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EcoHouseThailand
Thailand
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 12 ก.พ. 2010
TH-cam.com/EcoHouseThailand EcoHouseThailand.com
@ThailandEco
Not Monetized - I won't ask you to like, subscribe or support the channel
Just sharing my experiences, so you can learn from my mistakes
Building an Off-Grid House in Thailand
House Design Criteria:
Function Over Form: functionality is more important than ornamentation.
Eco Principals: Energy Net Zero; Passive House Standard
Off-Grid: Water: Water Heating; Grey and Black Water Treatment; Electricity; Fuel for my Car; Food
Safety and Security: Burglary proofing. W.R.O.L. (Without Rule of Law)/ S.H.T.F. Situations.
@ThailandEco
Not Monetized - I won't ask you to like, subscribe or support the channel
Just sharing my experiences, so you can learn from my mistakes
Building an Off-Grid House in Thailand
House Design Criteria:
Function Over Form: functionality is more important than ornamentation.
Eco Principals: Energy Net Zero; Passive House Standard
Off-Grid: Water: Water Heating; Grey and Black Water Treatment; Electricity; Fuel for my Car; Food
Safety and Security: Burglary proofing. W.R.O.L. (Without Rule of Law)/ S.H.T.F. Situations.
Solar Powered Kitchen Garden
How we are using a solar well pump to water our kitchen garden.
Correction: I said that the pumpkins weren't grown from seed. I meant that they weren't grown from a commercial packet of seeds.
Correction: I said that the pumpkins weren't grown from seed. I meant that they weren't grown from a commercial packet of seeds.
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Growing Vegetables with Solar part 2
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This is a follow up video to my Growing Vegetables with Solar (part 1) video to show how it's progressing. This veggies are located reasonably close to the house so we can come down and chop a few lettuce leaves or spring onions and they will grow back.
Growing vegetables with solar
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Cheap concrete rings are mounted on sheet weed block. A solar powered drip irrigation system is installed to bring well water to each pot. The flow of water can be adjusted by a tap at each pot. The pots are filled with a mixture of top soil, rice husks, dried cow manure and burnt wood chips/rice husks for the local bio electric plant. Vegetables are grown from seed in trays in the mushroom hou...
My Last Electric Bill, Ever!
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This video explains why I'm giving up my electric meter to go 100% off-grid. If you want to know more about how I use my EV for backup power watch this video th-cam.com/video/Sgzc7jD-R9c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=hfAI2Sn0DsmSDIuV If you want to know more about my home solar setup watch this video: th-cam.com/video/HaQJCp505Ic/w-d-xo.htmlsi=90Um33D9uMPA8f1K
Growatt SPF5000ES Inverters x 4
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Solar Upgrade 2024 part 2 Link to part one: th-cam.com/video/03GPCIb1YWc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Ia8Ac7J278hfUZGA Installer Tam buachetsolarcell
Solar Panel Cleaning
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Cleaning Solar Panels after the rainy season on the third floor of my house in Thailand Thanks for the professional help for installation and cleaning buachetsolarcell
Solar Upgrade 2024 part 1
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There are other videos on my channel about my solar system, but this is hopefully will be my final tweak to support my 2 charging of my electric cars
I unplugged from the Grid, plugged in my EV instead
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I unplugged from the Grid and use my EV for backup power This is the 3rd video I have done on V2L 2nd Video: th-cam.com/video/Sgzc7jD-R9c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=LqWzK81z8cLobGdv Ist video: th-cam.com/video/TmzgBo_BwwQ/w-d-xo.html
BYD Seal On Board Diagnostics
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I bought this device online in Thailand, but it is probably available on AliExpress www.lazada.co.th/products/i4152402614-s16299142552.html
BYD Seal AWD Performance Launch Control
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My Thai wife claimed that the launch made her feel sick, so not sure she will let me try it again anytime soon.
BYD Seal Infotainment Screen Walkthrough
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BYD Seal Infotainment Screen Walkthrough
How to Size Battery Storage for Home Solar
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How to Size Battery Storage for Home Solar
Can I parallel 5kw and 6kw both of 48V rating growatt inverters?
Where do you purchase the camera? Please share link. Thanks
The link is in the description. Maybe look for a similar item on AliExpress if you don't have access to Lazada online market place
What's the output from Seal V2L into watt? Can you run big electric appliance such as aircon, washing machine or microwave?
