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Good evening everyone, please I need help calculating the amount of power I need to power my family house electric city wise.

I came to visit my parents last month here in Awka etiti, in Anambra state and to my disbelieve I discovered the power situation in my town is worse than epileptic , I mean 2 hours power per week, leaving them burning more than #30,000 worth of fuel weekly!

I decided I am going to give them inverter, which could be recharged after use....

Below are stuff I would want to power.

16 energy saving bulbs
2 fans
1 home theater
2 vcds player....(the two could be used same time as my dad loves his privacy)
2 LCD lg tv (18 inches and 48 inches)
I small sized bed room fridge (the type in hotels)

Please can someone help me verify how much megawatt I need....

Sure with the economy of the country hitting so hard on everyone, I deem it fit buying materials for this power alternative source and calling an installer...

So please how much power can a trailer battery give me.

Please someone help me with run down

May God bless you all

How do you intend to charge your batteries when they're down? Solar? Nepa? Gen?

@Nelbless
This is my work.
How does inverter work?
1. It converts your AC(Alternating current/electricity from PHCH) to DC( Direct current/ in other to charge your batteries)
2. When electricity supply is off,in a micro mini second, it converts your DC ( batteries) to AC( electricity.
How many batteries do you need?
1. Since you are installing it for your parents,their power consumption (watts) will be lower compare to an average young or city person.
2. 2 200AH batteries is okay for your parents.
What you should know about inverter to use?
1. Inverters are specifed in Kva or watts ( 1kva = 0.8watts)
2. The installed inverter must have higher watts (Eg 2kva) than your total home power consumption (Eg 1.5kva) to prevent overloading.
3. You can get a 2.5 Kva inverter for your parents,it's far more than the power consumption you listed up there.
What shouldn't be on inverter?
There are household items you can't put on your inverter, especially one done on a budget
1. Hot plates
2. Air conditioner
3. Pressing Iron- unless you just needed to press a shirt or a trouser urgently. Use AC/ PHCN to do your marathon pressing of clothes.
How much does batteries cost?
1. Like 8 years ago, batteries cost between N40k to N60k, but now batteries are gold because of demand and exchange rate. For a good quality battery budget between N180k-200k
2. For 200AH,there are different brands out there with different prices,50% of batteries out there are outright low quality that won't take you a year before it stops retaining energy, they're the cheapest
30% of the batteries out there have average quality that will take you a year or less than 2 years before it backs off.
3. Only 20% of the batteries out there will take you for more than 2years and still backing up well and good. Eg Fullriver(USA made,among the top 3 best batteries in Nigeria). There's another one,very big and heavier than all others,it's desigh is completely different also,can't remember it's name. Notable mention are Ritar batteries, Cosmos batteries,Rubitech.
Should you install inverter?
Yes you should it pays far more than buying N30k fuel weekly. No noise pollution,no maintenance cost for years if you don't overload the inverter.

Nelbless:
ADMIN/MODERATOR, SHOULD THIS BE IN A WRONG THREAD, AM SORRY, NEVER KNEW A BETTER PLACE.....ASIDE HERE

Good evening everyone, please I need help calculating the amount of power I need to power my family house electric city wise.

I came to visit my parents last month here in Awka etiti, in Anambra state and to my disbelieve I discovered the power situation in my town is worse than epileptic , I mean 2 hours power per week, leaving them burning more than #30,000 worth of fuel weekly!

I decided I am going to give them inverter, which could be recharged after use....

Below are stuff I would want to power.

16 energy saving bulbs
2 fans
1 home theater
2 vcds player....(the two could be used same time as my dad loves his privacy)
2 LCD lg tv (18 inches and 48 inches)
I small sized bed room fridge (the type in hotels)

Please can someone help me verify how much megawatt I need....

Sure with the economy of the country hitting so hard on everyone, I deem it fit buying materials for this power alternative source and calling an installer...

So please how much power can a trailer battery give me.

Please someone help me with run down

May God bless you all

I don't think you need more than 3.5KVA inverter

Greatzeus:
@Nelbless
This is my work.
How does inverter work?
1. It converts your AC(Alternating current/electricity from PHCH) to DC( Direct current/ in other to charge your batteries)
2. When electricity supply is off,in a micro mini second, it converts your DC ( batteries) to AC( electricity.
How many batteries do you need?
1. Since you are installing it for your parents,their power consumption (watts) will be lower compare to an average young or city person.
2. 2 200AH batteries is okay for your parents.
What you should know about inverter to use?
1. Inverters are specifed in Kva or watts ( 1kva = 0.8watts)
2. The installed inverter must have higher watts (Eg 2kva) than your total home power consumption (Eg 1.5kva) to prevent overloading.
3. You can get a 2.5 Kva inverter for your parents,it's far more than the power consumption you listed up there.
What shouldn't be on inverter?
There are household items you can't put on your inverter, especially one done on a budget
1. Hot plates
2. Air conditioner
3. Pressing Iron- unless you just needed to press a shirt or a trouser urgently. Use AC/ PHCN to do your marathon pressing of clothes.
How much does batteries cost?
1. Like 8 years ago, batteries cost between N40k to N60k, but now batteries are gold because of demand and exchange rate. For a good quality battery budget between N180k-200k
2. For 200AH,there are different brands out there with different prices,50% of batteries out there are outright low quality that won't take you a year before it stops retaining energy, they're the cheapest
30% of the batteries out there have average quality that will take you a year or less than 2 years before it backs off.
3. Only 20% of the batteries out there will take you for more than 2years and still backing up well and good. Eg Fullriver(USA made,among the top 3 best batteries in Nigeria). There's another one,very big and heavier than all others,it's desigh is completely different also,can't remember it's name. Notable mention are Ritar batteries, Cosmos batteries,Rubitech.
Should you install inverter?
Yes you should it pays far more than buying N30k fuel weekly. No noise pollution,no maintenance cost for years if you don't overload the inverter.

You are such a teacher, very very clear



WHAT IF I DECIDES TO GO FOR TRAILER BATTERIES?

Hello everyone,
I want to get an inverter between 2.5 - 3.5kva.
Kindly recommend a very good one. Durability is the major consideration.
Thank you

bleexInc:
Hello everyone,
I want to get an inverter between 2.5 - 3.5kva.
Kindly recommend a very good one. Durability is the major consideration.
Thank you

Luminous inverter or Felicity