Question How much power from a solar panel in Dumaguete

As Bryan said in the post you quoted, he is extremely busy and you should call him to make an appointment for a consultation, but I may be able to save you the time.

I was able to have a conversation with him at Finish Line and my electric bill is just about the same as yours. He talked me out of installing a solar system!

He suggested the return on investment just takes too long if that is all you are paying for electric. He also suggested that reducing your bill to zero is impractical but aiming to reduce it to half is wise so if your electric use is going to go up substantially (due to increased use perhaps?) then you should surely follow up on this. With a bill of less than 8,000 pesos a month I would no longer consider it financially strategic to put in solar.

 

I know people design systems that can meet a specific demand like solar for the sole purpose of running an aircon during daylight hours.

It could be totally separate never putting anything back into the grid. Excess power, or when power if generated but insufficient to safely power the aircon, the power would be diverted to a tank type electric water heater because the filament in the water heater doesn't care. No batteries. No having to meet electric company regulatory requirements.

Having lived without aircon, my electric bills were very modest, always under 1k php a month.

It might be worth it to build a systen that will power aircon during the day and in the evening you can have a real hot shower if you wish but I'm sure the water would be warm for a morning shower because tank type water heaters will hold heat fairly well overnight.

You could run a small A/C unit on the grid at night when it doesn't have to work hard.

Maybe it would not be economic to eliminate your electric bill but what about eliminating 75- 80% of it?

It might be nice to have aircon during those scheduled and unscheduled brownouts too.

 

With two young ones and Noreco only going to get more expensive, why would it not make sense to install solar panels to cover the cost.............if its a 25 year gig
my bill will be 60k a year give or take times just 10 years is 600k thats without inflation

what I earn a month now would be pay for it, so better do it whilst I can if not for me for the family

the sun is free , get it installed and behind me knock a few zeros off the electric bill...............I dont see it as an investment at all..............i just want to get out of the jail that is Noreco
standing down outside the Noreco office hoping to pay the bill before the due date, putting your invoice under a stone so it doesnt blow away, waiting for the office worker who might or might not come and open up to accept your payment, when i have a bill i like to pay it off asap, some days after waiting an hour or more, she would say "oh go away and come back tommorrow as she doesnt have a copy of the invoice"

rant over

 

My bill was small every month. I had someone else standing in line to pay it but if I had to do it myself I would have tried to pay 6 months ahead of time.

 

I believe that's a good attitude. In my post I simply stated that it was not financially strategic "for me" but each has a different idea of why they want solar power so if return on investment is not a concern then I wish you the best. Go Green!

 

I asked if it was possible to pay in advance and she looked at me like i had two heads

 

Same with me. We gave up on paying the electric in advance, but have successfully paid our water 6 months ahead. Paying bills in person is too troublesome!

 

I guess all you can do is try to find a reliable person to stand in line and pay the bill for you. The bill wasn't in my name and my landlord would have her girl pay mine and hers at the same time, I just had to give the landlord the money.

 

Same here, landlord takes care of all utilities and we just pay all together with the rent.