How to make your own home solar. With Pictures + solar book

[8Kelvin]

Re: You want to make your own home solar? Pasok!

1- A deep cycle battery, if used every day but not discharge more than 50% of its capacity will last 7 years.
2- Normally, after one year, everything should still be ok. You just have to check the water in the battery once a month!
3- Tama ka! You can use a 50 watt solar panel to charge a 100 Ah battery (or 100 watts panel for 200 Ah bat)
4- Usually car battery are around 70 Ah but are not deep cycle... you can use it for solar purpose but for lights lang... and be aware that it might not last long! Maybe one year if you don't overcharge it!

hehe... nope...I'm far to be electrical engineer... I just learn by myself! And I wrote my thread by myself din!

Yun nag reply din si Sir salamat. Actually na inspired mo ako,na gawin din ito eh.

follow up question lang.

1. Matagal din pala 7yrs bago magpalit , Ano ba magandang Brand ng battery? ano mas prefer niyo yung maintenance free or tinutubigan pa? Kasi kalimitang nakikita ko yung tinutubigan eh, ano ba mas maganda or wala namang masyadong issue or deperensya kahit ano sa dalawa?

2. So battery nalang talaga ang monitor natin after naka set up na ang lahat?

3. Ilang oras naman ang pag charge ng 60watts solar sa 100ah battery? balak ko kasi 60watts muna bilhin ko. Ok kaya yung sa cdrking na panel ?

4. wow nice atleast may pakinabang kesa iswap ko or nakatambak lang sa amin. sayang yung mga battery na pinagpalitan namin . Kaya lang pwede pa kaya yung gamitin sa solar eh ayaw mag start sa kotse pero nung pina test namin sa bilihan ng battery good pa at full charge naman, eh nakabili na kami ng bago kaya nakatambak nalang sa garahe, nung nag brownout last week ginamit ko bulb lang ng kotse pero atleast nagkaroon siya ng silbi. Nailawan yung kusina at sala namin, pag kandila kasi nakakahilo hindi steady yung ilaw gumagalaw. Kaya mas lalo akong ginanahan sa solar project na ito.

5. Ano magandang ilaw na 12v yung puti sana ang output, wala akong idea eh.

Try ko muna dito sa battery ng kotse, sa ngayon for emergency muna ang purpose ko. Hirap kasi magpaypay sa anak kapag brownout hehe nakakangalay sa kamay.

Oo ng pala sir may idea ka ba kung paano ko magagamit yung APC UPS ko? pwede din bang i direct ko sa solar yun? inalis ko na kasi yung battery sa loob. Or parang inverter nalang ang gamit niya.

Salamat sir ha, sana matulungan mo ako at i guide sa solar power na balak ko. Try ko lang muna yan pero bibili din ako ng deep cycle battery kapag alam ko na lahat yung dapat kong gawin at malaman.

 

[TristanWS]

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.... follow up question lang......

i-share ko lang ang experience ko na pareho ng sa iyo... (habang hindi pa nagre-reply si ma'am TS, (female kasi ang gender).

... ayaw mag start sa kotse pero nung pina test namin sa bilihan ng battery good pa at full charge naman,...

if you have a car battery charger, see if the used car battery can still be charged... kung natsa-charge pa, pwede pa rin yan gamitin...
kung mabilis sya mag discharge maski walang naka-kabit na load, malamang sira na sya.

... Ano magandang ilaw na 12v yung puti sana ang output, wala akong idea eh.

sa cdrking, nagbe-benta ng 12v dc led bulb, pero kasabay sya sa "solar power kit"... hindi sila available kung bulb lang.

... Hirap kasi magpaypay sa anak kapag brownout.

ang ginagamit ko ay " 5v dc usb fan" na naka-plug in sa car mobile phone charger or a "battery bank 5v" na pwedeng i-charge ng "solar power kit".

... may idea ka ba kung paano ko magagamit yung APC UPS ko? pwede din bang i direct ko sa solar yun?

hindi pwede i-direct ang APC UPS sa solar, pero pwede tanggalin muna ang battery sa UPS, tapos i-charge sya ng solar, para libre sa kuryente... magagamit mo ang APC UPS na pang-ilaw by using a "220VAC led light bulb"... lalabas na parang inverter ang gamit nya... naka-plug-in na dapat ang UPS sa wall socket para pag brown-out ay gagana sya (except if the UPS has a DC start-up function).

