This area brings together Townsville's two big working districts, the Bohle Industrial Estate on Ingham Road and the heavy industry and highway junction at Stuart, along with the established homes of Mount Louisa and the newer streets of Bohle Plains. The work swings from B-doubles and plant to family cars, caravans and 4WDs.
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- Council: Townsville City
- Suburbs: Bohle, Mount Louisa, Stuart, Bohle Plains
- Main routes: Bruce Highway, Townsville Ring Road, Flinders Highway, Ingham Road, Woolcock Street, Hervey Range Road, Stuart Drive, Southern Port Road
- Typical work: truck and B-double electrics, forklift and plant wiring, fleet beacons and work lights, family car batteries and air conditioning, towbar and caravan wiring, dual battery systems
Suburbs in Industrial South
Despite the name, half of this area is residential. Bohle's southern half is a medium-impact industrial estate on Ingham Road with direct B-double access, and Stuart, south of the city, is where the Bruce and Flinders highways meet, with a power station, a zinc refinery and the road to the port. Between them sit Mount Louisa, a large suburb of homes around its namesake hill, and Bohle Plains, a growing area of new estates beside the Ring Road. Depots and highways bring heavy-vehicle work, while the suburbs bring family cars, caravans and 4WDs.
Bohle · Mount Louisa · Stuart · Bohle Plains
Common auto electrical jobs in Industrial South
Heavy vehicles, plant and towing make up a big share of the work here, with plenty of everyday family car jobs in between.
B-doubles and freight vehicles
Depots in the Bohle estate act as a distribution hub for western Queensland, and Stuart is where the Flinders Highway from Charters Towers and Mount Isa joins the Bruce Highway. That puts a lot of heavy vehicles on these roads. Long runs inland, heat and corrugations are hard on trailer lighting, plugs, ABS power and charging systems. Sealed LED lamps and heat-shrunk joints outlast older globes and taped wiring by a long way.
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Forklifts and yard plant
Warehouses and yards run forklifts, sweepers and other plant that work hard and are often left until something fails. Common jobs include worn ignition switches, failed horns and reversing alarms, flickering work lights and corroded battery plugs on electric units. Regular checks of cables and connectors during servicing catch most of these early. Keep battery plugs clean and the cable boots in place, as dust and moisture work their way in quickly.
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Towing in the suburbs
Families in Mount Louisa and Bohle Plains tow boat trailers, box trailers and caravans, often out along the Bruce Highway or up the Hervey Range. Trailer lights that fail are one of the most common faults, and the cause is usually a corroded plug, a broken earth or a pinched wire. Our guide why aren't my trailer lights working covers the checks to do first.
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Heat and battery life
Townsville's heat speeds up the chemical wear inside lead-acid batteries, and the inland suburbs away from the sea breeze can feel even hotter. Batteries often fail suddenly in summer, even when they gave no warning the day before. A load test at each service is the simplest protection. Our guide on how to test a car battery explains the readings to look for.
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Auto electricians in Industrial South
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- All Out Auto ElectricalJensen · General auto electricalYour business? Claim it free
- Autolek NQMount Louisa · General auto electricalYour business? Claim it free
- Kenny's Auto ElectricalBohle · Air conditioning, General auto electrical, Trucks and heavy vehiclesYour business? Claim it free
- NQ Fuel & MaintenanceMount St John · Fleet and commercial, Mechanic with auto electrical services, Mobile auto electricianYour business? Claim it free
- Stuart Starter & Alternator ServiceStuart · General auto electricalYour business? Claim it free
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