Cairns · Port Douglas · Innisfail · Atherton Tablelands · Far North QLD
Switchboard labels
for
Cairns boards.
A switchboard label identifies a circuit, main switch, or supply on a board — AS/NZS 3000 clause 2.8 requires that identification to be permanent and legible for the life of the installation. RBZ 3D engraves switchboard label sets to order in Townsville, Queensland and delivers them to Cairns and greater Queensland in 2–4 business days after 1–3 business days production.
Circuit identification, main switch and isolator labels, RCD tags, board schedules and legend cards — engraved by a licensed electrician, priced online, and shipped tracked to Cairns in 2–4 business days.
Order today — Express by Tue 18 Aug · Priority Air by Mon 17 Aug
- Customer rating
- 5.0 from 15 reviews
- Avg $3.38
- Avg $3.38 / label
- Made by a
- Made by a licensed sparky
- 2–4
- 2–4 days to Cairns
- 1–3 day
- 1–3 day production
- No minimum
- No minimum order
Real prices
See the price before you commit.
No quote, no waiting. Common sizes priced per label below — cheaper per unit in bulk, and there’s no minimum order.
Build yours & see your price40 × 12 mm
Circuit ID label
$2.69
per label
Switchboard circuit labels
100 × 50 mm
Main switch label
$6.81
per label
The standard switchboard size
150 × 50 mm
Warning / PV sign
$9.09
per label
Solar & safety signage
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Standard — FREE over $40 / $8.50
Fri 14 Aug – Fri 21 Aug
Express — Express $15
Thu 13 Aug – Tue 18 Aug
Priority Air — Priority Air $35
Thu 13 Aug – Mon 17 Aug
Board work in Cairns
Coastal meter boxes, resort plant boards, and vessel distribution.
Far North Queensland is the hardest environment in the country for a printed board label. Cairns meter boxes sit in salt air and near-vertical sun, and switchroom doors get opened in humidity that peels adhesive off within a couple of wet seasons. Boards up here get relabelled far more often than boards down south — usually because the identification failed, not because the circuits changed.
The work itself is resorts, hospitality, and marine. Plant room boards for accommodation and pool plant, kitchen and cool-room circuit identification, and distribution boards on vessels where the same panel carries shore power and generator supply and the changeover has to be unambiguous. We engrave four hours down the Bruce Highway, so Cairns is a one-to-two day freight leg rather than a mainland-to-FNQ one.
See the full switchboard label range →What customers are saying
See all →“As soon as I had put my order in, Josh was on the phone to me to adjust a few things to make sure it was 100% right. Couldn’t ask for better service and transparency from designing all the way to picking up the labels.”
“Great service and communication”
“Hi recently had solar panels installed, but the installer did a messy job on my switchboard. The moved all the switches around, but didn't move any of the existing labels, and the new labels were just label maker and the terminology was non complaint (failed and Office of the Technical Regulator audit). I took it on myself to get professionally laser cut labels to replace the dodgy label maker/hand written and non-compliant language. RBZ3D was easy to use to make all the labels I need, shipped quick enough, and now the labels look so much better. Would definitely recommend and use again.”
“Treff labels supplied as requested, great job thank you”
On the escutcheon
The boards we label in Cairns.
Every set is engraved to your schedule and sorted so it can be fitted in order — one board or a whole site.
Coastal meter boxes & mains boards
Main switch and circuit identification engraved rather than printed — the text is cut into the material, so salt air, humidity, and UV have nothing to lift or fade.
Resort & hospitality plant boards
Pool plant, kitchen, cool room, and accommodation block circuit identification for boards that get opened by whoever is on shift, not by the electrician who wired them.
Vessel & shore power boards
Shore supply, generator, and changeover identification for reef fleet and charter vessel distribution boards, plus board ID tags for the panels themselves.
Solar isolator sets
DC and AC isolator labels, array warnings, and shutdown procedures for FNQ install schedules — bulk sets ordered per job rather than per label.
Relabelling failed identification
Where the old printed schedule has gone unreadable, send a photo of the board and the circuit list and the replacement set comes back sized to the existing label positions.
Real boards · real labels
What ends up on the board.
Circuit IDs, board tags, isolator labels, door signage, legend plates. Click any photo to enlarge.
