if the batteries are full as early as 9am, then the whole day time electricity consumption is coming directly from the sun while the evening electricity consumption is from the batteries. therefore the battery capacity should cover mostly the evening consumption. ?
You have to be sure that the inverters are capable to manage inductive electric motors like the swim pool motors they usually pull a lot of current in short time and inductive motors use to kill inverters that aren’t transformer based real quick… just keep in mind 😉
Congratulations Finn on your new and amazing home. Are you and Sherlyn planning to settle down? Would be very delighted to see little Finns and litle Sherlyns running around your beautiful home.😁❤🤗
Every year during dry season or summer you would always be worried about forest fire since your house is located in the midst of lust forest vegetation. Its recommended for you to build a high firewall stone fence around your property as well as an indoor water sprinkler. Even if you are abroad or away from your house you can have peace of mind.
@@michaeljakeusman I mean it's just set to dry mode and not cool mode, it would only consume little power, I'd rather spend a little more money just to have redundancy and protect what could cost you the most expensive parts in the system.
Finn.. for the pool, instead of a heater for your pool, I live in New Hampshire and we used a solar blanket. It honestly looked like upsidedown bubble wrap, but was very durable. We had it on a roller so it was easy to cover the pool and easy to take off. Saves a lot of money, plus you guys live where it's warm so you probably don't need to heat it much
In San Carlos City up farther north of Dauin, their is a solar farm there. Me and my class went for a visit and learned their ROI was about seven years. A good charge controller will take care of your batteries. You can exlore net metering in the future. Service life of equipments are important. Also support tree planting projects up the mountains which makes possible low water rates. You can explore mini windmills too.
Fin why not get a 5 stage reverse osmosis home water system for your home, install it in your kitchen. You will be able to cut down the cost in buying purified water container. You can also free up some space in your storage because of the water containers.
No Brownout! Yes, all the more reason for having your own solar system. No worries about the heat, food/appliances getting damaged and so on. Very impressive calculation/computation, Finn and nice haircut, Sherlyn, suits you beautifully. You are both blessed with an ultra modern high tech/equipped house (paradise). Good to know everything is going right with you guys. Thanks for the input. Like Kulas.often say, Power On!
I suggest you use WILO pumps that are designed in Germany for your water pressure needs including your pool because they run and controlled by inverters which is very efficient in power consumption and very durable also. Believe me because I worked as an operator/maintenance of that pump for 12 years and it didn't gave me headache for that time being.
if you are using no-frost fridge, dont use time scheduler to turn off those via socket. also, it is smart to have still grid power however it seems like there is no powerlines near the house. that inverter can produce power back to the grid and if you have net metering, you can bank those extra power that your system produces. and in case that there is a prolonged period of rainy season like it is raining 2 weeks straight, you can use banked power on the grid and still have net negative bill.
I hope you invested in inverter tech for your big fridge. We have fridge and stand alone big freezer both inverter tech on solar battery. I was surprised by their minimal consumption. Inverter is definitely the way to go even though it costs a little more.
We have a similar system here in Australia East Coast. 24KW Solar and 40KWh battery storage. A fully centralized Aircondition with a split system in the Rumpus room that has all the solar system installed. In Summer we don't even turn the aircon in the house off. It runs 24/7 and battery SOC has not been below 48%. Everything runs on the system, including pool/Hot Water/Dishwasher/Fridge/Stove/Hotplate...etc. We don't worry about it anymore. The only thing I might turn off in a really cloudy/rainy day is the Hot Water System as it stores 250ltr of hot water and stays hot for 48hrs easily. the only recommendation I would make is to change the temperature in your Solar room to 24C~25C celsius. Batteries hate heat, no matter what type. Ours like your solar room aircon is set to come on in the morning at 08:00AM and turns off at 20:30PM. All year as in the winter period it might be ON, but doesn't actually do anything due to the Temps. As such it might use 20W for the electronics that monitor. You really shouldn't have to turn off the fridge at all. Same with your aircon as they are very efficient ones the desired temperature has been reached. Our big House aircon is set to 25C celsius in Summer and 24C in winter.
From what I hear, it is ok to drain the batteries to zero IF they are lithium (without long term effect/damage), to make them last longer. Max charge is more important, like do not fully charge them, only up to 80-85%. This will give you the max battery life expectancy from a lithium. Not draining the battery for max life (no less than 50%), only applies to led acid and AGM type batt. P.S., LiFepo4 batt = Li for lithium, Fe for Iron element symbol, and po4 for phosphate.
Congrats finnlyn you're the first ever I've knew here i the philippine installed a very expensive equipment, it's good idea ever i admired you both.❤❤❤.
In our town in Eastern Leyte, a Contractor man has installed a Complete Home Solar Power System in his house two yrs ago and it cost him P1.5M. It’s popular now in the Philippines to have Solar power system for those who can afford.
