Brilliant submission as usual oga NiyiOmoIyunade

It'll crash soon.
The red flags are everywhere.

1. Promos to drive new registrations
2. New Products with higher yields/roi
3. New Products with "longer" maturity
4. Bandwagon effect. Suddenly everyone is in on it. Lol

I predict it'll crash by last quarter of this year.

As usual, always play with money you can afford to lose.

Wonders shall never end

We're really in trouble in this country!

Agc (amazon gift cards) or amazon checkout.
1. Buy agc at between 275 and 290 N/$ depending on the merchant.
2. Redeem in your amazon account.
3. Purchase away with reckless abandon... Lol

bigrovar:


show us the way

Nah brah! You can get it at even 280 Matt 7:7

mank1234:
Amazon rate is not obtainable here. It's misleading. The best you can get is 320. And even at that it's still cheaper.

If you're single, then you no get wahala. A wife will test your patience in renewable energy and self sufficiency. Don't quote me o, I'm on my 5th bottle of beer.

mank1234:


Duplex ke. That's a large compound housing 6 flats - 2 on each floor. It's for one flat only.

Big decision. 4 more panels will bring your PV array to 1.95kw.
With typical system inefficiencies and looking at that duplex, are you saying you can live on barely 6kwh to 8kwh daily?

mank1234:


When 4 more panel is added, it will be taken to the roof and public electricity cut off .

His house prolly got burnt down from solar power gone wrong, hence his conspicuous absence

Na yoke I dey yoke o...

DMerciful:
Just wondering where the founder(sathob) of this beautiful thread is. A wonderful thread indeed.
Regards to him.

Orientation ke! This is akin to askin folks to quit buying Toyota's, cos of several recalls by the manufacture. Buy Honda instead

kiekie1:
Nevertheless, most client prefers hybrid systems even after vivid orientation .. It's well !

Pictures or you know the drill...

Dam5reey:
Sun intensity at the highest in Lagos...
Time to get real panel production..
Now getting 195.8watts out of 220w

Yes Dapsyra, I'm very much interested in same spec below.

NiyiOmoIyunade:
Biko tell me the price expectation (landed cost to Lagos) for a 48v 500AH equivalent battery bank - I know people who would be happy to give this battery technology a try.
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I can PM you directly if you prefer.

That's the beauty of choice. With a large enough pv array, you're at liberty to do and undo.

pranil:
I beg to differ 01 should be UTI- Unless you prefer the power coming from inverter even if the grid is available.

Yup, you're correct. Mine is set to SOL (Solar charging only)

To enjoy full charging from NEPA and solar the 16 should be set at - SNU ( use grid and solar to keep batteries charged) - changing this setting to CSO will stop the inverter charging from Grid whenever there is sunlight essentially 8 am to 6 PM it can be used only when you have a large PV system and almost no consumption during the day

The wahala is that you're not even getting the 15A sef... This matter is spiritual baba!

Increase your pv array to max out the 50A solar charger. No need for a new CC at this time.
I suspect you have a 400Ah 48Vdc battery bank.

sinistrian:

Program 1 is UTI
Program 2 is 60A
Program 11 is currently set to 15A (that's the maximum value supported on the 3kva 48V)
Program 16 is CSO

I was hoping it was a settings issue and I've gone through the manual from cover to cover. Imagine having power for a whole day and the Inverter is using a tiny fraction of current to apply on batteries at 33% SOC. If not for the sun that came out the following day ...

Confirm Setting 11: "Maximum utility charging current" is set appropriately.
Confirm Setting 16: "Charger source priority" is set to CSO or SNU.

I'm fully off-grid now, but i remember adjusting those settings whenever i wanted to charge from the grid.

Edit: i see Niyi already addressed you...In addition, don't change Setting 01 to UTI. Doing so, your panels will never charge your batteries unless the grid fails. Set it to SBU or SOL.

sinistrian:
Who is familiar with Axpert inverters here? I have an issue where the AC charger refuses to output anything more than 3.8A (no matter how low the battery is) but once the sun rises and the Panels take over I see currents of up to 23A, when the sun sets and it reverts to utility charging, its 2.6A or less.

Very enlightening post. Thanks OP!

Yes, the speed here is reasonable. I get up 7mbps download speeds on average.
What's the solution?

alkanes1:
Is 9mobile fast in your area. If so there's a solution for unlimited browsing

I am equally interested in a plan for heavy users...
That Etisalat own no go work. By the time i stream a movie or two from Netflix, e go finish in a day.

I need an unlimited monthly plan.

Maybe i'm seething with jealousy and envy

DMerciful:
To make a comparative analysis you have to keep certain variables constant. I did not change my loads to get this harvest infact nobody was at home just my regular loads on inverter. Also you did not question the numbers shared for the premium panels but you want to question the conditions surrounding this one

This is not entirely true, as harvest is proportional to usage.
You squeeze every juice from your array cos house energy usage far outweighs production, hence your fantastic efficiency numbers.

DMerciful:
...For instance the pic attached is my harvest today from a 1.5kw sunshine panels. Meaning if I have 6kw of sunshine, I will be doing 21.2kwh...

I am not sure we have Outback cc users here

You may be unto something GeorgeD1, though mine sits around 60%...
I have them washed weekly sef

I'll equally do an assessment in a years' time.

I bought a 2kw "induction" cooker from Konga around December last year. I excitedly opened the package, got my trusted
aluminium pot, a cup of water and proceeded to test my new cooker.

To my surprise, within a few minutes the water was boiling!
Aluminium pots are not supposed to work on induction cookers.
When i lifted the pot, the cook top was red hot!!
The merchant had sold me a well packaged, 2kw hot plate!!!

I was furious, went online and gave him a very injurious review.
I'm still using the cooker, a 2kw resistive load on my Axpert inverters. They handle it without breaking a sweat.

earthrealm:
i wish it could handle my resistive loads...

About 45w each if I remember correctly. When i get home next month, i'll confirm.
About 90w*13hrs=1.2kwh by daybreak. Not much, considering my pv array.

Hot water. This particular area nearly gave me high bp, until Dapsyra's tweak!
My house: Base load is fully off-grid.
Aux load is on inverter 8am to 5pm.

How's your system treating you bro?

DMerciful:
Barezzi,
Always tweaking ur system . Anyways... What's the idle consumption of this Axpert?

Yes, I have 2 Genex Axpert inverters in parallel mode.
It carries everything i throw at it, no issues so far. 5 months and counting!

Each inverter has a 2.6kw array. They've been churning out amps like a demented coyote on heat.

NiyiOmoIyunade:
I believe Oga Pranil and someone else here have had success paralleling two such inverters together - with this config they are able to use iron and microwave without issues

Very nice Makavele...
I dey come with my questions, lemme don my hazmat suit first.

I agree with you on all counts baba... It's the reason I'm still waiting for price crash before going Lithium

Thanks dapsyra! This is why i love this thread.
I shall implement this immediately.

dapsyra:
Install timer switch on the water heaters and set them to run one after the other for 30 minutes each in the afternoon, preferably between 11am and 2pm. Once the water is boiled it is good for the next 24hours.

Quality?

mank1234:

I'm wondering why folks would prefer to spend almost double on brands like solarworld!

That sounds very stressful...What happens when you're out of town/home?
You may want to consider moving them to the roof.

DMerciful:
... Sometimes I move it more into their compound if I see shadow esp when the Sun has moved extreme North