Solar and Batteries in Melbourne, from an Electrical Contractor

How Litmec sells solar

Litmec Electrical sells solar and battery systems. We size the system from your power bills, sell and contract it, buy the equipment and stand behind the whole system with a 5-year warranty. The panels and battery are installed by A-grade licensed, SAA-accredited electricians we subcontract and supervise, and our own electricians do any switchboard work. Your contract, your warranty and every call after the install are with Litmec.

We are completing our New Energy Tech Approved Seller application and Solar Victoria retailer authorisation now, and installs start in early 2027. Free site visits are running already, and we won't ask anyone to sign a contract or pay a deposit until both approvals are in place.

To see what solar or a battery could do for your power bill, use the estimator at solar.litmecelectrical.com. It takes about a minute, shows the system size that fits and a savings range, and lets you book a free site visit.

Why an electrical contractor selling solar matters

On a large share of the solar jobs we get called about, the panels were never the obstacle — the switchboard was. A retailer quotes a system, the installer gets to the board, finds ceramic fuses, an asbestos backing panel or no spare ways, and the job stops there. We check the board on the site visit and price any work in the quote, so it doesn't come up on install day.

How it works

1. Enter your bill at solar.litmecelectrical.com and see the system that fits and what it could save.
2. A Litmec electrician visits, checks your roof, shading, meter and switchboard, and walks you through the options. Free, about 45 minutes.
3. You get a written quote with every component by make and model, a panel layout, estimated generation and savings, and each rebate on its own line.
4. If you go ahead, the system is installed by accredited electricians working for Litmec, and any board work is done by our own electricians first.

The electrical work solar actually needs

These are the items that stop a solar install. We check every one on the site visit:

• A switchboard with room in it. A solar system needs its own protected way and an AC isolator. A full board, or one with ceramic fuses, has neither.
• An asbestos backing panel dealt with. Zelemite, Ausbestos and Miscolite panels are common in houses wired between the 1950s and 1980s, and have to be removed under licensed conditions before anything new goes on.
• RCD protection on the final subcircuits, which a board of that age usually does not have.
• Consumer mains that can carry the export and, on larger systems or where a battery and an EV charger are going in as well, a supply upgrade or a three-phase conversion.
• A meter position that works — occasionally the meter box has to be relocated or rebuilt before anything can be added to it.

Batteries and EV charging

We sell batteries on their own for homes that already have solar, or designed together with new panels. An EV charger is work our own electricians do. If you are planning solar, a battery and a charger over the next few years, the sensible order is to size the supply and the board once, for all three, rather than three times.

Rebates

Solar panels and home batteries earn small-scale technology certificates, and eligible households can get the Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan. The values and rules change, including on 1 January 2027. We work out what you're entitled to on the site visit and show each rebate as its own line on the quote. Current terms are at solar.vic.gov.au.

Check your home's solar potential

Free tools and local data on the solar site, built on satellite solar data (PVGIS) and the same maths as the bill calculator:

• Solar calculator: what size system your bill needs
• Is your roof good for solar? Direction, pitch and shade
• Will your switchboard need upgrading for solar?
• Is a home battery worth it in Melbourne?
• How much power solar panels make in Melbourne, by month
• Solar and battery rebates in Victoria

Or see solar output by Melbourne suburb, with a local page for 38 suburbs.

Where we do this

Litmec is based in Newport in Melbourne's inner west and travels for project work — across Greater Melbourne and out to roughly 100 km where the scope justifies the trip. Switchboard and supply upgrades, three-phase conversions, rewiring, renovation rough-ins and commercial fitout are quoted anywhere in that radius.

Check your bill at solar.litmecelectrical.com, or call 0418 583 097 to book a free site visit.