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smallsmall:
You can see as 'almost' everybody is taking you for a joke!

First, l will say, be careful whose advise you are taking, depending on what "vested interest" such person has, in such project (just offering free advise with no vested interest, installer hoping to be contracted, Solar Items Seller hoping for a potential sale, etc). though there are still some good people here offering free advise.
What i expect is that anyone offering advise, will declare where their interest lies, if any.

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Nothing wrong if this is your Project/ your Husband's or Brother's Project and you want us to help Vet the Prices, a lot of people have done so in the past.
But saying you're doing it for a friend Abroad, is in itself, screaming: 'there is Money to be made here' or 'Money Na Water'.
For next time's sake, dont include the Abroad part at all (Maybe your Installer is already crunching his Brain and doing Dollar-to-Naira Exchange rate!

To the quotation:
As a rough guide, go to any Nigerian online Store, (Konga or JiJii, etc ) and do a search for each item, you will see them and you can use their Price there, "as a GUIDE". It gives you an idea of what they should be, though, you could get them for less at the Market.

If you are in Lagos, take a stroll to Arena Market at Oshodi, enter from the C-Line and the first few Shops sell a lot of Solar Materials. They will give you a good Price and you can strike a bargain with the sellers. You cant miss the Market,

Your Quotation is scary on some items!
For example:
- a 200A Change Over is far cheaper than #22,000!
- Mccb breaker for battery 160amps @ 35,000! Kilode?
- Why does he need two DC surge Protector? Are you doing two separate Solar inputs or two Individual Inverters?
-(20) mitre 10mm² cable wire @2200 =#60,000: ar ethese DC Cables? If so, why does he need 20Meters to run just two Batteries to the Inverter?
Will they be so far out (like 5Meters out, which is not a good thing?

- Why does he need 3days to install 20 Solar Panels? It is usually Two days Max (Day 1: Install panels and Run Cables. Day 2: Install Panels and Battery, Configure them and Start the System)

- Which other "Additional Work" is he referring to? Tell him everything involved from Start to Finish (Inverter Charging Battery, using from Solar Panels and supply in the Load), are all involved and be covered by "Installation" Cost.
Dont fall for that line, he would use it to charge you extra.

- since all the Materials will be provided, why does he want to collect 80% Payment before screwing Bolt? What does he need to buy?
Give him 50% Advance payment and 50% Balance on Commission. Generally speaking, service Providers who insist on such lopsided payment arraingement, either don't trust the Client's ability to Pay in-full on Completion of the Work, or are not sure they will do a good Job and therefore dont want the Client to have any 'leash' on his payment (Some can abandon the 20% and take off sef!)

Now, it is a bit difficult to verify the quantity for you because you did not state the extent of the building, viz: location of Solar Panels, relative to location of Inverter ( Panels on Roof of Storey building with Inverter on Ground floor, will need different length/quantity of material, compared to Panels on Roof of Bungalow and directly below Room where Inverter will be). are the Panels going to be on same side of the Roof or will be scattered around, due to the shape of the Roof?
If you shed more light or are able to provide estimated distances/length in above cases, we might be able to help more.

Caveat: I am a DIY Solar Enthusiast, a User with basic knowledge of Solar Installs. I have two of my own self-installs running at 32KW + 8KW. I dont sell Materials and I dont install.
BTW, if perhaps you want a recommendation for a good Installer that had worked for me and i have recommended to othrs, i can recommend him.
I have no vested interest than to ensure you get good vallue for your Money.

fuckboys:
Make una dey there dey console una sef with una overpriced starlink rubbish.

I can beat my full chest and say that fiberX, airtel ODU, MTN Flux, Ikonnect and so many more with unlimited data subscriptions are better than your yeye starlink.