Excellent video. here in Virginia USA I have the same sized system, just no batteries. it's grid tied, the utility DOES give me credit in KwHours for use in other times of the year if it's cloudy and stormy. Microinverter based system, reliable for longer than large inverters. Sunny day this time of year I can generate 120 KwH. Today, dark and rainy all day, only generated 15 KwH. I DID install it myself, it took a very long time (57 panels on three roofs). the plans were provided by the wholesaler, they had to be engineer reviewed and approved. The permits from the town were not expensive. It was a pain getting the utility to OK the system because it is so massive. I had to accumulate several months of utility bills to convince them that yeah, I can use that much power. It's a silly system, why limit the size of a solar array, what part of the environment does the utility NOT want to protect? The more green power we push out on the grid, the less fossil fuels we need to burn. The system is paid outright, and it has been amazing so far.
I really dig the solar stuff. I told my girlfriend when we build our house, I need solar, and starlink, and we need to build high enough so it doesn't flood, and strong enough that typhoons don't blow it down the street. 😁
I’ve found the electric bill to be excessive when I used 5 Aircon’s, water heaters, refrigerator, and freezer. Of course my Filipino family would walk outside and leave the door wide open so training to keep the doors and windows closed is required. Good vlogs, I’m interested in your future wind power. *Seal around the door and I would add a room HEPA air filter unit to your power room, the micro dust getting sucked into your electronics can create a lot of damage to your equipment, it’s a small price to keep your electronics in top shape. God Bless
You definitely don’t want to cycle your refrigerators on and off because it will definitely damage the motor or cut the light of the motor substantially what you should do if you should wire the house in such a manner that the solar will give priority to those electronic devices that you want to power, and then the excess can go to the other items
8:43 This brings to my mind atmospheric water generators. Now that you have surplus of pure solar, would you consider AWG system where you could harvest clean drinking water from the humidity of the air? Check the technology out Finn. You wouldn't need to buy drinking water even anymore, let a lone cool or heat it, since you have solar.
You guys are big inspiration to many. as always thank you for sharing your experience of having a 100% off grid power.... indeed it less worries for the monthly bills...less worries in brown out! And save more money for the future projects...😊
This is great to see in person. We are a few weeks out from 🇵🇭 and also very interested in solar living. Initially expensive, but worth it. Great to see the progress you guys are making! 🙏
One more reason to add more batteries is the life will be expanded for all the batteries. Your batteries are rated for a certain number of cycles or partial cycles, usually 4,000 for full cycles or 6,000 at from about 80% to 20%, so if you have more capacity your charge and discharge will not be as low a charge and maybe not be a full. Even if fully charged you have more power to use and, will likely have not discharged as deeply and therefore extended the number of cycles you will get from the batteries. BTW I am an electrician and have 40 panels on my home and two inverters. Not quite as big as your system but I have net metering and grid tie so I don't have to worry about battery life.
@@FinnSnowVlogs I am a bit of an expert with solar, and batteries and power loads, will be glad to answer any questions you may come up with. For now I only suggest more battery. Led lighting, and run your pool pumps in the daytime only. Run the AC units only in room you occupy and higher temps especially at night when on battery.
We’re about to start renovating out house in Leyte and intend to have some solar. We won’t be able to afford as many panels as you’ve got initially so we’ll probably get 8kw to start and add more panels over time. Of course, the technology will improve and prices will come down in the years ahead so maybe it’s not wise to spend a fortune on panels now
Finn, wind turbines are very noisy so be careful how close to the house you place them. It may disrupt your sleep or your time outside. Might be better to add another battery and some addition panels. Looks like you have the room.
👍👍👍👍 Being completely off grid requires a system that has excess capacity many days. That creates a great problem to have, what to do with the excess power on days you don’t need the maximum. My suggestion is an electric car that you charge only when you have excess capacity that you don’t need for normal household needs.
Thanks for this vlog Finn. Already thinking of getting a smaller set up when I retire. When I retire I want to retire from BILLS and JUDITHS (due dates) as well. 🙏🙏🙏.
Thanks for the video. I’m still a few years from retirement, but I plan to have a solar system installed when we do in 5 years or so. I’ll definitely be interested in the long term reliability of your system when it comes time for us to build. We’re planning to be connected to the grid just in case, but we’d like most of our electricity needs to be met by solar or a backup gas generator. We live in California and the price of electricity is skyrocketing, but investing in solar is also very expensive here and most systems don’t cover all the electricity that the house needs to run, especially if you run air conditioning.
OMG!!Thor has grown so big in a matter of weeks. Still a puppy who likes to play 🥰 sorry Finn didn’t understand anything you said coz my attention was on the dogs… Jake chilling beside you was adorable..😍
Based on the info Finn provides on his current energy consumption, ROI on his investment is 14.58 years. But this is sure to come down once the pool is completed and they settle into regular lifestyle.