 

[marekz]

Re: You want to make your own home solar? Pasok!

thanks nito sir laking tulong ito pa bm po

 

[dodge2012]

Re: You want to make your own home solar? Pasok!

sir, wow makakagawa na ako ng sariling solar, aheyy. Thanks for sharing sir.

 

[8Kelvin]

Re: You want to make your own home solar? Pasok!

Thank you TRISTANWS

Ah hindi pala siya pwedeng naka direkta yung solar sa UPS ok ok. Sira na kasi yung battery ng ups ko kapag nasa UPS hindi nag ccharge need to replace na eh mga 500-800 pesos din yun. Excited na talaga akong simulan ito ayoko lang biglain medyo masakit din sa bulsa eh hehe. Mukang pinabibili na nga ako eh 3 araw sunod sunod na brownout sa amin 4hrs kada araw walang kuryente. Cge mga sir thank you update update nalang muna.

 

[boogie boy]

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ohhh this is nice! thanks..

 

[silverstone]

Re: You want to make your own home solar? Pasok!

sir taga manila po kayo? kasi may nakikita akong mga "solar panels" na binebenta sa raon. what can you say about those panels?

 

[iamjoelhanes]

Re: You want to make your own home solar? Pasok!

Nice Thread Ts Nosebled! But I want to try it... Thanks!

 

[jmvpnuser]

Re: You want to make your own home solar? Pasok!

dati napupuyat ako kakabasa at kakasearch sa internet tungkol dito gustong gusto kong magkaroon dahil sa mahal ng bayad dito sa amin pagdating ng electric bill, hanggang sa windmill at sa magnet na free energy kaso lahat itinigil ko dahil sa mahal ng mga parts, ngayon medyo nabubuhayan na ako ng kaunti, mukhang kahit maliit na start lang yon sa cdr king baka makabili na..... salamat madam t.s. ..... more power ....

 

[TristanWS]

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dati napupuyat ako kakabasa at kakasearch sa internet tungkol dito gustong gusto kong magkaroon dahil sa mahal ng bayad dito sa amin pagdating ng electric bill, hanggang sa windmill at sa magnet na free energy kaso lahat itinigil ko dahil sa mahal ng mga parts, ngayon medyo nabubuhayan na ako ng kaunti, mukhang kahit maliit na start lang yon sa cdr king baka makabili na..... salamat madam t.s. ..... more power ....

^^ i agree... noong makita ko ang "solar power kit" sa cdr na less than 5K ay bumili agad ako, para ma-experience ang pag-gamit ng solar, "kahit maliit na start lang".... dahil dito ay nakita ko mismo kung ano ang solar panel, ang charge controller at ang inverter... IMHO hindi yung "para makatipid sa electric bill" ang tunay na halaga ng pag-gamit ng solar, kundi ang "knowledge" na matututunan mo at yung "feeling" na meron kang "green alternative power source" kung brown-out..... at kaka-search ko rin sa internet ay nakita ko rin itong thread ni ma'am TS.

 

[awinahe]

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Yun nag reply din si Sir salamat. Actually na inspired mo ako,na gawin din ito eh.

follow up question lang.

1. Matagal din pala 7yrs bago magpalit , Ano ba magandang Brand ng battery? ano mas prefer niyo yung maintenance free or tinutubigan pa? Kasi kalimitang nakikita ko yung tinutubigan eh, ano ba mas maganda or wala namang masyadong issue or deperensya kahit ano sa dalawa?

2. So battery nalang talaga ang monitor natin after naka set up na ang lahat?

3. Ilang oras naman ang pag charge ng 60watts solar sa 100ah battery? balak ko kasi 60watts muna bilhin ko. Ok kaya yung sa cdrking na panel ?

4. wow nice atleast may pakinabang kesa iswap ko or nakatambak lang sa amin. sayang yung mga battery na pinagpalitan namin . Kaya lang pwede pa kaya yung gamitin sa solar eh ayaw mag start sa kotse pero nung pina test namin sa bilihan ng battery good pa at full charge naman, eh nakabili na kami ng bago kaya nakatambak nalang sa garahe, nung nag brownout last week ginamit ko bulb lang ng kotse pero atleast nagkaroon siya ng silbi. Nailawan yung kusina at sala namin, pag kandila kasi nakakahilo hindi steady yung ilaw gumagalaw. Kaya mas lalo akong ginanahan sa solar project na ito.

