Fire prevention

63% of home fires start with arc faults switchboards miss*. Basis detects them instantly.


Your home demands 3× more electricity than your switchboard was built for**

More power creates more heat at weak points in your wiring, and traditional switchboards struggle to see it happening.

Overheating

Wires running too hot, slowly degrading insulation until it ignites.

Loose connections

Tiny gaps at terminals build resistance and heat over time.

Dangerous arcs

Electricity jumping across damaged or loose wiring, creating sparks that can start fires.

The Basis Board is designed for today’s homes.

Basis scans every circuit for the smallest, hardest-to-catch warning signs of electrical danger, cutting electricity instantly and alerting you before a minor issue becomes a serious risk.

How Basis prevents electrical fires

Advanced electrical safety devices, powered by digital smarts that detect and shut down even the smallest faults before they become serious.

Spots early warning signs.

Arc faults, overheating, and loose connections are hard to detect. Basis is packed with tech that catches subtle patterns caused by these faults early.

Stops escalation before ignition.

When a fault is detected, Basis immediately isolates the circuit, preventing small issues from becoming serious.

Alerts you to the issue.

Basis sends an instant alert to your phone with the circuit, fault type, and time, so you know exactly what happened and what to do next.

Protective technology you'd expect in a hospital, now in your home.

Advanced arc fault detection

Arc faults cause 63% of home electrical fires resulting from electrical failure, but 90% of these fires can be prevented with arc fault protection.¹ But switchboards can't detect arc faults without expensive upgrades. Basis includes protection on every circuit, as standard.

Thermal monitoring

Overheating at the switchboard is rare, but thermal monitoring adds extra protection, shutting down the circuit if temperatures get abnormally high.

Precision in overload & short-circuit response

Prevents circuits from overheating when too many appliances are running and stops sudden current surges that ignite fire.

Engineered to stop fires at the source

Switchboards are a common place for electrical fires to start. Basis is engineered with materials that contain fire, prevent its spread, and protect critical wiring.

Continuous self-monitoring

Basis checks itself and your home's wiring thousands of times per second, so you always know your home is protected.

Packed full with tech.

Standby control

Fault alerts & diagnostics

Electrical health monitoring

Arc fault monitoring & classification

Appliance classification

Overload & short-circuit protection

Arc fault detection

Thermal monitoring

Live circuit status

Personalised safety configurations

Digital fault monitoring (20KHz)

Power-up delay

Removable surge protection

Spring lever terminations

Fireproof foam

Cable clamps

Firmware & software updates

Traditional boards react. Basis prevents.

Traditional SwitchboardBasis Panel
Basis App
Standby control

Fault alerts and diagnostics

Q1 2026
Electrical health monitoring

Q1 2026
AI & ML models
Arc fault monitoring and classification
$500
Appliance classification

Hardware: Circuit Modules
Overload and short-circuit protection

Arc fault detection
$4,800
Thermal monitoring

Live circuit status

Personalised safety configurations

Digital fault monitoring (20kHz)

Hardware: Board
Power-up delay

Removable surge protection
$420
Spring leve terminations

Fire-proof foam

Cable clamps

Continuous firmware and software updates

Get the fire protection your home deserves, from $3,299^.

*Home Fires Caused by Electrical Failure or Malfunction, 2021 (63% figure). CPSC, New Technology for Preventing Residential Electrical Fires: Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters, and AFCI Safety (afcisafety.org) for the 90% prevention figure.
Source: National Fire Protection Association

**The average home now contains approximately 50 electronic appliances, compared to around 21 in the 1970s — a 138% increase in connected devices. Combined with the greater power draw of modern appliances such as EVs, heat pumps, and induction cooktops, today’s homes place significantly higher electrical loads on infrastructure designed for a different era.
Source: Drax, How did we use electricity in the 70s? (drax.com/uk/electrification/use-electricity-70s/).

^ $3,299 is for a 12-circuit panel, in NZD and includes GST. Pricing differs for 16-circuit and 20-circuit panels.