A new battery, an EV in the garage or a renovation that adds circuits all put extra load on a home’s switchboard. Bolton EC is a licensed electrician in Nedlands for solar, battery storage, EV charging, switchboard upgrades and everyday electrical work, all handled by one team. We plan each job around the house as it stands, whether that is a character home with original wiring, a recent rebuild or an apartment off Stirling Highway.
Our crew comes up from our Canning Vale base, and we book Nedlands jobs into set weekday times so you know when we will arrive.
Our licensed team handles every job below, from one new power point to a full solar and battery system.
Solar panels: We design each solar panel installation around your roof faces, daytime power use and future battery plans, with AIKO panels at the higher end of the range. When choosing the right layout, our solar installer in Nedlands considers shade from mature street and garden trees to help position your panels effectively.
Solar batteries: Solar battery installation stores daytime solar for the evening, when cooking, cooling and pool pumps draw the most power. We specialise in Sigenergy systems, and Goodwe is the mid-range option we also install.
EV chargers: We handle EV charger installation in Nedlands from the switchboard to the garage wall, including Sigenergy chargers that pair with a Sigenergy battery. Before quoting, we check whether the board and supply can carry the charger alongside air conditioning and other big loads.
Switchboard upgrades: A switchboard upgrade replaces ceramic fuses with circuit breakers and RCD safety switches, so the board can safely take solar, a battery or a charger. When a switchboard upgrade in Nedlands is part of a bigger job, we quote both together so you see the whole scope at once.
Electrical repairs: Our electrical repairs start with fault finding, tracing a tripping circuit or a dead power point to its cause before anything is replaced. We tell you what we found and what the fix involves before work starts.
Lighting: Our lighting installation work covers LED downlights, pendants, garden lighting and sensor lights for driveways and side paths. In rooms with period features, we help you choose fittings and positions that suit the space.
Smoke alarms: WA law requires mains-powered smoke alarms before a home is sold or leased, and we install hard-wired, interconnected units. We position them around the bedroom layout, which matters in two-storey rebuilds and in older homes extended at the back.
Bolton EC gives you one licensed team for the panels, the battery, the charger and the switchboard, and we tell you plainly what a good system involves before you commit. Honesty, punctuality, workmanship: those are the standards we hold every job to. We don’t install cheap and nasty systems, and the brands we fit, including Fronius inverters, are chosen for build quality.
Nedlands sits on the Swan River about 7 kilometres west of the Perth CBD, in the City of Nedlands. Stirling Highway runs through the suburb, the QEII Medical Centre sits inside it, and Claremont, Dalkeith, Shenton Park and Crawley surround it.
Some Nedlands homes are on the City’s Heritage List, which forms part of Local Planning Scheme No. 3. The City’s planning framework says listing does not prohibit development, and it expects changes to be sympathetic to the home’s heritage value. Panels on a street-facing roof, a relocated meter box or external conduit runs may need extra thought on a listed home. If your home is listed, check its status with the City early, and we will plan a layout that suits it.
Larger homes and knock-down rebuilds often run ducted air conditioning, pool equipment and two cars, which is where a battery and an EV charger start to work together. Before either goes in, we check the main switch rating, the supply and the board’s spare capacity, and we lodge the Western Power paperwork where the system needs it. Apartments near Stirling Highway are a different job: we work with the strata on switchboard access and common-property cabling before a charger goes into a shared car park.
Our team also works across Dalkeith, Crawley, Shenton Park, Mount Claremont, Swanbourne and Subiaco, along with electrical and solar work in Claremont next door. Our wider Perth metro service area runs from Pinjarra to Two Rocks.
Every quote starts with your property, your recent power bills and a look at your switchboard. We don’t publish set prices, because the scope changes from home to home. Roof faces and shading, any heritage requirements, the board’s condition, cable run lengths and the battery that suits your usage all move the final figure.
You get a written quote listing the products, the work and what is included, and we will walk you through any line of it.
Character home, new rebuild or apartment, a battery or EV charger only performs as well as the wiring and switchboard behind it.
Bolton EC plans each Nedlands job around the house, installs equipment built to last and puts the full scope in writing first. Tell us what you have in mind for your home and we will give you a straight answer on what it needs.
Yes. Bolton EC covers all of Nedlands and the surrounding City of Nedlands suburbs, including Dalkeith and Mount Claremont. Our crew travels there from our Canning Vale base.
Often, yes. The City of Nedlands expects changes to a Heritage List property to be sympathetic to its heritage value, so rear or side roof faces are usually the simpler place for panels. Check your property’s status with the City, and we will suggest panel positions to match.
The price depends on your roof, your switchboard, your energy use and the products you choose, so we quote each job individually. We inspect the property first, then give you a written quote that lists every item.
In most cases, yes. Some existing inverters can take a battery as they are, and others need a hybrid inverter, so we check your inverter, switchboard and power use first. We confirm which applies once we have seen your setup.
