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Solar & battery in Melton
A Melton summer pushes the air conditioner hardest just as the panels fade, so the design starts with that gap.
Hot afternoons, and the bill lands after 4pm.
What actually matters in Melton
Powercor supplies Melton and Melton South, and its default time of use tariff for new solar connections is cheap from 11am to 4pm and dear from 4pm to 9pm. On a hot day that is the wrong way round for a house: the panels are flat out at lunchtime and the air conditioner is flat out after 4pm.
Three things close that gap. A section of panels facing west makes more of its power late in the day. Running the air conditioner harder in the early afternoon means less work after 4pm, and a better sealed new home holds that cool for longer. A battery then carries the house through the evening.
Estate roofs here are often split into several smaller faces, and many homes are two storey, so a system can sit on two or three planes with an inverter that takes more than one input. The garage is the usual spot for a battery, on a wall that does not bake in the afternoon.
Heat trims panel output, so airflow under the panels and a shaded inverter both matter
West facing panels help with the 4pm to 9pm peak
Split estate roofs need an inverter with enough inputs
Rebates
The rebates are the same wherever you are in Victoria
Nothing about Melton changes what you're entitled to — the Solar Victoria rebate, the interest-free loan and the federal STCs apply state-wide. We check your eligibility and do the paperwork either way.
$1,400
Solar Victoria rebate
$1,400
Interest-free loan
6.8
STCs per kWh of battery
14 kWh
at the full rate
Indicative and subject to eligibility.
Why Central Solar
Local electricians, not a call centre
- CEC-accredited, highly skilled installers
- We handle the rebates for you
- Ongoing support from the same team who installed it
- Fault monitoring available with mid and premium systems
- Friendly, local service you can actually call and speak to
- Systems independently inspected by licensed Electrical Inspectors
Thinking about solar in Melton?
Send us a recent power bill and your address. We'll size it on how you actually use power and tell you honestly what it'll save.