Love the channel. 10%er living in Dipolog. Getting ready to build. Feel like I am a few steps ahead watching your channel. Thanks for all your info. Keep up the great work!
Thanks Greg for the info. We are not all experts, but we don't just sit back and do nothing. I like to figure out what i need to do to fix things. My personal thinking was that you were back feeding the solar to the grid. Good job on being Proactive! 😊
Would be interested in hearing what your solar installer says about the voltage discrepancies. Glad you have a good relationship with the electric company. Appreciate your videos about the solar and electric. Never took you to be an expert and always took your videos at face value. No problems with your videos. Thanks for the update, Greg...Jim
Many years ago in Texas lightning hit the transformer that served my house and the power went out. They came and tested the transformer, and a few hours later the transformer was replaced with what I believe was a new one. What I noticed after that was my appliances all sounded "different", much happier, quieter and not like they were bogged down. In particular my window air conditioning unit worked much better, quieter and the compressor was not on constantly. Also my next power bill was a little smaller even though the weather was still very hot. Before that incident I never realized that low voltage (or whatever it was) could cause such problems with household electrical items.
Interesting info on the transformer. We sold transformers so I asked someone. They said that you need to be careful that if you can crank the power up, and the power company fixes their issue, you may have to much current.
@Ray_Warren yes, need to reduce tap adjustment once the substation goes back on line. I bought a voltage regulator that acts like a night light, so I can keep an eye out for that eventual rise.
As I watched the crew working at your Ytansformer, I was thinking, "I'd give each of the guys a 400-500 Peso tip." It's probably a wise investment in future accommodation with any power issues you may have. Good explanation of power issues there.
Indeed! I had a guy come on my channel, when I first started covering our build, and said he could tell my wife was going to leave me based on her body language ( she was in the video for a few minutes). I just block those who make comments like that as I try to keep it positive.
I think being tied to the grid is still a good thing. If our solar fails, I'm sure eventually that will happen. We can use the grid until things get fixed/replaced.
Solar Power systems have 3 power inputs, solar, grid and battery. We use the 35kW battery to run the house needs. That battery is charged by either grid or solar. That way the house never has to use the grid. We have 4 inverters. Three 6.2 kW inverters have solar panels and the 4th is a 10.2 kw for the whole house. All 4 connect to the battery. I use the 3 smaller inverters for high demand items like the water pump and 3 hp house AC as well as each or all being able to charge the battery. I maintain since I built it. It took time which allowed me to learn.
@@buildingthephilippines that wasn't a bad price! Heck, Christine and I just bought a 2.5hp split aircon for P65K! Not to mention the 3 other 1hp aircons we need for our new house... Good luck with your power, Bud! 👍
Im a little late .. can you tell me what size transformer yall bought ... we built a home over in Northern samar and are having the same low voltage issues ...
How many batteries do you have to service you sola power. I have a voltage tester coming as well some times my aircon bucks and kicks on low voltage i have to turn it off.
I saw an advisory for your area. They are replacing a 4.5MVA transformer with a 10MVA transformer. They have added your feeder load to another feeder. Dang, I should watch the whole video before I comment. 😁🤷♂️
Hello Greg. I would advise you to contact your solar installer as Deye grid tie inverters should be able to regulate your power to prevent undervoltage Per the manufacturers data sheet Grid Support: Deye inverters can provide valuable grid support through features like reactive power control and voltage regulation, contributing to grid stability and reliability.
@@buildingthephilippines Here is also what I found as one of the features of your Deye Inverter.: Anti-islanding function: when there are high-voltage, low-voltage, high-frequency, or low-frequency faults in the power grid, the relay at the grid port of Deye inverter will automatically disconnect in time. When the power supply is restored and the voltage and frequency reach the permissible values, the relay at the grid port will be closed automatically. Deye inverters are equipped with anti-islanding protection circuits, and the grid ports of the strings and energy storage machines are equipped with relays and voltage acquisition components. When the inverter grid voltage acquisition component detects the disconnection of the power grid or loss of voltage, it will disconnect the grid relays and isolate the connection between the inverter and the power grid, which plays a role in safety protection and prevents the occurrence of the islanding effect.
We have the same issues in Costa Rica. Here, appliance warrantee often do not replace refrigerator compressors because of damage from low voltage. Our voltage numbers are very similar to yours . Sooner you on solar only with grid exposure reduced as much as possible the better.😊😊😊 Most of us ignore keyboard warriors/ experts.😂😂😂
I am about to the point of buying my transformer. It is hard to justify when you have a big solar system, but I think I am going to do it just to be safe.
Ok! Wow ya! I’ve noticed the adjustment dial on my transformer! But I thought it was “fixed” from the factory and could not be changed. If it CAN be changed?! And adjusted HIGHER?! That would fix my low voltage issue here too! Our power company ZANECO are complete morons! 5 of their “so called” tech engineers were out here 2 months ago trying to figure out the issue and NEVER mentioned one word about adjusting MY transformer!
