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chris81964:
It was my pleasure.
1. I would not mix and match batteries. If you want to use your car batteries keep them the same.
2. So many people on the forum sell good quality controllers. Spend a bit more now and save on your batteries later.

I guess you are well learned or experience on these systems.

I wish to ask question as i have limited knowledge.

Assume having a standard inverter that has a charger with batteries installed. If i wish to add a solar charger to the system i know it requires a charge controller. I do understand that the charge controller as well as the inverter must be connected directly to the battery. Both the charge controller and the inverter monitor the battery voltage the charge as appropriate.

My main question is that, is it safe for the battery that 2 chargers oblivious to one another are charging at the same time even though both know the actual level of charge the battery holds.

This is because if the inverter charger is 20A and the charge controller is also 20A and both see that the battery needs charge. The inverter charging at 20A and solar at 20A for a 200AH, isnt that bad. How can this be rectified.

obitee69:
My car just came out today! Yippie! I changed thhe headgasket. The heat didn't get to d valves or rings. It labour intensive and took 2days. I had to drain my oil and change it. I replaced my spark plugs too cos water entered them, smoothened the cylinder heads too. Thanks for ur advice cos with all your suggestions I was able to speak up and challenge the mechs with confidence. Cheers my eyes on the dashboard from now on!

What do you mean by the bolded part.

Is your car a V6 to have "cylinder heads"? If not, do you mean valve grinding?

GAZZUZZ:
I'm impressed with the OP, most guys would have suffered in silence and stopped updating, but this guy says it as it is.


Overheating is not a death sentence on an engine, it could still run perfectly if put together properly, with the right parts.

Funny enough, the root of overheating in cars is usually one tiny problem like "a pin in a hay stack".

Radiator cap, thermostat, water pump and head gasket are basically the causes of overheating while most times only one is responsible. Coolant leakage and broken fan other obvious ones and simple. Dirt/rust is uncalled for unless wrong coolant was used.

At the end, i just wonder why mechanics end up killing any engine once it overheats the first time. I wonder why a car that has survived so long and just developed cooling problem, all of a sudden the single cell radiator installed in the factory becomes inadequate!

abdulwastecx:
Orion is a good structural software...
good detailing for slab, beam, column and footings.

RCD ( reinforced concrete design software ) is a good made in Nigeria software for accurate structural design. it was developed by oyenuga.

RCC is a good excel spreadsheet for reinforced concrete design and bending schedules

Which would you recommend for commercial purposes.

Have you tried ETABS?

chris81964:
If the inverter is a modified sine wave device it might eventually damage the fan. If the fan does not make noise with the grid, I would disconnect it from the inverter.

Fan damage means a burnt coil.

Modified sine wave would not directly burn the fans coil but can do it indirectly depending on other factors.

The real effect of modified sine wave on fan is lack of efficiency or smooth running. It makes noise and in the process producing more heat than it would on pure sine wave. The heat may not be an immediate problem but when fan runs for a long time, risk of oveheating increases. Over heating is what will damage the fan but that will happen after prolong running on modified sine wave. That may take a long time, something like non stop run for 2days.

GreenCashServic:
Please I have a question too. I intend buying the mercury 2.4kva inverter. I would love to know if it can be connected to a solar panel as well as to the PhCN/ Generator power out put to charge the batteries. Secondly, I have got like 4 car battery's I replaced a while ago...can they come in handy too? Thanks in anticipation

The inverter is designed to charge on Grid or Gen but you will need additional equipment for using solar. I believe you require a solar charge controller.

abatically:
Sometimes latest doesn't mean better, though it still falls back to personal preference. A 2006 Lexus rx330 is still far better than a 2011 honda crv. Mind u, that Avalon is more or less a Lexus with toyota badge.

You mean just like comparing 2013 Honda City to 2007 Camry.

I know what that is but his range is not that. He wants 06 Avalon or 10 accord. The choice is clear and he eventually made the right one.

Due to the fall in construction jobs in Nigeria, i am free and considering embarking on a major DIY MDF or HDF job for my personal house to save myself cost of labour and get more experience.

I intend to make kitchen cabinets, wardropes, bed/side drawers, drawers, buffet cupboard, entertainment console, interior door trims/casing.

Instead of labour i wish to buy tools. Power tools like circular saw, drill, screw driver others are vice grip, G-clamp, chisel, planer, plumb level, tri-square or combination square, utility knife,

I have watched youtube videos and do not find any thing hard. I am quite handy. The only part i imagine to be hard is framing, trim fitting and hanging interior doors. The doors i want to buy laminate wood doors and buy same laminate HDF to be used for frame and trim.