The time period do you expect for the break even point to be reached is super reasonable IMO! Plus, as you say, ni brown outs and who cares with price rises in electricity! Is there anything that you would change in regards to the equipment, installation, etc.? You guys are doing great! Looking forward to seeing the pool filled and being used! 🙏🙏🙏 👍😎👍
Love your set up. We had a similar system installed. We are at 1100m elevation so do not need AC I agree, go with the inverter and batteries so you can be independent. We are completely off grid so didn’t have a choice. We have Star-link for total self reliance
I noticed the electrical wires that are exposed. Not good to the eyes. You can buy, online, wire organizers that use adhesive. They do not damage your wall. Yes, there are smart plugs/sockets you can buy online where you can set when a device turns on and off. Wifi is used to control them. They use software installed on your cellphone. You can turn them on/off anytime using the app, or set timers. You can set many times the on/off in a day. I use them on led lights and some electrical appliances/devices that are not electronically turned on/off, like electric fan.
i put in a gas generator with a true connect so i can switch from local power to my own power. the generator was 30,000 pesos the cross connect was another 5,000 pesos. runs everything refrigerator , aircon, and internet. the only thing the generator won't run is my car wash vendo operation.
I don't think you will need timers for the refrigerator and freezer. These appliances are fairly efficient especially when you have the inverter type. Just set it to Eco mode and you should be good to go. If the freezer is not a "No Frost" model, just do a weekly defrost to keep energy consumption down.
the 16kw rating of that deye inverter is for its AC output. if you look at the spec sheet it can take up to 20.8kw of DC input (from the solar array). if you max out both, you can install up to 41.6kw of solar panels
Hi Fin, you may want to research the idea of turning the fridges on and off, im pretty sure that the compressors wont like it and could shorten their life cycle. Just a thought mate, enjoying the videos.
You’re mistaken about California, not in my area. The California Pacific Gas & Electric does not gives credit. We only get USD$10-$15 discount, not much. Still charges USD$240 for transmission surcharge every month.
@@FinnSnowVlogs Jerry Rig Everything is a Utah-based system. Here in Virginia I get charged about $50 a month in transmission fees.... I generate far in excess of what I consume. To date from early November, consumed 6.7 MwH generated 8.5 MwH
I think you really need more battety to really takes advantage of the sun from 9am-4pm. If your batteries are all fully charged by 8AM then all other energy from the panels are just going to waste.
Nice setup. I have been exploring this in Manila and havent found anyone willing to install battery systems here, so I seams I am stuck with brownouts. Here like there there is no build up of credits and the rate is now more than 13 php/kWh, starting to dread the bills in the summer 😅. Highest last year was 7700. The polisies for crediting excess slolar needs to be changed for private owners here. I dont know anyone in the DOE here yet but as a sustainable energy engineer I understand the frustrarion of having brownouts in a country that has so many resourses to eliminate them. I just have 3 aircons now. Havent found a solution I like for the great room😊
Hi guys Great info and video. My wife and I have just built our new home in Isabela province. We have installed a 6KW inverter with two 10KW batteries and 100% off-grid. The system We have is more than enough for us running 2 x 2.5HP A/C units, huge refrigerator etc......we used a company called GoSolar Nationwide here in Isabela. They are amazing. Ps no more brownouts for us too! :) Simon
Thor is a scene stealer! 😂 Such a sweet and playful puppy? He is so big! What breed is he if I may ask? Sorry, I could not really focus on what you were discussing because of Thor! 😂 Much so that I laughed when he could not fully get your attention he instead diverted to Jake inviting him to play with him but Jake was just so busy chilling it out beside you! 😂 Am excited, too, to see your house complete 100% finished! Good luck, wish you all the best Finlyn & God bless and keep you both always! 🙏🌈🥰
For the pool you can get a system that only uses excess power that is produced when the batteries are full. The pool will stay warm for a few days if you cover it, so it's not suddenly going to be cold if you have bad weather. So, you don't need to expand the system to heat your pool.
You have an awesome set up.....👍 We're running 2x5kva Deye Hybrids, batteries are 2x51.2 V 200AH at our Farm and house. At the unit we live in, but rent we are running a 8KVA Deye Hybrid with 2x51.2v 200AH batteries. Cost all up was p# 1,205,440. We went from p#20,000 a month power bill to (at the moment with all this weather) p#3,000 a month. We live in Bogo City, our Farm is in Tobogan and we aren't allowed to send our excesses power back to CEBCO. Which is fine with me since they wouldn't pay us to feed the grid anyway.
In manila, meralco allows net metering system where you are alliwed to export power to meralco. I have a hybrid system right now and it does reduces my electric bills. I am still planning to upgrsde my system: ie: installibg additional panels , inverter and batteries. The aim is to reduce to 0 my bill if possible.
I understand making "timers" on the aircon and water cooler but there shouldn't be any need to that on low energy fridge / freezers since they should turn off them self when temp. is correct inside...... But VERY cool video video that really shows the system.
Fantastic, i want to make something like that. Even tho that "we" say that solar and wind is not working here in Norway. I want to make it by my self and try it out.
Depending on how many GPH your pool filter is capable of pumping. I would want to eventually want a portable water pump for emergency use. Maybe your sprinkler pumps could be switched to take care of emergencies. all in all you have plenty of pumping capability for emergencies. Your the "Omega Man"
*That's good just add an extra battery and solar panel in case you need more juice but take into consideration when it's monsoon season where you'll really get a max of 2hrs good sunlight then better have more solar output for an efficient charging time. I'd say 2 hour charging time is already good as you also consume some power in the battery all day and that 2 hour charging time would be stretched to a 5 hour charging time when there's no sunlight because of rain clouds.*
I told another fella over here in Thailand to put a small AC in his solar room because it will extend the life of all the equipment and also stop bugs and gecko's from nesting, he didn't bother. 6 months later inverter destroyed by bugs.
