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So what do you suggest is the best inverter brand out there and also how best to achieve good battery charge without ruining them in no time

oyb:
by virtue of my work experience, i have worked with multiple variants of these inverters for different facilities [office, . the mopower is no different. the batteries go in two years.

you claim the mercury inverter 'ruined' your batteries and that your batteries were 'restored' by a mopower inverter

all you are doing is FUD. in my experience, they are all the same. the diference is that the sellers of mopower, luminous sukam and the likes are way too greedy and desperate to make a killing off nigerians.

all inverters have 'poor charging' . thats why they say get a 'high speed charger' which will charge your batteries faster but will shorten their lifespan.

i bought a i.4 kba sukam inverter some years back. 35k, csh and carry . it blew once. when i got it fixed, a fuse was replaced. this fuse was not locally avaialble, so from then on i was constantly rewiring the inverter. after i got tired of this i switched to another model , a so called pure sine wave that went bad the very day i bought it.

i saw this same sukam at luminous shop for over 150,000 last year. i just shook my head. the greed of nigerians.

If you don't continually drain your batteries to nought, it will last more years so long as you are able to get good ones to start with

Electroweb:
It is true what u have said. But one key thing is the supply of NEPA light once in two days, becaus its the NEPA light that can effectively charge the batteries or u need a big gen like minimum 5kva to charge it. Also note that the money u save now will be used to buy batteries when they go bad.

Sorry but it doesn't seem to pan out well as you have described. I might be wrong but don't you think this same scenario plays out when using Generator and NEPA (abi wat's it called thesedays ) ...the current from both source must not flow together within the same circuitry? Maybe if you say connecting the flow from the solar panel and the batteries in parallel to the appliance that should aggregate the current to it. Then also, you need to connect the solar panel to the battery to charge it looks feasible though. Thanks all the same.

EnigmaticEnigma:
Well, the splitting is done automatically so to speak.

The best way i can describe it is like having T-branch pipe with flows from the bottom to the left and right and from the left to the right.

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In the T-branch pipe above, lets say your inverter is requesting current on the branch on the right (right upper part of the T), your batteries are sending in current from the branch on the left(left upper part of the T) and your solar panels are sending in current from the branch at the bottom (tail of the T).

Now, when the solar current (like water) comes in from the branch at the bottom, it's tendency is to flow into the battery branch on the left to charge the batteries.

Now once you load your inverter, the inverter makes a request for current from the battery, but since current is already flowing in from the solar panel at the bottom branch, the inverter makes use of this current flowing in from the bottom with whatever additional current from the left branch (battery) that it needs to complete it's current request.

So if your inverter on the right side requests for 10amps and your solar is already flowing in 2 amps from the bottom pipe into the inverter, your batteries would need to flow the remaining 8amps into the right side. The so called switching is based on the need of the inverter. If the inverter needs current, it will take it first from solar panels then the rest from the battery.

obviously this is an over simplification.

Great! All the best

3doursdown:
Well said! I'm on it at the moment. Hope to move on to SQL in a couple of days.

Ok great will do.

DMerciful:
You have a lot of ideas....nice. Some solar charge controllers have auxiliary outputs that can power a relay which in turn can be made to power specific load like freezer. Now as night comes, the charge controller can no longer power the relay which in turn will shutdown d freezer from d inverter system however once mains is restored, it switches d freezer to mains. I can design such a system..contact me on chyke200@gmail.com

Nice one but how do you split the load amongst both power source? Getting interesting

EnigmaticEnigma:
It's kindoff a simple process and wiring diagrams are available all over the net.

It's not like only solar works at a time and only the batteries work at another time, well except for night time when solar power is 0.

Now, lets say it's 2pm in the afternoon and your solar panels are producing 400watts and you want to power something that only uses 100watts, what happens is that 100watts of that power is forced to your inverter to run your load, while the remaining 300watts charges your battery.

Now, lets say you are still producting 400watts of solar by 2:30pm and you want to run something a bit bigger, like an electric cooking pot of 800watts. Your solar power would provide half of your load power (800watts), while the remaining (only 400watts will come from the battery). As you can see, this is much healthier for your batteries, pulling only 400watts than it would be to pull the whole 800watts alone from the battery without the help of the solar panel.

