Off-grid · Stand-alone power

Power where the grid does not reach.

Stand-alone power for properties without a grid connection: solar, batteries and generator backup, supplied and installed as one system. Every job is quoted for the site it is on. Mon to Fri, 7am to 5pm.

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Who this page is for

If your property has no grid connection, or a connection is not a realistic option, this is the right page. In regional and remote areas we install off-grid battery systems where a grid connection is not an option.

For a grid-connected system, start at Solar or Batteries instead.

Where the array goes

Ground-mounted solar

On a rural block the roof is not always the right place for the array. Set on the ground it can face and tilt for the sun rather than for the building.

Ground-mounted solar array on a rural property.

The distinction

Off-grid is not the same as battery backup

A battery does not automatically power the whole property during an outage. Backup depends on the selected inverter, battery, switching equipment and the circuits included in the design. Your written quote should identify what is backed up, the available power and any operating limits.

An off-grid system is the other case entirely: the property runs on its own generation and storage full-time, with no grid to fall back on. That difference drives the whole design.

Choose a moment
Grid connected, with a battery

Solar · Battery · Grid · Switchboard · Property

Grid connected property with solar, a battery and a grid connection Solar, battery and grid each connect to the switchboard, which supplies the property. During a grid outage the grid link is dead and only the circuits included in the design stay live. SOLAR BATTERY SWITCHBOARD PROPERTY GRID

Solar runs the property and charges the battery. Surplus can go to the grid.

The battery covers the evening. The grid makes up the difference.

The grid link is down. Only the circuits included in the design stay live.

Off-grid, no grid connection

Solar · Battery · Generator · Switchboard · Property

Off-grid property with solar, a battery and generator backup Solar, battery and generator backup each connect to the switchboard, which supplies the property. There is no grid connection, so a grid outage changes nothing. SOLAR BATTERY SWITCHBOARD PROPERTY GENERATOR NO GRID CONNECTION

Solar runs the property and charges the battery.

The battery covers the evening. Generator backup is part of the system.

Nothing changes. There is no grid connection to lose.

Design first

What the design decides

An off-grid design answers questions before it names equipment.

  • What the property runs, and when it runs it
  • What a run of poor weather should not interrupt
  • Where generator backup sits in the design

The answers set the design. The design sets the written quote.

Credentials

Licensed and accredited

The credentials behind the work, register numbers where they exist.

SAA S0263734 SAA-accredited personnel · S0263734 · off-grid design and install
Licence 74825 ABJB Pty Ltd · unrestricted
MEA member Member of Master Electricians Australia

Solar Accreditation Australia accreditation S0263734 is held by Jonathan Becka for PV Stand-alone (Off Grid) Design and PV Stand-alone (Off Grid) Install.

Becka Electrical is the trading name of ABJB Pty Ltd. ABN 13 826 967 715. Trading since 2011. Unit 6/49 Meadow Ave, Coopers Plains QLD 4108.

A white backup generator on a concrete pad beside a rural property, with bushland behind it.

How it runs

How a job runs

Four steps from first contact to a working system.

  1. EnquireCall, or send the job type and suburb through the form.
  2. QuoteWe review the job and put the price in writing.
  3. InstallLicensed electrical work, completed and handed over.
  4. HandoverWe walk you through it and answer practical questions.

Pictured: generator backup · stand-alone power

Tell us about the property

Send the address, how the property is used and what needs power, and we will come back with what it involves.

Brisbane Sunshine Coast Gold Coast

ABJB Pty Ltd · QLD Electrical Contractor Licence 74825
Unit 6/49 Meadow Ave, Coopers Plains QLD 4108
Mon–Fri 7am–5pm · Sat–Sun closed
admin@beckaelectrical.com.au

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