Actually your computation in the other vlog is 6384 not 9ki that is what i remember.....but okay i know it's a trial and error example of your 2 weeks in the land.
@@FinnSnowVlogs Ahhh! Ok! So more than 133kwh that you guys consume in 2weeks? Now it is lowered because you know how to save more energy...I suggest if the construction finishes and all your appliances are in place try to experiment to open all your appliances at night like the 2 aircon in the extra rooms and even in the living area and the master room just to know if your battery can provide energy as you need if you have visitors and everything is needed and all the appliances that needs while you have visitors so that you can test your battery and you know that your electricity is sufficient if you have a visitors in the house it's better to prepared to avoid inconvenience...just suggestion guys!
This is one of the best things watching your vlogs. We, your subscribers do not have to keep guessing how much you spent for those solar power system, amongst others. This transparency gives everyone an idea of the costs of what we may need to consider for ourselves. Thank you.
Hi Finn, as an avid viewer of you videos, I would love to pick your brains on your research into solar. . I live in Cebu and am looking to get solar but would love to hear your views. Is it possible to have a chat sometime ? Shaun
Great system. Modern off-grid. I love it. You're my template for if or when I build something out there! Thor is still a puppy but he's huge!! But still so cute. Jake just sleeping there unbothered.😆
Very interesting and thank you for sharing, I am in the Philippines and projecting to do the same. Some thought however, … if your batteries are recharged by 8… is your electricity generation not over dimensioned???
Finn, based on your electrical use it looks to me like you are going to need an aux generator to back up your solar. Just in case its to cloudy as a backup.
it may be to costly to convert to hybrid wind/solar, but you can put in a seprat small wind system that runs a seprate battey charger, then you can use it at will
Meralco has Net metering you just have to apply for it. I got 0 charge since all the power generated by my system( 5 kw) , goes to the grid at day time, this offsets my billing charge, since I'm only at my home at night.
Great video Finn and Sherlyn a absolutely beautiful couple and great information plus Jake and Thor is going to be a absolute huge little brother to Jake 🤣🤣🤣🤣
If you have any questions I will be answering all comments about the solar system, have a awesome weekend!
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Very informative! Much appreciated and thanks for sharing. Watching always your vlog from down under.
if the batteries are full as early as 9am, then the whole day time electricity consumption is coming directly from the sun while the evening electricity consumption is from the batteries. therefore the battery capacity should cover mostly the evening consumption. ?
Yes correct, daytime electricity comes straight from the panels/inverter
You have to be sure that the inverters are capable to manage inductive electric motors like the swim pool motors they usually pull a lot of current in short time and inductive motors use to kill inverters that aren’t transformer based real quick… just keep in mind 😉
The new Finnlyn home is not only structurally gorgeous, it's also self-powered and sustainable. Proud of you both and your choices!!
Sustainable ,,, recycling the solar panels after end of life ,, battery recycling ,,, hmmm it is your ASSUMPTION it might be sustainable
@@tilapiadave3234, its a step in the right direction.
Congratulations Finn on your new and amazing home.
Are you and Sherlyn planning to settle down? Would be very delighted to see little Finns and litle Sherlyns running around your beautiful home.😁❤🤗
Every year during dry season or summer you would always be worried about forest fire since your house is located in the midst of lust forest vegetation. Its recommended for you to build a high firewall stone fence around your property as well as an indoor water sprinkler. Even if you are abroad or away from your house you can have peace of mind.
Smart to put A/C in the solar room, A lot of people don't think about the heat and humidity destroying electronics and degrading the batteries.
Exactly
i dont know... if the roof has good insulation. and walls have good ventilation. i think an exhaust fan can already do the trick.
@@michaeljakeusman I mean it's just set to dry mode and not cool mode, it would only consume little power, I'd rather spend a little more money just to have redundancy and protect what could cost you the most expensive parts in the system.
@@gustlightfall well.. im just a poor man, so what do i know 😂😂 if it fits the budget, why not i guess.
Finn.. for the pool, instead of a heater for your pool, I live in New Hampshire and we used a solar blanket. It honestly looked like upsidedown bubble wrap, but was very durable. We had it on a roller so it was easy to cover the pool and easy to take off. Saves a lot of money, plus you guys live where it's warm so you probably don't need to heat it much
at 1,000 watts per square meter, I heartily endorse this idea
Nice one!!! 😎
In San Carlos City up farther north of Dauin, their is a solar farm there. Me and my class went for a visit and learned their ROI was about seven years. A good charge controller will take care of your batteries. You can exlore net metering in the future. Service life of equipments are important. Also support tree planting projects up the mountains which makes possible low water rates. You can explore mini windmills too.
Fin why not get a 5 stage reverse osmosis home water system for your home, install it in your kitchen. You will be able to cut down the cost in buying purified water container. You can also free up some space in your storage because of the water containers.
