Jinko and Aiko panels with Sigenergy, GoodWe, Tesla and Sungrow batteries, designed for the postwar weatherboards, brick veneers and unit blocks of Dandenong. Our own A-Grade electricians sort the switchboard, the panels and the battery in one fixed quote.
Dandenong grew up around the market and the railway, and most of its houses were built between the 1950s and the 1970s. That means weatherboards on stumps in the older streets, brick veneer further out, and a great many units and townhouses on the blocks that have been subdivided since. The roofs are tile or tin, mostly simple shapes, and plenty of them have never carried a panel.
What these homes have in common is wiring from another era. An original board with ceramic fuses, or one that has been added to a circuit at a time for sixty years, cannot take a solar inverter and a battery as it stands. So our first look in Dandenong is at the meter box, not the roof. If the board has to be replaced, that goes into the same fixed quote as the panels, and the new one is laid out with room for the circuits the house will need later.
The second thing we ask is who lives there. Dandenong has a lot of rentals and a lot of strata-titled units, and both change the design and the paperwork. An owner-occupier in a three-bedroom weatherboard, a landlord with two units on a block and an owner in the rear townhouse each need a different answer. We work that out at the visit, along with the other electrical work we do in Dandenong.
The same crew does all four parts, so nothing waits on another trade.
The part most Dandenong quotes from other companies leave as a surprise. We open the board at the site visit, photograph it and tell you plainly whether it stays or goes. A new board gets safety switches on every circuit and spare space for a heat pump, a split system or an EV charger.
Jinko Tiger Neo and Aiko panels on the roof faces that earn their keep. Older tile needs careful handling and the right brackets under each tile, and corrugated tin on a weatherboard takes a different fixing again. We draw the layout so you can see what goes where before you sign.
Sigenergy SigenStor, GoodWe, Tesla Powerwall and Sungrow. Many Dandenong homes have a carport or a side path where a newer house has a garage, so we find a shaded wall close to the board that meets the clearance rules. Modular batteries let a smaller home start with one module and add later.
A hybrid inverter that runs the panels and the battery together, the connection application to the network, and the meter change through your retailer. You get monitoring on your phone and one company to ring if a number looks wrong.
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.
We do not have a written-up Dandenong job yet. These three are from Lyndhurst, Bentleigh East and Berwick, chosen because the houses raised the same questions Dandenong homes do.
A double-storey, single-phase home that needed its main switchboard upgraded before it could carry the system. 17 Jinko Tiger Neo III panels on the tile roof, a GoodWe inverter and 24.96kWh of GoodWe storage in the garage.
A modest array with a large battery. 6.65kW of Jinko Tiger Neo panels and a Sigenergy SigenStor hybrid inverter, with the 40.3kWh battery mounted 40 metres from the switchboard and no conduit on show. Quote to commissioning took under a month.
23 Jinko Tiger Neo III panels on a single-storey home, feeding a GoodWe single-phase inverter and two battery modules in the garage. Here the existing switchboard took the new circuits without a rebuild.
About half an hour up the road from our Somerville depot, so visits are easy to book.
An electrician opens the switchboard, checks the mains and the earthing, then looks at the roof material, its condition and which faces get sun.
For units we ask about the title and the owners corporation. For rentals we talk to the landlord about what the tenants use and when.
Panels, inverter, battery and any board work on a single page with the after-rebate price. If the board needs replacing you hear it now, not on install day.
Network connection approval, the federal discounts and, for eligible owner-occupiers, Solar Victoria. We do the forms.
Normally one day for the system, with board work done in the same visit where we can. Everything is tested and the app is set up before we leave.
The federal discounts apply to the system. The Victorian rebate depends on the household, so we check before quoting.
The Cheaper Home Batteries discount takes around 30 percent off an approved battery. There is no income test, and it is shown on the quote. Solar Victoria no longer has a battery rebate or battery loan, both closed in 2025.
Small-scale technology certificates come off the price of the solar at the point of sale. Nothing to claim back afterwards.
On solar panels and inverters only, for eligible owner-occupiers. We confirm eligibility for your household and address and lodge the application for you.
In a suburb of sixty-year-old wiring, the company fitting the panels should be able to fix the board.
We are A-Grade electricians under REC 32300. Replacing a switchboard is ordinary work for us, not something handed to a contractor at extra cost.
SAA accredited design and install and a New Energy Tech Approved Seller. The people on your roof are Powerband employees from the Somerville depot.
If a unit roof only takes a small array, we say so and size the battery to match. We would sooner quote a system that works than the biggest one on the price list.
Most Dandenong homes still heat with gas. When that changes, the board and the solar are already sized for it. See heating and cooling in Dandenong.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441. You will get an electrician, not a salesperson.
Yes, but the board will almost certainly be replaced first. We check it at the site visit and price the new switchboard into the same fixed quote, so there is one job and one invoice.
Often, yes. It depends on who owns the roof. On many strata titles the roof is common property and the owners corporation has to approve the install. We supply the layout and specifications you need for that request.
It can be, particularly when the board needs replacing anyway. The federal STCs and battery discount apply to the system whoever lives there. The Solar Victoria rebate described on this page is for eligible owner-occupiers, so we check what is open to you as a landlord before quoting.
A detached house on a standard block usually takes somewhere between 6.6kW and 13kW. A unit roof takes less. We measure the usable faces and draw the layout before giving a number.
Not usually. We check the tiles and the roof frame at the visit and use brackets made for tile. If the roof is in poor condition we tell you before any work is booked, because we do not carry out roof repairs.
Yes, the federal one. The Cheaper Home Batteries discount is around 30 percent off an approved battery with no income test. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate now.
A site visit that starts at the switchboard, then a written quote with the panel layout, battery size, any board work and the after-rebate price. No obligation.
