Plenty of Dromana homes started as the weekender and are now the main house. We size solar and batteries for full-time living, with salt-rated gear near the bay and our own A-Grade electricians on every job.
Dromana has always had two kinds of house: the fibro and weatherboard beach places from the 1960s and 70s, and the brick homes and newer builds that went up behind them and on the lower slopes of Arthurs Seat. What has changed is how they are used. A lot of homes that once sat empty from Sunday night to Friday now have someone in them every day, and the power bill looks very different when a house runs all week.
That shift is why our Dromana quotes rarely stop at a few panels. A home that is lived in full time runs a fridge, a freezer, heating, hot water and often an EV, and most of that load lands after the sun goes down. A battery sized to the evening, with solar big enough to fill it in winter, is what actually moves the bill. On the bay side of Point Nepean Road the outdoor gear and mounting also have to be specified for salt.
New builds are the other half of the work. Since 2024 new Victorian homes cannot get a new gas connection, so a fresh Dromana build is all-electric from the start and the solar, battery and switchboard are best planned before the plasterers are finished. The new build on this page went solar before the owner moved in. See everything we do in Dromana.
Jinko and Aiko panels, Sigenergy, GoodWe, Tesla Powerwall and Sungrow batteries. Designed and installed by Powerband employees.
We work from the plans or the finished frame, place panels around skylights, vents and roof windows, and put the inverter and battery where the new switchboard can reach them in a short run. Three-phase supply is common on new connections and we design for it.
A beach house that becomes the main home needs storage for the evening, not just the weekend. We look at how you use power now and what is coming, then size a Sigenergy, GoodWe, Tesla Powerwall or Sungrow battery to carry the house past dark.
Timber framing, low-pitched tin roofs and original wiring are normal in the fibro streets near the foreshore. We check the roof structure and the switchboard first and price any board upgrade into the same fixed quote.
Sloping blocks, two-storey designs and established trees mean more roof faces and more shade. We map the shade before choosing panel positions, and where a face is marginal we leave it empty rather than fill it.
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.
Written-up installs from Dromana and the suburbs either side. Each one links to the full specification.
Twenty-one Jinko panels across two roof faces, angled south to clear a skylight, feeding a three-phase GoodWe inverter on the new switchboard, with the GoodWe battery on the outside wall.
Next door in Safety Beach, 34 all-black Jinko panels and a 10kW GoodWe inverter feed a 24kWh battery on the garage wall, bollards in front. Grid use dropped to almost nothing, even through winter.
A few minutes up the coast in Mount Martha, heating, hot water and cooking are all electric. Thirty-two Jinko panels and three Sigenergy battery modules went in on a single day to carry it.
Dromana is about half an hour from the depot, so we book site visits and installs in runs down the Peninsula.
Full time or part time, who is home during the day, and what you plan to add: a heat pump, reverse cycle heating or an EV.
We check roof faces, shade from trees or the hill, the roof structure on older homes and the switchboard. On new builds we work from the plans.
Panel layout, inverter and battery size, brands and the price after the discounts that apply to you. One figure, no ranges.
The network connection, the federal certificates and any Solar Victoria application are lodged before install day.
Our crew installs and commissions the system, tests the backup circuits and sets up monitoring on your phone so you can check it from anywhere.
Whether the house is your main home matters for one of these, so we ask before we quote.
Cheaper Home Batteries takes around 30 percent off an approved battery, with no income test. It applies to holiday homes and new builds as well as main residences, and we take it off the quote.
For eligible owner-occupiers on the solar panels and inverter only. A second home that is not your main residence is usually not eligible. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate or loan now.
Small-scale technology certificates reduce the price of every eligible solar system at the point of sale. If heating is next on the list, see heating and cooling in Dromana.
Solar is the visible part of the job. The switchboard, the cable runs and the coastal hardware are what decide how long it lasts.
SAA accredited, New Energy Tech Approved Seller, licensed under REC 32300. The people who quote the job are the people who install it.
Salt-rated mounting, isolators and enclosures near the water, and batteries placed out of the weather.
We fit the switchboard, the solar and the battery in one sequence, so nothing has to be pulled out and redone later.
The new build above is in Dromana, with two more in Safety Beach and Mount Martha a short drive away.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
Questions about your Dromana home? Call 0466 355 441 and talk to an electrician.
Often, yes. A system sized for weekends is usually too small for a home that runs every day. We look at what is on the roof, how you will use the house and whether a battery makes sense, and tell you whether to add to it or start again.
As early as possible. If we know the plans before the roof and switchboard are finished, we can place panels around skylights and run cables while the walls are open. The Dromana new build on this page was done before the owner moved in.
Usually not. The rebate is for eligible owner-occupiers on their main residence, and it covers panels and inverters only. The federal STCs and the federal battery discount do not depend on whether you live there.
In most cases. We check the roof framing and the condition of the sheeting first, and the switchboard almost always needs attention in homes of that age. If the roof is not suitable we tell you at the site visit.
It depends on the street and the direction the roof faces. We check the shade at the site visit and design around it, using the faces that get the most sun across the year.
Yes. Every system we install is set up with app monitoring, so you can see generation, battery level and usage from wherever you are.
A site visit or a plan review for new builds, then a written quote with the layout, battery size, brands and after-discount price. No obligation.
