Hinterland · Storm corridor
Yandina homes cop the worst of both worlds: hinterland storm cells and housing stock old enough to need switchboard love before anything else. Get the whole job done by one licensed electrician.
Between the old Queenslanders, the cane-country workers' cottages and the new rural-residential builds south of town, Yandina's electrical reality varies block by block. Half the suburb needs a switchboard brought up to standard before solar goes near it — the other half is new builds where getting the wiring right the first time saves thousands.
Storms here aren't theoretical. Hinterland cells knock out feeders regularly, and if you're on tank water that means the pump stops too.
Many Yandina homes need the board upgraded before solar — I do both, in the right order.
Straight answers
Usually yes. If you have a compatible inverter we add battery modules; if not, we swap the inverter to a hybrid like SolaX and keep your panels. The free check tells you which side of that you're on.
Typically a day, including the Energex paperwork. If your board is pre-1990 with rewireable fuses, it needs doing before solar regardless.
A quality 6.6kW system with a SolaX inverter is $6,600 installed after the STC rebate.
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.