Off-Grid Solar ONE YEAR LATER 🇵🇭 0 PHP Electric Bill? What We Know Now!

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Off-Grid Solar install in the Philippines ONE YEAR LATER 🇵🇭 0 PHP Electric Bill? What we know now that we didn't know then.

Our names are Jmayel, Sacha & Story. We traveled to the Philippines Siargao island and fell in love with island life, now we want to make that life more permanent.
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Sacha, Jmayel, Story & Poppy are a Vegan family currently living in the Philippines. Creating a peaceful vlog about travel, family and life.

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milesfromhome
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I admire this couple's resilience in trying to overcome the challenges of living on a remote island in the Philippines.

febochestbox
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paint your roof/walls with insulating paint to reduce the temp. (so they dont absorb heat) look for boysen coolshades paint

glennjv
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One way of avoiding the Inconveniences of a power fluctuation is to turn off the breaker and go on full battery power at least during the 6 to 9 pm busy hours., it not only prevents electrical fatigue on your equipment but will also save you some bills on the electricity. Cheers and more power to you guys! 🙂🇬🇧🇵🇭

renatoarias
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You are contributing to energy saver and climate change you are qualified for discount in elecytric bills a program of the government when using solar energy.god bless your family .

maricarocampo
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Try using a UPS for the TV & router so it does not turn off when the inverter switches. It helps a lot and protects your router and TV chips.

Hadosen
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Nice setup, just put a cheap UPS on the TV and internet modem, it will help when the power switch over and you wont have to worry about the TV going out.

Ojames
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watching this channel restores faith in human nature. keep it up guys

hypnotechno
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Awesome video. I've lived in Cebu for 12 years and the Electric bills are crazy expensive. Now i am selling Solar to US residents virtually and have a vision to setup an NGO providing off grid solar to Philippine remote area schools, clinics, churches . Interesting how much electric you were losing with the old grid connection. True much of the cost here loss in transmission. PS. Thanks for being real you guys My favorite Philippine Vlog. keep it up.

scottmoseley
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Have you ever considered a UPS for your TV and router? That may solve the power switch over problem you are dealing with. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

plumbus
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Whats the total cost of your solar system set-up .? - For some with their solar set-up they also have some form of attachment/ equipment that generates additional power from the wind - there's always strong winds day or night or storms etc. generating way more than enough extra and additional power

mastertrader
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Great video thanks, I’m a fellow Brit retiring to Siquijor in a couple of years and considering solar.

sunshinedream
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Nice video. Wecome to the Philippines, where you have first hand experience while other think they know better. Batteries do not last forever, so save up for their replacement. Good solar inverters have no fans and can transfer power from the grid to solar without you noticing it. No need for extra UPS. You ATS is not suited for the power quality in your island, it will not last that long. Using solar for the past 33 years was always an experience for me and there are still new things to learn while others try to re-invent the wheel. Zeroing your electric bill with solar is a bragging right, and a financial blunder that only serves the solar vendor😢. I got interested in your vlog because of Starlink. Gòod move. Enjoy living in Siargao. 😊

silvernavarro
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Totally understand your issues!! We hooked into the grid here also. We had an average of around 175Volts, and never even close to 200V. It took out a 2 hp air conditioner, and a 2 Hp well pump.

Spent about 35, 000 pesos and bought our own transformer. 235 to 240 volts all the time. I measured the distance from my house to the nearest transformer and it was around 900 meters. Line losses are bad here because the power grid folks use tiny wires for the lines to the houses. The switching back and forth from the grid on that switch will continue to burn it out. If you have the battery for it, Manually switch it over to battery at around 6pm and manually put it back on after 9pm. Resulting power use is nearly exactly the same, but YOU control how many times it switches that way.

I have a diesel generator good for about 7500 watts and use it when island power is out. Something you should look into before the next Typhoon. Gasoline has a poor shelf life in this heat, but diesel is good for months if not years in a clean plastic barrel. Big cost on the generator is for the automation. If you can teach yourself how to start it, and get a decent mechanical guy, upkeep is not very expensive. Mine
has lost a starter solenoid, and the battery charging circuit will only last a few weeks before the vibration shakes it to death... I took the charging circuit out and bought a simple trickle charger for around 300 pesos and it keeps the battery fully charged all the time. Regular car battery lasts about 3 years.
Also, get a list of your normal maintenance parts and a schedule. Parts for most of it are cheap. I have spare starter, 3 solenoids for the starter, 3 solenoids for the auto fuel shut off, 4 sets of brushes for the generator. CLEARLY way too many parts. Have only used one set of brushes, and 1 starter solenoid, and one fuel solenoid. On Camotes Island, about 135 miles to your North West, near Cebu, to get parts we need to go to Cebu. With ferry schedules, any trip there for parts requires 2 days, lots of taxi fees, and a hotel stay, so I prefer to stock up here. Good luck there.
For anything on generators or local things, just reply here. We've been here about 7 years now.
Its a great place, but it is NOT the equivalent of either America or UK.... but I am sure you know that by now!!

lpconserv
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Hello Jay, just ask your provider if he can connect the main line to your inverter and have it in battery priority/UPS mode so that everytime the battery ran out of juice the inverter will take care of switching from battery to main line without noticing it. I did that with my setup only that the inverter is not Deye. So the ATS will only kick in once the inverter is off. What I did was main line split into 2, 1 goes to the inverter the other 1 goes to the ATS backup power, then the inverter line goes to the ATS main source.

peejay
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Buy yourself a wide sponge mop with a long handle and clean the panels while standing up.
And you would be surprised how little stuff on a panel will degrade the output of the panel.

j.r.
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Why do you need an ATS if your Inverter does it for you? I have the same inverter and love it .

gjsxnobody
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Very informative. Have you considered heating water during peak solar to use later to shower? Basically a water battery. Another way to save battery power might be to run your well pump with a daytime timer and use that to fill the gravity tank if needed. Both houses could share the single existing gravity tank. Less total pumping as rainwater is used when available and any pumping that takes place would only be during peak sun. Regards, Alan

alandunkel
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I love listening to your daughter’s proper English accent……US guy here. Nice video!

delawaresurf
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Good video thanks for sharing! UPS will resolve that tiny blip from router and tv. I don't have solar setup but the UPS saves me when there are fluctuations and my router have to restart.

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