From schedule to escutcheon
Send the schedule. Fit the labels.
Type the schedule, confirm the artwork, and the set is engraved and on its way to Cairns — one tracked consignment, sorted by board.
1 · Schedule
One row per label
Paste the circuit list into the bulk tool, or send a photo of the board and we transcribe it.
2 · Production
1–3 business days
Engraved to order in Townsville, QLD once the artwork is confirmed.
3 · Tracked post
2–4 business days
typically, to Cairns after dispatch — tracking number the moment it leaves the bench. Australia Post timeframes are indicative, not guaranteed.
Or · Express
1–2 business days
typically, when a handover, inspection, or shutdown date is fixed. Still Australia Post's network, so it can run long in peak periods.
Or · Priority Air
1–2 business days
StarTrack Premium — the most consistent lane we run to Cairns. It is the one we reach for when the board is waiting on the labels, though no courier can promise a date.
Standards framing
Straight about what a label can claim.
AS/NZS 3000 clause 2.8 asks that switchboard labelling be permanent, legible for the life of the installation, and clear about which circuit and equipment each label identifies. Engraved traffolyte meets the durability and permanence requirements of that clause, because the text is cut into the material rather than printed onto it — there is no ink to fade and no film to lift.
Solar and battery — the one place testing is required
Solar goes further than AS/NZS 3000. The Clean Energy Council’s Advice on Labelling (Version 2, June 2023) requires any label exposed to direct sunlight to be UV resistant, demonstrated by passing IEC 60068-2-5:2018 — a 720-hour accelerated weathering test.
Section 3.1.1 of that document carries an exception: it does not apply to markings that are physically engraved, embossed or etched with durable markings. Engraving is exempt because the marking is the material — there is no printed surface to fade.
The practical difference: a printed or vinyl label in direct sun needs that test report to show it meets the requirement. An engraved one doesn’t. If your supplier can’t produce the report, you can’t demonstrate the label complies.
Read the full breakdown → CER photo evidence and the CEC labelling guideWhat we will not tell you
- ·That the material is “certified” or “approved”. There is no certification scheme for engraving laminate and no inspector approval scheme for labels. A supplier using those words is selling you a word.
- ·That a label makes an installation compliant. Compliance is the installation, the documentation and the person who signed it — a label is one durable part of that.
- ·What your board should say. Josh holds an electrical licence and is happy to talk it through, but the wording call belongs to whoever is responsible for the job.
Common questions
Quick answers.
Do engraved board labels hold up in Far North Queensland meter boxes?
Yes — that is the reason most Cairns relabelling jobs come to us. Engraved traffolyte carries its contrast in the material rather than in ink or a printed film, so there is no layer for humidity, salt air, or UV to lift. Printed and vinyl board labels in FNQ commonly fail well inside the life of the installation.
How quickly do board labels reach Cairns?
We engrave in Townsville, roughly four hours down the highway. After 1–3 business days production, tracked post typically reaches Cairns in 2–4 business days and express in around 1–2. Australia Post timeframes are indicative; Priority Air is the most consistent lane when a date is locked in.
What does AS/NZS 3000 require on a Cairns switchboard?
Clause 2.8 of the Wiring Rules deals with identification: switchboard labelling has to be permanent, legible for the life of the installation, and clear about which circuit or equipment each label refers to. Engraved traffolyte satisfies all three by construction — the text is cut into the material rather than printed onto it, so there is nothing to fade, peel, or rub away.
How do I send a whole board schedule?
Use the bulk tool in the Label Designer — one row per label, paste or type the schedule, and every label is priced as you go. If you would rather not type it, send a photo of the board or a copy of the schedule through Quick Quote and it comes back priced within one business day.
Who makes them, and where?
Josh, a licensed electrician, on one CO2 laser in Townsville, Queensland. Every Cairns order is engraved to order here, checked, and shipped tracked — no outsourcing, no reselling somebody else's labels.
Cairns board to label?
Send the board schedule.
A photo of the open board, a circuit schedule, or a typed list — send it through and it comes back priced within one business day.
Ready when the board is
Label the Cairns board properly.
One replacement circuit label or every board on the site — same engraving, same week.
or call Josh directly on 0432 736 559