Even fiberX has a lower latency than your over priced starlink. Make una dey there dey whine una self.

senator282:
Some of the things you said here are correct but when it comes to UPTIME and NETWORK RELIABILITY starlink beat all of them.

georgee:
Shey I was telling someone on this thread about MTN Fibre X outage and the way their subscribers dey swear for them

Take it or leave it, Starlink no get rival when it comes to uptime and good customer service.. Maybe 2057,myt consider MTN Fibre X even as the thing dey my street. I can't stand the nonsense MTN is doing

fuckboys:
I ran a wire from the negative battery terminal of the inverter to the earth terminal of the inverter.

georgee:
Where's here

Jefferyzz:
I presently use this model.
1. Make sure u buy from fouani
2. Follow their strict installation procedures(like 5 or 6 rules else u will void ur warranty)
3. Of all the 6000es+ I've installed only one got faulty and fouani technician could not trace the faulty so they replaced the board n it's completely free.
4. Don't go beyond 80% load(I personally stick to this rule for all my inverters and none has gone bad all these while).
5. Make sure u don't connect ur panels to ur house earth. Run a separe rod for them.

eghos12:
If he parallel the amps go pass 18 and it fits reach 25amps. That's too much to clip o. Any risk make he fit Do na series

Gshems:
You people and advice. Person dey fear 5v but you dey advise am to connect 2 13a panels in parallel for an inverter that takes a max of 18A

Ezimuoh:
Which kain advice be this one?

hoover420:
Well I guess I’ll keep it till I can get MPPT. And to be honest, it was from this group I got all my informations about my set up and it has been really helpful

gsparks01:
Starlink well done o

Dabss:
let's be real no breaker is protecting anything from a lightening strick.. The power surge from the lightening will easily bypass the breaker and continue on its journey. The best protection is to get a quality lightening catcher or just physically disconnect the PV wirer from the CCor inverter. No let anybody whine you.

johnnyholtby:
You go come back very soon

morikee:
But it's not even about speed it's long packet loss

morikee:
Elon is so greedy now onboarding many people without prioritizing network congestion unlike before

morikee:
Starlink is so terrible lately so many packet losses

Stormyweather:
Good evening Solar gurus in the house please I have a question. If someone installs a 6kva inverter, some panels and some batteries, can a 5.5,KVA generator recharge the solar? Because the installer is saying it can't

twinskenny:
Thank you chief for your observation


This is just inverter and battery installations only.. I don't use busbar for two batteries installations I just paralled them with the same cable length.. all good... I have installed both AC in and AC out breakers installed . thank you for your observation..

mctfopt:
Do you really need a battery busbar for two batteries?

Thinkunltd:
I want to activate new residential in delta I already have a device

fuckboys:
it’s an insult putting felicity and deye in the same sentence.

Is just like comparing tecno and Samsung

Unfaized:
Rewire your 5kva stabilizer to power the whole house. Mine does minus water heater and electric cooker and it does a great job. We go as low as 160 sometimes and I still charge at 25 amps while powering the house.

I usually charge between 40-20 amps depending on voltage.

It's a 3 bedroom apartment and being using that stabilizer since 2020.

Thinkunltd:
I have 2 fairly used Starlink gen2 actuated for sale in Delta..kindly signify if interested.

Thinkunltd:
Warri

Thinkunltd:
I have 2 fairly used Starlink gen2 actuated for sale in Delta..kindly signify if interested.

dollarnaira:
Settled for the 800w settings on Dayo.
3 cups of rice get cooked in 40mins.
The way naija dey go so, one need this as normal usage and gas as backup.

Thanks to those who opened our eyes to these.
The Maxi guy and Dayo guys.

mctfopt:
Yeah, stopped using all my non stick cookware this year. I'm now team 304/314 stainless steel cookware. Health is wealth. Crazy you'd see old nonstick cookware, well peeled, on sale as Tokunbo in Nigerian markets. Knowledge, they say, is power.

Obnoxious2001:
E get some new moniker(they are not regular) whey dey guarantee OP.

Make me self post my own panels for sell