No Brownout! Yes, all the more reason for having your own solar system. No worries about the heat, food/appliances getting damaged and so on. Very impressive calculation/computation, Finn and nice haircut, Sherlyn, suits you beautifully. You are both blessed with an ultra modern high tech/equipped house (paradise). Good to know everything is going right with you guys. Thanks for the input. Like Kulas.often say, Power On!
Congrats, you have a nice solar system in place. You are ready to enjoy now.
Wow, your new house is super efficient (equipped with solar technology and modern amenities) and just fabylius8
I suggest you use WILO pumps that are designed in Germany for your water pressure needs including your pool because they run and controlled by inverters which is very efficient in power consumption and very durable also. Believe me because I worked as an operator/maintenance of that pump for 12 years and it didn't gave me headache for that time being.
if you are using no-frost fridge, dont use time scheduler to turn off those via socket. also, it is smart to have still grid power however it seems like there is no powerlines near the house. that inverter can produce power back to the grid and if you have net metering, you can bank those extra power that your system produces. and in case that there is a prolonged period of rainy season like it is raining 2 weeks straight, you can use banked power on the grid and still have net negative bill.
I hope you invested in inverter tech for your big fridge. We have fridge and stand alone big freezer both inverter tech on solar battery. I was surprised by their minimal consumption. Inverter is definitely the way to go even though it costs a little more.
The fridge we are getting has inverted and the claimed specs are surprisingly low
We have a similar system here in Australia East Coast. 24KW Solar and 40KWh battery storage. A fully centralized Aircondition with a split system in the Rumpus room that has all the solar system installed. In Summer we don't even turn the aircon in the house off. It runs 24/7 and battery SOC has not been below 48%.
Everything runs on the system, including pool/Hot Water/Dishwasher/Fridge/Stove/Hotplate...etc. We don't worry about it anymore. The only thing I might turn off in a really cloudy/rainy day is the Hot Water System as it stores 250ltr of hot water and stays hot for 48hrs easily.
the only recommendation I would make is to change the temperature in your Solar room to 24C~25C celsius. Batteries hate heat, no matter what type. Ours like your solar room aircon is set to come on in the morning at 08:00AM and turns off at 20:30PM. All year as in the winter period it might be ON, but doesn't actually do anything due to the Temps. As such it might use 20W for the electronics that monitor.
You really shouldn't have to turn off the fridge at all.
Same with your aircon as they are very efficient ones the desired temperature has been reached.
Our big House aircon is set to 25C celsius in Summer and 24C in winter.
From what I hear, it is ok to drain the batteries to zero IF they are lithium (without long term effect/damage), to make them last longer. Max charge is more important, like do not fully charge them, only up to 80-85%. This will give you the max battery life expectancy from a lithium. Not draining the battery for max life (no less than 50%), only applies to led acid and AGM type batt. P.S., LiFepo4 batt = Li for lithium, Fe for Iron element symbol, and po4 for phosphate.
Congrats finnlyn you're the first ever I've knew here i the philippine installed a very expensive equipment, it's good idea ever i admired you both.❤❤❤.
In our town in Eastern Leyte, a Contractor man has installed a Complete Home Solar Power System in his house two yrs ago and it cost him P1.5M. It’s popular now in the Philippines to have Solar power system for those who can afford.
I don't care how good or safe your setup was done always have a fire extinguisher ready near the panels....safety first
Do not turn of your fridge and freezer, they run on and off to maintain a fixed temp
Excellent video. here in Virginia USA I have the same sized system, just no batteries. it's grid tied, the utility DOES give me credit in KwHours for use in other times of the year if it's cloudy and stormy. Microinverter based system, reliable for longer than large inverters.
Sunny day this time of year I can generate 120 KwH. Today, dark and rainy all day, only generated 15 KwH.
I DID install it myself, it took a very long time (57 panels on three roofs). the plans were provided by the wholesaler, they had to be engineer reviewed and approved. The permits from the town were not expensive. It was a pain getting the utility to OK the system because it is so massive. I had to accumulate several months of utility bills to convince them that yeah, I can use that much power. It's a silly system, why limit the size of a solar array, what part of the environment does the utility NOT want to protect? The more green power we push out on the grid, the less fossil fuels we need to burn. The system is paid outright, and it has been amazing so far.
Awesome to hear that!
I really dig the solar stuff. I told my girlfriend when we build our house, I need solar, and starlink, and we need to build high enough so it doesn't flood, and strong enough that typhoons don't blow it down the street. 😁
Good idea :)
I’ve found the electric bill to be excessive when I used 5 Aircon’s, water heaters, refrigerator, and freezer. Of course my Filipino family would walk outside and leave the door wide open so training to keep the doors and windows closed is required. Good vlogs, I’m interested in your future wind power. *Seal around the door and I would add a room HEPA air filter unit to your power room, the micro dust getting sucked into your electronics can create a lot of damage to your equipment, it’s a small price to keep your electronics in top shape. God Bless
You definitely don’t want to cycle your refrigerators on and off because it will definitely damage the motor or cut the light of the motor substantially what you should do if you should wire the house in such a manner that the solar will give priority to those electronic devices that you want to power, and then the excess can go to the other items
Noted
You should put a steel grill door with lock at your battery room to be secure.