A "tech engineer" in the Philippines is probably someone with a high school diploma and who successfully passed the power company's strenuous TechElectric course over one or two weekends. In my experience, if a guy is making 500 pesos a day, he usually isn't a rocket scientist.
@@buildingthephilippines Maybe the 87k applied to your solar may have been enough to get you 100% on your house and only use the grid in (hopefully) rare instances ?
Great job! Please don’t let the blow hards discourage you from helping the rest of us. I truly appreciate your videos.
Thank you for that. Appreciate the comment.
Thank you for sharing your experiences and what you have learned from your research.
@BarakTheWonderer it's actually a panther type AVR with a built-in voltage display.
Always GREAT useful information, Thanks Greg & Wilma 👍
Thank you
Love the channel. 10%er living in Dipolog. Getting ready to build. Feel like I am a few steps ahead watching your channel. Thanks for all your info. Keep up the great work!
Hi James, thanks for watching our videos. Good luck with the house build.
Another great up date on the power situation Greg. Thank you.
@lyndonhenry8127 your welcome, thanks for watching
Thanks Greg for the info. We are not all experts, but we don't just sit back and do nothing. I like to figure out what i need to do to fix things. My personal thinking was that you were back feeding the solar to the grid. Good job on being Proactive! 😊
We are all good now. Thanks for commenting.
Very informative video Greg, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Kevin, appreciate it.
I’m learning a lot Greg. I’ve been taking electricity for granted here in USA.
@rosemariealmero1214 yes, very much so. It's a definite issue here.
Would be interested in hearing what your solar installer says about the voltage discrepancies.
Glad you have a good relationship with the electric company. Appreciate your videos about the solar and electric. Never took you to be an expert and always took your videos at face value. No problems with your videos.
Thanks for the update, Greg...Jim
Thanks for commenting, appreciate it.
Many years ago in Texas lightning hit the transformer that served my house and the power went out. They came and tested the transformer, and a few hours later the transformer was replaced with what I believe was a new one. What I noticed after that was my appliances all sounded "different", much happier, quieter and not like they were bogged down. In particular my window air conditioning unit worked much better, quieter and the compressor was not on constantly. Also my next power bill was a little smaller even though the weather was still very hot. Before that incident I never realized that low voltage (or whatever it was) could cause such problems with household electrical items.
Yea, I bet it was low voltage all that time. Once fixed things worked as it was designed to work. Good story.
Thanks for the info about the transformer. Didn't know that.
Your welcome
Thank you very much Greg 👍😊
Your welcome
What voltage comes into your transformer on the pole?
Is it 13 000V?
@@tedrobertson1344 I have no idea.
Interesting info on the transformer. We sold transformers so I asked someone. They said that you need to be careful that if you can crank the power up, and the power company fixes their issue, you may have to much current.
@Ray_Warren yes, need to reduce tap adjustment once the substation goes back on line. I bought a voltage regulator that acts like a night light, so I can keep an eye out for that eventual rise.
As I watched the crew working at your Ytansformer, I was thinking, "I'd give each of the guys a 400-500 Peso tip." It's probably a wise investment in future accommodation with any power issues you may have. Good explanation of power issues there.
Yes, I tip them every encounter. This time as well.
great info thks
@@amowatt01 your welcome
I think knowing the difference between a troll and a good advisor is important in this content creator space work...
Indeed! I had a guy come on my channel, when I first started covering our build, and said he could tell my wife was going to leave me based on her body language ( she was in the video for a few minutes). I just block those who make comments like that as I try to keep it positive.
Talking down/disrespectful is a troll. I have no patience for that type of person. Just simply block them.
@buildingthephilippines Right on good sir!!!
In hindsight, would you have been comfortable running your house with a larger solar system and bigger generator? And go completely off-grid.
I think being tied to the grid is still a good thing. If our solar fails, I'm sure eventually that will happen. We can use the grid until things get fixed/replaced.
Solar Power systems have 3 power inputs, solar, grid and battery. We use the 35kW battery to run the house needs. That battery is charged by either grid or solar.
That way the house never has to use the grid. We have 4 inverters. Three 6.2 kW inverters have solar panels and the 4th is a 10.2 kw for the whole house.
All 4 connect to the battery. I use the 3 smaller inverters for high demand items like the water pump and 3 hp house AC as well as each or all being able to charge the battery. I maintain since I built it. It took time which allowed me to learn.
@@dashley2525 Sounds like a good system. Thanks for watching.
Very informative. Greg, how much it cost to buy a transformer?
Thank you, I paid 87 k pesos 2 years ago.
@@buildingthephilippines that wasn't a bad price! Heck, Christine and I just bought a 2.5hp split aircon for P65K! Not to mention the 3 other 1hp aircons we need for our new house...
Good luck with your power, Bud! 👍
@jerrymarshall2728 thanks Jerry
Were are experiencing more brown outs than ever here in Sullivan.
Not looking forward to winter here, the grid here is very unreliable.
Wow, amazing you are experiencing similar issues.
