Single-phase cottage or three-phase house on a bigger lot, we design the panels, inverter and battery around the connection at your meter. Installed by our own A-Grade electricians from Somerville, with a written-up Crib Point job to show for it.
Crib Point sits on the Western Port side of the Peninsula, between Bittern and Stony Point, with HMAS Cerberus on its southern edge and the mangroves along the shore. Most of the township is plain single-storey housing on ordinary residential blocks, weatherboard and brick veneer, with tile or tin roofs that are rarely crowded by a second storey or a big tree. That is about as straightforward a starting point for solar as you get.
The detail that changes the design is the supply. Some Crib Point homes are on a standard single-phase connection, and some, particularly the newer builds and the larger lots on the edge of town, are three-phase. Our written-up job here was one of the three-phase ones: 33 Jinko Tiger Neo panels spread over three faces of a tiled hip roof, a Sigenergy three-phase inverter and four SigenStor battery modules, 32.24kWh in total, with the Solar Victoria rebate applied.
We work out which supply you have before anything else, because it decides the inverter, how the battery backs up the house and how much the network will let you export. Then we size the panels and storage to how the house is used. More on our general electrical work in the area is on the Crib Point page.
The brands stay the same from job to job. The order we make the calls in is what gets the design right.
We confirm single or three-phase, look at the age of the switchboard and check the main cable size. A three-phase home gets a three-phase hybrid inverter, such as the Sigenergy unit on our Crib Point job, so the solar and the battery serve every phase.
Jinko Tiger Neo and Aiko panels set across the north, east and west faces where the roof allows. Low-pitched township roofs take long, tidy rows. On the Crib Point job the array covered three faces of a hip roof.
We fit Sigenergy, GoodWe, Sungrow and Tesla Powerwall batteries, and size storage to carry the house from late afternoon into the night, and set up backup circuits so the fridge, lights and internet keep going when a storm takes the power out.
Streets closer to the water get salt-rated mounting, sealed isolators and outdoor gear kept out of the weather. The battery goes in the garage or under cover on a pad, close to the 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 job in Crib Point itself, one up the road in Hastings and one three-phase property at Cannons Creek. Each links to the full write-up.
The system was designed around what the house could support. 33 Jinko Tiger Neo panels across three faces of a tiled roof feed a Sigen three-phase inverter and four SigenStor modules.
A few minutes north in Hastings, the same size array on a tin roof, this time single-phase, with five SigenStor modules in the garage for a very long evening.
Further round Western Port at Cannons Creek, thirty panels over two roof planes, a three-phase SigenStor inverter and three battery modules on a new pad beside the shed. Done in a day.
Crib Point is down the road from Somerville, so the visit and the install fit in around your week, not ours.
An electrician checks the supply, the switchboard and every roof face, and looks at where a battery can safely sit.
We ask when the house uses power and what is coming next, such as a heat pump, reverse cycle heating or an EV.
Panel positions drawn on your roof, the inverter and battery chosen for your supply, and a fixed after-rebate figure.
Solar Victoria eligibility, STCs, the federal battery discount and the network application, all before install day.
Our own crew fits the lot, tests the backup with you and issues the Certificate of Electrical Safety.
Each program covers one piece of the system. We check every one against your address and household before the quote goes out.
Cheaper Home Batteries takes around 30 percent off an approved battery at the point of sale. There is no income test. It is the only battery incentive now, since the Solar Victoria battery rebate and loan closed in 2025.
Available to eligible owner-occupiers and limited to the panels and inverter. Our Crib Point job had the rebate applied on the owner's behalf.
Federal certificates come off the price of the panels on the quote. If the house is still heated by bottles or wood, see heating and cooling in Crib Point for what applies there.
Western Port is part of our regular run. Crib Point, Hastings and Bittern are all within twenty minutes of the depot.
Crib Point and Cannons Creek are both three-phase systems we designed and installed ourselves. It is not a reason to say no.
Our own A-Grade electricians do the design visit and the install. Nothing on your roof is subcontracted.
SAA accredited for solar and battery design and install, and a New Energy Tech Approved Seller.
We also fit reverse cycle heating, heat pump hot water and EV chargers, so the system is sized for them from day one.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441. An electrician picks up.
Look in the meter box. Three main switches or a three-pole main switch usually means three-phase, but the easiest way is to send us a photo of the board. We confirm it at the site visit either way.
The inverter costs a little more, but it lets the solar and battery serve all three phases, and the network often allows more export. Our Crib Point and Cannons Creek jobs are both three-phase.
If backup is set up, yes. We agree with you which circuits stay on, usually the fridge, lights, internet and a few power points, and test it before we leave.
Output is not affected. Close to the water we use salt-rated mounting and sealed outdoor gear, and keep the battery sheltered so it lasts.
Often, if the structure is sound and the cable run back to the board is reasonable. We look at it during the site visit and include it in the layout if it makes sense.
A site visit within days, the quote soon after, and a one-day install once approvals are through. The network approval is usually what sets the date.
We check the supply, the board and the roof, then send a written quote with the layout, battery size and after-rebate price. No obligation.
