
- ABN confirmed
- Free quotes
- Emergency callouts
Element Power
Sunshine Coast, QLD
63.1/1005.0from 38 reviews- Independently corroborated
- Website live
- ABN confirmed
- Free quotes
- Emergency callouts
Ask these on the phone
Emergency work is where quote-on-arrival pricing causes the most disputes. Two minutes of questions before anyone is dispatched prevents nearly all of them.
- What is the callout fee, and what does it cover?
- What is your electrical licence number, and which state issued it?
- Will I get a certificate of electrical safety for the work?
- How long until someone is on site?
Common questions
- How many Sunshine Coast electricians offer emergency callouts?
- 19 of the 80 electricians listed in Sunshine Coast state that they take emergency or after-hours callouts. That is what the business publishes about itself — we have not independently verified availability, response times or that anyone will answer at 3am.
- What should I do before electrician arrives?
- If anything is sparking, smoking or smells like burning plastic, switch the circuit off at the switchboard immediately. If you cannot safely reach the board, or the board itself is the problem, leave the house and ring 000. Never touch a fallen powerline or anything in contact with one. Stay at least eight metres away and ring your electricity distributor — it is their line, not an electrician's job.
- What should I ask when I ring?
- What is the callout fee, and what does it cover? What is your electrical licence number, and which state issued it? Will I get a certificate of electrical safety for the work? Getting the callout fee and the after-hours loading agreed on the phone is the single most effective thing you can do to avoid a dispute afterwards.
- Does anyone pay to appear on this list?
- No. There is no paid placement, no sponsored listings and no advertising product anywhere on this site. The order is set by independent checks — corroboration across sources, contact accuracy, website reachability and review history.
Not actually an emergency?
If it can wait until business hours, it is worth waiting. Emergency callouts carry after-hours loadings, and the full Sunshine Coast list is 80 businesses rather than 19 — a much better field to choose from.
All electricians in Sunshine CoastNobody on this page paid to be here
There is no advertising product, no sponsored slot and no way to buy a position. The order comes from the checks described on the method page, applied identically in every category and every location.