I hope you install security cameras in your property even in your solar control, solar light sensor around too.
That's around $35,000. That's a small price to pay for a stable power in the Islands.
That's good to hear.
Wow that sounds ultra modern and very efficient good luck with your system it’s been great watching all the progress inside outside n the property
8:43 This brings to my mind atmospheric water generators. Now that you have surplus of pure solar, would you consider AWG system where you could harvest clean drinking water from the humidity of the air? Check the technology out Finn. You wouldn't need to buy drinking water even anymore, let a lone cool or heat it, since you have solar.
You guys are big inspiration to many. as always thank you for sharing your experience of having a 100% off grid power.... indeed it less worries for the monthly bills...less worries in brown out! And save more money for the future projects...😊
This is great to see in person. We are a few weeks out from 🇵🇭 and also very interested in solar living. Initially expensive, but worth it. Great to see the progress you guys are making! 🙏
We saved a lot with a Variable Speed Pool Pump, it runs 24/7 1200w per day. 22 hours on 40w around 800 rpm and 2 hours at noon at 2400 RPM
One more reason to add more batteries is the life will be expanded for all the batteries. Your batteries are rated for a certain number of cycles or partial cycles, usually 4,000 for full cycles or 6,000 at from about 80% to 20%, so if you have more capacity your charge and discharge will not be as low a charge and maybe not be a full. Even if fully charged you have more power to use and, will likely have not discharged as deeply and therefore extended the number of cycles you will get from the batteries. BTW I am an electrician and have 40 panels on my home and two inverters. Not quite as big as your system but I have net metering and grid tie so I don't have to worry about battery life.
Hi Bruce, thanks for the input, our goal is 60% or more battery left in the mornings which we accomplish with aircon off half of the night
@@FinnSnowVlogs I am a bit of an expert with solar, and batteries and power loads, will be glad to answer any questions you may come up with. For now I only suggest more battery. Led lighting, and run your pool pumps in the daytime only. Run the AC units only in room you occupy and higher temps especially at night when on battery.
We’re about to start renovating out house in Leyte and intend to have some solar. We won’t be able to afford as many panels as you’ve got initially so we’ll probably get 8kw to start and add more panels over time. Of course, the technology will improve and prices will come down in the years ahead so maybe it’s not wise to spend a fortune on panels now
You can automate your power usage by using smart plugs, you may create program or scripts to let google or alexa to manage those automation.
Finn, wind turbines are very noisy so be careful how close to the house you place them. It may disrupt your sleep or your time outside. Might be better to add another battery and some addition panels. Looks like you have the room.
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👍👍👍👍 Being completely off grid requires a system that has excess capacity many days. That creates a great problem to have, what to do with the excess power on days you don’t need the maximum. My suggestion is an electric car that you charge only when you have excess capacity that you don’t need for normal household needs.
There is Net metering in Cebu and other major cities in the Phlippines. You get credit for it.
Thanks for this vlog Finn. Already thinking of getting a smaller set up when I retire. When I retire I want to retire from BILLS and JUDITHS (due dates) as well. 🙏🙏🙏.
Thanks for the video. I’m still a few years from retirement, but I plan to have a solar system installed when we do in 5 years or so. I’ll definitely be interested in the long term reliability of your system when it comes time for us to build. We’re planning to be connected to the grid just in case, but we’d like most of our electricity needs to be met by solar or a backup gas generator. We live in California and the price of electricity is skyrocketing, but investing in solar is also very expensive here and most systems don’t cover all the electricity that the house needs to run, especially if you run air conditioning.
OMG!!Thor has grown so big in a matter of weeks. Still a puppy who likes to play 🥰 sorry Finn didn’t understand anything you said coz my attention was on the dogs… Jake chilling beside you was adorable..😍
Based on the info Finn provides on his current energy consumption, ROI on his investment is 14.58 years. But this is sure to come down once the pool is completed and they settle into regular lifestyle.
True!
The time period do you expect for the break even point to be reached is super reasonable IMO!
Plus, as you say, ni brown outs and who cares with price rises in electricity!
Is there anything that you would change in regards to the equipment, installation, etc.?
You guys are doing great! Looking forward to seeing the pool filled and being used!
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I would perhaps kept open space for wind turbine but that’s about it
Your second dog is already bigger than Jake. Watching from Cagayan de Oro City.
I admire you smart couple! ❤
I wonder the Philippine government invests in solar system so that our electric bill will be very cheap!!!
Love your set up. We had a similar system installed. We are at 1100m elevation so do not need AC I agree, go with the inverter and batteries so you can be independent. We are completely off grid so didn’t have a choice. We have Star-link for total self reliance
I noticed the electrical wires that are exposed. Not good to the eyes. You can buy, online, wire organizers that use adhesive. They do not damage your wall. Yes, there are smart plugs/sockets you can buy online where you can set when a device turns on and off. Wifi is used to control them. They use software installed on your cellphone. You can turn them on/off anytime using the app, or set timers. You can set many times the on/off in a day. I use them on led lights and some electrical appliances/devices that are not electronically turned on/off, like electric fan.
I think you made some very smart decisions FinnSnow on a lot of things and the solar system is a great example of one.
