Hi Ben,
Phil here.
Im currently in Australia, but return in early august to bohol.
I recently set up 6x 80watt panels in manila for a friend (panels, inverter and regulator cost around 100k second hand- but good quality). The setup did not include batteries. Batteries are very expensive (& heavy!) here (in Australia) and hard to ship.
motolite (philippine company) make a deep cycle battery but Im unsure of the quality as they are quite cheap, and only have a limited warranty.
There is a local company I contacted in cebu, but I found they were very limited in knowledge, and just wanted to charge alot of money for cheap chinese gear with no warranty.
mate, PM me with your email address and I can send you some info while im here in Australia.
Dont expect to run alot of ref's or aircon on solar as it just wont do it (unless your prepared to spend THOUSANDS of DOLLLARS!).
the set ups Ive installed were great for LED lighting, TV, Fan, stereo gear and computer gear.
I have installed larger setups with lister command start generator backups, but they were a dear system..
take care mate,
Phil...
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