Samsung 1.5 HP Split Air Conditioning Unit
How much does it cost to run an air conditioner in the Philippines?
Now that hot weather has arrived, we’ve been able to calculate how much power our 1.5HP Samsung inverter split air conditioner consumes and how much it costs to run in the Philippines. Running 24/7 cooling a 25 square meter bedroom with high ceilings, big windows, no insulation and NE exposure, our unit uses about 10KWH per day. Our electric rate is about P10 per KWH so it costs us about P3,000 ($US 70) per month to cool our bedroom to about 80F.
Our total electrical usage without any air conditioning is around 310KWH or P3100 ($US 72) per month. It’s that high because we have a big refrigerator and security lights.
This is an update to our earlier post about buying Samsung split air conditioning units. You can find that post at /our-philippine-house-project-air-conditioning/
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April 25, 2012 at 10:22 pm
Help!
I’m planning to buy my parents an airconditioning unit for their room(small room) but I don’t know what to buy.I need suggestions for unit & price.Thanks gid..
April 29, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Try using the calculator at http://fairair.com.au/Calculator.Size.aspx It will help you figure out the size of unit you’ll need. Since it’s an Australian program, use “Darwin” as your city. Darwin is a city in the north with a tropical climate.
February 4, 2012 at 9:50 am
Here in Vanuatu, I pay anything from US$400 – to $500 per month for our 3 bedroom house, running the aircon (2400w) 8 hours a night cost about $10…and a fan (18w) in turn cost 0.26cents a night…so I run the aircon 1 hour with the fan, and then switch of the aircon and keep the fan…I have calculated I could run about 130 fans for the same price of running the air con…
May 5, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Im planning on buying an aircon for my sister inlaw $437usd for a 1.5 split unit there house is all concrete do you think it wil be efficien or will i need a bigger unit to cool the upstairs bed rooms the best i figure is the whole house up stairs and sown is 1300 or 1400 square feet thanks
May 6, 2012 at 11:44 am
I don’t see a 1.5hp unit cooling more than about 250 to 300 square feet. We have a 1.5hp Samsung inverter in our 270 sq ft bedroom and it’s really undersized. If you want to cool the whole house you’ll need multiple units.
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May 18, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Bob, I’ve seen that tip about boric acid, but haven’t managed to find any at the drugstores in Iloilo. Any particular drugstore you might suggest? If not, guess I’ll have to try a welding shop.
By the way, we have a regular Carrier air con in our bedroom and run it 9 hours a night. My bill was running around P3,000 a month but dropped to 1,200 last month. Our local “power company” in nearby Guimaras has now installed a new meter. Seems the old meter wasn’t turning. If it wasn’t turning, how come I even got a bill? Hate to see next month’s bill, even though we’ve been in Manila most of the month working on getting my Permanent Visa.
May 28, 2011 at 12:50 pm
Hi Dave,
We bought our boric acid at Far Eastern Hardware on Quezon St. in Iloilo City. We have had very good luck with Far Eastern in general. We bought much of our construction supplies for our house from them.
The stuff we bought is called “Anti-Borax” Brazing Flux and costs P115 for a one pound can.
We had a similar experience with our meter. We moved into an apartment in Tigbauan, Iloilo. It had three split aircon units, one in each bedroom and a larger one in the living room. My son was visiting from the US and he ran his unit continuously. We were amazed when our electric bill arrived and it was less than P100. This went on for a few months. We realized that the meter was not working at all. Since the apartment had been vacant for a few months before we moved in so the utility was used to low usage. Finally the utility figured out that the meter was bad and replaced it. They calculated back charges and sent us a bill which we paid.
After that we used the one HP Panasonic split in our small bedroom most nights. That apartment was so hot! Our bill was generally about the same as yours, P3,000 to P3,400.
Good luck with the 13a. I have an SRRV but at some point might convert to a 13a to get my $10K SRRV deposit back.
Regards,
Bob Hammerslag
May 1, 2011 at 12:51 am
The lowest Meralco bill I had so far was 2900 pesos, for some reason Meralco keeps charging those extra charges for their services and fees. I even cut down the usage of the electric rice cooker. Still cheap in comparison to the USA outrageous electric bills.
The fuel prices, are the ones you got to watch like an eagle.
I’m retired like you are, and living in a budget, it is not fun at all. Still my wife and I managed to survived the game of high cost. Is all about modifying your life style. knowing what to buy for a good price, We love going to the market twice a week, the price for vegies is affordable. Living a luxury life is out of the question.
Question?
How do you deal with THE industrious and friendly foraging little friends called “BLACK ANTS”.
Bob
Me and my wife are like janitors, sanitation is our middle name, yet those god given creatures are becoming a nuissance, We try from hot water with soap, cornstarch, vinegar, chemical attacks, and what ever the internet could offer, still they are outside and venturing inside the house.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you
May 3, 2011 at 10:35 am
Many recommend using boric acid to get rid of ants. You can buy borax as welding brazing flux powder at a welding supply store. The one pound can we bought cost P115. Here’s some recommendations for the use of boric acid we found online:
Now, about that Secret Weapon: It’s just a mixture of boric acid and sugar water. The sugar in the mixture attracts the ants; the boric acid slowly poisons them after they eat it. Boric acid is usually available at your local drug store.
There are several secrets to success for using this potion:
Ratio — The proportion of boric acid to sugar water is important. If you make the mixture too weak, it won’t kill anything; if you make it too strong, it will kill the foragers before they can get back to the queen and deliver the poisoned food to her. We’ve found the following mixture to be about right: 1 cup water, 2 cups sugar, 2 tablespoons boric acid. You can make a smaller amount—you won’t need much—just keep the proportions the same.
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A similar approach was suggested by reader Hal in Texas, who wrote to let us know that his particular breed of troublesome little ants avoided sugar. However, he observed that they did not appear to have any restrictions on fat intake, and so Hal succeeded with this approach: “At least for the ants that I am having problems with, it appears that 1/8 teaspoon of boric acid powder to 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise or Miracle Whip is pretty close to the right ratio.”