5. Ano magandang ilaw na 12v yung puti sana ang output, wala akong idea eh.

Try ko muna dito sa battery ng kotse, sa ngayon for emergency muna ang purpose ko. Hirap kasi magpaypay sa anak kapag brownout hehe nakakangalay sa kamay.

Oo ng pala sir may idea ka ba kung paano ko magagamit yung APC UPS ko? pwede din bang i direct ko sa solar yun? inalis ko na kasi yung battery sa loob. Or parang inverter nalang ang gamit niya.

Salamat sir ha, sana matulungan mo ako at i guide sa solar power na balak ko. Try ko lang muna yan pero bibili din ako ng deep cycle battery kapag alam ko na lahat yung dapat kong gawin at malaman.

1. Trojan battery probably the best but expensive... motolite solar battery (deep cycle) are good and a little less expensive (still, the solar batteries are really expensive ) But better have good deep cycle batteries coz they are the heart of the system...

2. Battery check is the most important but of course you can check time to time the wiring and different parts to see if not rusted or cut or whatever

3. to charge a 100 Ah battery with a 60 watt solar panel.... so, of course it depends if the day is really sunny or cloudy and if your battery is totally discharge or not! So let assume that your battery is 50% discharge (assuming that when you bought your battery it was fully charge, then you use it ; and as I always stress, DON'T DISCHARGE YOUR BATTERY LESS THAN 50%... doing so you will keep them many years in good shape... of course time to time you can discharge up to 80% with no problem)
So back to charging time: if sunny and 50% charged already, about 2 hours to 3 hours.

4. a car battery, if 11.9 volt will not start a car! Just recharge it with a car battery or solar! (unless it's your starter ) You need a digital tester to be sure of the voltage... that's something you must have for your solar system... a manual tester will not do, it's not enough accurate: for example, if you used a manual tester to test your car battery maybe you saw fully charge but in reality it was maybe 11.9 instead of 12 volt....

5. The best talaga is 12 volt LED bulb... you will not consume almost anything even with several bulbs... One led bulb consume three times less than a regular saving energy bulb. For example if you buy a 3 watts led bulb, it's like a 9 watts regular bulb. Plus if you find them in 12 volt you don't need inverter! The problem is to find them... here, in Palawan, wala I saw on sulit.com that some people sell them... In case you can't find LED bulb in 12 volts, you will find easily LED bulbs in 220 volts... in this case, you will need a small inverter to run them. If you want solar, just to run some bulbs so you can buy a cheap inverter 200 watts sa cdr king. I recently bought a LED tube in cdr king 7 watts and it give the same light than my old fluorescent tube 20 watts

6. I don't know anything about ups... never used it ... See Tristan's answer, he is right, I think

i-share ko lang ang experience ko na pareho ng sa iyo... (habang hindi pa nagre-reply si ma'am TS, (female kasi ang gender).

... ayaw mag start sa kotse pero nung pina test namin sa bilihan ng battery good pa at full charge naman,...

if you have a car battery charger, see if the used car battery can still be charged... kung natsa-charge pa, pwede pa rin yan gamitin...
kung mabilis sya mag discharge maski walang naka-kabit na load, malamang sira na sya.

... Ano magandang ilaw na 12v yung puti sana ang output, wala akong idea eh.

sa cdrking, nagbe-benta ng 12v dc led bulb, pero kasabay sya sa "solar power kit"... hindi sila available kung bulb lang.

... Hirap kasi magpaypay sa anak kapag brownout.

ang ginagamit ko ay " 5v dc usb fan" na naka-plug in sa car mobile phone charger or a "battery bank 5v" na pwedeng i-charge ng "solar power kit".

... may idea ka ba kung paano ko magagamit yung APC UPS ko? pwede din bang i direct ko sa solar yun?

hindi pwede i-direct ang APC UPS sa solar, pero pwede tanggalin muna ang battery sa UPS, tapos i-charge sya ng solar, para libre sa kuryente... magagamit mo ang APC UPS na pang-ilaw by using a "220VAC led light bulb"... lalabas na parang inverter ang gamit nya... naka-plug-in na dapat ang UPS sa wall socket para pag brown-out ay gagana sya (except if the UPS has a DC start-up function).

