Home batteries, done honestly.
Real prices, real rebates, real installers. A battery is the next big purchase most solar homes make, and the easiest one to get overcharged on. We give you the honest numbers, then match you with one vetted installer. No pushy sales, no spam, no calls until you say so.
Start with the facts, not a sales call.
The best defence against being overcharged is knowing your numbers before anyone quotes you. So we put the tools that usually sit behind a sales call out in the open, for free. No sign-up, no details, no catch. Read what you need, run your own figures, and only talk to an installer when you are good and ready.
See your own savings in about 30 seconds
Pick your state and your usage, and the free calculator shows your likely yearly saving and payback. No email, no phone number, and no one calling you afterwards.
Plain-English guides, written like a mate would explain it.
All 13 guidesAre solar batteries worth it?
When a battery pays off, who benefits most, and the real payback maths for 2026.
Read the guide CostsHow much does a solar battery cost?
Typical installed prices by size, what drives the cost, and your after-rebate figure.
Read the guide Federal rebateThe federal battery rebate, explained
How the Cheaper Home Batteries Program works, how much you get, and why it shrinks each year.
Read the guide BuyingHow to choose the best solar battery
The features that matter, the brands Australians install most, and how to fit one to your home.
Read the guide SizingWhat size solar battery do I need?
How to land on the right capacity from your evening usage, without overspending.
Read the guide VPPWhat is a VPP?
How Virtual Power Plants pay you for your battery, and how they shorten payback.
Read the guideThree steps, and you control all three.
Nobody rushes you, and we do not ask for a single detail until the last step, if you ever choose to take it.
Get informed
Read the guides and learn what good looks like. No sign-up, no details, just straight answers from people who know the data.
Run your own numbers
Use the free calculator to see your likely saving and payback for your home. Still nothing to hand over.
Connect when you are ready
Only when you want a real price do we match you with one vetted installer. You decide when, or not at all.
The battery market is a mess. We are not going to pretend otherwise.
Somebody has to say it plainly. Over 270 Australian solar companies have collapsed, and roughly one in six solar homes now sits with no workmanship warranty at all. The installer is gone, the paperwork is worthless, and the customer is left holding a system nobody will stand behind. On top of that, most of the compare batteries sites you will land on are not there to help you. You hand over your details, and they get sold to four or five companies who all start calling. That is not advice. That is a lead auction. We have watched this happen for years from inside the industry, and we got tired of it. My Home Battery is the opposite by design.
We never sell your details
One installer when you are ready, never an auction. What you share with us stays with us.
We never hide the real price
No get a quote wall standing between you and an honest number.
We never inflate the rebates
Two separate incentives, described separately. We will not stack them into one headline that falls apart at the invoice.
We never call uninvited
We make contact when you tell us you are ready, and not a second before.
What a battery actually does, in plain English.
Here is the simple version. During the day your panels make more power than your home uses, so the extra gets sent to the grid for a few cents. Then at night, when the sun is down and you are cooking dinner and running the aircon, you buy electricity back at peak rates that can climb to around 58 cents a unit. That gap, a few cents out versus up to 58 cents back in, is money leaking out of your house every single day. A battery closes that gap. It stores your cheap daytime solar and gives it back to you at night, so you are using your own power instead of buying it back at the worst possible price.
Use the solar you paid for
Keep your cheap daytime power instead of handing it to the grid for cents.
Run the house at night on stored solar
Get through the expensive peak hours without buying power back at up to 58 cents.
Keep the lights on in a blackout
With the right setup, your home stays powered when the street goes dark.
Take the pressure off your bill
Less peak-rate power bought back, year round.
One quiet box on the wall. A home that runs after dark.
A modern home battery is about the size of a small cupboard, and just as boring to live with, which is exactly the point. It charges off your panels by day and runs your house at night, with nothing to switch and no app to babysit.
- Stores your cheap daytime solar instead of selling it for cents
- Runs the evening peak on stored sunshine, not grid power at up to 58c
- Keeps your essential circuits on through a blackout, with the right setup
The rebates, explained honestly. No inflated numbers.
There is real money on the table right now, and we are going to give you the straight version, not a stacked-up figure designed to make you sign. There are two separate things to understand, and they should not be mashed into one big headline number.
The federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount
Roughly 30% off a typical battery, indicatively around $2,400 to $3,300 off a 10 to 13 kWh unit, applied straight to your invoice. One thing to know: it steps down every six months from 1 May 2026, so the discount is at its biggest right now.
The NSW VPP connection incentive (NSW only, and separate)
If you connect your battery to a Virtual Power Plant in NSW, there is a separate incentive worth up to around $1,500 gross, which usually nets out closer to $500 to $1,015 after provider fees. A real benefit, but its own thing, not part of the federal discount.
