Buying A Generator
May 28, 2009
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Posted by dmihalia
As you all know my wife’s family and friends survived a very bad cyclone in their province recently. Although everyone is fine many houses were destroyed and power is still out in the area. Not that you could say much for the power situation prior to that but they did have electricity. Anyway the power situation there calls for a generator in case this ever happens again. Since we are building a house in the province I want a generator available for my use when I am there.
So, I have been asking questions of my family over there about buying two generators, one for the province and one for my home in Laguna. Being that I saw them in Ace Hardware at SM Mall I know they are readily available but I really don’t remember the price. The Ace Hardware website has little information on their inventory in stores in the Philippines. So I’m bringing it to my informed readers of this blog to help me out.
Basically I’m looking for something to keep the lights on and keep the fridge from getting warm. I don’t know if that’s realistic or not so if you may, just bring me down to earth. I looked at generators here in the states and got into questions such as which type fuel would I use and voltage and wattage. So again I’m asking for someone who has purchased and uses generators in the Philippines to let me know what I need and a price range. In the meantime I will go back to watching my Happy Slip videos on YouTube and to thank you in advance. I’ll share my recent favorite with you below.
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I’ve seen some for as little as 5000 pesos, but I don’t remember where. I suppose the more kilowatts put out, the more expensive it would be. I wouldn’t worry too much about a refrigerator getting hot, if it’s a good one. Even with 24 hours of no power, my freezer still had ice and everything was still cold in the lower part. Of course, you can’t be opening and closing it like you normally would.
Hi RT
I don’t know much about about how the generators work. I may have to do more research and possibly wait till I get back over there.
sorry to hear about the calamity of my co-filipinos. Philippines is a prone on typhoons, landslide and earthquake. a generator really helps
I purchased a reconditioned generator 2 years ago in Manila. I paid quite a fortune for it, but it has enough capacity and power to light a village. I am happy with it since it has a two year warranty. So far no problem. The price range vary from 10K to 200K depending on output. There are several places in Manila that sells reconditioned generators with warranty. My generator is noiseless and very economical. The brand was a recommendation from my expatriate friend( from Minnesota) here in Marinduque. He owns the same brand for his retirement house in Gasan.
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Hi David
If you could shoot me an email and tell then name and where in Manila I’d appreciate it. Thanks!