Thanks to share with us me too, I'm using a 5 volt dc fan (for car), it does not consume anything on my battery bank.. the only problem, it's noisy I use also a car adapter to charge my cellphones directly to the battery...

Yes... babae ako... In our household I am the "handywoman" more than my husband

thanks nito sir laking tulong ito pa bm po

sir, wow makakagawa na ako ng sariling solar, aheyy. Thanks for sharing sir.

ohhh this is nice! thanks..

Nice Thread Ts Nosebled! But I want to try it... Thanks!

You are all welcome... I'm very happy if some of you will "turn" green... good for you and for our planet

dati napupuyat ako kakabasa at kakasearch sa internet tungkol dito gustong gusto kong magkaroon dahil sa mahal ng bayad dito sa amin pagdating ng electric bill, hanggang sa windmill at sa magnet na free energy kaso lahat itinigil ko dahil sa mahal ng mga parts, ngayon medyo nabubuhayan na ako ng kaunti, mukhang kahit maliit na start lang yon sa cdr king baka makabili na..... salamat madam t.s. ..... more power ....

Me too, I thought also of making a windmill (also a small hydro, as we had a small river malapit sa amin noon) but you are right spare parts are expensive and difficult to get... plus, wind is not blowing always... at least here... For me sun is more reliable because even in rainy season, I can still charge my battery bank... only very few days I couldn't charge them and was obliged to rely on Paleco!

^^ i agree... noong makita ko ang "solar power kit" sa cdr na less than 5K ay bumili agad ako, para ma-experience ang pag-gamit ng solar, "kahit maliit na start lang".... dahil dito ay nakita ko mismo kung ano ang solar panel, ang charge controller at ang inverter... IMHO hindi yung "para makatipid sa electric bill" ang tunay na halaga ng pag-gamit ng solar, kundi ang "knowledge" na matututunan mo at yung "feeling" na meron kang "green alternative power source" kung brown-out..... at kaka-search ko rin sa internet ay nakita ko rin itong thread ni ma'am TS.

I really hope that I can help some people to set up a small solar system... Before doing mine I read and read for months... I read so many different things that I was confused and thought that it was impossible and only for rich people... because, when you ask a solar salesman, he will give you an estimation A LOT over your need... and all the readings are very theoretical or even I went to foreign forums, these people have very big system as they consume a lot of electricity, so it couldn't be apply for us.... Then, matigas ang ulo ko, I decided that I could try coz we don't consume so much...I said "forget about all the computations and let see what we can do! So my husband and I decided to buy little by little what we need... and now we are so happy with it and laugh when we watch tv during a brownout... our neighbors envy us and I try to convince them to have just a small one

 

[lanz609]

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sir mga mam! dto po ako sa leyte hingi sana ako ng tulong kung pwdi yong simple design ng solar energy. kailangan lang po kasi yng anak ko may asthma at kailangan ng nebulizer kaso nga walang kuryete. yong available lang po kasi na meron ako yong dalawang solar panel na naka atatch sa solar rechargable lamp ko at 12 volts na batter pangmotor cycle na medyo malaki. d ko alam pano kung pwedi bang magamit para mapagana yong nebulizer o kung posible bang mapagana yon. bscs grad po ako kaya ala akong alam. check ko nla bukas reply nyo sesave kasi battery na cel ko? pahelp na din po kung pano mapost hingi sana ako ng help din sa iba!

 

[jaceandyou]

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aw, mejo mahal din pala kung gagawa ka ng sarili mo ano.

naisip ko tuloy, yung kapitbahay kasi namin meron, ano kaya kung windmill nalang...

 

[TristanWS]

Re: You want to make your own home solar? Pasok!

sir mga mam! dto po ako sa leyte hingi sana ako ng tulong kung pwdi yong simple design ng solar energy. kailangan lang po kasi yng anak ko may asthma at kailangan ng nebulizer kaso nga walang kuryete. yong available lang po kasi na meron ako yong dalawang solar panel na naka atatch sa solar rechargable lamp ko at 12 volts na batter pangmotor cycle na medyo malaki. d ko alam pano kung pwedi bang magamit para mapagana yong nebulizer o kung posible bang mapagana yon. bscs grad po ako kaya ala akong alam. check ko nla bukas reply nyo sesave kasi battery na cel ko? pahelp na din po kung pano mapost hingi sana ako ng help din sa iba!

para 100% sure na aandar ang nebulizer, ang kailangan mo ay "pure sine wave inverter"... available ito sa cdr king (less than 5K)... depende sa "watts" ng nebulizer, baka 1 to 2 hours lang tatagal ang 12v battery ng motorcycle

pwede rin umandar ang nebulizer sa generator.

