₦airaland Forum

SolarEngr:
I stopped sharing prices here since I have to update the price every other month because of the unstable economy. I don't want to mislead prospective clients, it's happened in the past I don't want a reoccurrence. Thanks for understanding.

But the current price for 1KVA 220AH Tubular Battery and 3 pieces of 180W New Mono PVs + other installation materials + Installation fee #480K.


For those who have seen our plans, the only thing we exclude is logistics fee.

Kudos to an enterprising undergraduate like you, who had created a niche for himself as solar technician. Some lazy undergraduate are still outside there believing only their certificate that can feed them. They believe only blue-collar jobs are for the illetrates, not know that there is money in those acclaimed dirty jobs. To the OP, keep up the good work. OP, i have some clarifications from you. Why are your products rated in KVA not in KW, because KVA is just an apparent power, that depends solely on the type of load attached to an AC power supply. You claimed 4 , 200w solar panel produces 3.5kva. How is that possible, when the power factor of the load is what determine this. I still prefer to rate your system in kW - real power than KVA. I see most of your system having overated capacity!

Also, I observed that in most of your solar installation, you used low voltage panel -output less than 18v panel , 180w, 200w, etc and not high voltage panel like 250w, 300w, 400w, whose output greater than 35v , especially for 2kva system and above.
Most of the controller used are PWM type only in few cases I'm seeing mppt.

Olumighty123:
I swear, with bank card, you input your details, you get debit alert instantly and move on to the next one, not these long process called virtual whatever.

Scammers will soon hijacked these online virtual dollar card business to duped unsuspecting members eager to use the service. I implore nairalanders to be weary of personal data given out to these fintech company doing the virtual dollar card business. Shine your eyes o. Every good things in Nigeria always ended bad once criminals hijack it

ceaser:
The problem with the GT card is the 10usd surcharge on card issuance. I think that's on the high side. Although I heard that UBA is worse sef with 20usd as annual surcharge.

Then the problem of going to Aboki physically and also walking into the bank to physically deposit OTC may be undesirable for some, even though you may end up buying from Aboki at around 745 naira as at today versus 771 naira for some of these online apps.

Nonetheless,the ease of just fund transfer from your own bank on your phone and subsequently having a loaded virtual dollar card usable anywhere is a comfort one might not mind sacrificing physical dollar card for.

Using bank dollar card is far better in terms of security. Nairalanders, don't Put too much money into all these virtual card, the operators of these fintech company can disappear with your money. Most don't have traceable address. Just transfer the amount you need for your online purchase convert to dollar and use, leave nothing in your wallet. Nothing stays long in this country again no matter how reliable they claim?!!

Mishael46:
I wanted to try the Kudiwave Virtual Card

I've already funded it and this is what I'm getting as response, when I try placing order, any help pls?

That's card verification problem,so you've to appeal by sending the card application page and some other documents

Juoflife1:
Normally it's the landlords responsibility. But things are not normal in this part of the world. Pumping machine is something that is in the ground and I don't think any tenant can go in the ground and spoil it.
The best tenants can do is help. Tenants can pay 50% of the cost.
Some wicked landlords leave it for tenants who have no choice than to repair it. But it is the landlords responsibility.

What of the landlord installed substandard pump

lsoul:
As a landlord, talking from experience, tenants are wicked, just a few are nice,
Tenants will put on the pumping machine running all nights and it's burns and you expect the landlord to fix it? Nepa takes the light no tenant will switch off the pumping machine, but if it's their 50 inch smart TV, they will switch it off, lights comes could be high voltage or low voltage. These are the things that damage pumping machine

Good point there!! It depends on the situation. If it due to carelessness on the tenants landlord shouldnt be called on. If it spoiled due age , land Lord should be involved

sheggsliveth:
PLEASE! how can one make purchase on AliExpress now?

get virtual card but dollar rate very high

zenith4biz:
I don't see reason to go and buy dollar at black market rate and deposit to make purchase and still be charged 10 dollars for annual fee when my yearly purchase may not be up to 100 Dollars.

I rather get a virtual card that I can buy the needed dollar when the need arises and make my purchases.

it make sense for heavy shopper but not for casual buyer

Papichuchu:
Hi guy I try using the kudiwave which is the worst decision I have ever make I did all the necessary information they ask me to give them only to send money to the card an trying to buy something from AliExpress an I was told it has exceeded the limit, so i try to withdraw the money from kudiwave and I was told that I can only remove $9 out of $10 and not only that that my 9000 I put is now going to become 6700 just imagine all 2300 gone I will advice you to go to the bank and request for a dollar card that is the only way you see this virtual dollar card they are all thiefs

I lost close to 4k after the card was rejected on AliExpress. I've to withdraw my money back to naira. Their conversion rate is very high for naira to dollar but low from dollar to naira

umarfantami:
I tried to add a card on AE and it says card cannot be added for security reasons that i should contact customer care

Any solution

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Is it virtual card? If it is you've to appeal

Prinzton:
Sir,
I've been using it for quite sometime without any issues.
Just to confirm what you said, I had to make a purchase this morning of $1.02 and it went through.

