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This guy put a wrap on, didn’t like it but it took the paint off when he pealed off the wrap https://www.facebook.com/share/p/6sczZMvBoCCvqrcN/?mibextid=I6gGtw

"I would think these stats have changed alot" 10% in 2010 and you think it is now over 50% But no evidence offered to support your thinking.

Mr Stuck Record - sorry Photo taken after car wash https://www.facebook.com/groups/bydsealthailand/permalink/230545010048178/

6 years ago while I was researching battery options I contacted Redflow and they gave me details of their reseller here in Thailand. Items manufactured in Thailand but made in factories located in free trade zones which are designed to encourage exports are treated as imported when they enter Thailand proper and taxed as such. I was quite interested in Redflow’s ZBM2 10kWh zinc-bromine flow battery made in Thailand. The price to purchase after it had been shipped from Thailand to Australia was ฿260,439 but in Thailand where it was manufactured, the price was ฿550,000 I bought some cheap deep cycle gel batteries instead and a few years later paid ฿69,000 for an equivalent sized LFP battery.

This is a common misconception made by visitors to Thailand that only see the big cities and resort towns. In fact the vast majority of Thais live in detached houses giving plenty of opportunities for adding solar.

Phone batteries and EV batteries are not the same. Leave your phone out in the sun here for a few minutes and it shuts down. EVs have active cooling. My car has a 580km range when it is new. The warranty on the battery is 8 years or 160,000km. If the capacity drops to less than 70% in that time (worse case scenario) the battery will be replaced. So after 8 years it will still have over 400km of range and fast 150kW charging speed. At home you will be slow charging using a 7kW wall charger compared to 150W DC rapid charger. So heat will not be a problem. When DC charging active cooling is working and charge speeds can slow if the temperature rises to much, although I have never experienced this unless charging over 80%. If you are really interested in EVs in Thailand, I started a discussion:

I have 2 Thai friends who have solar businesses and sell almost exclusively to Thais and they are very busy. Haven’t you seen solar panels for sale everywhere? Or maybe you don’t get out much. This is the solar group my wife is in and it has 180,000 members The comment you made about my car was also incorrect. The BYD Seal was the second best selling EV last month in Thailand, they sold over 3,000

Are you going to provide any evidence to support that statement? You clearly don’t have solar and yet you are posting in the Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum where many of us here have had solar for years.

6 years on no rats - the snakes eat them all

In Europe an East West orientation corresponds with peak demand and low solar supply on the grid. Bi-Facial solar panels make up for low production in the middle of the day with effectively being 2 panels. There are some suggestion that they are cooler and so are more efficient, but 700% more efficient I’m not sure about that. A couple of years ago I made a video on which direction should your solar panels face. Normal air-cons are AC, I think you meant DC. I briefly investigated them during my build. They are very much more expensive than conventional air-cons as they are a bit of a niche product. If the sun goes in the power will drop, so it is recommended to pair them with batteries. It’s now getting very expensive. A 5kW inverter will only cost you ฿25k so you’re not saving much. So equivalent to 5 conventional 4mx4m rooms with all the added heat from the kitchen and I am guessing not much insulation or a good air seal? Wouldn’t want to guess what your BTU requirement would be but it’s going to a lot

I have a rainwater harvesting system that provides drinking water and household water and 2 filter systems to provide the different qualities of water. All Grey and Black water is processed and returned to the garden Thanks to Ruben from http://www.h2o.in.th/

I had solar thermal since before I installed solar. It is a very efficient way to heat water and protects you from very high energy demand spikes. A 6kW water heater draws nearly as much power as my EV (7kW)

Did you watch the video? In case you didn’t I showed my electric bill for all of last year and it showed zero units used, when I had 36kWh of solar batteries I now have an EV with an additional 82.5 kWh of backup power. I have provided evidence that I can operate without the grid on 36kWh so why do so many people think I won’t be able to on 118kWh?

5 years 70%

You should watch my other videos on my channel about how I setup V2L. Basically I used a transfer switch to select between 2 sources of ac power input. In your case the grid and V2L. Set your inverter to SBU (solar first, then Battery, then Utility) with Utility if there is no V2L it will switch to PEA/MEA I have single phase so I can’t say for certain that it would work. Does your inverter have the option to accept a generator input?

Warranty is 5years/6,000 cycles maximum degradation 70%. They use CATL LFP Cells

I have documented my experiences with PEA over the years on this forum. I have been accused of spinning my meter backwards (to the exact same reading every month) Each time I asked for a digital solar meter that cannot be turned back. I have been accused of breaking their meters with my big bad off-grid solar system. I have had about 20 meetings with PEA Surin at their main office over the years. I have had my solar system inspected 4 times including by the Solar Team from PEA Korat, who tried to explain to the local office that my system is off-grid and physically cannot send power out to the grid. Over the years staff change. Every time I get a new meter reader, I get a new meter.

I have had solar for over 5 years and not had to replace anything yet.

At todays prices: Main Components: 20,000 Watts of PV @ ฿5/W = ฿100,000 36kWh Batteries @ ฿5k/kWh = ฿180,000 20kW of Inversion @ @ ฿5k/kW = ฿100,000 = ฿380,000 Savings: PEA saving ฿5,000/month Fuel saving for 2 drivers and 2 vehicles ฿4,000/month (based on Previous usage) = ฿108,000/Year saving Payback = 3.5 Years - after which free electricity and driving

Did you watch the video I posted in my opening post?

There a few approaches to solar that attract people for different reasons. There is the full on DIY approach including building up batteries with individual cells. Such an approach is definitely the cheapest but would be very difficult to support. The other extreme is have a professional company source all the components and install them. They will manage the warranty process and will offer annual checks and panel cleaning. You get what you pay for. I am in the middle. I purchased all the panels, inverters and batteries myself. I then employed a Thai company to install and supply all the ancillary items. They offer no warranty but can be paid to problem fix. I dealt with the manufacturers to ensure the installation was correct. In your case I would recommend a professional installation with warranty and support. DM me if you want suggestions

Lithium Iron Phosphate, it’s a new type of Cathode battery chemistry. It is contains no Cobalt, is far safer with a far longer cycle life than Li-ion. I have LFP batteries in my home storage and my EV.

I have basically been “off-grid” with solar and home batteries for 5 years now and I have posted my solar journey in this forum. With Solar you are basically paying your electric bill forward and I understand that many people are unable or unwilling to make that investment. For those that do, they are shielding themselves from price rises and power cuts. Even if your pay-back was ten years then your return on your investment would be 10%, assuming electricity prices don’t rise, which is better than you would get in the bank. The reason I post is to share my experience, show what is possible and be available to answer questions.

Not everybody who watches my videos lives in Thailand

Toyota Hybrid Camry 0-100 of 8 seconds BYD Seal AWD Performance 0-100 3.8 seconds BYD Seal comes with 6 Tesla Powerwalls of backup power and I can charge it for free for excess solar power in the middle of the day.