Right now i am comparing which is cheaper to get a good contractor or DIY. I want to save myself the stress if i get a good bargain. A cousin of mine is an apperentice carpenter, i want to use him as assistant which i will give him all the tools to start off by himself.

How possible is my plans?

DGD1:
the avalon any time any day, beats the accord.
u can compare accord to the camry.

He is comparing 05-07 Avalon to 09-11 Accord.

Would you compare 05 Avalon to 11 Accord?

jaz:
good to know. but does it come with an automatic charger ? i also hear it has poor charging problems

I use the 1.2kva. It charges fine. It is cheap and serves its purpose.

If affordable, there are higher ones which are pure sine wave.

Autopin:
It seemly means Venus has no 'nights' I studied Astronomy in sec school

There are nights.

Unfortunately nights last for 122.5days equvalent to half a Venusian day. Daylight when the sun is visible is also 122.5 days making a total of 245days which is 1 Venusian day.

Amazingly, an hour in vesus is like 10.2days which means the sun will remain visible from the planet at same position for that period.

3 people i know with Benz C class 2002-06 have experienced this. All were shocked that the car they just turned off wouldnt even roll up or down the window. All 3 had to buy new key and reprogramme costing averagely N100k.

Am pretty sure you have the same problem too.

macfriet:
It's simply an error. I guess they meant to say that 'a day on venus lasts longer than a year on earth'

I thought so earlier but the facts says its true.

Exploit200:
It takes 225 Earth days or 7 1/5 months for Venus to
make a complete orbit around the sun (that\'s 1 Venus
year). However, it takes 243 Earth days for Venus to spin
around its own axis (1 Venus day).
Therefore: 1 Venus year=225 Earth days and 1 Venus
day=243 Earth days.
Meaning that

If we lived on Venus, a day would be strange indeed.
Venus rotates on its axis the opposite direction of the
Earth. This means that on Venus, the Sun rises in the west
and sets in the east! And it is a very long day, equal to 243
Earth days!
Stranger still is the fact that a day on Venus is longer
than a year! It's orbital period around the Sun is only 225
days. According to the Venusian calendar, WW II ended
only 56 days ago!
Venus is one of only two planets that rotate the opposite
direction, called retrograde motion. There are several
theories why Venus rotates this way. Both involve collision
in Venus' past that altered the rotation of the planet.

Very good combination of facts.

It means the Sun rises from the west and sets on the east but it takes 122.5 days in between sun rise and sunset from any point on Venus. Just like a morning ti evening which is just 12hrs in earth but 122.5 days on Venus. Wow

Yea i get the context.

I had to confirm from wiki

Orbital period
224.701 d
0.615198 yr
1.92 Venus solar day

Jeez.

I used to ply this road twice a week (Mon and Fri). Its a dual carriage way with 2 lanes each side but still under construction. Only one carriage is completed and so its shared just like a single carriage highway. The other reason that makes it extremely dangerous is that the median has been completed 90%. That means the is no shoulders on one side of the road.

I was almost killed one early morning when i was driving and the median boxed me to my left and the on coming vehicle to my right probably lost himself in something else other than driving his car. He was coming unto me head on while i had no shoulder to run to. If i had lost my nerve, it would have taken me to the shoulder on the right side but the risk was enormous. Luckily, with all my lights flashing and horn blaring he swerved away like 2 seconds to collision.

Speed on this road reaches 200km by those who have guts. I personally have done 160km/hr when i was late one day. The road is a dangerous one but free of traffic and potholes.

autotrader2:
My simple reply to you is "Original Shocks". Advise your people to buy original parts and have peace of mind.
By the way, did you hear of the honda ball joints giving way frequently only in Nigeria? I'm sure you did.

I get your point. I know for a fact most ppl who bought shocks bought fake or substandard ones for replacement. But that is not what am trying to say.

The fact that the 'follow come' gets bad quickly is my concern. Buy a Honda and a toyota on the same day use them alternatively on the same road Toyota shocks will give up first. Basically, i have noticed that more toyota's of same age or even newer than honda's change their shocks well before the honda.

Another of my hidden point is that toyota shocks will bring good business. If you import honda shocks in the same quantity you imported toyota shocks, thats bad market. Abi you wanna try?

autotrader2:
I don't think Toyota has Shock problems. Its a function of the sheer numbers of Toyotas in Nigeria and the pathetic condition of our roads.
Also, some people change shocks when they should be changing stabilizer linkage or even bushins. By the way, the shocks are not fully exhausted. Still have some for Camry

For that particular plug NGK IZFR6K-11, i only brought a couple and they've been snapped up by faster buyers.