Watched both videos. Thanks for the insight and sharing your experience. Hope it works out. Btw, did you resolve the algee issue in the pool?
Yes, brushed the tile. Shocked pool, seemed to work. Algacide I bought I believe was fake. Seal was broken on bottle.
Im a little late .. can you tell me what size transformer yall bought ... we built a home over in Northern samar and are having the same low voltage issues ...
@BrianDodgen our transformer is 25kva, cost 87k pesos installed.
@buildingthephilippines perfect thank you
Do you have the inverter and battery's in a A/C room as i find in time electronics fail due to the humidity and in my area salt .
All equipment is in dirty kitchen. No issue with solar, issue is with transformer on the pole. Low voltage.
How many batteries do you have to service you sola power. I have a voltage tester coming as well some times my aircon bucks and kicks on low voltage i have to turn it off.
@@howardrewald9817 1 10kva battery
I saw an advisory for your area. They are replacing a 4.5MVA transformer with a 10MVA transformer. They have added your feeder load to another feeder. Dang, I should watch the whole video before I comment. 😁🤷♂️
Lol, yeah, no problem. We figured out what needed to be done. We are all good now.
Hello Greg.
I would advise you to contact your solar installer as Deye grid tie inverters should be able to regulate your power to prevent undervoltage
Per the manufacturers data sheet
Grid Support: Deye inverters can provide valuable grid support through features like reactive power control and voltage regulation, contributing to grid stability and reliability.
Thank you for that information. I will ask the installer about that.
@@buildingthephilippines Here is also what I found as one of the features of your Deye Inverter.:
Anti-islanding function: when there are high-voltage, low-voltage, high-frequency, or low-frequency faults in the power grid, the relay at the grid port of Deye inverter will automatically disconnect in time. When the power supply is restored and the voltage and frequency reach the permissible values, the relay at the grid port will be closed automatically.
Deye inverters are equipped with anti-islanding protection circuits, and the grid ports of the strings and energy storage machines are equipped with relays and voltage acquisition components. When the inverter grid voltage acquisition component detects the disconnection of the power grid or loss of voltage, it will disconnect the grid relays and isolate the connection between the inverter and the power grid, which plays a role in safety protection and prevents the occurrence of the islanding effect.
the American utilities only guarantee +- 10%. -10% of 220 is only 198V. Your voltage is not that far off...
At 198, some things won't even operate. The adjustment put us at 230. All good now.
Nowadays appliances, electronics & adaptors haved automatic voltage regulator of 100-240 volts. My Sony TV for 7-years till now never had an issue.
Great to hear.
We have the same issues in Costa Rica. Here, appliance warrantee often do not replace refrigerator compressors because of damage from low voltage. Our voltage numbers are very similar to yours . Sooner you on solar only with grid exposure reduced as much as possible the better.😊😊😊 Most of us ignore keyboard warriors/ experts.😂😂😂
Low voltage does lots of damage here. Hearing of this more and more recently. Keyboard warrier, quite sad actually.
I am about to the point of buying my transformer. It is hard to justify when you have a big solar system, but I think I am going to do it just to be safe.
Make sure it has that tap adjustment on it.
So Noreco showed up. So much for those who said they wouldn’t help!!
The office here is actually pretty efficient when it comes to the linemen. Payment office don't ask any questions.
Ok! Wow ya! I’ve noticed the adjustment dial on my transformer! But I thought it was “fixed” from the factory and could not be changed. If it CAN be changed?! And adjusted HIGHER?! That would fix my low voltage issue here too! Our power company ZANECO are complete morons! 5 of their “so called” tech engineers were out here 2 months ago trying to figure out the issue and NEVER mentioned one word about adjusting MY transformer!
That would be great if they can adjust up to #5. Good luck.
Ya "so called "
A "tech engineer" in the Philippines is probably someone with a high school diploma and who successfully passed the power company's strenuous TechElectric course over one or two weekends.
In my experience, if a guy is making 500 pesos a day, he usually isn't a rocket scientist.
So how much money did you have to bribe them to just do their job?
@@DaleTimms zero dollars
If I were you I would get more batteries and more solar panels and just run on solar. Maybe Norecco will get the grid worked out.
@@pepelapew-k5z batteries are over 100,000 pesos each. Pretty expensive
How much $ for your own transformer ?
We paid 87k pesos 2 years ago, might be higher now.
@@buildingthephilippines Maybe the 87k applied to your solar may have been enough to get you 100% on your house and only use the grid in (hopefully) rare instances ?
Possibly, however, I want to be connected to the grid, but I would be nervous about sharing transformer with many people.
WTH where is the bucket truck?
Lol, no money for that. A ladder and a long fiberglass pole.
Greg, please disregard my question . You already answered this 87K.
No problem
No sense complaining to the electric company about damaged appliances. They won't care.
That's true, for sure. However, they did solve our issue quickly.
Where and what brand did you get the digital voltage meter ???
@BIGALINTHEPHILIPPINES The small one I showed on the video is a Panther brand. You can find at Handyman in any Robinson mall.