Schedule of charges

Extra height means extra access gear and a second pair of hands on the roof.

Working at height changes the job: edge protection or a platform, a longer cable run down to the switchboard, and a second installer on the roof for the whole day. The figure is a starting point; a steep pitch or hard access is confirmed at the site check.

Panels split over more than one face need their own runs and roof penetrations.

A package price assumes every panel on one roof face. Each extra face is another set of rails, another cable run and another roof penetration to flash and seal.

Clamp-on mounting for a standing-seam metal roof, with no roof penetrations.

Standing-seam roofs cannot be screwed into. The clamps that grip the seam cost more than a tin-roof foot, and the price scales with the number of panels.

Frames to lift the panels to a working angle on a flat or very low-pitch roof.

Below about 10 degrees, panels self-clean poorly and lose output. Tilt frames set them at a working angle; the price is per panel.

These need slower, more careful work and specialist fixings.

We match and replace any tile that does not survive the install.

Needed where a roof cannot be worked safely from a ladder.

Keeps nesting out from under the panels.

Panels, inverter and racking taken away and recycled.

What it costs to keep your essential circuits running when the grid goes down, by the kind of system.

A battery alone does not keep the lights on: the system has to be able to disconnect from the grid and carry your essential circuits. Some systems have that built in; others need a gateway wired at your switchboard. Whole-home backup is a bigger job again and is quoted on site.

Batteries in a garage need a smoke alarm, impact protection and signage to meet the standard.

The Australian battery standard treats a garage as a habitable space with a vehicle in it: a smoke alarm, a bollard or barrier in front of the battery, and signage.

Where a wall will not carry the battery, or it has to stand on the ground.

Shade and rain protection where there is no sheltered wall.

Standard backup covers an agreed set of circuits at your board.

Each Expansion needs its own harness and a stacking or wall-mount kit.

An Expansion stacks behind the Powerwall 3 on a stacking kit or hangs beside it on a wall kit, and joins it with a short harness. Both kits are Tesla parts.

Connecting a new battery to an existing array or inverter, DC or AC coupled.

What it takes depends on what is there: the age and brand of the inverter, how the array is wired and what your network allows. We check all of it at the site check before we quote.

A dedicated three-phase circuit with its own protection and isolator for a fast charger.

A power sensor at your meter so the charger can follow your solar, where the charger and inverter support it.

Handled by a licensed removalist. We never drill or cut asbestos ourselves.

A board with no spare space, no main switch or no RCD protection has to be brought up to standard before a system can connect.

Most boards need nothing. Where one does, the work is priced on what the board needs, from a few new circuit breakers to a new board.

Where the existing protection does not meet the current wiring rules.

Where the cable feeding your board is too small for the new load.

Older boxes often have no room for the extra equipment.

A network job, priced by your distributor and the work at your board.

Optional protection for the inverter and your household electronics.

Arranged by your electricity retailer, not by us. We tell you when one is needed.

Standard covers the battery within 5 metres of your switchboard, and a normal inverter run.

Every extra metre is cable, conduit, clips and the time to run it. Long runs to a garage or a far wall are the usual reason.

Where the system or charger is away from the house.

For cable routes that cannot go around.

Including an export limiting device where your distributor asks for one.

We will always tell you before it applies.