From 1960s beach houses being brought up to date to new builds in the back streets, we design the panels and battery around the house and fit them with our own A-Grade electricians from Somerville. Our Capel Sound job is written up below.
Capel Sound has only had its name since 2019, when part of Rosebud West was renamed. The houses are older than the name. The grid of flat streets between Rosebud and Tootgarook holds 1960s fibro and weatherboard beach houses, later brick veneer, and a steady run of renovations and new builds on lots where the original cottage has been replaced. If your rates notice still says Rosebud West, we know where you are.
That mix shapes the solar. Updated homes and new builds tend to have tin roofs with long, clean runs, which are quick to lay out and fix to. The original cottages need a closer look first, at roof framing and at a switchboard that may still have ceramic fuses, before panels and a battery go anywhere near them. We check both on the first visit and include any board work in the price.
Our Capel Sound job is a good example of where most quotes here end up: 10.12kW of Jinko panels on a tin roof, a single-phase Sigen Hybrid inverter and 24.18kWh of storage in the garage. It sits alongside the rest of our work in Capel Sound.
The same hardware we fitted on the Capel Sound job, chosen for single-phase homes near the bay.
Jinko Tiger Neo and Aiko panels, clamped to tin with salt-rated fittings or hooked under tiles on older roofs. Flat, open streets mean little shading, so most of the work is in the layout across the available faces.
Capel Sound batteries mostly end up in the garage, where they are out of the salt and close to the board. Sigenergy SigenStor, GoodWe ESA, Tesla Powerwall or Sungrow, with bollards where the car parks.
Most homes here are on single-phase supply. A hybrid inverter runs panels and battery together, handles backup, and reports to an app so you can see what the house is doing from anywhere.
A renovation is the right time to replace an original board. We fit a new one with space for the battery, a heat pump, induction and an EV charger, so the next upgrade does not mean another board.
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.
One installed here, one in Rye and one in St Andrews Beach. Open each for the full specification.
Twenty-three 440W Jinko Tiger Neo panels across the tin roof, a single-phase Sigen Hybrid 10.0 SP inverter and three SigenStor modules in the garage, with the Solar Victoria rebate applied for the owner.
A few minutes west in Rye, the network set a zero export limit. We sized 14.08kW of Jinko Tiger Neo Satin panels and 24.18kWh of Sigenergy storage so the house uses what it makes.
A corroded old system and a failed gas hot water service, replaced in one project with 9.5kW of Jinko panels, 16.12kWh of Sigenergy storage and an Emerald heat pump. This job did not use the Solar Victoria rebate.
Capel Sound is about 40 minutes from Somerville. Five steps, one crew.
Roof type and framing, available faces, the switchboard and a battery spot in the garage or on a sheltered wall.
Your bills, who is home when, and whether gas hot water or heating is next to go.
Panel layout, battery and inverter choice, any board work and the after-rebate price, all in one document.
Network approval and rebate paperwork handled by us, then the install, usually a single day.
Backup demonstrated, monitoring on your phone, and the Certificate of Electrical Safety issued.
Our Capel Sound job used the Solar Victoria rebate. Here is what applies to which part.
For eligible owner-occupiers, on solar panels and the inverter. The owner of the Capel Sound home above claimed it. It does not cover batteries, and the Solar Victoria battery rebate and loan closed in 2025.
Cheaper Home Batteries, around 30 percent off an approved battery with no income test. This is where the battery saving comes from now.
Federal certificates on the solar panels, taken off the price on the quote. If the heating is next, see heating and cooling in Capel Sound.
You can look at a system we put on a house in this suburb before you decide.
The 10.12kW Capel Sound system, with full specification and photos, is on our case studies page.
SAA accredited design, New Energy Tech Approved Seller, and our own A-Grade electricians do the work.
We can time the board, solar and battery with your builder so the walls only open once.
More than 5,000 Melbourne homes have started on electrification with us, and more than 10,000 products installed.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441. An electrician takes the call.
Part of Rosebud West became Capel Sound in 2019, with the same 3940 postcode. Either way, we service it and the rebate rules are the same.
Often, once the roof framing and sheeting have been checked. We look in the roof space at the site visit. If the roof is due for replacement, it is better to do that first and fit the panels after.
Our Capel Sound job is 10.12kW with 24.18kWh of storage, which is a common size for a family home on single-phase supply. Your bills and plans decide the final numbers.
It keeps the battery out of the salt air and weather, close to the switchboard, and easy to protect with bollards. If there is no garage, a sheltered outside wall works.
Before the frame goes up if you can. We can plan conduit, the switchboard and the battery position with your builder, and install once the roof is on.
It is mostly the exposed metal parts that suffer. Salt-rated fixings, sealed isolators and a sheltered battery position deal with it.
A site visit to check the roof and board, then a written quote setting out the panel plan, battery size, brands and what you pay after rebates. No obligation.
