Electrician in Moorabbin: residential, commercial and energy upgrades
Written quotes, no obligation. Online enquiries answered within two business hours.
Helcro Electrical sends licensed electricians into Moorabbin, Victoria (3189) for everything from a single power point to three-phase factory wiring, air conditioning, solar, batteries and EV charging. Our workshop is in Cheltenham (45/148 Chesterville Road), and our electricians work in the suburb regularly.
We are a Registered Electrical Contractor with Energy Safe Victoria (REC 35448) and a VEU Accredited Provider (A003039), so the electrical work and the rebate paperwork are handled by one team.
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What our electricians charge
These are our own prices, all including GST. Anything bigger is quoted in writing after the site assessment.
| Job | Price |
|---|---|
| Site assessment for a quote | $50 |
| Service call (first 30 minutes, one electrician) | $165 |
| Split system, standard back-to-back install | from $1,618 (Haier 2.5 kW) |
| Home switchboard upgrade | typically $1,250 to $2,500 |
| Zappi EV charger, supplied and installed | $2,200 to $2,500 single-phase, $2,500 to $3,000 three-phase |
| Tesla Wall Connector EV charger, supplied and installed | about $2,400 |
| Home solar system, installed, STC discount taken off | about $6,000 (6.6 kW), about $12,000 (10 kW) |
| SigenStor 8 kWh battery, federal discount taken off | from $8,400 single-phase, from $10,900 three-phase (October 2026); on solar you already have, priced after the site assessment |
Everyday electrical work
Most of what we do is ordinary licensed electrical work, booked because something stopped working or because a renovation needs more circuits than the house has.
Residential:
- Switchboard upgrades, ceramic fuse board replacements and safety switch installation
- New circuits for air conditioning, solar, hot water and EV chargers
- Power point and lighting installation, replacement and relocation
- Smoke alarm installation and compliance work for owner-occupied and rented homes
- Fault finding and electrical repairs
- Full house rewires
We issue a Certificate of Electrical Safety wherever the work requires one, and we quote in writing before anything starts. Full detail is on our electrical work page.
Commercial and industrial electricians
Moorabbin combines residential streets with established commercial and industrial activity: warehouses, light industrial and the office parks along Keys Road and South Road, with the Moorabbin Airport precinct, a separate suburb, nearby.
For businesses we install and maintain:
- Three-phase power supply and switchboard installation
- Commercial fit-outs and new circuit installation
- Factory and warehouse wiring
- Commercial LED lighting upgrades
- EV charging for fleet and customer parking
From 1 January 2027, most new buildings that need a building permit must be all-electric, but Class 8 buildings, which cover many factory and industrial uses, are excluded, and ordinary renovation work is not caught.
See our commercial electrical page for the full scope, or call 1300 201 358 and describe the site.
Licences, accreditations and hours
Credentials you can check, stated plainly:
- VEU Accredited Provider A003039: the rebate comes off your invoice on qualifying installations
- Registered Electrical Contractor REC 35448, registered with Energy Safe Victoria and verifiable on the ESV public register
- NETCC Approved Seller for solar and batteries
- ARC Refrigerant Trading Authorisation AU50700, with licensed technicians on the refrigerant side, and team members registered with the Building and Plumbing Commission (formerly the VBA) for air conditioning work
- Clean Energy Council member
- SiGENERGY Certified Installer: our most-installed battery brand
- Tesla Powerwall Certified Installer and Sonnen Certified Partner
- Solar, batteries, EV chargers, air conditioning and general electrical under one licensed team: the full home electrification scope
Switchboards, safety switches and rewiring
Before solar, a battery, a charger or a second air conditioner goes on, the board has to carry it. We assess capacity, protection and compliance; plenty of boards only need a spare way and an RCD.
AS/NZS 3000:2018 requires residual current protection on residential final subcircuits, and it binds new and altered work. It is not retrospective. A board nobody has touched can still have no residual current protection on it at all, whatever year the house went up, and adding a new circuit is usually the point at which that gets fixed.
If your board has rewireable ceramic fuses, no RCDs, or no spare capacity, we quote the upgrade alongside the rest of the job so it is one visit rather than two.
Air conditioning
We install air conditioning from single-room splits to ducted systems. A split system starts at $1,618 installed (Haier 2.5 kW, standard back-to-back, including GST), with no rebate involved. Our price table runs from 2.5 kW to 9 kW; larger rooms are quoted after a $50 site assessment at the house.
We supply and install air conditioning systems from Mitsubishi Electric, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Rinnai, Carrier, Daikin, Fujitsu and Haier, split, multi-split and ducted. As a VEU Accredited Provider we handle the Victorian Energy Upgrades paperwork, and the discount comes off what you pay on the day. Since 30 September 2026, every ducted system, and any multi-split of 10 kW or more, carries a $3,000 minimum co-payment, up from $1,000; nothing else in the schedule moved.
Get a quote → or call 1300 201 358.
Solar panel installation
Moorabbin is in the United Energy network area, so grid connection applications follow a process we run regularly. We install solar panels using LONGi, Trina Solar and REC panels paired with Enphase, Fronius and GoodWe inverters.
Every solar quote includes a switchboard assessment at no extra charge, and if an upgrade is needed we price it upfront and do it in the same job.
Some Moorabbin properties sit in a Heritage Overlay. Where the overlay's schedule turns on solar controls, panels visible from a street (other than a lane) or a public park need a planning permit; we check before you commit.
