Reverse cycle heating and cooling
The biggest gas user in most Melbourne homes. A ducted reverse cycle system heats for around a third of the running cost and cools in summer for free. We can usually reuse your existing ductwork.
Heating and coolingHeating, hot water, cooking, solar, battery and EV charging, planned as one system and installed by one A-Grade crew. Rebates applied on the quote. No gas bill at the end of it.
Home electrification is the switch from gas heating, gas hot water and a gas cooktop to a reverse cycle system, a heat pump and an induction cooktop, then powering the lot from your own roof with solar and a battery. Done in the right order it removes the gas bill entirely, cuts the power bill because electric appliances are three to four times as efficient as gas, and makes the house safer and quieter.
Powerband has been doing this for Melbourne homes for over 15 years, and it is the only thing we do. Every trade involved (electrical, refrigeration, plumbing for hot water, solar) is in-house, so the design is done once and the crew that turns up knows the whole plan.
Each one is a service in its own right. Together, and in the right order, they are a whole-home electrification.
The biggest gas user in most Melbourne homes. A ducted reverse cycle system heats for around a third of the running cost and cools in summer for free. We can usually reuse your existing ductwork.
Heating and cooling
A heat pump makes hot water with about a quarter of the energy of a gas storage unit. VEU discounts and STCs come off the price, and it is normally a one-day changeover.
Hot water systems
Faster, safer and easier to clean than gas, with no combustion in the kitchen. We supply the cooktop, run the dedicated circuit and disconnect the gas so you can close the account.
Induction cooktops
Once the gas appliances are electric, your roof becomes the power station. We size the array to the new all-electric load, not to last year's bill.
Solar and battery
Stores the solar you make during the day for heating, cooking and hot water at night. Sigenergy, Tesla Powerwall and Sungrow, with Solar Victoria rebates and loans where eligible.
Solar and battery
The last fossil fuel to go. A solar-aware charger fills the car from your roof during the day. We check switchboard capacity before we quote.
EV chargersYou can do it all at once or over a couple of years. Either way this is the order that saves the most money soonest, and every step is designed so the next one bolts straight on.
We look at your switchboard, roof, gas appliances and bills, and write a plan showing the order of works, the cost after rebates and the payback on each step. Free, no obligation.
The gas appliances go first because they carry the biggest running costs and the biggest rebates. Most homes do heating and hot water together, cooktop when the kitchen suits.
With the new electric load known, we size the solar and battery to cover it. Doing this after the appliance swap means you never buy a system that is too small.
Charger wired to run off the solar, gas meter abolished, supply charge gone. We hand over the compliance certificates and walk you through the controls.
Victoria has the most generous electrification incentives in the country and most of them stack. The after-rebate figure is what you see on our quote.
Discounts on heat pump hot water, reverse cycle heating and cooling and induction cooktops. Taken off the quote, not claimed back later.
Rebates plus interest-free loans on solar panels and home batteries for eligible households. We check eligibility and lodge the application.
Small-scale technology certificates on solar and heat pump hot water. Applied at the point of sale.
Electrification is a systems job. The value is in the design, and the design only works when one team owns all of it.
Solar, HVAC, plumbing for hot water, electrical and EV. Powerband employs all of it, so there is no coordinating four trades and no gaps between them.
VEU, Solar Victoria and STCs are applied on the quote and lodged by us. You see the after-rebate price before you sign anything.
Heat pump size, panel count, battery capacity and charger load are worked out together. Bolt them on one at a time from different installers and something is always undersized.
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Anything else, call 0466 355 441. You will get an electrician, not a call centre.
Replacing the gas appliances in a home (ducted or space heating, hot water and the cooktop) with efficient electric ones, usually a reverse cycle system, a heat pump hot water unit and an induction cooktop, then powering them from rooftop solar and a battery. The result is no gas bill, a smaller power bill and a safer house.
It depends on the size of the house and what you already have. As a guide, heating and hot water are the two big items, solar and battery the third. Victorian rebates take a meaningful chunk off each step, and Solar Victoria offers interest-free loans for solar and batteries. We give you a written figure after rebates at the site inspection, not a range.
Yes, and most people do. We recommend heating or hot water first because they carry the largest running costs and rebates, then solar and battery sized to the new load, then the cooktop and EV charger. Every stage is designed so the next one bolts on without redoing anything.
Your electricity use goes up, your total energy bill comes down. A reverse cycle system delivers three to four units of heat for every unit of electricity, and a heat pump does the same for hot water, so you are buying far less energy overall. Add solar and most of that electricity is free.
Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) for heat pump hot water, reverse cycle heating and cooling and induction cooktops. Solar Victoria rebates and interest-free loans for solar panels and batteries. Federal STCs on solar and heat pump hot water. Eligibility depends on the property and household, and we check it for you.
Often, yes. An all-electric home with an EV charger draws more than a 1960s switchboard was built for. We assess it at the inspection and include any upgrade in the quote so it is never a surprise on the day.
All of Melbourne, from the inner suburbs to the Mornington Peninsula. We are based in Somerville. See the locations page or call and we will confirm.
A site inspection, then a written plan with the order of works, the after-rebate cost of each step and what it saves. No obligation.
