johnmcc6 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Do they have solar power systems capable of running a home with 3 air cons, water pumps etc. available in chiangmai? Any idea of cost?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 1 unit/day from a 330w panel (2m x1m), cost around 4,000bht each. Lets say each air-con takes 1 unit/hour ........ so 3 air-cons would need 3 panels for every hour of use. How many hours a day do your air-cons run? Hope you have big land for the solar panel farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmcc6 Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 20 minutes ago, BritManToo said: 1 unit/day from a 330w panel (2m x1m), cost around 4,000bht each. Lets say each air-con takes 1 unit/hour ........ so 3 air-cons would need 3 panels for every hour of use. How many hours a day do your air-cons run? Hope you have big land for the solar panel farm. Thanks Brit Man. I have the land but no desire to screw up the views with what would be a monstrosity. I suppose I could build a house for the cost of batteries?? Looks like fans will have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 11 minutes ago, johnmcc6 said: Thanks Brit Man. I have the land but no desire to screw up the views with what would be a monstrosity. I suppose I could build a house for the cost of batteries?? Looks like fans will have to do. Generators are cheap and can be quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beggar Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 14 minutes ago, johnmcc6 said: Thanks Brit Man. I have the land but no desire to screw up the views with what would be a monstrosity. I suppose I could build a house for the cost of batteries?? Looks like fans will have to do. Don't give up so quickly. Here an aircon that even works without any power. To increase the efficiency you can put a fan there to blow air to the bottles. But I could not find out the BTU... https://www.straitstimes.com/world/zero-electricity-air-con-made-of-plastic-bottles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Not practical at all. Add the cost of panels, control system, batteries (which do not last forever) and you could pay PEA for donkeys years and still come out ahead. Only practical for DC water pumps, fridges, lights etc. Nothing Hi draw like an aircon, which - if not an inverter style - can take 2 to 3 times the running wattage to start it. Many websites devoted to this subject. Allow you to input your requirements and size a system. Sans aircon of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweiloman Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 I moved from Bkk a couple of years ago. Down there, it was next to impossible to sleep without the air con running. Now here in San Sai, I haven’t needed to switch on my aircon for over 3 months and unlikely to have to do so for the next few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmcc6 Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 On 12/1/2019 at 2:52 PM, Beggar said: Don't give up so quickly. Here an aircon that even works without any power. To increase the efficiency you can put a fan there to blow air to the bottles. But I could not find out the BTU... https://www.straitstimes.com/world/zero-electricity-air-con-made-of-plastic-bottles Could be fun to try it out as something to do in spare time. thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niebla Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Are you looking for a system to generate a majority of all of the power that you use? How much is your PEA bill monthly? Power is only generated eight hours each day so you will also need to store power for your needs at night. I put in a hybrid system last year. PM me if you have questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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