Storage depending on what type of batteries. I'd go for the wind turbine. Either way this is a great system.
Turbine will be the next for sure
My solar with 6K panels, 5KW deye inverter and 20KW batteries just costed 500k in total.
i put in a gas generator with a true connect so i can switch from local power to my own power. the generator was 30,000 pesos the cross connect was another 5,000 pesos. runs everything refrigerator , aircon, and internet. the only thing the generator won't run is my car wash vendo operation.
I don't think you will need timers for the refrigerator and freezer. These appliances are fairly efficient especially when you have the inverter type. Just set it to Eco mode and you should be good to go. If the freezer is not a "No Frost" model, just do a weekly defrost to keep energy consumption down.
the 16kw rating of that deye inverter is for its AC output. if you look at the spec sheet it can take up to 20.8kw of DC input (from the solar array). if you max out both, you can install up to 41.6kw of solar panels
And not to mention the house rent and the ease in mind that you're living in your own house and not paying for the rent with the electric bills
Hi Fin, you may want to research the idea of turning the fridges on and off, im pretty sure that the compressors wont like it and could shorten their life cycle. Just a thought mate, enjoying the videos.
You’re mistaken about California, not in my area. The California Pacific Gas & Electric does not gives credit. We only get USD$10-$15 discount, not much. Still charges USD$240 for transmission surcharge every month.
Is it for whole of California?, I saw Jerry rigs everything RUclips and he built credit
@@FinnSnowVlogs Jerry Rig Everything is a Utah-based system. Here in Virginia I get charged about $50 a month in transmission fees.... I generate far in excess of what I consume. To date from early November, consumed 6.7 MwH generated 8.5 MwH
I think you really need more battety to really takes advantage of the sun from 9am-4pm. If your batteries are all fully charged by 8AM then all other energy from the panels are just going to waste.
WOW..LOOKING AMAZING..PROUD OF YOU GUYS!! WATCHING FROM CAPE BRETON ISLAND CANADA ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Nice setup. I have been exploring this in Manila and havent found anyone willing to install battery systems here, so I seams I am stuck with brownouts. Here like there there is no build up of credits and the rate is now more than 13 php/kWh, starting to dread the bills in the summer 😅.
Highest last year was 7700.
The polisies for crediting excess slolar needs to be changed for private owners here. I dont know anyone in the DOE here yet but as a sustainable energy engineer I understand the frustrarion of having brownouts in a country that has so many resourses to eliminate them.
I just have 3 aircons now. Havent found a solution I like for the great room😊
Great savings with solar power. Even greater when you have wind turbines since you’re up in the mountains. Love your dogs👍🏼
Turbines are killing thousands of birds !!!!!!!
Hi guys
Great info and video.
My wife and I have just built our new home in Isabela province.
We have installed a 6KW inverter with two 10KW batteries and 100% off-grid. The system We have is more than enough for us running 2 x 2.5HP A/C units, huge refrigerator etc......we used a company called GoSolar Nationwide here in Isabela. They are amazing.
Ps no more brownouts for us too! :)
Simon
That is awesome!
Looks like you've nailed your 'Off Grid' existence Finn, well done!
The K9 props were hilarious ☺
Thanks! 😀
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Thor is a scene stealer! 😂 Such a sweet and playful puppy? He is so big! What breed is he if I may ask? Sorry, I could not really focus on what you were discussing because of Thor! 😂 Much so that I laughed when he could not fully get your attention he instead diverted to Jake inviting him to play with him but Jake was just so busy chilling it out beside you! 😂 Am excited, too, to see your house complete 100% finished!
Good luck, wish you all the best Finlyn & God bless and keep you both always! 🙏🌈🥰
There is an app for deye you can monoter on your phone. I use it all the time for mine
We will start use it when ground floor router is installed 🎉
For the pool you can get a system that only uses excess power that is produced when the batteries are full. The pool will stay warm for a few days if you cover it, so it's not suddenly going to be cold if you have bad weather. So, you don't need to expand the system to heat your pool.
One of the greatest invention of all times, specially there on tropical island ,save a lot of energy,and yeah no brown out👏👏👏👍👍
Thanks for the update!
You have an awesome set up.....👍
We're running 2x5kva Deye Hybrids, batteries are 2x51.2 V 200AH at our Farm and house. At the unit we live in, but rent we are running a 8KVA Deye Hybrid with 2x51.2v 200AH batteries. Cost all up was p# 1,205,440. We went from p#20,000 a month power bill to (at the moment with all this weather) p#3,000 a month.
We live in Bogo City, our Farm is in Tobogan and we aren't allowed to send our excesses power back to CEBCO. Which is fine with me since they wouldn't pay us to feed the grid anyway.
In manila, meralco allows net metering system where you are alliwed to export power to meralco. I have a hybrid system right now and it does reduces my electric bills. I am still planning to upgrsde my system: ie: installibg additional panels , inverter and batteries. The aim is to reduce to 0 my bill if possible.
I understand making "timers" on the aircon and water cooler but there shouldn't be any need to that on low energy fridge / freezers since they should turn off them self when temp. is correct inside...... But VERY cool video video that really shows the system.
