It depends on your usage, how much solar you currently export for small credits, your tariff, and the rebate at the time. A battery makes the strongest sense for households with high evening usage and plenty of daytime surplus. We give realistic, conservative numbers for your circumstances and will tell you honestly if it is not yet worthwhile.

Yes. Having existing solar does not disqualify you. The rebate is about the battery being an approved product installed by an accredited installer to standard, with one rebate per eligible address under current rules. We confirm your eligibility as part of the quote.

Backup means adding a gateway or backup sub-board and wiring it to the circuits you want kept on, which is extra hardware and labour over a standard battery install. It is worth it if you experience outages or simply want the peace of mind. We quote it as a clear option so you can decide.

Sometimes. A modern board with spare capacity and proper safety switches may simply take the new protected circuits. An older or full board often needs an upgrade to add a battery, and especially backup, safely and compliantly. We check your switchboard as part of the quote and tell you honestly, never an upgrade you do not need and never skipping one the rules require.

The clearest sign is a meaningful daily export figure on your bill or in your monitoring. That surplus is what a battery stores instead of selling it cheaply. If you export very little because your solar is small or already self-consumed, we may suggest adding panels alongside the battery. We assess your actual data rather than guess.

Sometimes your existing inverter can stay and we add a battery beside it. Other times, especially with older or basic inverters, switching to a hybrid makes more sense. The deciding factors are its age, type and capacity. We assess it honestly and tell you whether keeping or replacing it is the smarter spend, rather than bolting a new battery onto tired equipment.

In most cases, yes. There are two common routes: add a separate battery with its own inverter alongside your existing solar, or replace your current inverter with a hybrid one that runs both panels and battery. Which suits you depends on the age and type of what you already have. We inspect it and recommend the option that genuinely fits.