Am not using any VPN. Other local bank card worked but this kudiwave virtual card was rejected. I've screenshot the card app page for appeal but AliExpress rejected it.

Prinzton:
Let me try making a payment of something little and get back to you.

So you didn't try it before and you put it up there that it worked seamlessly. I just wasted almost 4k on this issue, converting back the dollar card to naira and transfered back to my account. Please always verify and confirm something before putting it here. Nairalanders, Kudiwave virtual dollar card doesn't work on AliExpress so don't waste your money trying it. You can't convert all your dollar back to naira if issue arises. There is always security issues with payment on AliExpress whether you use AliExpress app or desktop web like chrome.

Prinzton:
Kudiwave works seamlessly.

It doesn't work seamlessly. Payment ended with security issues. The card billing address shows US and is rejected instantly on aliexpress

Prinzton:
Use either the app or web go to account>>>>>wallet>>>>add new card.

NB: make sure you have Money in the account to be used for verification of the card.

I used the android app. I've tried and chrome app using the desktop web , problem still occur. I think kudiwave virtual dollar doesn't work on AliExpress. Someone here claimed it worked which I doubt before only to try it and failed

Prinzton:
Kudiwave works seamlessly.

AliExpress rejected my payment using kudiware virtual dollar card. What should I send to appeal?

[quote author=jboixxx post=119662432][/quote]The rate is varying. I saw 759₦/$ before

Spendwise is 755₦/$ + additional 1$ , for dollar card less than 80$. This too high o

aujile:
They already removed my light, saying that i must pay the bill they gave me.

Billed you 35k when you were not caught bypassing!! You've to fight it out with them. Don't pay any Kobo if you're honest but if it true there is some level of bypassing etc , you've no choice

aujile:
So i have an issue with EKDC, when i moved into my apartment, i was given my recharge box and i loaded 10k and after a month or so i loaded another 10k then followed by 5k when i needed to use nepa bill for something. Around July last year my family travelled and didn't come back till early this year. While they were away i wasn't using any appliance because i'm hardly home till around 11pm. And most times we don't even have light and whenever we do, it's usually too low to power anything other than bulb. Even fan won't be blowing enough to stop you from sweating if there's heat. So i was always running generator to do the things i needed to do with light.
Fast forward to September this year, they came to run checks and found out that someone did meter bypass. They checked my other meter and confirmed it was only that one person, however they cut my light saying that it has been long since i recharged my meter and billed me 35k.
How can it be a crime not to have recharged recently even when they confirmed and said that i didn't bypass the meter

At least just be loading 1k every month. They suspect their must be hanky panky somehow. No one trust anybody again in this country

yellowgarri2:
How many Nigerians pay bills this days? In my area of residence, guys hardly pay bills.

5k is enough for a whole year using prepaid meter.

The light is steady because it's 33kva and the discos distributed free prepaid meter to each house.

Meter bypass is rampant here, everyone minds their business.

Op you are evil.

Mind your business to avoid general beating.

Haaaaa. This is terrible o

zedman1:
[quote author=GGGPassword post=119539360]Mad man on the loose. Sense far from you, I swear

You're wicked o. Supporting evil. Can it be scientifical verified that the woman caused the death of those acclaimed people. Those guys there are purely terrorists!! you be the main witch

Religion has eating up your brain. I dislike overly religious people with passion. The same God asked you to pray for your enemies.

You're a walking zombie Una no understand sarcasm. That guy is a known Atheist here. Sometimes I like the way him de use una catch cruise.

Haaaaa. I thought he is serious o

ponishah:
If she was truly a witch, then she deserved it, that was how Europeans destroyed the wickedness of the initiates of black-powers in the i5th and 16th centuries.
But if she was innocent, then worse judgment awaits them and their descendants.

Pastors, prophets, afas, native doctors are all cashing out because of witches, wizards and sorcerers

Still thinking like this in this modern age!!!

hopefulLandlord:
what nonsense are you talking about?
If it's true she's a witch then she deserved everything that came to her. Our God and creator, Yahweh, through the Holy Bible told us in the book of Exodus Chapter 22 v 18 that we should suffer not the witch to live.

I admire the courage of these guys to killed that witch. they shouldn't be attested but rewarded handsomely for their upholding the Bible. They should be given weapons to keep killing witches and wizards who are responsible for this country's misery. they're the ones causing accidents on roads, sending diseases, killing good people, epileptic power supply, inequality, political instability, preventing successes of people amongst other things

I'd hire a team of lawyers to not only get these guys out but also amend the constitution to make it perfectly legal to kill witches.

If I get information from Yahweh that any of my family member is a witch I won't hesitate to kill such a person and you should be like me

You're wicked o. Supporting evil. Can it be scientifical verified that the woman caused the death of those acclaimed people. Those guys there are purely terrorists!!

infamousife:
Immediately I got gtb’s mail, I went to my cart and ordered the few things I know are quite important to me.
You should do the same if you have small change before 31st.

