Smart man! Great investment I’m sure

Can you do solar without the govt getting involved with you or do you have to sell it back to them.i have 4967 square mtrs in batangas

@@williamaustin6183 No, you can go off-grid or hybrid and not have them involved.

@@ItsMe_PhilippinesI’m in chicago and you mentioned solar made sense here. Can you email me. I have a few questions if you don’t mind

@@daminiel1 shoot me an email

Thank you, I really appreciate the positive comment

Thank you

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you

Thank you

Thanks and yeah she’s something special lol

Thank you I appreciate the comment

Great, happy that it helped and enjoy your move home!

Thank you, we are very happy with it

Thank you for watching and let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you

I’m very excited about the add-on and I didn’t know it was really an option until recently. More to come soon!

@@ItsMe_Philippines I am curious! You are by far my favorite YT channel! On a side note: Nice surprise this week. Free shipping to the Philipinnes for orders over 49$ on Amazon USA. and if less then $200; no import taxes.Just register your PH adress in advance.

@@patricke.987 wow that's nice!

Great to hear and thank you for watching. I would still recommend at least having a small generator as a back up. With the typhoons around here it’s always good to have an additional options.

@@ItsMe_Philippines i have a 4KW generator for emergencies but i never always wanted an alternative source of power to save on Electric bills. I have gone with inverters on all my big appliances but this solar route is definitely a game changer. Are you using backup batteries with your Solar system?

Hahaha thanks Scott. Let me know if you have any questions and reach out when you’re local!

Thank you my friend and feel free to reach out to me with any questions.

I seen u are on Cory channel...am also getting ready to build a house in the Philippines...I need to find out what and how many solar panels I need for 3 bedroom house... hope to hear from you

Can’t wait for my fish delivery!

@@ItsMe_Philippines ibet you can't

Nice!

Thank you for the comment, and the respectful feedback. Overall based on your savings, what do you think ROI will be?

@@ItsMe_Philippines Due to some low grade items which needed to be replaced my ROI is approximately 6.5 years. If the the original items were up to par the ROI would have been approx. 5 years. My Roi is calculated at present cost. At the present rate of inflation I expect it to much less. I purchased the components I required from a company named Greensun Solar Energy Tech Co. aka Greensun on Alibaba. Even after doing my due diligence I still chose the wrong company. At the time there was not a reputable dealer in my area. If I have one bit of advise to others with this in mind if at all possible use a local dealer with a technician on staff.

I like your thinking. Also Corey's. Great minds think alike. Until the Philippine factor kicks in :). We put up 20 Solar panels, 275 Watts ea. and 5.5 Kw in total with one Inverter. Price Php 420,000 in Feb. 2018. Exchange rate 52 Php/1US$. No Battery back up. Which I will explain later. Been promised a ROI calculated by 11 peso per kWh, in approx 4-5 year. System will produce 8 977kWh per year, in a normal year, downgrade approx 0,8% every year. A very optimistic number. We experienced some problems you also mentioned. Voltage fluctuation in rural areas. We sometimes hit a low of 190 V and up to 242 V and the system shut down. Not good for sensitive Electronics. It took a while to get CEBECO out and have them agree to install a transformer down the road to maintain a more even 220 V. It worked. Here's some real world experience. The solar almost never runs at 100 %. Either clouds, rain, dust on the panels or too much sun and getting to hot. Which brings me to the Batteries. We experienced that already in Florida and have been told in the Philippines that Batteries last not as long in very hot climate. Replacing them in some years could be expensive and extends the ROI. We decided against Batteries. We definitely wanted to be connected to the Grid and feed back power produced and not needed. As usual, lots of papers to be filed, time to wait but in the end, we made it. We also been told that the power we feed back to CEBECO will only be credited at 50 %. While getting power from them was of course 100 %. PLUS, when there is a brownout, the Solar System must shut down and can not feed back power into the Grid for safety reasons. We sold our place before we could get more real world data. Like others said, the lifespan for a Solar Inverter could only be 5 to 10 yrs. The sun and heat is brutal in the Phil. Which would be additional expenses ahead of time and the ROI would change again. Well, it was great to have it and all may improve in the future. Would we do it again? Maybe.

Great comment, thank you. Was about to ask your opinion on battery brand and then in the last line I found it. Thank you.

Sounds good to me and shoot me an email so we can keep in touch.

