Ringwood Future-Ready Home Energy System
As part of a major home renovation in Ringwood, the homeowners were moving toward greater electrification — upgrading air-conditioning, replacing gas cooking with electric appliances and preparing dedicated wiring for future EV charging. Maxwell Energy designed a complete solar and battery solution around those future energy needs rather than current electricity consumption alone.
Designed for a more electrified home.
Rather than sizing the system around historical consumption alone, the project creates a flexible energy platform designed to support increasing household electricity demand, battery utilisation and future EV charging.
A renovation moving toward full electrification.
The renovation was changing both the property and its future energy profile. Rather than treating solar as a standalone addition, the project was planned around how the renovated home would consume electricity over the long term.
Build for tomorrow, not only for today.
The client wanted lower long-term electricity costs together with greater self-consumption, energy resilience and the flexibility to support future household electrification.
Turning a complex roof into an energy opportunity.
Multiple roof planes and different orientations meant the array had to be engineered around annual energy harvest, seasonal shading, MPPT allocation, cable routing, maintenance access and architectural appearance.
Analyse Roof Orientation
Assess the available roof planes and orientations before determining where generation capacity should be distributed.
Consider Seasonal Shading
Account for how shading conditions vary throughout the year rather than designing around a single point in time.
Plan MPPT Allocation
Organise the array around the different roof orientations and hybrid inverter architecture.
Maximise Suitable Roof Area
Distribute 31 Trina Vertex S+ 475W modules across appropriate roof sections to achieve 14.725kW capacity.
Integrate Access & Aesthetics
Consider cable routing, maintenance access and the architectural appearance of the completed installation.
A solar and battery platform built around future demand.
Maxwell Energy maximised suitable roof area with 31 Trina Vertex S+ 475W modules and centred the system around the FoxESS KH10 hybrid inverter and 41.76kWh FoxESS CQ7-L6 battery. The result is a flexible energy platform designed around the home's future electricity requirements rather than current consumption alone.
One system. Different strategies throughout the year.
The system is designed to use strong solar production during summer while maintaining flexibility to optimise battery utilisation when winter solar production is lower.
Generate & Store
The 14.725kW PV array is expected to produce approximately 17,400kWh annually. During most summer days, generation can supply household loads while fully charging the 41.76kWh battery, enabling high self-consumption and lower grid imports.
Charge & Shift
When solar production decreases, the homeowner can use Time-of-Use optimisation. Where the electricity retailer provides an applicable free or low-cost three-hour charging period, the battery can charge during that window and later discharge during peak-tariff periods.
Keep the home operating when the grid goes down.
Unlike many residential battery installations that provide backup to selected circuits only, this system provides Whole House Backup (EPS). During a grid outage, the FoxESS hybrid system automatically transfers the home to battery supply, allowing household operation to continue with minimal interruption.
Designed for independence, resilience and long-term flexibility.
The system was designed around where the home's energy needs are going — not only where they are today.
By considering the renovation, increasing electrification, future EV charging, seasonal solar production and battery utilisation from the beginning, Maxwell Energy created a flexible residential energy platform designed for long-term use rather than a conventional solar-only installation.
From electrical preparation to completed installation.
Rooftop Solar Array
FoxESS Hybrid Equipment
Electrical System
Switchboard Upgrade
Multi-Plane Array Layout
Roof & Cable Integration
Completed Installation
Roof Overview
Completed Project
FoxESS Energy Storage
Start with your future energy needs.
If you're renovating, electrifying your home, considering battery storage or preparing for an EV, Maxwell Energy can help you understand how today's energy system can be designed around tomorrow's requirements.
