Both Cranbourne North systems we have written up have twenty panels on the roof. The batteries under them are different sizes, because the households are. We design both parts, handle the rebates and install with our own A-Grade electricians from Somerville.
Cranbourne North filled in over about twenty years. The streets around Merinda Park date from the late 1990s, and the estates kept spreading north towards Thompsons Road and east through the 2000s and 2010s. Most of it is single-storey brick veneer under a tile roof, with ducted gas heating and, very often, an evaporative cooler sitting near the ridge. For solar, that last detail matters more than people expect.
An evaporative unit takes up roof and throws a shadow that moves through the day, and it tends to sit close to where the best panels would go. So a Cranbourne North layout starts with what is already up there. The two systems we have written up in the suburb both came to twenty Jinko Tiger Neo panels, 8.8kW, on a single-phase Sigenergy inverter.
Where they differ is storage. One household chose two battery modules, 16.12kWh, mounted on an outside wall. The other went to three modules, 24.18kWh, in the garage. Neither is the right answer for every house. It comes down to what runs after dark, and whether the gas heater and gas hot water are staying. That is the conversation we have at the site visit, along with the other work we do in Cranbourne North.
Each one is settled with you before the price is written.
Jinko Tiger Neo or Aiko panels placed around the cooler, the flues and the hips of a tile roof. Many roofs here split the array over two planes, as one of our Cranbourne North jobs did, so the system produces from mid-morning into late afternoon.
Sigenergy SigenStor modules stack, so storage is chosen in steps: two modules for 16.12kWh, three for 24.18kWh, more if the house is going all-electric. GoodWe, Tesla Powerwall and Sungrow are the alternatives. We size it from your evening and overnight use, not from a brochure.
Both work. A garage keeps the battery out of the weather and gets bollards where a car parks beside it. An outside wall suits homes where the switchboard is on the far side from the garage, and keeps the cable run short. Our two local jobs used one of each.
A single-phase hybrid inverter runs each of our Cranbourne North systems. We check your supply, apply to the network for the connection and export limit, and set the system to use its own power before it sends any out.
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.
The two Cranbourne North jobs share an array size. The Lyndhurst one shows how far the battery side can go.
Twenty Jinko Tiger Neo panels on a tile roof, a single-phase Sigenergy hybrid inverter and two battery modules fixed to the exterior wall.
The same twenty-panel array, this time across two roof planes, with a single-phase Sigenergy inverter and three SigenStor modules in the garage.
A smaller array with a much larger battery, in nearby Lyndhurst. The owner wanted no visible conduit and the battery 40 metres from the switchboard. Quote to commissioning took under a month.
The battery decision needs your numbers, so that is where we begin.
We read your daily and evening use from the bill or the smart meter data, and ask what is still on gas.
Roof planes, the cooler, shade, the meter box and the two or three places a battery could go.
Usually the same array with two battery sizes, each as a fixed price after rebates, so you can see what the extra module buys.
The Solar Victoria application where you qualify, the federal discounts and the connection agreement, all lodged from our office.
Most systems of this size go in within a day. It is tested, and the app is running on your phone before the van leaves.
Both Cranbourne North systems on this page went through Solar Victoria for the solar, with the paperwork done by us.
Around 30 percent off an approved battery through Cheaper Home Batteries, with no income test. It applies whether the battery goes in with new solar or is added to panels you already have.
For eligible owner-occupiers, and for the solar panels and inverter only. Solar Victoria no longer offers a battery rebate or battery loan. Both closed in 2025.
Federal small-scale technology certificates on the solar panels, taken off at the point of sale. There is no form for you to fill in.
A quote with one option is a sales pitch. Two options with the reasoning is advice.
If two modules cover your evenings, we will say so. The 16.12kWh job on this page shows we fit the smaller option when it suits.
A-Grade electricians employed by Powerband. SAA accredited, New Energy Tech Approved Seller, nothing subcontracted.
Most homes here heat with ducted gas. If reverse cycle heating in Cranbourne North is on your list, we size the battery for it now.
The depot is in Somerville, 19 km away, so a site visit or a return call does not take a week to arrange.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
More questions? 0466 355 441 gets you an electrician.
It suited both households we have written up, each with a battery. If you are adding an EV or replacing gas heating and hot water, a larger array is worth fitting while we are on the roof. We size from your usage, not from a standard package.
Look at what you use between sunset and sunrise. A home on gas heating and gas hot water uses less overnight, and two modules may cover it. Electric heating, a heat pump or an EV push it towards three. We show you both prices.
It takes up space and casts shade, so the layout has to work around it. Most Cranbourne North roofs still fit a worthwhile array on the other planes, and we show you the layout before you decide.
Yes. One of our Cranbourne North batteries is on an exterior wall. It needs a suitable wall, the clearances the rules require and, where possible, shade from direct afternoon sun.
Rarely. Boards from that period usually have circuit breakers and safety switches and need only minor changes. We still open it at the site visit, and anything it needs is in the quote.
No. The Solar Victoria rebate on those jobs was for the solar. Batteries receive the federal discount of around 30 percent. The Solar Victoria battery rebate closed in 2025.
A site visit and a look at your usage, then a written quote showing the array, two battery sizes and the after-rebate price of each. No obligation.
