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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 10:18am On Aug 25, 2021
Why did I choose 24v? Because I want to charge with panels.

I will just switched from charging my house battery to this.

You must find out how you want to charge the battery.

If you want to use nepa, buy Laptop charger and step up the voltage from 19v to 24 volts.

So take note.

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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 10:19am On Aug 25, 2021
Some bms connection sample.

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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 10:20am On Aug 25, 2021
Hope you find this useful.
Don't go building battery without how to charge it.

And do connect a bms.

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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by zenith4biz(m): 6:21pm On Aug 28, 2021
eliok:
Why did I choose 24v? Because I want to charge with panels.

I will just switched from charging my house battery to this.

You must find out how you want to charge the battery.

If you want to use nepa, buy Laptop charger and step up the voltage from 19v to 24 volts.



Why did you choose 6s instead of 7s?

When using 24v panel you will need step down dc dc converter for charging and not step up, how do you intend to go about that

So take note.
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 10:02pm On Aug 28, 2021
@Zenith4biz

6s should do.
And I only mentioned step up for those that need nepa to charge their battery.

I have been talking of step down since

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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by zenith4biz(m): 8:33pm On Sep 01, 2021
eliok:
@Zenith4biz

6s should do.
And I only mentioned step up for those that need nepa to charge their battery.

I have been talking of step down since

How's the performance of your pack
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 2:38pm On Sep 02, 2021
zenith4biz:


How's the performance of your pack
pack is ready.

95% ready.

Remains completing the dc step down to laptop.

Although I have tested it. And it works fine.

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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 2:38pm On Sep 02, 2021
I added a battery meter I got earlier from alieexpress.

So I can monitor voltage.

And a normal Dc switch
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by zenith4biz(m): 12:24pm On Sep 05, 2021
eliok:
I added a battery meter I got earlier from alieexpress.

So I can monitor voltage.

And a normal Dc switch

How's the performance of your pack?
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 10:49am On Sep 06, 2021
zenith4biz:


How's the performance of your pack?
excellent of course
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 10:51am On Sep 06, 2021
Notice:

Most pack will power your laptop but will not charge it.

After some testing with my first laptop battery pack,


I began to search for how to ensure my DIY battery is charging my laptop and powering it.


Long story short.
I succeeded.

But
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 10:54am On Sep 06, 2021
So I needed to add something to my connector called sensor.

It's a 3 pin capacitor.

Positive pin

Negative pin

Sensor pin.

Remember your hp adapter has 3 wire colorwhen you cut it.

White color -ve
Red color +ve

Black color. Sensor.

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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 1:34pm On Sep 06, 2021
I opened a burnt hp charger.

I cut off the dc part.

That's the part after the transformer.

This is the remainder

Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 1:35pm On Sep 06, 2021
That part after the transformer cheesy is the sensor.

So I connected it to my step down.

So now my laptop charges. grin

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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 1:37pm On Sep 06, 2021
I will place the step down in its own plastic pack.

Just chilling with other things for now.
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by zenith4biz(m): 2:01pm On Sep 06, 2021
eliok:
excellent of course

How many hours do you get powering your laptop
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 2:11pm On Sep 06, 2021
zenith4biz:


How many hours do you get powering your laptop
my brother, i don't count.

My former pack was 94 batteries and I use it for 8 hours.

This one is 120 batteries. Probably 10 or more.

I use the battery only for laptop and sometimes I use nepa.

So I haven't tested this. But will empty it one day.

I can only work 3-5 hours at a time . So unless there is rainfall and no nepa for two days before I notice a fall in battery level. Otherwise.

It's usually NEPA to battery and back to NEPA

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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by 1stbest(m): 6:36pm On Sep 11, 2021
eliok:
can you help me open ACX account
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 10:12pm On Sep 11, 2021
1stbest:
can you help me open ACX account
no sir. This is solar thread

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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by AfroAgroPower: 7:54am On Sep 16, 2021
Great man....


Great work and adventures so far.

Did you learn electrical electronics in any way from anyone?

Great guts.


How far with the projects so far?
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 3:42pm On Sep 16, 2021
AfroAgroPower:
Great man....


Great work and adventures so far.

Did you learn electrical electronics in any way from anyone?

Great guts.


How far with the projects so far?
my brother, projects are moving. I noticed some parts of my soldering were loose.

