Our depot is in Speedwell Street, so a Somerville roof is never more than a few minutes away. New systems, replacements for early solar that has worn out, and three-phase setups for sheds and acreage, all installed by our own A-Grade electricians.
Somerville is where Powerband is based, and it is the suburb where our work is easiest to check. The people we install for shop at the same places we do. That keeps the standard where it should be. It also means a site visit here can usually happen the same day or the next, because nobody has to travel.
The town itself is mostly brick veneer from the 1980s through the 2000s, with newer estates on the edges and a ring of acreage, orchards and horse properties beyond that. Each one is a different solar job. Township homes are typically single-phase with a tile or Colorbond roof and a garage wall for the battery. The rural properties often have three-phase, a big shed and loads like pumps to plan for. Our three written-up Somerville systems cover that spread: 10.12kW on a single-phase home, 14.25kW on a three-phase one, and an 18.05kW replacement of a worn-out array.
That last kind of job is becoming common. A fair number of Somerville roofs took solar around 2010, and those systems are now small, ageing and in some cases failing. Replacing one properly is covered below, and everything else we do locally is on the main Somerville page.
Listed by the kind of property, because that is what decides the design here.
Jinko or Aiko panels across the useful faces, a hybrid inverter, and a Sigenergy, GoodWe, Tesla Powerwall or Sungrow battery on the garage or carport wall with bollards. One Somerville home took 23 Jinko panels and 24.18kWh of Sigenergy storage on a single-phase supply.
Old panels and the old inverter come off the roof and wall, and a full new array uses the space properly. On one Somerville home a 16-panel system from 2011, already on its third inverter and with a failed panel, was replaced with 38 new panels and 41.6kWh of storage.
Three-phase hybrid inverters for homes and properties with the supply for them, arrays on sheds or on tilt frames where the pitch is too flat, and trenching for the cable back to the main board. Pumps and other essentials can be put on backup circuits.
A Sigenergy, Tesla Wall Connector or GoodWe charger wired in with the battery and set to use surplus solar first. With three-phase supply, faster charging is available where the car supports 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.
All three are in Somerville. Open any of them for the specification and what the owner said.
The old 16-panel system had been through two inverters and lost a panel. We removed it and fitted 38 Jinko Tiger Neo III panels across the Klip-Lok roof, a GoodWe inverter and 41.6kWh of GoodWe storage in the carport.
Thirty Jinko Tiger Neo III panels, tilted to face north, on a three-phase Sigenergy hybrid inverter with five SigenStor modules and an EV charger. Start to finish in one day.
An owner who wanted straight answers before committing. 23 Jinko Tiger Neo Satin panels, a 10kW single-phase Sigenergy hybrid inverter and three SigenStor modules, with a couple of extra power points added while we were there.
The steps are the same as anywhere. The gaps between them are shorter.
Ring the depot and we can usually be at a Somerville address the same day or the next.
Roof faces and condition, any existing solar, single or three-phase, the switchboard and the best wall for a battery.
Layout, panel count, inverter, battery and the after-discount figure. If an old system is being removed, that is in the price.
We lodge the connection application and the rebate and discount paperwork for you.
Most systems go in within a day. Monitoring is set up, backup is tested, and we are around the corner afterwards.
Checked against your address and household before the quote goes out.
Available to eligible owner-occupiers for solar panels and inverters. Two of the three Somerville jobs on this page had it applied. It does not extend to batteries: the Solar Victoria battery rebate and loan closed in 2025.
Cheaper Home Batteries, around 30 percent off an approved battery, with no income test. It applies whether the battery goes in with new panels or onto solar you already own.
Certificates on the solar panels, deducted at the point of sale. On a replacement job they apply to the new panels.
U44/10 Speedwell Street. Most solar companies working in Somerville drive in from somewhere else.
The office, the stock and the vans are in Somerville. If you want to see a battery before buying one, come in.
Removal of the old array and inverter is part of the job, and the new design uses the whole roof instead of working around what was there.
SAA accredited, New Energy Tech Approved Seller, and our own A-Grade electricians do the roof, the board and the battery.
We also install the heating, hot water and EV charging the solar will run. See heating and cooling in Somerville.
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.
If the inverter has failed more than once or panels are dropping out, replace it. A new array on the same roof produces far more and comes with a battery-ready inverter. We test the old system first and tell you honestly if it has life left.
Often the same day or the next. The depot is in Speedwell Street, so a site visit does not need a travel slot.
Many rural properties around Somerville do, and some township homes. We check at the meter. It affects the inverter choice, how much you can export and how fast an EV can charge.
Often, yes. We look at the pump's starting load and put it on a backup circuit where the inverter can carry it. This is sorted at the design stage, not on install day.
Yes. Low-pitch metal roofs can take panels on tilt frames angled to the north. One of our Somerville systems has its panels tilted this way.
A carport wall works well as long as the battery is out of direct weather and protected from vehicles. One Somerville battery sits in the carport where the old inverter used to hang, behind bollards.
Call the depot, we come and look, and you get a written quote with the layout, battery, brands and after-discount price. No obligation.
