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favouredbymercy:
Greetings,

When you reduce it, have you taken note of the actual consumption it takes? Like the one i am using now, even if you reduce it say 200w, the actual power draw is still 1000w, only that it would be going off and on, so that the cumulative power per hour draw would sum to that 200w, but the instantaneous power draw is constant.
So when you say you reduce it to 120w, have you measured it to know that it draws that 120w?

Thanks for your reply

osayuwamwen:
This is the one I have abi this nor be induction cooker? I use it with any pot and the big side is pulling 1.7kw while the small side is pulling 1.1kw and wen it get hot it turns off automatically and comes up after some few seconds continually like dat, though it is very fast wen am using it for cooking,

osayuwamwen:
Pls can u set it to 800watt my see as e red reach abeg

osayuwamwen:
Does it still Cook fast wen the power is reduced to like 800watt,

bassdow:
you mean set it on timer, then go watching teleMundo

bassdow:
Kindly don't forget to inform him/her that induction cookers selects pots.

Gshems:
Cdcare

osayuwamwen:
Pls can you show me a picture of your induction cooker and the name abeg I need am bcus my own is pulling 1.7kw and I only use it during the day if I have induction cooker that pulls 800watt I won't be using gass anymore I will use it at night, pls am waiting for yr response

zenith4biz:
Please can you drop the picture of the induction cooker

bassdow:
Cycle count rarely matters much when using Lithium based batteries. And so long usage is less than 60% DOD, you got no reason to worry. Just let the Solar panels do the heavier liftings by running heavier loads during the day + there's little reason to run your fridge / freezer 24-hours; running between hours of 9am or 10am to 3pm is usally enough for most houseHolds.

Don't worry about many questions, we all started in similar way; just that at our time, person to ask questions no dey

bassdow:
using your batteries from 100% to 60% - 70% = approximately 40% - 30% which is very very good. Nothing bad in that.

That 8kwh is what I recommended to @rayvelez

As for installer suggesting YOU continue using NEPA, that would be your own decission as except you got strong reasons, would suggest you offgrid completely and should you have any special load that could stress your setUp, you run those only on NEPA.

makes no sense investing heavily on Solar, and still pay NEPA for darkNess.

Still yet, ask your installer why He thinks you should continue on NEPA and if the reason doesn't make much sense, ignore it.

Ensure very heavy loads runs mostly during the day; and if possible, run the fridge / freezers from 9am to 4pm, pumping machine from 12pm to 3pm

Induction cookers are energy efficient still priotize it's use during the day though not bad using it at late hour.

At end of the day, I see very little reason to continue using NEPA after such investment. If NEPA was half reliable, doubt you would have look for Solar in the first place.

Unfaized:
Enjoy your set up Chief. You have no need for Nepa except when Solar yield is poor and you can't charge your batteries full.

alosbaba007:
Brotherly,

If you decide to sell later on pls contact me i can buy them off you, na jst 3 pieces i need to add to my setup, my number is easily accessible on my profile.

Thanks

bassdow:
Fouani majorly sells Bi-Facial solar panels which already are halfCut mono so no problem

Ezimuoh:
They are half cut mono

Gshems:
Just buy jinko from Fouani or cd care. Them dey sell original

bassdow:
same suggestion given to the person you quoted applies to you also.

Since your desire is to later go for higher capacity; would suggest you buy them now and remove the smaller ones. rather than mixing 4pcs of 715w solar panels with 3pcs of 475w solar panels, you either OPTION A: use just 4pcs of 7715w for now pending when you can afford adding more OR OPTION B: you do dual setUp where the 3pcs of 475w panels use separate controller to charge the battery while the 4pcs of 715w uses it's own separate or inbuilt controller.
Issue with OPTION B is, except you already have spare controller + solar cables, cost of getting them could make it not worth it especially if distance means you ned longer cables.

but then, there's OPTION C:
if your hybrid inverter has dual PV inputs, then you don't need a separate controller; you just split the panels putting the 3pcs of 475w on PV point 1, and the 4pcs of 715w panels on PV point 2. Again, if using copper, and the distance is long, cost of getting the additional cables should be considered though you could choose using Aluminium cable (NEPA wire) on that point.

Should you choose to instead buy 4pcs of 475w solar panels to add to what you already got, no wahala except now, should in future you want to go for a higher panel wattage, you would worry about disposing off 7pcs, and not just 3pcs of 475w solar panels.

Also, ensure whatever solar panels you get is at least halfCut Mono. Anything less is oldSchool.

alosbaba007:
Hello everyone

i need a recommendation on which kind of panel i can connect to this ones, i have 6 pieces of this jinko 475w going to like 2 yrs nw. I recently changed my inverter and needed more power bt don't have enough for a new string of panels, so am looking at an option where i can add 2 or 3 more panels to these ones i have .

i don't mind if they are used panels i jst need something similar or that will match these setting on my panels for it to work well.

Am open to suggestions pls and if you have panels to sell that can match these ones i already have pls feel free to gt in touch

Thanks

Compliant:
I got my 8.5kwh from valto too and have been serving me wela.

agbonda:
Abeg make we runa am that 200k

Where is your location ?

agbonda:
Make i bring 200k for the 2

KA24DETT:
You can buy the 2000watts electric jug. Im assuming it takes 10 mins to boil water with the electric jug.
10 mins will consume around 333 watts-hour (Wh) (2000wattts/60mins x 10 mins) to boil water. You are fine.

Penuelseun:
none that I know of, but I use this one, brings the water to a boil under 5 mins and consumes about 1.6kw

bassdow:
there are certain things that can not be escaped. Just like electric pressing iron, the lower the wattage, the slower the ehating.

To me, a short cut to getting an energy efficient water heater is to buy an induction cooker and use it to BOIL water using a compartible pot or mayBe kettle

Trippledots:
Mine does around 700w. But it's not so big

vicsoj007:
I am interested, where is your location?