Solar batteries
We install SiGENERGY SigenStor as our primary battery system: modular LFP storage from 5kWh to 48kWh. We are also a Tesla Powerwall Certified Installer and a Sonnen Certified Partner, and we install GoodWe and Sungrow batteries as part of complete solar battery packages. For a business that already runs a backup generator, the SiGENERGY Energy Gateway can connect it with auto start and auto stop.
There is no Victorian battery rebate. Battery support is the federal program, and its rate steps down every 1 January and 1 July until the end of 2030. Our solar battery rebate guide covers eligibility and the current figures, which come from the Clean Energy Regulator.
EV charger installation
A fixed EV charger runs on its own circuit, so the practical question is whether your board has the capacity and protection to carry it. If it can, the install is one visit; if not, we confirm the switchboard cost before any work begins.
We install EV chargers at homes and business premises; our EV charger installation page covers prices, charging speeds and the brands we fit. On a timer, a home charger can use the free 11am to 2pm window (up to 24 kWh a day) if you are on the Victorian Midday Power Saver, which is not offered to small business customers; other rates on that offer can be higher.
Weighing up a battery or a charger for your home? Get a quote → or call 1300 201 358. Written, and no obligation either way.
Heat pump hot water and the 2027 gas rules
From 1 March 2027 a reticulated (mains) gas water heater in an existing home cannot be replaced with another gas unit. Repairs are still allowed, and unless one of the exemptions in our guide to the Victorian gas changes applies, the replacement is usually electric.
A heat pump hot water system is the usual answer, and it is VEU eligible. The VEU discount depends on which fuel is being replaced, so we give you the figure for your unit rather than a headline; Solar Victoria's hot water rebate page sets out its separate rebate. More on our heat pump hot water page.
Rental electrical safety checks
28.7% of Moorabbin's occupied private dwellings were rented at the 2021 Census (694 of 2,415).
From 13 October 2026, gas and electrical safety checks are required every two years for all rental agreements, whether the agreement began before, on or after that date. Since 29 March 2023, rental providers have also had to have residual current devices covering power and lighting circuits in rented homes.
We do the electrical side and give you the documentation in a form you can file.
Moorabbin location
Our workshop is at 45/148 Chesterville Road, Cheltenham VIC 3192, about 3 km from central Moorabbin and a short drive from the Moorabbin and Heatherton industrial precincts.
Moorabbin sits in the City of Kingston. At the 2021 Census the suburb had 6,287 residents in 2,415 occupied private dwellings, and 76.7% of those dwellings were separate houses, against 58.5% in Cheltenham. Rooftop solar, a battery, a ducted or multi-split system and a home charger all suit a detached house with its own roof and driveway, and Moorabbin has proportionally more of them.
Census figures are from the ABS 2021 Census QuickStats for Moorabbin; the network area is confirmed on the AER's United Energy page.
We also service neighbouring suburbs
From Moorabbin we work across neighbouring Cheltenham, Bentleigh East, Highett, Hampton East, Bentleigh and Heatherton. We cover Mentone, Parkdale and Brighton East as well, a little further out. For the full service area across Melbourne South East, see our locations page.
Frequently asked questions
What are your hours, and do you do emergency work?
We are open Monday to Friday 8:00am–6:00pm and Saturday 8:00am–1:00pm. We do not advertise round-the-clock callouts. For an urgent electrical fault, call 1300 201 358 and we will confirm availability directly.
Is the VEU rebate still available?
Yes. Homes here are eligible under the Victorian Energy Upgrades program, and as a VEU Accredited Provider (A003039) we apply the discount to your invoice rather than sending you after a refund. What the discount is worth depends on the system: from 30 September 2026 ducted systems at any capacity, and multi-splits of 10 kW or more, carry a $3,000 minimum co-payment, while single-split non-ducted systems under 10 kW stay at $200.
Do I need a switchboard upgrade before installing solar?
Sometimes, and we will tell you before you commit. We assess capacity, protection and compliance as part of every solar quote at no extra charge. If an upgrade is needed we price it upfront and complete it in the same job: one team, one visit.
Can you handle commercial and industrial electrical work?
Yes. Three-phase power and switchboard installation, commercial fit-outs, factory and warehouse wiring, commercial LED lighting upgrades and EV charging for fleet or customer parking. We are Energy Safe Victoria licensed, and we issue a Certificate of Electrical Safety where the work requires one.
Where are you based, and how do I reach you?
Our workshop is in Cheltenham, about 3 km from central Moorabbin. For an urgent electrical fault, call 1300 201 358 and we will confirm availability directly. Online enquiries are answered within two business hours.
Do you service all of Moorabbin 3189?
Yes, homes and business premises alike, across Moorabbin 3189.
Get a quote
Call 1300 201 358, Monday to Friday 8:00am–6:00pm, Saturday 8:00am–1:00pm.
Or send an enquiry online and we will respond within two business hours. Every quote is a written quote, there is no obligation, and if you do not need the work we will say so.
What happens next:
- You call or send an enquiry with the address and what you need.
- We ask a few questions: board type, roof or site access, whether anything has failed.
- You get a written quote, with the VEU discount already applied where the job qualifies.
- If you go ahead, we book the job and issue a Certificate of Electrical Safety wherever the work requires one.