Honda has stab linkage too, why dont honda users make same mistakes of changing shocks when they only have to change stab linkage.

I have friends, family and office that use toyota. One common problem to all of them is shocks. My office cars are toyota, they had shocks changed especially supprising is the corrola that has never been driven outsite Abuja central area. I and my colleague bought cars same time. He changed shocks twice already and still has shocks problems. My uncle has 3 toyota, 2 camry and 4runner, he is tired of changing shocks and has decided to keep driving like that. I wasnt driving but a minute in the car i knew shocks were dead. I have seen car dealers change shocks on toyota before delivery to the owner.

In my house we have always used honda, we changed rear shocks on two cars after atleast 7yrs of owning them. But when we welcomed Mazda, in less that a yr we had to change shocks. Mazda shocks look exactly like toyota. Now both my parents want to try toyota, my fear for them is shocks and how expensive it is to buy a good replacement that still wont last good years.

I have seen several broken coil springs on toyota but have never seen on honda.

Shocked to see how quickly those KYB toyota shocks was cleared. Now i really know Toyota does have shocks problem.

Just surprised as newer models like 2007 model and newer are changing shocks. Honda shocks wouldnt give up so soon unless beaten and abused.

Anyways, my honda spark plug is NGK IZFR6K-11, do you have that?

lawyer:
This is just plain sick and shows how deranged a particular section of the country is. Mob action for no just cause because APC leadership is angry Saraki beat them in their own game so they organize the media to try him to make gullible people who have no respect for the rule of law to threat him like a leper. What if the Code of Conduct Tribunal finds him not Guilty like Tinubu, would these morons pelting him with stones apologize and pelt themselves with stones?

Why is Saraki the only one they are after? What of Audu Abubakar that stole Kogi's 11Billion or Sylva who has a 2Billion case with EFCC that was withdrawn or Fashola who mismanaged Lagos funds such as building a 78million website or using 2.1Billion to build a 48room VIP chalet in Badagry? When would they be stoned or pelted too? When Tambuwal betrayed PDP to become the Speaker of the House, did PDP use the media, code of conduct or any other state sponsored gimmick to frustrate him out? This is very very very bad for our democracy where vengeance and violent opposition is the only way to settle political scores.

The Same APC that would defend an Audu and tell me whether he has been convicted for stealing Kogi's money or for me to provide evidence that Fashola defrauded Lagos is the same APC convicting Saraki in public and media without giving him the benefit of doubt or right to fair hearing to clear himself. This level of Hypocrisy of APC would lead this nation into anarchy and doom very soon if they continue at this pace.

You sound very bitter.

I just wonder how thoughts are process in your head. There were no APC placards or anything of sort that can be used as motive for this protest. Saraki himself claims unpaid workers did the process yet you still wrnt ahead to implicate APC when there is no motive to do so.

Am just sorry for you. Am sure you will be willingly strapped with an IED to an APC meeting just to end the party.

We really wnat to know how much the doors are.

martinz1:
this inverter is not good for usage with fan
, it causes the fan to produce abnormal noise
.im actually talking based on previous experience with it

True, ceiling fan makes more noise but my standing fan makes little noise.

Its still manageable.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, said the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, acted on wrong counsel when he shunned the Code of Conduct Tribunal to answer criminal charges levelled against him.

He said it was immoral of Saraki to be employing different delay tactics to ridicule the court, scandalise the judge and frustrate the due process of law, rather than go before the CCT.

He also wondered whether his colleagues would not frustrate the anti-corruption effort of the Federal Government, saying there was need for change of orientation among lawyers.

Noting that the CCT, like an election petition tribunal, was a special court, Awomolo wondered why Saraki would be advised to head for a Federal High Court to challenge his pending case before the CCT.

“I think the Senate President was wrongly advised to stay away from the tribunal. The tribunal acted within the law to have proceeded with the arraignment and order for his arrest.

“Whether the charges filed were lawful or whether the senior state counsel who filed the charges was authorised or not are matters that should have been taken before the tribunal, not before the Federal High Court.

“The Supreme Court has made it clear that any cause, matter or claim which does not arise from or relate to specified items under Section 251(1) of the Constitution, should not be filed at the Federal High Court no matter the parties.

“We all know that the decision or interpretation of the vailidity of jurisdiction or competence of the charges filed before the CCT or the so-called locus standi of the state counsel is ulra vires the Federal High Court.

“The Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act allows any officer of the Ministry of Justice to institute charges before the tribunal and no such authority can be challenged by any person,” Awomolo argued in a statement on Monday.