3.6kW, but the supplied adapter is rated for only 2.6kW, so I bought an after market one. I only use mine at night as I have solar. It can run 2 aircons (8,500 BTU) multiple fans as well as stuff that is switched on 24/7 like fridges, freezers, and servers.
I have Seal Performance AWD variant but sometimes the power gets limited between 200-250 KW, any idea why it does it?
Hello, thanks for the video! My camera and cable just arrived after installation the app pop up but the picture from the camera isn't good just a white lines no picture at all. I try 2 different camera but the same result. Any idea? th-cam.com/users/shortsKWHGzZvRbc4?si=D9tk7zeO7aS0p5ft
Thank you very much for this. I just collected my AWD Seal 3 days ago this car is incredible beyond all expectations. Here in Morocco the version of the infontainement is 1.0 I didnt find any way to keep back headlights always on as the car in black colour appears a little too agressive when arrier leds are off. Thank you very much for your help.
I'm concerned with how long it'll last...
It went back into it’s bag after this video and hasn’t been taken out since. Even here in the tropics, the silver coated glass roof blocks most of the solar radiation
@EcoHouseThailand I heard that, and watched a vide comparison with Tesla, where BYD performed much better, so coupled with your experience, I'm a lot more confident it'll be OK. It's just that Australian sun is particularly harsh. Cheers!
Thx! I will order it!
I also live in Thailand and I’m thinking of getting a Seal. I find your videos very helpful. Thanks
hi! was the driving recorder app there earlier? or did it get installed automatically after connecting the cam?
I don’t think it was. It seemed to appear after the reset
Congrats to you
Outstanding stuff
I am totally blown away by your commonsense approach and use of known physics to build your home. I have recently moved here and am renting a hot box. I began thinking about all of the elements you have explained in the website and cannot understand how ignorant people are that they have black anything here. I was involved in a project years ago to insulate the roof of a school of 5000m2 and used a thermilate paint on top of the galvanised roof. We had to spray and ensure a 5 micron layer. The before and after surface. temperature was exactly as you have shown in many places. The logic of practical application over aesthetics is lost on most people especially here where the aspiration is to be euro like. Your execution is testimony to your intellect and logic and the execution is proof that you live comfortably in an inhospitable climate. The costs to build were way beyond anything affordable here by the mainstream population but kudos to you!
Very nice presentation!, im planning to build a similar well insulated house here in southern Thailand. I wonder during these extreme heat(april 2024) how much does your insulation help and also how much energy spike during these times.
Insulation slows the process of temperature equalization inside to outside. I have 8,500 BTU aircons. My living room is 32m2 and is comfortably cool. My condo in BKK has a living room a third of the size with an aircon 3Xs as big and still my tennant complains it’s too hot. As I am off-grid with no electric meter so I’m not too bothered about electric usage as my solar covers it.
Hey champ. Awesome system. in Malaysia, we collect the rain water, pump it through the membrane filters, and then it goes through a RO water filter and we drink it. I'm wondering if your system is common in Thailand and are there any advantages or disadvantages of the membrane + RO filter system versus yours. Would love a response. Thank you again.
I employed a specialist water company. They said RO was not necessary for rainwater as it has no heavy metals or chemicals. Household water here is either rainwater or well water so we consider it not safe to drink.
@@EcoHouseThailand thanks for the reply man
Great Tesla copy...
Wait... so you had ELKA deactivated on startup? Is this a regional thing as we need to disable each time?
In Thailand if you turn something off it stays off, been that way since I got the car
SD has to be purchased separately. Can’t remember what the maximum capacity is - been a while since I purchased it.
Saludos al canal Magnífico video y muy interesante.Pedi la cámara para mí nuevo seal me parece una compra magnífica.Pregunto si la tarjeta SD la trae la cámara o se compra a parte? Y otra pregunta 64 GB es la capacidad máxima o se puede instalar de más capacidad ( Cual es la máxima capacidad que admite)
How did you get the infotainment system in dark theme?
Car icon, Display, Theme, Dark/Light/Auto
Great setup, you could put more than one type of veg in a pot, like complimentary plant partners. Can you let us know issues with insects and how you deal with that?