And I have redo them.

Pack is working well.

I just repaired a small rechargeable light by changing the battery to laptop battery.

It's a friend own.

So I'm still on .

Never learned electrical in school. But i have innate desire to learn it.

I love solar. And been following by the side since 10 years. Finally got to practice since 2019.
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by pointstores(m): 6:50pm On Sep 16, 2021
Step down converters in stock
Step up converters on stock
Nickel stripe on stock
Bms in stock 3s 4s 6s 7s 8s 14s 16s

Litium iron cells in stock

Spot welding rent available

Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by CAROLYN19: 11:21am On Oct 15, 2021
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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by africanman85: 7:29pm On Jan 10, 2022
pointstores:
Step down converters in stock
Step up converters on stock
Nickel stripe on stock
Bms in stock 3s 4s 6s 7s 8s 14s 16s

Litium iron cells in stock

Spot welding rent available
I have an old inec powerbank that doesn't charge but the but d positive and negative still sparks wen touched. How can I remove d board and replace it. I feel the fault is from d board
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by lovediehatelive(m): 12:24pm On Feb 08, 2022
ineaghe:


Having a good bms installed prevents this. My lifepo4 batteries cannot exceed 3.5 volts per cell or 100A charge current even if I connect a hugely oversized panel to it.


Once it gets to the preprogrammed voltage, the bms will cut off any further current.


Lithium batteries gives better value for money and a stress free solar experience any day. Lead acid comes with many wahala and a shorter cycle span unless you can afford premium brands and a hugely oversized battery bank.


Good day. Please what type of lifePO4 battery do you use? Can you attach pictures please
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by eliok(m): 8:41pm On Feb 08, 2022
lovediehatelive:



Good day. Please what type of lifePO4 battery do you use? Can you attach pictures please
i don't have lifepo4 battery.

I use lithium ion battery. Already attached lots of pictures here
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by Chigorkizz(m): 5:12am On Feb 09, 2022
eliok:
i don't have lifepo4 battery.

I use lithium ion battery. Already attached lots of pictures here
I need a solar set up that can charge like 60 mobile phones a day.

Buget is 100k.

Any help,sir
Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by CAROLYN19: 11:39am On Feb 24, 2022
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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by CAROLYN19: 10:47am On Apr 22, 2022
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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by CAROLYN19: 11:45am On May 10, 2022
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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by ceaser: 12:35am On May 24, 2022
BTS Quick E series 24v 1.5kva.

This was purchased new but used less than a week cumulative, so it's still as good as new. It was used as a stop gap when the main inverter needed maintenance.

° Pure Sine Wave
° Selectable Battery Depth of Discharge (DoD) switch which allows a buzzer to signal you when battery is 50% or 80% discharge depending on your selection.
° Low idle consumption
° Automatic transfer to utility when power is restored
° Low self consumption of 10watts
° AVR function
° Integrated 20amp charger and voltage stabilizer for mains.
° Automatic frequency tracking.
° Reverse Polarity Protection
° Overload Protection.
° Generator, utility and solar power compatible.

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Re: My Solar Set Up Journey After A Year. Very Cool by Xanderone: 5:04am On May 29, 2022
ALL -IN -ONE HOME SOLAR SYSTEM

° 80ah battery capacity.
° Lithium technology
° Multi-port access (USB, 12v car port, 12v DC ports x 4, 230v AC)
° Integrated DC meter for power monitoring
° 12v DC port supports 10 amps/120 watts
° 230v AC output supports 150 watts output to power laptops, fan, router, digital cameras, CCTVs and other digital devices.
° XT60 port for charging supports up to 18v 180 watts solar panel or 36v 300 watts solar panel input.
° Can be charged using laptop charger via the included XT60 Male plug.

° DC 12v port powers one 3 watts DC bulb to 5 days, 3 bulbs up to 3 days.
° Laptop for over 18hrs.
° 90watts laptop for 13hrs
° 150watts 50" lcd tv for 5hrs
° 100watts 42" led tv for 6hrs
° 60watts 30" lcd tv for 9hrs
° 50watts led tv for 13hrs

NGN 140,000

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

1. The adapter used to charge the device or adapter must be of equivalent output value.

2. Wrongly plugged devices can damage both device and Battery pack.

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