Honest payback, around 3 to 5 years
Put it together and a well-priced battery pays itself back in about 3 to 5 years. At partner pricing, a battery near $3,999 can land closer to a 3-year payback. Real numbers we will stand behind, not a best-case fantasy.
Your solar already does half the work.
Every panel you paid for makes power all day. Without a battery, most of it gets sold back to the grid for a few cents while you are out. A battery keeps that power for the evening, when you would otherwise be buying it back at the peak rate. That is the half most solar homes are still missing.
- Use the solar you already paid for, instead of giving it away
- Cover the expensive evening peak with your own stored power
- The federal rebate is at its biggest right now, so the upgrade is cheaper today than next year
A different way to buy a battery.
We are a brand with a mission, not a funnel. Everything here is free to use, built on numbers you can verify, and pointed at one outcome: you getting the right battery from one installer you can trust. No middlemen taking a cut of your details.
One installer, not five
When you are ready, we match you with a single Solar Accreditation Australia accredited installer who has been vetted. No auction, no pile-on of cold calls.
Your details are never sold
We are not a lead-gen site wearing a friendly face. What you share with us stays with us.
Free, genuinely
The guides, the calculators, the comparisons, all of it costs you nothing and asks for nothing up front.
Built on public data
Figures from the Clean Energy Regulator, the AER and government rebate programs, not marketing spin. If we cannot back a number, we do not print it.
Your evenings, exactly as they should be.
No watching the meter at dinner. No flinching when the aircon kicks in. Just your own stored sunshine quietly running the house through the evening, while the most expensive power of the day costs you nothing. That is the whole point of a battery, and it is a genuinely lovely way to live.
The people behind it, and where this comes from.
My Home Battery comes from the team at Why Solar, based in Sydney and helping homes right across Australia, metro and regional. It is run by Andy McMaster and Bec Ramirez, with more than 35 years of combined experience in the energy and solar industry. Why Solar was built on a single frustration: an industry full of pushy lead-gen sites and collapsing installers, and almost nobody giving homeowners the straight version. So we built a brand on publicly verifiable data, free education, and matching people with one vetted installer instead of selling them to the highest bidder. Home batteries are the next big, confusing, easily overpriced purchase a solar home makes. So we brought that exact same approach here. Same people, same standards, same promise.
Started Why Solar in Sydney in 2019 and looks after the installer side: vetting the installers we match you with, holding them to quality standards, and keeping the whole thing honest. The straight-talking voice behind My Home Battery.
Part of the team behind Why Solar, focused on the family side of the decision: real-world advice on bills, savings and the rebate maze, turned into plain English that anyone can actually act on.
What you can count on from us.
You have probably been burned, or know someone who has. So instead of asking you to trust us, here is exactly what we hold ourselves to. If we ever break one of these, we are not doing our job.
Accredited installers only
Every installer we match you with is Solar Accreditation Australia accredited, formerly CEC. No exceptions.
One installer, never an auction
Your enquiry goes to a single vetted installer, not a panel of cold callers.
No spam, no surprise calls
We will not ring you out of the blue. We make contact when you tell us you are ready, and not before.
Honest numbers, always
Real prices, real rebates, and payback figures we can back with public data.
No pressure
Read for ten minutes or ten weeks. There is no clock on you. Your journey, your pace.
Built on public data
Figures from the Clean Energy Regulator and the AER, not marketing spin. If we cannot back a number, we do not print it.
Home batteries, answered plainly.
Is a home battery worth it in 2026?
How much does a battery cost after rebates?
Do I need solar panels to add a battery?
Will you sell my details to lots of companies?
What's a VPP, and should I join one?
How long until a battery pays for itself?
Aussies sleeping easy on stored sunshine.
"We had panels but were still copping huge winter bills. The battery runs the whole evening now. They matched us with one local installer. No spam, no five calls."
"Didn't realise how many rebates I qualified for until the quiz. Came off the price before I paid a cent. Bill's basically zero through summer now."
"Best part was one installer instead of five hounding me. They picked the right mob for my place and answered all my dumb questions. Power through every blackout now."
Real customers, real results. Individual savings vary with your home, usage and tariff.
When you are ready, we are here.
No rush, and no catch. Have a read, run your numbers, and get a feel for what your home actually needs. When you want a real price from one accredited installer who will not muck you about, we will be right here to make that introduction. Until then, take your time. It is your call, and your pace. Real prices, real rebates, real installers. No pushy sales, no spam, no calls until you say so.
Real prices, real rebates, real installers. No pushy sales, no spam, no calls until you say so.