Agreed, we plan to transplant from the kitchen garden into the pots and mix them up more. Initially we were growing from seed and with big points it’s difficult to keep track. I don’t know the name of the insects but we do have a problem with leaf eating bugs. I have a Thai product that is organic that we use quite successfully (will look up the name). I have tried dish soap and white vinegar, but the vinegar does as much damage as the bugs.
I hope you will do video on rain water harvesting soon
I do plan to, but I have a couple videos to do on the garden first. I hoped to get all the footage captured yesterday, but the heat got to my iPhone and it shut down. The rainwater harvesting will quite a complicated video to make and will require some planning.
How did the well hold up so far?
The solar well pump has helped prevent the pond from drying up but we are now in a very hot dry season so it will be a very tough test.
Do you what's the "Factory SoC" meaning and where I cal find Battery SoH?
Does the memory position are linked to the key used? Maybe if you use a key and your wife another, did you try this?
Normally there are 2 keys in the car as my wife has her key in case she wants to come back to the car first and it makes no difference.
Love your car. White looks great
Where is Thailand is this?
I always wondered if there was a maintenance to panels ...cuz sometimes it rains, orr the wind blows
Here in Thailand I don’t do cleaning during the rainy season, but wind doesn’t clean bird shit and recently we have had a lot of bird visitors
Does it allow to install other apps similar to that I use in my mobile?
The latest update gave access to a browser, so anything like TH-cam, Netflix etc that can operate in a browser works. Some people have been able to add extra apps through a workaround but I’ve not bothered
Do you know if this is applicable to all seal or by country?
@@ryanseet5569The roll out of updates is different for different countries. Thailand got the browser update before Australia
Cool. Tks so much.
Does this void the car warranty?
My dealership here in Thailand said no. You are installing a BYD branded product to the existing wiring.
Hey Paul how is your Seal treating you, i have just reached 3000KM on mine, had a software update this week, and now the car talks haha
Love the car. Also over 3,000km. I have given up my electric meter as the V2L gives me lots of backup power
@@EcoHouseThailand Thats great that car gives you enough battery backup, we should catchup for a coffee sometime as im always up for a road trip
@@seanf3255 send me an email eco@ecohousethailand.com
Did you try holding the buttons (which close the doors) down for a while? Maybe then they function as Memory button?
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Hi, Peter from Slovakia here. I have Ioniq 5 and intend to power my house with v2l too. However, the output from the car is one phase only. Does your inverter accept this? Plus, if you wish to top up your home battery from your Seal, you must certainly reduce the charging power to keep the house running. The home battery cannot be charged and discharged at the same time. Is it so? Thanks for your reply
Yes my inverter is single phase. I have set my inverter to only charge my home batteries from Solar. I’m not sure if you seen all three videos I have done on V2L, but I talk about running the house load only and only at night. This preserves my home batteries.
Ok, thanks for your reply. My inverter is 3 phase, so I am curious to see how it will treat one-phase power from my car. Anyway, there is a bidirectional ac charger coming from Renault in the autumn and that should work on cars having v2l capability. And its price should be acceptable too. Unlike these 10.000 usd dc bidirectional chargers coming from us this year
i want to do this too
Have you done any sampling of he air for the degassing of the insulation foam you have installed? I also do not see any mention of ventilating the attic spaces to reduce the hot air 'bubble' there. Next video?
The foam is entombed in concrete. Regarding "ventilating the attic spaces" I have a fly roof.
Excellent video thanks. Is it possible to alter the charge schedule and charge level for the battery ie to limit the charge to 70 or 80% etc? Doesnt seem to be this capability in the car either unless I'm missing a trick? Even with the car set to charge for 4 hours (with charge to 100% unticked) it still charged to 100% - about 6 hours thus ignoring the 4 hour schedule (12:30am to 4:30am) that I'd set on the car display
I have never used these functions. I don’t have a grid connection and only charge from my home solar and do the charging manually. If I end up putting in too much power, then I put back into the house at night via V2L
As someone who lives in a climate that experiences sunshine, glass roofs are the biggest turn off for all the modern EVs.
I agree and when I saw reviews of Teslas glass roof in hot weather I removed it from my list. I tested the Seal’s silver coated glass roof on a very hot day and was surprised it wasn’t hot to the touch. You should watch my video “BYD seal is it a hot car” for the temperature measurements.
