VFD Panel Supplier for Makati: Duplex VFD Panels and Installer Support

JOHOB Hardware Trading is a Philippines-based industrial equipment supplier serving commercial, industrial, and institutional buyers, and Makati is inside our standard delivery footprint. Our panel line covers VFD panels, SDE panels, star-delta panels, and MCC panels, built by Chutian using Inovance variable frequency drives.

The panel most Makati buildings ask for is the duplex VFD pump control panel with Inovance VFDs used on booster and transfer pump sets, where two pumps alternate under a single pressure setpoint and the drive trims speed instead of throttling a valve. We source from Philippine and China factories and deliver with local warranty and after-sales support, so the buyer is not chasing a foreign factory when a drive faults out two years into service. Pricing is quote-based and we do not publish price lists, because panel cost moves with motor kilowatt rating, enclosure rating, incoming supply, and the control scope your consultant specified. Send an RFQ and you get a response within one business day. If the panel is going in alongside new pumps, we can quote complete pump system packages rather than leaving you to match a drive to a motor after the fact. Coverage runs nationwide across NCR, the rest of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao, including PEZA, SBMA, and Clark locators.

Be clear about what you are buying, because the word installer covers two different scopes on a Makati project. JOHOB supplies the panel: the enclosure, the Inovance drives, the control logic, the factory documentation, and the local warranty and after-sales support that follows it. JOHOB is not PCAB-accredited, so the physical electrical installation work, the terminations, the cable pulls, the grounding, and the sign-off your building administrator requires are executed by your licensed electrical contractor working to the Philippine Electrical Code. That split is normal on CBD projects and it is usually already reflected in your bid documents. A supplier who quietly implies contractor accreditation creates a problem for you at turnover, not for themselves. In practice: you or your consultant defines the control philosophy, we quote and deliver the panel to site with its documentation, and your electrical contractor installs and energizes it. Confirm the exact scope split in writing on the quotation before you release a purchase order, and name who is responsible for startup on the same document. If you need commercial solar electrical scope instead of pump and process control, that sits with our sister brand Philvolt, which handles commercial EPC only.

Not every motor in a Makati building needs a drive. A VFD panel earns its cost where flow or pressure varies through the day, which is why booster sets, transfer pumps, and process pumps in hotels, hospitals, and laundries are the usual candidates. A duplex VFD panel holds a pressure setpoint across a swinging demand curve and alternates the lead pump so wear is shared, which also removes the water hammer you get from repeated across-the-line starts. Where load is essentially constant and you only need to limit starting current, a star-delta panel or an SDE panel is the cheaper and simpler answer, and specifying a drive there buys you harmonics and heat you did not need. An MCC panel is the right call when you are consolidating several motor feeders in one plant room under a common bus and want a single point of isolation and metering. Our guide on VFD versus fixed-speed pumps walks through the decision with the numbers rather than the marketing. Bring the following to the conversation: motor kilowatt rating and quantity, duty profile across a 24-hour day, incoming supply (confirm whether the room is fed at 230 V or 380 V, three-phase, 60 Hz), enclosure location and whether it is indoor or exposed, and any BMS interface the building requires. The wider panel range sits in our VFDs, motor starters, and control panels category.

Standard lead times are 21 to 35 days for ex-stock configurations and 45 to 90 days for made-to-order panels. Plan the made-to-order band into your programme if the panel is on the critical path for a fit-out turnover date, because a drive rating change late in the cycle pushes you into that longer window. Pricing is quote-based. VAT treatment: 12% VAT applies to VAT-registered buyers, and zero-VAT applies to PEZA and SBMA locators and to exporters, so state your registration status on the RFQ rather than after the quotation is issued. We respond to RFQs within one business day. To get a firm number on the first pass instead of a range, include: motor kilowatt rating and pump quantity, whether you want duplex alternation or a single drive, incoming voltage and phase, enclosure rating and mounting location, the control philosophy (pressure setpoint, level control, or BMS-commanded), delivery address and the building's access constraints for a Makati high-rise (loading dock hours, service elevator dimensions, basement or roof pump room), your target delivery date, and your VAT or zero-VAT status. Panel dimensions and weight matter more in a CBD tower than most buyers expect, because a panel that clears the door but not the service lift becomes a site problem on delivery day.

Institutional and PEZA buyers usually need the paperwork before they need the panel, so ask for it at quotation stage rather than at delivery. Electrical equipment we supply carries CE marking, our manufacturing partners operate under ISO 9001 quality management systems, and equipment in our range is TUV SUD tested. Ask for the certificates that apply to your configuration when you send the RFQ, and name in the purchase order which documents must accompany delivery. On the warranty side, we deliver with local warranty and after-sales support: when a drive throws a fault, the support path is in the Philippines, not at an overseas factory. Confirm the warranty term and what it covers on the quotation itself, and keep the panel schedule, drive parameter list, and as-supplied wiring documentation with the building's O and M file. WRAS-certified panel material applies only to modular tanks under our TankSmith sister brand, a separate line item from electrical panel certification, so do not carry it across in your submittal.

The demand pattern in Makati is dominated by tall buildings with a transfer and booster arrangement: water lifted from a cistern to roof or intermediate tanks, then pressurized down to occupied floors. Hotel and hospitality pump systems run sharp morning and evening demand peaks that a fixed-speed set answers with constant cycling, which is the classic case for duplex VFD control. Hospitals and healthcare facilities need stable pressure across a 24-hour profile with redundancy that does not depend on manual switchover. Commercial laundry operations pull heavy intermittent flow and see the fastest payback on speed control, as the Taguig commercial laundry case study shows on a real duty. Food and beverage processing sites need repeatable process flow rather than whatever the header happens to deliver. Corporate office towers around Ayala Avenue, Salcedo Village, and Legaspi Village typically want the quietest, lowest-maintenance pump room the budget allows, which pushes them toward soft-ramped starting. If your site is a SBMA and PEZA locator rather than a CBD tower, the zero-VAT treatment and the documentation set change, so flag it early. Pairing this page with our guide on how to size a booster pump for a commercial building will get you to a defensible specification before you request pricing.

• Duplex VFD Pump Control Panel (Full Specifications)
• Electrical Panels and Controls Category
• Complete Pump System Packages
• Guide: VFD vs Fixed-Speed Pumps
• Guide: How to Size a Booster Pump for a Commercial Building
• Case Study: Commercial Laundry, Taguig

Reviewed: July 2026