Thank you! Wished I had a smaller car to be honest. Parking is a nightmare and my car has been hit 4 times in the last year alone. Plus gas is expensive here so I don't want anything bigger.

@@ItsMe_Philippines oh wow, that’s sucks sorry to hear that! But yeah I can see that definitely going against the cost efficiency 😁

Glad it was helpful!

Same here I would want battery backup eventually. My ideal setup would be two to 3 days backup running the house at full power and a week if I'm conserving power.

Going entirely off-grid is the way to go for the reasons you have already said. Plus it would not matter if the neighbour has a business tripping the primary power grid and making your solar system stop working. You would have none of these issues if you are entirely off-grid.

But you also wouldn't be making money so the panels aren't an 'investment' as he is looking for.@@pc-ninja

It’s a possibility

You are welcome!

You are very welcome

It was a great investment 👍🏻

Our home generator is getting wired in this weekend

Net metering here is a challenge and wish they would address that. Either way we are also very happy!

@@ItsMe_Philippines It’s been 7 months since applying for the Net Metering. Pelco 1 was here yesterday inspecting the installation. System installer didn’t hook up the earth ground to the inverter properly. Once that is corrected, Pelco will install the new meter.

Hi, how much energy (kwh) do you use every night? And what loads are usually running in the evening?

Net metering is not recommended for everyone. It really depends on the size of your system and how much are using. If you spend $1000 to process the paperwork and you’re not making additional power all you’re doing is wasting the paperwork fee.

Thank you 🙏

Thank you! And electricity is very expensive over here and it’s sunny 12 months out of the year so it only makes sense to go solar.

I'll have a solar update soon my friend and many thinks will be talked about.

Glad you liked it!

Nice, how much was his entire system to include his batteries cost?

@@xiaobao4757 I don't know.

He clears probably 300K usd per year...his system was very very pricy.

They have estiamted he makes around $125K per year, not 300K. That being said, yes he has a very hi-tech system and he never reveals how much it cost. He never discusses cost of house, land, or anything.

@@KingRat71 his system isn't super hi-tech at all. it's a very basic offgrid system you can purchase anywhere in the philippines. from what you can see in his videos. his system probably cost him close to 9k usd.

Thank you

1.5 hours north near Bais city

Just got out of it! Still runs for free!

@@ItsMe_Philippines you lucky dog it's freezing in ga in the states!

Thank you

Over $1,200 a year

@ItsMe_Philippines well, I built my house in Balamban with a steel-reinforced concrete roof. It is tilted about 8⁰ to the south, so it should be pretty good for solar. I enjoy your videos. Keep 'em coming.

Thank you! @@alannorris8465

Easy return on your investment here!

Thank you for watching

I was able to get a professional out here and adjust the input settings. So now the frequency will fluctuate and it will straighten itself out.

@@ItsMe_Philippines Cool, when is the baby coming! Just think how cool that would be!

You are correct and working on a price for that now along with a 3k hybrid system running off the 6k on grid.

Director of operations for a large automotive manufacture.

It took months to even get approve so I do not have enough date yet to put that video together.

We estimated needing a 3k system witch is why I went with roughly double. Dryer and ac use the most power and even with both running I’m not hitting 2kw

That would more than likely help the problem. Paid a solar expert to come over and check the issue. He adjusted the Hertz settings on the solar unit because the power line was not the same. It’s been working perfectly since then!

Wire there like lots spaghetti pole to pole. Going everywhere.

Did you watch part one with the cost and what package I got?

100% correct and would only use it for a shed or garage. Still used pvc on my shed and garage however. I’m not interested in dealing with rust later on to save a little money upfront.

Shoot me an email my friend! Yes, Dumaguete cities motto is “city of gentle people”

Thank you!

Tough call in that situation.

i can already tell if u can tapp the grid then its much cheapper to use grid tie system. battery prices arent there yet to be feasible

Agreed! It is “easier” going with a hybrid system but it’s double the cost. My 6k investment would have been 13-15k and then 10 years from now I would need to buy new batteries.

Here in US , I have no need for solar since black outs is rare. Should I build a house in the Phil since black outs is the norm, I will have solar and battery. The battery is for convenience not saving cost since the return for investment may not be positive due to battery requiring replacement

Every warranty will be different but we have ours maintenance once a year to be safe by a local solar company. Degrade rate will be different for each company, I'm expecting roughly 1% loss each year being the average.