Of course at night, your solar input would be 0 and your batteries would have to pick up the slack for all loads in your house.

As per connection, there really is nothing special. You just go from solar, to charge controller, then to the batteries. However, safety features like fuses and breakers need to be taken into consideration, as well as wire sizes, distance and so on.

Where can I get the Sukam inverter from? 1.5kva? A d how much?

DMerciful:
It can get you a mopower or sukam 900va inverter at about 26k and battery about 55k. See!

Yup!

danose99:
are you absolutely ruling out the use of local power from the national grid?

alus.beeme@gmail.com tnx

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That would be ideal. All one needs to do is get a high wattage solar panel system. The excess power will be used to charge the battery.

The only issue here is power loss due to conversion of the solar panel's DC to AC for use with household appliances. This might be the reason why houses are supplied directly from battery. What you think?

DMerciful:
The battery comes into plan when night comes or when d sun is low provided your solar power generation is larger than your load averagely.

Ok but it could still mean the company connected the Solar panels to your battery charger direct and supplied the house from the battery through the inverter.

Ideally it would be best if your house I s supplied during the day from the solar panels and the battery charged through this route while at night the battery supplies the house. So it means your battery discharges less than it would if connected otherwise.

Some appliances such as fridge or freezer can work during the day on solar and turned off at night to power other appliances which are night use so power can be optimized correctly.

Looking forward to the diagram. I would be very grateful.


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Nice one. Please can you share with us the circuit diagram showing how you connected yours? I want to know if the solar panels supply your house during the day and cut over to batteries during the night.

Usual connection is to draw power from the battery all day which to me kills the batteries prematurely. A y thought here would be appreciated.

GODAKPAN:
MINE COST A LITTLE ABOVE 900K, 3.5KVA INVERTER, 4 BATTERIES, 8 SOLAR PANEL AND CHARGE CONTROLLER, ITS BEEN WONDERFUL.

COST: PANEL =48K EACH
INVERTER =135K
BATTERIES =56K EACH
CHARGE CONTROLLER =50K
BATTERY/PANEL RACK =40K
INSTALLATION =75K

Solar panels is the best option jaaaare. Please can you link me with your guy? Want to know how to go about mine. I want the same too. Thanks

ValarDoharis:
I don't have an inverter but planning to buy. I have a colleague who combined it with solar and he doesn't use mains supply. The solar panels supply his entire house. He has about 20 solar panels on his roof. That's what I'm saving for.

7 millions of invisible PMS per day ko

Or the other way round?

rosieluv:
Men and food tho,wich food will you have? nigerian jollof or ghanian jollof? or u wantu b oliver twist and have both

Na the excess CBN de collect so as fines naaa

Linzo:
So none was fined for over charging Nigerians above N199/$ official rate on international/dollars transaction, it means CBN is in alliance with the banks to reap Nigerians

Yawns....

And he had to go on Social Media to spill. Sooner or later people like him would be forced into signing a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) before being engaged for their services. stewpid man

Nice. I'm interested. Sitting tight.

Well the best bet will be to stay around those areas. There are hotels close by there. Paloma hotel is one close to Nkurumah Circle area or you can chose to stay at the Labadi Beach Hotel.

These might be expensive though. You got other cheaper options outskirt of Accra town where most Naija guys chose to stay. I don't have any particular name though.

A Google search of hotels in Ghana would help out.

Have a lovely stay and avoid too much contact with our Naija brodas der o. They're mostly into deeds you might not want to be associated with.

yinkay007:
Im not doing with any pre packaged tour. Im going blindly . I will like to sist some of their museums, Park, Beach (Labadi or Coco Maybe) and anywhere close i can have a nice week but i wish to get accomodation to somewhere central to all these areas. Any Suggestions Brother?

Nothing to Sai Baba about naaaa boys are not smiling

An apple does not fall far away from the tree

Eeeeeeeeeeei .... this man you bi MadCow for true hehehehe Nairaland don trun CrazyLand shaaaaa

MadCow1:
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The one thing they never tell you is that your head can not loose weight...


