Quote Originally Posted by pup2 View Post
Update ko lang ito. My project went on the back shelf again. Pinuntahan naman talaga ako nung taga Benpres yata yun (?) na kausap ko. Tama naman lahat ng calculation -- kaya lang, I found out na yung stated output nung solar panel ay hindi pala sustained! Siguro kaya madalas ma-brownout yung mga iba diyan.

Apparently, ang stated output ng mga panels ay parang yung sa speakers dati -- nakalagay mataas pero peak lang pala ito -- parang PMPO ng speakers. Ang sustained output ay parang 20-30% lang nung stated output.

Dahil doon, hindi naging feasible ang project. Sabi ko titignan ko na lang uli in about 5 years.

For the meantime, we replaced all bulbs with CFLs, replaced all old fluorescent lights with electronic ballasts, installed "kisame" on all AC rooms, made sure no AC's are underpowered, and made a point to assess all appliances 5 years old or older pag nasisira kung worth it pa ipagawa o palitan na lang ng more energy efficient ones -- ayos naman medyo malaki din natipid.

I was hoping for more pero siguro for next year na yun.
Yan po ang common assumption ng mga interested consumers na porke naka post sa ads yung number of watts eh akala nila yan yung average when in fact that's the peak power na kaya i produce in the most ideal conditions. I have a place in Boracay, Laguna, Bicol and Tarlac that use a combination of Solar and windmills and it helps but not to the point that you can say that the house is independent. Pag gamit palang ng 1 pc, lamp and fan eh it drains the total power stored within just a few hours. That's why I have the entire circuit set up na pag gabi na i'll just use the energy stored to power up lights. Malaki pa yung mga panels na kinabit ko. Imagine the smallest of the homes has a house area of 1500sqm and lahat ng panels is on one side of the roof along with 2 windmills. Sometimes the swish of the windmills get irritating maswerte ako at wala kapit bahay sa area namin. The nearest one is at least 50 suv lengths away.