Your local electrician — home turf
I live here. When the power goes out on our rural lines, it stays out — sometimes for days. A battery keeps the pump, fridge and WiFi running on stored sunshine, switching on automatically.
Valdora blocks are exactly where grid power is most fragile: long rural feeders, trees over the lines, and storm seasons that arrive every September. And on tank water, no power doesn't just mean no lights — it means no water at all, because the pump's electric.
A SolaX hybrid with battery backup switches the whole house onto stored power the instant the grid drops. Full-home backup — fridge, chest freezer, water pump, internet, air-con — not a powerboard in the lounge.
Big blocks mean big sheds. I wire and power sheds, workshops and pumps — one electrician for the whole property. See shed wiring.
Straight answers
A SolaX battery retrofit onto existing solar starts around $9,850 installed after the federal battery rebate (~$252 per usable kWh on the first 14 kWh). Full solar + battery packages start at $15,850 after rebates.
Yes — with the right sizing, which is exactly what the free storm-readiness check works out. Pump start-up surge, fridge, freezer and WiFi are the core loads we design around for rural blocks.
I live in Valdora. You'll see my ute at the Coolum IGA. That's the whole point — local electrician, local accountability.
Get a price
Tell us what you're paying and what you export. Send four photos — switchboard, meter, inverter and the roof — and we'll come back with an indicative number the that afternoon, then look at it in person before we quote firm. If a battery won't pay for itself at your place, we'll say so.