My monthly limit reached. This is bad news to me. GTB really disappointed me. We pray they restored it back in the next 3 months else I will finally retire from AliExpress

Luukqman:
I ordered from AliExpress and I was told to contact sunyou in Nigeria who has any idea how I can contact them

Na post office your package go land

sharpwriter:
Apt! No analysis could have been better than this.

I think her car breakdown in the middle of the rail and she was eager , and trying to start and leave the rail on time before the train arrived. She might have been warned by passers by to leave the car inorder to save her life but might have refused as she doesn't want to lose her car during this harsh economy She forgot that life is precious than material things. I wish her rest in peace.

IbeOkehie:
This is not a reasonable question. We should be asking what components are NOT imported.

And no one here has claimed to be a petroleum engineer or such.

Refining crude oil into kero, petrol and diesel involves some sort of cost. That's all. The world price of petrol right now, at this moment, is at least ₦‎230 to ₦‎350 and there's no way it can cost less in Nigeria. That's all anyone needs to know. Ghana, Cameroun & Niger Republic are crude oil producers and they sell to their people at world prices and we know those countries are poorer than Nigeria

Nigerians don't want to pay full price for ANYTHING, that's OK as long as they realize the implications of their choice, which is a stagnating economy and everlasting poverty for 99.999% of the population. Enjoy your cheap economy and stop complaining.

Nigeria used to have perennial scarcity in telecoms and cement. Banking was the same, ALL banks were owned by government and there was lots of corruption. I remember when I was growing up when bank managers were gods because they could give out loans that wouldn't be paid back. Those problems in telecoms, cement and banking were solved with privatization & deregulation.

If Nigerians can't learn from the experience in banking, telecoms and cement then they're real Zombies in a Zoo. The lessons are clear. Privatize and deregulate EVERYTHING possible and where not possible like airports, Universities and seaports, give them to the State Governments. The Niger Bridges, give one to Delta State and the other to Anambra State.

It's really that simple, there's nothing to argue about, do it and watch an economic miracle unfold.

I support privitisation and deregulation but will not support handing federal properties like airports, seaports , University to state government. State government are as useless , even worst in maintaining public institution. Most of higher institutions University and Polytechnic being run by state government are nothing to write about, the quality of education of education is very poor unlike their federal counterparts. State institutions are run like one man business, embodied corruption, no competition and unethical practices. It's still better federal continued running these critical areas.

IbeOkehie:
This is the same argument that was used against the privatization & deregulation of telecoms. If you were an adult in say 2001, you will remember that NITEL was the sole and only telecoms company in Nigeria, just like NNPC today. Back then phone lines were subsidized and yet only the very rich had access to phones. And you had to pay big bribes to get a phone line. If you weren't an adult back then, PLEASE, PLEASE ask the older folks who were around at the time.

So when telecoms were finally liberalized, the opposite happened - prices decreased and most Nigerians, even the very poor, now have phones. It's a simple fact of economics, liberalization leads to competition and decreased prices and surplus supply. The same will happen in the petrol market.



But that's not the OFFICIAL price, it's actually ILLEGAL for petrol stations to sell at that price.

Also note, that price is still far below what is paid in neighboring countries, so smuggling will continue and thus there will be scarcity in Nigeria. Remember, it's ordinary Nigerians that do this smuggling, there's videos and pictures on the internet that prove that. Just search Google.



This is one of the mysteries of the whole thing. I'm fairly confident government started paying subsidy for fuel back in 1973, Nigeria had operational refineries back then. It seems...in fact the reason for introducing subsidies was simply to shield Nigerians from high prices which had risen due to the Yom Kippur War of that year.and it was meant to be a temporary program.

I was an adult then, I can still remember how MTN were riping off Nigerians with their per minute billing which was later conquered by Glo per second billing. I totally agreed with on this, privitisation and deregulation will solve this problem. Because some people are really benefiting from these subsidy, especially the marketers and NNPC, if not why is it taking ages to remove the subsidy

Kobonaire234:
Government knows what to do...remove subsidy.

Most Nigerians don't want that.

To be sincere their fear is hyperinflation. Cost of commodities may reach unprecedented level. Nigerians are angry now . And their no means of cushioning the effects. But they must take the bull by the horn

Kobonaire234:
No, but it won't cost less than 300 naira either.

Niger produces refined fuel at home, and for export, and it cost them N350 at the pump. Ghana does the same for over N600 per liter at the pump.

It costs money to refine fuel. Keep in mind that the components and materials and equipment in the refinery is not made in Nigeria...it is made abroad.

Let's wait till late next year, when Dangote will start petrol production!! Nigerian problems are just too many and government seem confused on what to do

Kobonaire234:
No, but it won't cost less than 300 naira either.

Niger produces refined fuel at home, and for export, and it cost them N350 at the pump. Ghana does the same for over N600 per liter at the pump.

It costs money to refine fuel. Keep in mind that the components and materials and equipment in the refinery is not made in Nigeria...it is made abroad.

How will Dangote cope then. Or he didn't feasibility very well, because it seems our government don't want to totally remove the subsidy because of fear of the aftermath, which may lead to another uprising like end sars