Now the Nigga has a Rottweiler's head on a Doberman Pincher body looking like some African Johnny Bravo..


With his skinny jeans looking like a flaming fairy..

warrris dis? Nor bi dis LIB Onynx guy dis hin sef don begin wear pencil trousis

silverdam:
I know so many people are battling with weight issues. I decided to share these pictures to motivate others no to give up. I used to weight 110kg, i wasn't happy cos to get fitted clothes is a problem. I tried using some drugs to lose the weight but it wasn't helping. I was just too lazy to exercise or diet cos i love food so much.

Then something happened that triggered my determination to lose the weight in a very healthy way, which was dieting and exercising. The only exercise i did was skipping of rope, i jumped rope 30mins everyday. So within 5 months of skipping rope and dieting, i lost a whopping 34kg.

Although my goal was to reach 70kg but Nigerians with their mentality, they were already insinuating I'm HIV positive or I'm suffering from eating disorder. I just had to stop at 76kg, also they said I'm ugly and not good looking anymore. My health is very important to me, I'm healthy, smart and light. Finally i don't spend 6hrs while shopping for clothes anymore, i spend less than 2hrs cos i easily get my size and the best. I love myself but my health is important....

Ok great. What is your itinery like? Are you going on a pre-packaged tour or just blindly? If on a pre-packaged tour, then it means you must have lined up places to visit, friends to meet up with. In this case you will have to know where they (your friends) stay or places you're visiting so that you can plan your own accommodation. Transportation cost here is like $1 (5 Ghana cedis) minimum.

On the other hand, if you are traveling blindly (on your own arrangement) then you would need to Google places of interest or according to your own taste before departing and through that you will know where to stay and save cost.

yinkay007:
Im only going to spend my little break there.....

I know and that's why I need to know if he's coming to Ghana to work or just for the break. If he's coming to Ghana to work, then he might need to state where the office will be located. This way he's able to plan his movement. Transportation here in Ghana needs to be well planned.

aumeehn:
its obvious that the guy is a working boy!

Lol

Nice. If you tell us what you're going for then we can advise you appropriately.

yinkay007:
Hi Guys,


Please i'm about visiting Accra for the First Time Next Month and i willl need a couple of advice. I will be flying from Lagos. I will like to know some few things before i leave. Can i get suggestions of areas central i can stay during my time there at an affordable rate ( Also will like to know how much i can budget per night)and also not far from where i can have little fun and also explore the city.

Any informagtion will really Help.

Thanks so much


Cheers

Still baffles me why Laura de bleach See her bros wen de form big boy now jeew man always a jeew man shaaa! Her popsie too nor try shaaa

buharisbae:
Linda and family

Laura is wearing a faded mild sky blue

Thanks for this very apt and no insults. This is how NLders should behave. Lovely day and weekend ahead

Themandator:
This government is without plan.... No amount of palliative, fanciful and populist distraction like Dasuki detention and trial will substitute for a proper plan of action.. We hear diversification but can't see or feel any work plan for it.... What we see is a bullheaded defence of the naira against it true value.

Jonathan didn't just defend the naira, he was at the same time encouraging practical diversification with written down policies that could be obtained, read and critiqued.. Eg the automobile policy, the power road map, the agricultural revolution policy under Adewumi.

We noticed his technology driven fight against corruption and waste... TSA, public sector worker verification... We noticed his push in the rail sector with the Kaduna 164km modern rail at &205m.

We saw his YOUWIN projects, scholarship for 1st class graduates and the rest.

Buhari's is yet to launch a policy even against malaria, one year after.... The policies he inherited, he has implemented in ways that has thrown Nigerians out of their jobs.

Fuel scarcity is not as a result of foreign exchange scarcity but this government early disposition to populist expectations.... When they released their reversed Template for importation of PMS, the business people told them it wasn't possible to do it with such a template but they insisted and gave the entire allocation to NNPC and the depot owners resorted to buying from Nnpc... That is why we are where we are now. We hop they do the needful, this quarter even though they have made the marketers lose credibility with their foreign creditors through delays in subsidy claims.

Wonder why people patronizes them. Later they will come here ranting how they were swindled