@@EcoHouseThailand Will have a look, thanks :-)
Is that a app that appears on your screen after the reset and camera install. And thank you for your videos. Well done.
Yes
cool
hi Paul in Pattaya companies are suggesting Deye as Growatt not good at warranty and service in Thailand they say. What is your take? They also do 8kw single phase
Supply and fit companies will often rubbish products they don’t supply. I have had Growatts for 3 years now and no problems. Used the support during setup and it was great. I have 2 mates who have them and again no issues.
Sir, what is the Max. Pv input current of this inverter?
@@freshia2008 300V
@@EcoHouseThailand sir mean the Photovoltaic input Ampere ?
@@freshia2008 The MPPT range is 120-430V Any wattage over 5k is curtailed
My brother wrote a book called The Superinsulated House in 1982 (the first book was published in 1976). He lived in Fairbanks, Alaska. You can still find the used book on line for purchase. From your comments, it would appear Thailand is where Alaska was almost 50 years ago. Though Alaska is still building the same sorry house from over 50 years ago too, many are much better, almost exclusively due to a proper vapor barrier, as the insulation in walls is mostly R19. Great to find a knowledgeable owner/builder should I ever build here. Interestingly, my brother pointed out that when they were building the Palace Versailles, they were still stacking brick one on top of the other in Thailand.
Thank you so much, easy fit after watching that from Ireland!
Glad it helped!
Proof of how it’s done. You can sit back and giggle when everyone starts complaining about the new electricity rates. In my case, I’d need 4 posts installed which is triple the cost of my batteries. Unfortunately that means that, unlike you, I can’t get fiber. But I can get a router with a 5G SIM card and a year’s wireless from AIS is ß2500, which is what some people pay for two months of fiber. WiFi 6+ mesh inside the house means I’m loosing out on nothing. Off grid is the way to be ❤
And that is how it is done!😎😎😎
Hi, thanks for a very inspirational video! i just moved to Thailand and are looking into getting a setup like this, I am just about to start and had some measuring set up for a few weeks to get my bearings. I had some offers and estimates, but I everyone said V2L for powering a house at night is not yet available. And you’ve done it! I’ll guess the right type of inverter is key? Can I pick your brain please?
Can you watch the 2 other videos linked in the description?
I’ve watched them, thank you! Your system is quite large. I’m consuming 8000kWh per year, plus AC maybe 5000kWh per year (haven’t experienced hot season yet so it is only estimated). Electric car not included (as I currently run a Toyota) but I believe we would not use more than 20kWh in a single day, and maybe 4500kWh per year. My thought was using V2L the battery investment could be it so high, as the car sits at home most of the time. How does this compare to your setup, if you don’t mind me asking? Maybe I misunderstood your video, but would it be possible having solar, grid, backup, and V2L in one unit? Thank you very much for reading.
* battery investment could be lowered
@@MyMater63 My system is large as I’m off-grid (I don’t have an electric meter) I have 2 electric cars and an electric motorbike. I have a 450m2 home with lots of technology like servers that run 24/7. I estimate I am probably using 25MWh per year (25,000kWh) You could buy an Neta V for about ฿500,000 or a MG4 for ฿700,000 and second hand they would be quite a bit cheaper, both have V2L. My first video on V2L I used my transfer switch to swap between 2 sources of AC power, the grid and my old solar system. As I said in the video you could use the ATS to swap between V2L and the grid.
Thank you for your detailed answer. I appreciate it a lot!
Any idea's on how to turn traction control off? Not sure if I missed it in this video
Is anyone know how to lower volume for turning signal?
Hi! Just got the Seal here (ireland) and I have noticed and a few others that the zappi charger and a few others show output of 7kw but the byd is only showing 6.2 on the screen. Also tried this at 11kw charger and similar results. Have you noticed any large drops from the supply to the charger? I know there tends to be some transmission loss but this seems excessive.
My home charger pulls 7kW AC but only 6.2 DC is added the battery
Perfect thanks. Sounds like it's losses via the ac dc conversion then.
Excellent video. Thanks! 👍
This was really useful to know as not aware the camera was removed (local dealer here in U.K not aware either!) Subsequently purchased camera from Ali Express before my car arrives in March