You guys are looking great!!! Soo happy for y'all! Thanks for giving me a ball park figure for my considerations when I'm ready... (SOO-OON!!!)
Fantastic, i want to make something like that. Even tho that "we" say that solar and wind is not working here in Norway. I want to make it by my self and try it out.
thats 37,000 dollars in canada money ....i kinda figure it will be close to $50k here , but its long term investment , nice house !
Depending on how many GPH your pool filter is capable of pumping. I would want to eventually want a portable water pump for emergency use. Maybe your sprinkler pumps could be switched to take care of emergencies.
all in all you have plenty of pumping capability for emergencies. Your the "Omega Man"
Agree, we will have big portable one in case of wildfires and pump from the pool
4:30 room temperature with aircon AC clever interesting well thought 😅
Whoa 😮 wow I can’t believe how much Thor grown ❤🐶🐕 but he’s still a pup 🐶 with lots of energy, thanks for the info Finn👍
*That's good just add an extra battery and solar panel in case you need more juice but take into consideration when it's monsoon season where you'll really get a max of 2hrs good sunlight then better have more solar output for an efficient charging time. I'd say 2 hour charging time is already good as you also consume some power in the battery all day and that 2 hour charging time would be stretched to a 5 hour charging time when there's no sunlight because of rain clouds.*
Thanks for the update on the solar👍
I think you can sell your energy to power companies, especially when you batteries are already full charged.
I told another fella over here in Thailand to put a small AC in his solar room because it will extend the life of all the equipment and also stop bugs and gecko's from nesting, he didn't bother. 6 months later inverter destroyed by bugs.
Well done ❤🎉love everything about this house . So proud of you both . Yes safety first is d main thing
Good thank you very much my friend.
Nice one fin. Thanks for the recommendation im planing to use 100% off grid solar system too.
thank you man very informative ,saving is cool. wow!
Actually your computation in the other vlog is 6384 not 9ki that is what i remember.....but okay i know it's a trial and error example of your 2 weeks in the land.
I only calculated one inverter, at that time didn’t know the other one has additional. So I estimated about double
@@FinnSnowVlogs Ahhh! Ok! So more than 133kwh that you guys consume in 2weeks? Now it is lowered because you know how to save more energy...I suggest if the construction finishes and all your appliances are in place try to experiment to open all your appliances at night like the 2 aircon in the extra rooms and even in the living area and the master room just to know if your battery can provide energy as you need if you have visitors and everything is needed and all the appliances that needs while you have visitors so that you can test your battery and you know that your electricity is sufficient if you have a visitors in the house it's better to prepared to avoid inconvenience...just suggestion guys!
Have a good day Sir Finn,always watching your vlogs😊😇
Ang kulit ni Thor , really acting as a child , while Jake is really a patient Kuya. hehehe. 🐶🐶🥰🥰
This is one of the best things watching your vlogs. We, your subscribers do not have to keep guessing how much you spent for those solar power system, amongst others. This transparency gives everyone an idea of the costs of what we may need to consider for ourselves. Thank you.
Hi Finn, as an avid viewer of you videos, I would love to pick your brains on your research into solar. . I live in Cebu and am looking to get solar but would love to hear your views. Is it possible to have a chat sometime ? Shaun
Great system. Modern off-grid. I love it. You're my template for if or when I build something out there!
Thor is still a puppy but he's huge!! But still so cute. Jake just sleeping there unbothered.😆
❤ thank you for sharing ❤️
Sustainability = Preparedness & Self Reliance❤
need to add 4x 200AH batteries, considering high motorized loads, and pool heater should be isolated. :)
Very interesting and thank you for sharing, I am in the Philippines and projecting to do the same. Some thought however, … if your batteries are recharged by 8… is your electricity generation not over dimensioned???
noticing how kulet ni thor and kuya jake is so behaved 😂 God bless u all✌🏻✌🏻
Finn, based on your electrical use it looks to me like you are going to need an aux generator to back up your solar. Just in case its to cloudy as a backup.
it may be to costly to convert to hybrid wind/solar, but you can put in a seprat small wind system that runs a seprate battey charger, then you can use it at will
May need 2 more of those batteries with that amount of solar especially since you are adding more electrical devices.
Finn....I wish I could have one of your hat brand.
Meralco has Net metering you just have to apply for it. I got 0 charge since all the power generated by my system( 5 kw) , goes to the grid at day time, this offsets my billing charge, since I'm only at my home at night.
The electric company on this island doesn’t allow it :(
Nice. Solar with batteries. Very nice.
We also have this brand solar inverter. Faultless for five months now. What voltage and amperage are your batteries?
Great video Finn and Sherlyn a absolutely beautiful couple and great information plus Jake and Thor is going to be a absolute huge little brother to Jake 🤣🤣🤣🤣
He’s only 7 month 😅
@@FinnSnowVlogs he is definitely going to be Thor 🤣💪🏼
I have a 2.27 kilo, Chihuahua that thinks she weighs 100 kilos 🤣and Jake looking amazing 🤍
$33,500 US as of the exchange rate on 23 March 2024
very good investment on solar system..