Jinko and Aiko panels with Sigenergy, GoodWe or Tesla storage, designed for whichever Pakenham you live in: the older streets near the station, the estates around them, or the acreage past the last court. Installed by our own A-Grade electricians.
Pakenham is not one housing market, and it is not one solar job either. Near the town centre the streets are 1970s to 1990s brick veneer: single storey, a broad tile roof, and a switchboard that may not have been touched since the house was built. Around that core sit the big estates of the 2000s and 2010s, Lakeside and Heritage Springs among them, where the homes are newer, closer together and often two storeys high. Past the estates the blocks open out into rural properties with sheds, pumps and long driveways.
Each of those needs a different design. The older homes usually have the best roof and the worst switchboard. Estate homes are the reverse: a modern board and a garage that makes battery siting simple, under a roof cut into half a dozen small faces by hips, valleys and an upper storey. Fringe properties often have three-phase power and more shed roof than house roof, and the cable run becomes the main design question.
What they share is the household. Pakenham is a commuter town at the end of the train line, full of families who are out all day and home from late afternoon, which is exactly when solar stops and the peak rate starts. That is why nearly every system we quote here now includes storage, and why we plan for an EV charger even if the car is a few years off. The solar sits alongside the rest of our work in Pakenham.
Same brands and the same crew on every job. The layout is what changes from street to street.
A double-storey home on a compact lot rarely has one big north face. We spread Jinko or Aiko panels across the east, north and west faces that are worth using, leave the shaded and south-facing ones alone, and show you the drawing before you sign. Older single-storey homes near the town centre are simpler and usually take a larger array.
Sigenergy SigenStor, GoodWe, Tesla Powerwall or Sungrow. Estate garages are the easy case: the battery goes on the wall nearest the switchboard, with bollards where a car parks beside it. In the older homes we look for a shaded outside wall close to the meter box. On acreage it can sit at ground level by the shed or the house.
Most Pakenham houses are single-phase, and a hybrid inverter runs the panels and the battery from one unit. Rural properties on the fringe are frequently three-phase, so the inverter and the export limit are worked out with the network before we order anything.
Homes built in the last 15 years or so generally have a board that takes the new circuits as it is. A 1980s board near the town centre often does not, and we price the replacement into the quote. Either way we leave space for a car charger, whether that is a Tesla Wall Connector, a Sigenergy or a GoodWe unit.
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 have not written up a Pakenham install yet, so these are the closest ones: one in Beaconsfield and two in Berwick, all on homes like the ones in the Pakenham estates.
In nearby Beaconsfield, 24 all-black Aiko panels on a tin roof feed a GoodWe single-phase inverter and five GoodWe battery modules stacked against the brick.
A Berwick tin roof carrying 41 Jinko Tiger Neo panels, with a Sigenergy hybrid inverter, 40.3kWh of storage and a 7kW Sigenergy car charger together in the garage.
Also in Berwick: 28 Jinko Tiger Neo panels on a tile roof and a three-phase Sigenergy SigenStor with 24.18kWh of storage, on the garage wall it shares with the switchboard. A two-day install.
Pakenham is about 40 minutes from our Somerville depot, so we do the looking properly on the first trip.
Send a recent power bill and tell us what is still on gas. We look at the roof from aerial imagery before anyone drives out.
Roof faces, shade, the switchboard, the meter, where a battery fits in the garage and where a car charger would go later.
Panel layout, inverter, battery size and brands, with the federal discounts and any Solar Victoria rebate already taken off.
We lodge the network connection application and the rebate paperwork. The install date is set once the approval is back.
Our own electricians fit the lot, usually in one or two days, test the backup circuits and set the app up on your phone.
People often arrive expecting a state battery rebate. There is not one any more, so here is what does come off.
Cheaper Home Batteries takes around 30 percent off an approved battery. It is federal, there is no income test, and it is on the quote. This is the only battery incentive: the Solar Victoria battery rebate and battery loan closed in 2025.
For eligible owner-occupiers, on solar panels and the inverter only. We check your eligibility and lodge it. The Beaconsfield job above went through this way.
Federal small-scale technology certificates reduce the price of the solar at the point of sale. Nothing to claim afterwards.
The panels are the easy part. The board, the battery wiring and what the system has to run next are where an electrician earns the job.
The people who quote are backed by our own A-Grade electricians, and the same employees do the roof, the battery and the board. SAA accredited and a New Energy Tech Approved Seller.
Most Pakenham estate homes run gas heating and hot water. We also install the reverse cycle heating that replaces it in Pakenham, so the array is sized for that load now.
Rural properties are ordinary jobs for us: long runs, shed-mounted arrays and three-phase inverters, done to the same standard as a garage install.
If the roof only suits a modest array, or a smaller battery covers your evenings, that is what the quote will say.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441 and talk to someone who installs these.
Usually, yes. Modern panels are powerful enough that three or four smaller faces add up to a useful system. We map every face for direction and shade, use the good ones and tell you plainly if the roof limits what is sensible.
In most cases. Sometimes we add panels and a hybrid inverter with a battery alongside the original system, and sometimes replacing the old inverter is the cleaner result. It depends on its age and brand, which we check on site.
No. The Solar Victoria battery rebate and battery loan closed in 2025. Batteries get the federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount of around 30 percent, with no income test. Solar Victoria still covers panels and inverters for eligible owner-occupiers.
Often that is the better roof. We check the shed structure, the distance back to the main switchboard and whether the property is three-phase, then size the cable and inverter to suit. A battery can sit at ground level near either building.
The circuits you nominate, yes. We set up backup for essentials such as the fridge, lights, internet and, on rural properties, the water pump, and we test the changeover with you at handover.
If a car is likely in the next few years, allow for it. A long daily commute adds a real load, and it is cheaper to put the panels and the charger circuit capacity in once than to come back and add them.
One site visit, then a written quote showing the roof layout, battery size, brands and the price after discounts. No obligation.