Completely agree with you and understand 100% with what you’re saying. I would expect it to be about 75 to 80% of a return. Wouldn’t expect them to give me 100% match on the cost because they have a fleet department, HR department, Payroll, and a large staff at the power company. So they do have overhead and I understand that. However, they’re not making it very easy for locals to get it. Or encouraging them to switch over because the return is so small and the cost is too high to apply.

I hear that a lot, but it really depends on the island that you live on. We’ve been on a different islands the last week and they’ve had a brown out every day. We are really really really had to in the last year and a half.

Nice!

Off grid or hybrid would be ideal to ever avoid losing power. However, the cost will more than double. So factor that into your ROI to see if that makes sense in your situation. Hybrid is the “best” in my opinion. It’s just weather it’s cost efficient or not.

@@ItsMe_Philippines the pricing of Lithium batteries is rapidly dropping in the US, and the technology is improving as well. Off grid to me is an option there.

@@lqsi12 Hello all! I am at ease with off grid. I have had a big system before. The problem, in the Philippines, is availability of lithium batteries. The little available is way too expensive compared to the west. Grid tied with a hybrid inverter will slightly increase the inverter cost but will provide the option of lithium in the future. Presently Gel or lifePO batteries are the best option. They last very well in hot weather too and if under continual use you will get about 8 years out of them. The best is getting a transfer switch that allows you to divert to an alternate power source. It unlinks you from the grid. So you can either use an inverter generator or your battery bank. Personally a 4000W Greenshield brand generator for +/-$1000 will cover regular daily use. Greenshield is a good brand produced in the PH. It is a trusted brand equivalent Honda generator quality. This is equivalent to being completely off grid at a much lesser cost.

I agree with you! Please read my answer to @Iqsi12 below. By the way, the generator can be tied in to your house network

@@patricke.987 6000watt generator wired to the house this week for backup! Video up soon on this my friend.

Is good where I live. But that is not the case with everyone so I would really say it’s hard to answer depending on what island and province you’re going to.

Yes, I actually have a smaller back up system with batteries and including a back up generator. I have videos on that as well.

Thanks!

Would be in my videos of building the house

My email is in all the video descriptions

I would probably have some pictures, but I wasn’t doing UKposts at that time. I wish I stayed in my channel when we start of the house!

Ouch!

Not going to make a video strictly on my dryer but I can check the model. Would just look locally for one because they will not special order it if it's not in stock.

haha they are great times!

I never go over 5kw because we run single 1hp ac at night and the second one is on 3-5 times a week in my office for 3-6 hours. We use very little power. My pool is a dc powered pool pump running off it's own panels.

What island you moving to?

@@ItsMe_Philippines Negros.

We went with an insulation that we got from a local hardware store. Rather cheap on the price but makes a really big difference with the heat. I could test the temperature difference under a piece of roofing with ours vs without it and you’d be shocked. Plus, we did not go with a metal roof because you fry being underneath them!

@@ItsMe_Philippinesconcrete roof is how I will handle reroofing my wife’s Tarlac PI house instead of metal/steel frame. Hope to save on attic insulation and use the concrete roof to support the solar panels

We did not pay by meter as we had a team of hourly guys to control quality. Worried about quality and not quantity/speed of the build. House is around 2,100 sq feet.

And a nice temperature drop!

No I have not but there seems to be enough interest into to consider doing.

@@ItsMe_Philippines I'm there is! :)

Dio, the solar company was able to adjust my panel. The fluctuation was in the Hertz that was shutting it off for safety. It hasn’t happened in the last couple months.

@@ItsMe_Philippines Thank-you for you reply!! I appreciate all your videos and candor.

We buy large bottles and have a dispenser or water. We set up holding tanks and started doing things to prepare for collecting rain water.

yes and no. That's a long and complicated answer and more than I could put in a comment. There are three types of solar systems so it depends on what kind you have.

It’s been addressed and did a video on adding the generator

We only had a mosquito problem for half a year. Either way in the last house update, rescreened the rear patio in the front doors in along with all the windows.

Have a video on my backup generator so we would be ok for over a week.

Here you go! I don't remember the insulation as it's just standard insulation. Roofing: ph.onduline.com/en/homeowner