Step one: Gas to electric
Get the house ready for solar
Solar is worth more when the house runs on electricity it can use during the day. And the switchboard often needs work before anything new goes on it.
Your goal
Add solar or a battery
Panels, a battery, or a battery added to panels you already have – three different jobs with three different questions. Get the order right and the system you buy can be smaller and cheaper.
This goal usually involves
Cut what the house uses before you size the system. Every bit you don’t need is panels and storage you don’t have to buy.
The pathway
Do it in this order.
You don’t have to tackle everything at once. But sticking to this sequence means each later upgrade can be smaller and cheaper – even if you space them out over years.
Step two: Solar panels
Put panels on the roof
Size the panels to when your household uses power, not to how many fit on the roof. A good installer asks about your bills before they quote.
Step three: Home batteries
Add a battery
A battery stores what the panels make during the day so you can use it at night. If it’s wired for it, it can keep the lights on in a blackout too.
Not sure where to start?
Stop guessing, start saving: find your home’s energy score.
Don’t waste money on upgrades you don’t need. A professional home energy assessment shows where your house loses heat and power, so your budget goes where it makes the biggest difference.
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Businesses who work on this.
Rooftop solar installationHome battery installationSolar system maintenanceHome EV charger installationSolar and battery upgradesSolar compatible EV charging
Serves Braeside and surrounding suburbs | Based in Braeside
NETCC (supplied by the business)Solar Accreditation Australia (supplied by the business)
Home battery installationSolar system maintenanceHome EV charger installationRooftop solar installationSolar and battery upgradesHeat pump hot water systemsInduction cooktop installationSwitchboard upgrades
Serves Indigo, Wangaratta and 3 more | Based in Rutherglen
Switchboard upgradesSplit system air conditioningLED lighting upgradesInduction cooktop installationSmart lighting controlsHome EV charger installationThree phase power upgrades
Serves Werribee and Wyndham Vale and nearby suburbs | Based in Werribee
Rooftop solar installationHome EV charger installationLED lighting upgradesHome battery installationSolar and battery upgradesVirtual power plant (VPP) battery connectionSolar system maintenanceThree phase power upgradesSolar compatible EV chargingSmart lighting controlsHome energy monitoring
Serves Hallam and surrounding suburbs | Based in Hallam
Rooftop solar installationSplit system air conditioningDucted reverse cycle heating and coolingHome battery installationHeat pump hot water systemsVirtual power plant (VPP) battery connectionSwitchboard upgradesSolar and battery upgradesAir conditioning servicing
Serves Truganina and surrounding suburbs | Based in Truganina
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