What we light
- Offices and clinics: LED panels and downlights replacing old fluorescent troffers, with even light across desks and screens.
- Shops and showrooms: track lighting and accent lights to show off stock, plus bright general lighting.
- Warehouses, factories and workshops: LED high bays for high ceilings, including in places like the Bomen business area, where tall buildings and long hours make lighting a real running cost.
- Farm and machinery sheds: high bays and battens so you can work on gear after dark. See also sheds and workshops.
- Outside: car park and yard floodlights, security lighting on sensors, signage and shopfront lighting.
- Controls: timers, motion sensors, daylight sensors and separate switching for zones, so lights aren't on where nobody is.
Signs your lighting needs attention
- Fluorescent tubes flickering, humming or going dark at the ends.
- A high bay that takes minutes to come up to full brightness, or cycles on and off.
- Staff complaining about glare, dark corners or eye strain.
- Lights left on all night in areas nobody uses.
- Failed fittings in high places that need a scissor lift to reach, so they never get fixed.
- Water or dust getting into fittings in a shed, wash bay or loading dock.
How Nelson approaches a lighting job
- Look at how the space is used. A loading dock, a reception desk and a fine-detail work bench need different light. So does a shed you only use at night during harvest.
- Choose fittings to suit. Brightness, colour, beam spread, and fittings suited to dust, moisture or heat where needed.
- Plan the switching. Group lights by area and add sensors or timers where they'll save running hours.
- Quote in writing. You know the price before work starts.
- Install and test. Tell us about your trading hours or shifts so we can plan around them. Every circuit we work on is tested.
- Certify. You get a Certificate of Compliance for Electrical Work (CCEW), lodged through the Building Commission NSW eCert portal, which has been the only way to lodge since 1 July 2026.
Why switch to LED
Most older commercial lighting is fluorescent tubes, metal halide or high-pressure sodium high bays. Swapping to LED usually means:
- lower power use for the same or better light;
- instant-on, with no warm-up time, which also makes motion sensors practical in warehouses;
- much less maintenance, which matters most where fittings are high up;
- less heat from the fittings, which helps in a Wagga summer when the building is already working hard to stay cool.
How much you save depends on how many hours the lights run and what you're replacing. We won't promise a figure without looking at your site, but we can talk you through the trade-offs. Our LED downlight upgrade guide covers the basics for smaller spaces.
Rules that apply
- Licensed work. Installing or changing light fittings is electrical wiring work. In NSW it needs a licensed electrician, whatever the size of the job, and the NSW Government states fines of $110,000 for a company doing unlicensed work.
- Certificate for every job. A CCEW is required whenever electrical work is done, lodged no later than 7 days after the work is tested.
- Your premises are a workplace. The NSW WHS Regulation 2025 (which replaced the 2017 Regulation in August 2025) puts duties on whoever manages the site, including regular testing of RCDs by a competent person. We can look after that alongside the lighting.
Lighting work is often part of a bigger job, such as a shop or office fit-out, or regular upkeep under commercial maintenance.
What affects the price
Commercial lighting is quoted per job, based on the number and type of fittings, the ceiling height and access, any controls, and for sites outside Wagga, travel (free close to the city, charged further out). Call 0416 085 416 or send the job through with photos and a rough count of fittings for a written quote.
Common questions
Can I just swap fluorescent tubes for LED tubes?
Sometimes, but it depends on the fitting. Some LED tubes need the fitting rewired to bypass the old ballast, and that's electrical work for a licensed electrician. In many cases a new LED fitting is the simpler, longer-lasting option. We'll tell you which makes sense.
Do you install lighting in high warehouses and sheds?
Yes. High bays in warehouses, workshops and farm sheds are part of what we do. Tell us the ceiling height when you send the job through, as it affects access equipment and the quote.
Can you add motion sensors to our warehouse lights?
Usually, yes, especially with LED fittings that come on instantly. Sensors work well in aisles, storerooms and amenities that are only used part of the time.
Will LED lighting reduce our power bill?
Generally, yes, for the same amount of light, but how much depends on hours of use and what you're replacing. We'd rather look at your site than quote a percentage that doesn't apply to you.
Can you fix lights in our car park?
Yes. Failed car park and security lights are often a fitting, sensor or timer fault. Fault finding is charged by the hour, and we'll tell you before replacing anything.