Three-phase supply, a shed or two, a pressure pump and a long run back to the meter. We design solar, storage and backup around the whole property, and upgrade the older systems already on Bittern roofs. Our own A-Grade electricians, 17 minutes away in Somerville.
Bittern is a small township with acreage on every side, and most of our work here is on the acreage. The property usually has three-phase power, a shed with its own sub-board, tank water with a pressure pump, and a main switchboard that can be a long way from the house, the shed or both. Mains gas does not reach most of it, so the house already leans on electricity more than a suburban one does.
That changes what a battery is for. In town, an outage means no lights and a warm fridge. On tank water it also means no pump, so no shower and no toilet cistern refilling. When we design backup for a Bittern property the pump is the first circuit on the list, and we size the inverter and battery to start it and keep it going.
Plenty of Bittern roofs already have solar, often a modest system fitted years ago. Our written-up Bittern job was exactly that: the original panels and inverter stayed on the wall, and we added 29 new Jinko panels, a Sigenergy hybrid inverter and 40.3kWh of storage alongside them. Whether we add to what you have or start again depends on what we find, and we tell you straight. More on our work around Bittern.
The house is only one of the loads. We count the shed, the pump and anything else on the meter.
Jinko and Aiko panels on the house roof, and on a shed roof where it has the better aspect and the structure and sheeting are sound. Acreage homes tend to have long, unshaded roof faces, but tall gums along a fence line can still take the morning or afternoon, so we check shade across the day.
A three-phase property gets a three-phase hybrid inverter, such as the Sigenergy units we fitted next door in Crib Point and at Cannons Creek. It spreads solar across all three phases and manages the battery and the export limit the network sets.
There is room on acreage to do this properly: battery modules on a concrete pad against the house or the shed, out of the weather and close to the switchboard. Backup is set up for the pressure pump, fridge, lights and communications.
Long runs between the meter, the house and the shed need cable sized for the distance, or the system loses output before it reaches a load. We measure the runs, check each sub-board and price any trenching or board work into the quote.
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.
A solar upgrade in Bittern itself, plus two Western Port jobs on three-phase supply.
This home already had panels and an inverter. We added 29 new 510W Jinko Tiger Neo panels on the concrete tile roof, a Sigenergy hybrid inverter and five battery modules.
Further up Western Port at Cannons Creek, thirty panels went across two roof planes with a three-phase Sigenergy inverter and 24.18kWh of storage on a new pad beside the shed. Done in a day.
Next door in Crib Point, 33 Jinko Tiger Neo panels on three faces of a tiled roof feed a three-phase Sigenergy inverter and four SigenStor modules.
An acreage site visit takes longer than a suburban one, and it should.
We find the point of supply, confirm the phases, open the main board and every sub-board, and pace out the cable runs.
House, shed, pumps, hot water, heating, and what is planned: an EV, a workshop, reverse cycle in place of the wood heater.
If there are panels already, we check what they produce and the age of the inverter before deciding whether they stay.
Array positions, inverter, battery size and location, backup circuits and any cable or board work, in one price after discounts.
Our crew fits it, normally in one to two days. We drop the grid at the board and run the pump on the battery while you watch.
The same programs as in town, with the same limits. We check each against your property before quoting.
Small-scale technology certificates come off the price of new solar panels at the point of sale, including panels added in an upgrade.
For eligible owner-occupiers, on solar panels and inverters only. It was applied on our Bittern upgrade. Eligibility depends on the household and the property, and it never covers a battery: the Solar Victoria battery rebate and battery loan closed in 2025.
Batteries get the federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount, around 30 percent off an approved battery with no income test. It applies whether the battery joins new panels or an existing system.
Acreage jobs are won or lost on the electrical work around the panels.
Some battery proposals stop when they reach a three-phase board. We have written-up three-phase installs on both sides of Bittern.
Sub-boards, long runs and switchboard upgrades are done by our own A-Grade electricians, not handed to someone else.
SAA accredited through Solar Accreditation Australia, a New Energy Tech Approved Seller, and nothing subcontracted.
If the house heats on LPG or wood, the same crew fits the reverse cycle that the solar will power. See heating and cooling in Bittern.
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It changes the equipment, not the outcome. We fit a three-phase hybrid inverter so the solar and battery serve all three phases. The systems we installed in Crib Point and at Cannons Creek are both three-phase.
Often, yes. If the shed roof faces better than the house and its frame and sheeting are in good order, it can carry part or all of the array. The cable run back to the main board is the thing we check most carefully.
That is what we set it up to do. We confirm the pump's size and whether it is single or three-phase, put it on the backup circuits, and test it at handover with the grid switched off.
Either. On our Bittern case study the existing panels and inverter stayed and a new array, hybrid inverter and battery went in beside them. If the old system is failing or sitting on the best roof face, replacing it can be the better call. We test it and explain which.
It needs to be near a switchboard, under cover and at ground level. On acreage that can be the house wall, a carport or the side of a shed. We choose the spot that keeps the cable short.
Normally one to two days on site, depending on how much cable and switchboard work is involved. The network approval beforehand usually takes longer than the install.
We walk the property, then send a written quote covering the array, the battery, backup and any cable or board work. No obligation.
