Double-storey roofs carry fewer panels, so in Bentleigh East the battery and the switchboard often matter as much as the array. Jinko panels, GoodWe, Sigenergy, Tesla Powerwall and Sungrow storage, installed by our own A-Grade electricians.
Bentleigh East is two suburbs at once. One is the postwar single-storey brick veneer and weatherboard homes on blocks of about 600 square metres. The other is everything built where those houses used to be: double-storey family homes and side-by-side townhouses that fill more of the block and have a roof broken into smaller faces. On the newer homes there is simply less room for panels, and getting onto a second-storey roof safely takes more planning.
That changes the design. The double-storey Bentleigh East home we fitted out carries 8.075kW of solar, a modest array, with 24.96kWh of GoodWe storage behind it. The battery is large for the panels because the household uses most of its power after dark, and on a short winter day every kilowatt-hour the roof makes needs somewhere to go other than back to the grid for a few cents.
The same job needed a main switchboard upgrade, which is common here in homes of every age. We check the board, the supply and the battery position before quoting, and price it all in one figure. Our other work nearby is on the Bentleigh East page.
Each part chosen for how much roof you actually have and when you use power. Installed by Powerband employees only.
Jinko Tiger Neo or Aiko panels across every usable face of a two-storey roof, including the small ones, so the total output is worth having. Original single-storey hips are simpler and usually take a larger array.
GoodWe, Sigenergy, Tesla Powerwall or Sungrow storage, sized to what the household uses from late afternoon to morning rather than to the array. Mounted in the garage near the board, with backup circuits set up.
Older boards in the postwar homes, and some boards in newer homes, do not have the room or protection a battery needs. We replace them where required and leave space for an induction cooktop, heat pump or EV charger.
Most homes here are single phase, which caps how much an inverter can export. We choose an inverter and battery that suit that limit and lodge the network approval for you.
The full range is on our products page.
Tier-one panels with 25-year performance warranties, laid out for the roof faces you have.
Hybrid and string inverters, chosen so a battery can join the system now or later.
Home batteries sized to the evening peak, with backup circuits set up for outages.
Home chargers wired into the same system and set to charge from your solar first.
Our Bentleigh East system, plus two nearby. Open any of them for the full write-up and the owner's review.
A double-storey, single-phase home. Seventeen Jinko Tiger Neo panels on the tile roof, a GoodWe inverter, three GoodWe battery modules in the garage and the main switchboard upgraded to carry it.
Just over the border from Bentleigh East. Twenty-six 510W Jinko panels on a red brick home, a Sigenergy single-phase inverter and three SigenStor battery modules.
Seventeen Aiko panels fitted between two chimneys on a narrow terracotta terrace roof, feeding a GoodWe inverter with 16.64kWh of battery storage. Proof a tight roof still works.
We are about 40 minutes from Bentleigh East, longer in peak hour, so we set aside a full day for each install.
Your bills or smart meter data show when you use power, which sets the battery size.
Roof faces and access, shading from neighbouring rebuilds, the switchboard, supply phase and battery location.
Layout, inverter, battery, any board upgrade and the after-rebate price, all in writing.
Scaffold or edge protection as the roof needs, then panels, inverter, battery and board work by our own crew.
Monitoring app, backup test and the Certificate of Electrical Safety before we leave.
Our Bentleigh East job above did not use the Solar Victoria rebate. The federal discounts applied regardless.
Around 30 percent off an approved battery under Cheaper Home Batteries, with no income test. On a battery-heavy system like the ones here, this is the biggest saving.
Federal certificates on the panels, applied at the point of sale on every eligible system.
The Solar Victoria rebate and loan cover panels and inverter only, for eligible owner-occupiers who meet the income and property value tests. Not every Bentleigh East home will. Changing the gas heater too? See heating and cooling in Bentleigh East.
A Bentleigh East job on this page, and the electrical side handled by our own people.
The Bentleigh East system on this page is written up with the owner, including what it cost to bring the switchboard up to standard.
A-Grade electricians under licence REC 32300, SAA accredited, and a New Energy Tech Approved Seller.
More than 20 years in the trade and over 10,000 products installed.
We also install reverse cycle heating, heat pump hot water and EV chargers, so the board and battery are planned for them.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441.
Usually, yes. The array may be smaller than on a single-storey roof, but paired with a battery the power is used in the evening when it is worth the most. Our Bentleigh East job is 8.075kW with a 24.96kWh battery.
Battery size follows how much you use after dark, and array size follows the roof. On a two-storey home with limited roof, it is normal for the battery to be large in proportion.
With edge protection or scaffold as the roof requires, set up before anyone goes up. It is priced into the quote.
It limits how much can be exported at once, not how much you can use. We choose an inverter to suit and lodge the export application with the network.
Sometimes, mainly in winter. We check the shading at the site visit and leave out faces that will not perform rather than fill them for the numbers.
That comes down to household income, the property value and whether it is your own home. The federal discounts apply either way, and our quote shows the price with and without it.
A site visit, then one written price with the layout, battery size, any switchboard work and the rebates that apply. No obligation.