 

[awinahe]

Re: You want to make your own home solar? Pasok!

sir mga mam! dto po ako sa leyte hingi sana ako ng tulong kung pwdi yong simple design ng solar energy. kailangan lang po kasi yng anak ko may asthma at kailangan ng nebulizer kaso nga walang kuryete. yong available lang po kasi na meron ako yong dalawang solar panel na naka atatch sa solar rechargable lamp ko at 12 volts na batter pangmotor cycle na medyo malaki. d ko alam pano kung pwedi bang magamit para mapagana yong nebulizer o kung posible bang mapagana yon. bscs grad po ako kaya ala akong alam. check ko nla bukas reply nyo sesave kasi battery na cel ko? pahelp na din po kung pano mapost hingi sana ako ng help din sa iba!

I hope I can help you but I need more details... I made some research about the nebulizer but if you can provide, the brand and if you have also the specification (watts, amp, voltage) it's better... Some nebulizers work on 12 volts... And I'm not sure you need a pure sine wave inverter... On what I read a 300 watts inverter should do... But I don't know if you can find that now in leyte... What you need is to connect your 2 solar panels in parallel to your batteries also connected in parallel then you connect the inverter to the batteries and plug the compressor of the nebulizer to the inverter... But as said Tristan, your battery will not last long... how many Ah are the batteries? How many watts the solar panels? Please try to find some more details... If you cannot find some source of energy, try to buy some VENTOLIN sa drugstore or pharmacy....Good Luck...

I'm going to research again if I find something for you I will update this post...

Edit: after researching, I cannot say if you need pure sine wave or modified (regular) inverter... most of the people using an inverter for their nebulizer say that a 300 watt regular inverter works well (700 pesos sa cdr king) some others say that they need a pure sine wave which is a lot more expensive... I think that if your nebulizer is not very recent or is simple (not a lot of electronics parts) it will run with a regular inverter....

 

[jansart123]

Re: You want to make your own home solar? Pasok!

Ayuz to TS... salamat sa pagshare ng mga ideas mo... balang araw gagawa din ako nito.... kasi wala pa akong budget sa ngayon.....

 

[awinahe]

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Ayuz to TS... salamat sa pagshare ng mga ideas mo... balang araw gagawa din ako nito.... kasi wala pa akong budget sa ngayon.....

sana may SCHEMATIC diagram or mga PICture ka dyan ng mga PANEL, INVERTER at iba pa na ginagamit mo...
demanding lng . ahhaha

I added pictures... not good quality, sorry

 

[jansart123]

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SALAMAT TS....

share ko narin itong nakita ko sa youtube.. ITO daw ang tamang setup ng solar panel sa pilipinas + 15 degrees daw...

watch nyo nalng din ito....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggHEzRrAurA

 

[jmen07]

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"So, now, concretely, how it works? Ok, let’s take my small set up as example. As I said earlier, I have 3 x 50 watts panels, 3 x 125 Ah batteries, 1 x 1000 pure sine wave inverter"
TS kano ang nagastos mo sa mga nabangit sa taas? kahit estimate lng

 

[awinahe]

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"So, now, concretely, how it works? Ok, let’s take my small set up as example. As I said earlier, I have 3 x 50 watts panels, 3 x 125 Ah batteries, 1 x 1000 pure sine wave inverter"
TS kano ang nagastos mo sa mga nabangit sa taas? kahit estimate lng

Since I bought these items, prices went down... and of course it depends were you buy, so roughly

1 solar panel sa cdr king 50 watts was 2000 pesos (but I saw that they have now 1 solar panel 120 watts for 4500 pesos - wala ng 50 watts)
1 inverter pure sine wave 1000 watts, around 5000
1 battery motolite solar 120 Ah around 6500 pesos