He also faulted the appeal filed by Saraki’s counsel, Chief Joseph Daudu, against the order of Justice Umar Danladi, who ordered Saraki’s arrest.

He added, “Now,  an appeal was allegedly filed against the decision of the tribunal that the IGP should produce the Senate President. Where is the right to appeal under the Act? The only right to appeal is limited to final decision of the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The counsel for the Senate President knows the law.

“Why scandalise the chairman for doing his job?  Think for a moment If an election petition is filed at election tribunal, do you ask a Federal High Court to determine its validity or competence of the petitioner?

“It is important that counsel should consider the status of his client before adopting a strategy.

“For the number three  citizen to employ mundane  strategies that ridicules the administration of justice, scandalise the judge, appeal where there is no right of appeal and apply for a stay of proceedings to frustrate his trial rather than face the due process of the law, is sad, immoral and diminishing of the esteem of his office. It is insensitive and lacking in integrity, with respect.”

www.punchng.com/news/saraki-san-warns-lawyers-against-scandalising-cct/

9icetoo:
Unless your accord can do fifteen kilometers per litre which unfortunately it can't. Best it can do is approximately 12 Km/Litre . I presently buy diesel at 120 a litre. I filled my tank at N115 a litre at Iyana Itire in Lagos. It cost me N3934 to travel from PH to Lag. And will cost less to go back. I don't think the accord can beat that. My ex (camry 2.4L) does Ph to Lag with about 55 litres. At the present cost of fuel (N87), that's still more expensive at N4785.

Oh i see. It will definitely not beat that. 55L is about what i would use to the trip.

topsy23:
The best way is to have one separate single phase DB for the inverter, all the selected power outlet, fans, lights, fridge, freezer and TV to be power to be connected to it. Installing 3 single phase DB for inverter is a waste of money. Limit inverter socket in the kitchen to 2(one fridge and one freezer).

You can use different colour of socket outlet for inverter to differentiate them from the normal socket so that there would be no confusion.

10kva stabilizer will carry those appliances you mentioned above but it will be waste of money having 3 distribution boards at home.

Thanks so much on the socket color coding. I will definitely do that.

My main concern is that the inverter is a small one and will not be used on fridge and freezer but I want them both on stabilizer. There are now 3 isolations. First is does on direct, second is those on stabilizer and thirdly those on inverter and on stabilizer.

And the famous one is this house just by the bank of river Kaduna.

Darayola:
The cct is a superior court. Of equal level with the federal high court.

I don't think its superior but equal level. Their jurisdiction don't just parallel.

dearie:
The CCT is an inferior court to the Federal High Court. The CJN will soon make a reinstatement of the law and the CCT will be called to order in order for the judiciary not to be upturned over this issue.

So wrong.

The cct is a special purpose court for code of conduct cases. Rulling of the cct is appealed in the appeal court. In this case only 3 courts are valid, CCT, Appeal court and supreme court. High Court has no business with this case to have meddled into it.

You should find a copy of the constitution and educate your self.

baralatie:
the case is already complicated.the cct made it complicated and I don't see the cct continuing this case.

Under what law can the cct be stopped from performing constitutional duties.

It is attorney general's office that filed the case o. Unless they withdraw it, this case will continue and Saraki will either hide or show.

porka:
[size=14pt]The Federal High Court case is not the same with the Appeal Court.

You are mixing it up.[/size]

You don't get it.

The matter of asset declaration belongs to the code of conduct tribunal. Only when unsatisfied with their judgment should they go to appeal court. They 1 st went to high court and it was obvious the judge was out of line. They now proceed to appeal court, only a crazy appeal court judge will hear them without any judgment from the code of conduct tribunal.

They will be sent back by appeal court.

hinwazaka:
Ask the dumbass judge if he understands the fact that the CCB panel is not properly constituted and so is sitting incompetently. Where is the 3rd member of the panel. Also doesn't he understand simple English, there is still a case being held at the appeal court that will invariably decide the outcome of his kangaroo trial. Maybe this is way above your IQ, ask a learned individual to explain all that I just said

So now, since there is a case in the appeal court, do you now agree that they were wrong to have gone to the HIgh court.

Appeal court wont save them.

Since the senate comprises of 108 members, if one is not there their sitting can never hold if i get what you mean right.

dialfa:
And what will nigeria achieve by imprisoning Saraki?

Nigeria gets 1 corrupt politician off our treasury.

This tribunal cannot sentence Saraki but will remove him from office. If guilty, that means he stole state property, should he go free and remain senate president or get fired and face the law.