Plenty of Seaford homes park the car under a carport or on the driveway, beside a switchboard that dates from when the house was built. We check the board, run a dedicated circuit to where you actually park, and set the charger to use your solar. Tesla, Sigenergy and GoodWe, fitted by our own A-Grade electricians.
Seaford was not built around the car. The postwar weatherboards and 1960s brick veneers between the Nepean Highway and the wetlands often have a single carport down the side, an old garage at the back of the block, or just a driveway. The units built behind them on subdivided lots usually share a driveway and have a carport each. So before we talk brands, the first question on a Seaford site visit is simple: where does the car sit overnight, and how far is that from the switchboard?
The second question is the board itself. A house this age often still has its original switchboard, with ceramic fuses and no room for another circuit. A charger needs its own dedicated, protected circuit, so if the board cannot take one we replace it and put that in the same fixed price. Homes of this era are mostly single-phase, though we confirm yours, and single-phase gives about 7kW on a 32A circuit, or roughly 40km of range for every hour on the charger. For a car that does the daily run up the highway and back, overnight is plenty.
Carports and driveways near the bay bring a third consideration: weather and salt. A charger on an open carport post or an outside wall is exposed in a way a garage unit is not, so we mount it out of the worst of the rain, use outdoor-rated fittings and keep the cable run tidy along the wall. It is the same care we take with the rest of our work in Seaford.
EV chargers Seaford households can rely on, each on its own circuit and signed off with a Certificate of Electrical Safety.
The common Seaford setup. The charger goes on a carport post or the side wall of the house, at a height that suits the car's charge port, with the cable clipped along the wall or under the eaves from the switchboard. Outdoor-rated fittings throughout, and extra attention to sealing within a few streets of the foreshore.
Where the original switchboard has no room or no safety switches, it is replaced as part of the charger job. The new board leaves space for what usually comes next in a house of this age: a heat pump hot water unit, an induction cooktop or reverse cycle heating.
Tesla Wall Connector delivers up to 7kW on single-phase and 11kW on three-phase. The Sigen EV AC charger goes up to 22kW where the car and supply allow, and GoodWe HCA comes in 7kW, 11kW or 22kW models. On a single-phase house, any of them charges at about 7kW.
Set up before we leave: the charger joins your Wi-Fi, prefers surplus solar when the panels are producing and schedules to your off-peak tariff window when they are not. If solar is a plan for later, we choose a charger that will talk to it.
The full range is on our products page.
Up to 7kW on single-phase or 11kW on three-phase, on its own protected circuit from the switchboard.
The Sigen EV AC charger, up to 22kW, and the SigenStor EV DC module, both run from the same app as a Sigenergy battery.
Rated IP66 for carports and driveways, in 7kW, 11kW and 22kW versions to suit single or three-phase supply.
Pair the charger with solar and a battery and set it to use surplus solar first, then off-peak power.
We have not written up a Seaford charger yet. These three are from Chelsea Heights, Frankston South and Langwarrin, all a short drive away.
Up the road in Chelsea Heights, 16 Jinko Tiger Neo III panels on a double-storey tin roof, a GoodWe single-phase hybrid inverter and three battery modules in the garage behind bollards, plus a 7kW GoodWe charger. All in one visit.
In Frankston South, 19 all-black Jinko panels across three planes of a tin and Klip-Lok roof, a Sigen Hybrid inverter and SigenStor 27.12kWh on a new concrete pad beside the switchboard, and an EV charger. The owner's review puts the install at one and a half days.
A busy Langwarrin household got 21.85kW of Jinko solar, 45.2kWh of Sigenergy storage behind an upgraded switchboard in the garage, a 270L iStore heat pump and an EV charger, designed together as one system.
A standard install is typically about half a day once the quote is signed.
The model, how far you drive, and whether it lives in a garage, under a carport or on the driveway.
We open the switchboard, confirm single or three-phase, and measure the cable route to the charging spot.
Charger, circuit, any board upgrade and the installation, in one figure with nothing added on the day.
A dedicated, protected circuit run to the charger, mounted where the cable reaches the port without stretching.
Wi-Fi, solar preference and off-peak schedule configured with you, then the Certificate of Electrical Safety issued.
There is no rebate on a home EV charger in Victoria, and we will not pretend otherwise. The panels that power it are a different story.
Nothing comes off a home EV charger from the state or federal government. What you get from us is one fixed price that includes the circuit and any switchboard upgrade.
If you add panels to run the car, small-scale technology certificates come off the panel price at the point of sale, lodged by us.
Eligible owner-occupiers can get the Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan on solar panels and inverters. Batteries get the federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount instead. Details on solar and battery in Seaford.
Original boards, carports and salt air are routine for us in Seaford.
If the switchboard needs replacing, the same A-Grade electricians do it on the same visit. No second contractor, no second quote.
Every charger is installed by our own licensed electricians, never subcontracted, and certified when it is done.
We fit solar, batteries and chargers, so the charger you buy now will work with the system you add next year.
Our depot is on Speedwell St in Somerville. If the charger needs a settings tweak after the first week, it is a short drive.
Live Google reviews. Look for the EV charger and Sigenergy jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441. An electrician will answer.
Yes. Carport posts and outside walls are common spots here. We use outdoor-rated fittings, mount the charger where rain is least likely to reach it and run the cable neatly from the switchboard. Close to the foreshore we take extra care with sealing.
It usually means the board is replaced first. A charger needs a dedicated, protected circuit and an old board rarely has the room or the right protection. We check it at the site visit and include any upgrade in the fixed price.
About 7kW on a 32A circuit, which is roughly 40km of range for each hour of charging. Most of the EV chargers Seaford drivers use are single-phase, plugged in overnight, and the car starts the day full.
No. There is no state or federal rebate on a home EV charger, and we do not process one. Solar panels and batteries have their own incentives if you want to power the car from your roof.
Often, if the charger can go on your own carport or wall and the circuit comes from your own switchboard. Where common property is involved the owners corporation needs to agree, and we give you the details to put to them.
Yes. We set it to prefer surplus solar during the day and fall back to your off-peak window at night. It is configured on your Wi-Fi before we leave.
We look at the board, the supply and where you park, then send one written price. No obligation.
