Solar power

[jolog1]

Meron ba kayong alam tungkol sa setup ng solar power para sa bahay? o baka may kakilala kayo na may experience dito? Sulit kaya? May mga nagbebenta sa internet pero sa US pa.

[badkuk]

a friend of mine once showed me a newspaper ad re solar panels for sale...this was 1-2 years ago pa. can't remember any other details.

fyi, SunPower Phils is manufacturing solar cell panels for export.

[rsnald]

meron nafeature dati, a house powered by solar panels. mga madre yata may ari nung bahay and sila kinuha test case. High maintenance yata solar panels dahil sa you have to keep the solar panels clean... kalaban mo bird poopoo and pollution. hihina power generation pag nabablock ang sunlight ..and of course, wala kang kuryente pag tag-ulan. Kailangan mo yata ng backup batteries para makastore ka ng kuryente pag walang araw. can't remember all the details but those are the ones I recall.

mas ok pa yata ang windmills for electric generation.

[chokers]

ako interestd din jan.. alam ko sa states they even sell to power companies excess power they generate from solar panels... ayos diba?

[pissword]

kami po may gamit na solar powered na heater ng tank ng tubig..

bale ang heater po mismo eh solar.. for continuous heating of the water, nakakastore din siya ng energy for 4 days ata if hindi umaraw ng 4 days..pero sabi ng kapatid ko by that time parang warm nalang daw ang tubig sa loob ng tank

may tank siya and solar panel..

[ghosthunter]

typical solar power system for home use:

-solar panels
-storage battery (low maintenance lead acid batteries)
-inverter & charger
-power controller (switch between solar & grid)

[glntVR]

dami ko nakikita yung mga water heater na may solar panel sa bubong ng mga house.

[bm5er]

Check out True Value (Rockwell) - saw solar power panels there - mobile, portable and boat/yatch models. They display a battery connected to it, am not sure about the inverter. Maybe some model can be used at home.

We had been contemplating on testing one of those, maybe when we have some extra dough and time to set it up.

[tebs]

mahal ba set-up ng ganyan?

ang taas na kasi ng singil ng meralco. kahit ako, kung magkakaroon ako ng bahay, gusto ko may alternative power ako. hehehe

[mazdamazda]

IMO, depende yan sa location mo.

kasi kung hindi naman laging maaraw (at tropical country tayo) hindi yan sulit.

[ghosthunter]

more than 10 years ago a single solar panel (about 1M x 0.5M) will cost P14,000. Dunno about the current costs.

[mark_t]

The developing world’s first and largest (at the time of its inauguration in 2004) on-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, the 1MWp polycrystalline silicon-based PV plant and connected with the distribution network of Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co., Inc. (CEPALCO) in Cagayan de Oro City, has completed its third year of commercial operations with greater than expected annual energy production. From the start of tis commercial operations on September 26, 2004, the PV plant has exported to CEPALCO a total of 4,169,100 kWh or an average of 1,389,700 annually, which is 10% higher than the expected annual energy generation of 1,261,400 kWh. At its current generating capacity, the PV plant supplies the equivalent requirement of no less than 900 CEPALCO residential customers

http://www.cepalco.com.ph/solar.php

Guys, I hope this will make your day!

[poohpiglet]

Solar Panels Melbourne supplies high grade, quality controlled solar panels.
Pasensya, ito yung ma susuggest ko. Sana makakatulong to sa'yo

[pup2]

Meron na pong mga solar 'kit' na ino-offer ang Benpre/Lopez group ... kakabasa ko lang sa diyaryo. Ang maganda sa solar, mababa ang operating cost -- halos zero nga. Mataas nga lang ang puhunan lalo kung sustained/commercial use dahil hindi naman sustainable ang peak power rating ng panels. Parang yung PMPO ng mga speaker ba.

AFAIK though, using it to generate/heat water is more financially viable -- kaso hindi naman year-round and pangangailangan natin ng hot water sa faucet.

[badkuk]

http://www.rhidalgohardware.com/...though i'm not sure if cheap/expensive.

There's one other site, will post once i remember

[oj88]

When you're laying down the cost of a solar power solution, don't just look at the panels themselves. There are other essential parts, equipment, and services that should be considered as well.

Here's a good starting point on the pricing: solar set

[niky]

Their calculations are wrong. How can the biggest panel only output enough power for 0 hours of LED bulb usage?

I have a friend who just installed the 2400W panel, I think. I should mosey on over to see how well it works.