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AyarmBoye:
note that the 20a current I estimated is based on Mppt cc…I doubt pwm can give you…you will be lucky to even get 12amps sef….

chaii.. that sucks.. I'm using a pwm cc jare, that means on raining season it won't charge at all

AyarmBoye:
I believe your system is small enough,,I don’t think it’s necessary,,just have good and proper rating surge protectors for both AC and DC…

surge protectors how, the 12v system is connected to change over where generator is.. Nepa & inverter to change over.. the only protection am looking out for is using a 63a Dc breaker in between the panel(pv) wire and controller input

AyarmBoye:
please go ahead….The highest current you can get from 400w panel during peak sun is 20a on parallel connections and 10a on series assuming you operate on a 12v system,just make sure to use better DC cable you will be absolutely fine….

yes I'm using a 12v system.. so if I truly i get 20ah on a peak sun it's fast charge enough for a 1.2kw(100ah) battery with Bsc pwm controller, while am using a 4mm dc cable for the panel

AyarmBoye:
bro I don’t know why you are disturbed really..See as long as your roof isn’t aluminum or zinc roofing material that generate a lot of heat during peak sun,u don’t need railings for 2 200w panels…..if your roofing material is slate/cement fibre place it directly and be done with it..I mounted 4 pieces of 200w on my previous apartment with cement fibre roof for 5 years during my bachelor days roughly 2 years back with binding…I just made sure every 2 years I check for rust and I never changed any binding wire…it was even easy to unmount them when I left..no leakages during and after…

Just find a professional to mount them,,don’t do them yourself….Now I want to mount this 4 panels on my mums slate roof and yes I will be using binding wire, most likely the anti rust own…Nah person wey go help me mount am I dey find.

thanks for this. With this i and my landlord are good with the use of binding wire.. but which one is cement fibre roof

bassdow:
Actually, those mounting accessories mostly make the work easier especially if you have a need to earth the solar panels.

do i still need to earth my 2pcs of 200w panel for person house. I need to do earthing again

bassdow:
Like I often suggest, most times, when using mounting rail on a rented property, abeg when leaving, try not to remove it except you ready to make the intentional effort into ensuring there wouldn't be any leakAges

na why I no want use anything. I prefer binding wire. Plug & play to avoid any leakage cux the man no won gree from the onset due to panel fire he saw online..I tried convincing him it's Ai.. he only agreed i install it at a far place to my apartment

bassdow:
for something of this capacity, doesn't make much sennse spending on mounting rails or even the Aluminium profile sef. Just use binding wire. Atimes we end up overPlanning things

in fact if doing less than 4pcs of 300w solar panels sef, still quicker andn cheaper using binding wire or the stainless steel wire someone suggested or binding wire with the solar panels sitting on top of it. Also using binding wire / stainless steel wires annd tying or nailing on the roof reduces risks of leakAges.

Instead spend those funds on getting bigger and more quality things such as inverters, charge controllers, battery, etc.

Also if handling things yourself, be sure you know what you doing else even with the right tools, you still could end up with bad work than soemone who didn't spend on those things.

Extreeme care is mostly required and necessary for big setups, not these very small ones

thanks for the relief you gave me.. I'll use the binding wire and mount on the slate roof directly . Cux am using a Bsc 60ah pwm controller.. thanks

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AyarmBoye:
bro I don’t know why you are disturbed really..See as long as your roof isn’t aluminum or zinc roofing material that generate a lot of heat during peak sun,u don’t need railings for 2 200w panels…..if your roofing material is slate/cement fibre place it directly and be done with it..I mounted 4 pieces of 200w on my previous apartment with cement fibre roof for 5 years during my bachelor days roughly 2 years back with binding…I just made sure every 2 years I check for rust and I never changed any binding wire…it was even easy to unmount them when I left..no leakages during and after…

Just find a professional to mount them,,don’t do them yourself….Now I want to mount this 4 panels on my mums slate roof and yes I will be using binding wire, most likely the anti rust own…Nah person wey go help me mount am I dey find.

thanks for this boss.. I'm not mounting myself, I only shared the pic of the binding wire i got and also I'll be using an experience carpenter who do house roofing to climb and bind the 2pcs of 200w panel on the roof directly without using the aluminum profile since I do not have issues generating fire from it

You mean this can easiiy get burnt if thunder strike cux i no want burn person house cux the landlord already said it burn house... so i need to be careful..

However, you also said 200w 2panels is stil good can't cause fire

smallsmall:
1) No Aluminum Profile was used.

2) I cant see the Binding Wire but l guess it is there, maybe the color blended with the Brown Roof.

3) Or maybe the installer Screwed the Panel Down, to the Wood of the Roof.

I dont recommend what l am seeing here but it does not mean it wont work..... it just present some level of elevated risk.

smallsmall:
No! I was speaking generally.
That amount is what One Profile (about 20ft length) of Aluminum Cost, when l bought them.
You might even get small pieces (Offcut) of half or quarter length.
As for leakage, there si a felt they use to waterproof the joints. They also use Silicone to do the same Job.

Since your Panels are just two, you might not need to be too concerned, maybe l am just too risk-averse.
If you have space, why not do a sort of Car-port installation, instead of a Roof install?
Someone gave a good and detailed explanation of such installation, with pictures, not more than Ten pages behind this current page.

I just hope everyone doing DIY is safe, success of ONE is success of ALL.

since it's just two like you said i might not need aluminium can place it on roof directly with binding wire.. for having car-port no space, however remember I said it earlier the landlord is skeptical doesn't want it either that it burns house .so he wanted to give me a free space on top of an old tank to use at his own store house roof which consume a lot of Dc wire before it get to my apartment

smallsmall:
I dont have them, because l dont use them, I use Aluminum Window Profile as Railings for my Panels.
But l have seen them at the Market, when buying Iron, Binding Wires and other Building Materials in the Past.

My own advise is that: The risk of fire is very high, when things are not done properly and with standard materials.
Moreover, fire from Lithium Batteries should never happen to anyone, if is so ferocious and doesn't hear "e don do".

Spending extra #30,000+- for Aluminum Railings and steel Wires, to save one's property, family and House, is not a bad bargain though l understand that fingers are not equal.
Each man to his own, at the end of the day.

pls is it aluminium profile used here or just binding wire in the image below

You're right and thanks for your concern and utmost understanding.. all hands are not equal however you said the aluminium railing for 2pcs of 200w won't cost me than 30k

Also to avoid roofing leakage, if i knack nail with the aluminium on the slate before placing panel, hope there won't be any roofing leakage boss

smallsmall:
I dont have them, because l dont use them, I use Aluminum Window Profile as Railings for my Panels.
But l have seen them at the Market, when buying Iron, Binding Wires and other Building Materials in the Past.

My own advise is that: The risk of fire is very high, when things are not done properly and with standard materials.
Moreover, fire from Lithium Batteries should never happen to anyone, if is so ferocious and doesn't hear "e don do".

Spending extra #30,000+- for Aluminum Railings and steel Wires, to save one's property, family and House, is not a bad bargain though l understand that fingers are not equal.
Each man to his own, at the end of the day.

bassdow:
Actually I just tell people to use those sockets with round holes and they should buy it tokunbo. Or just tell the seller it's for big electric cooker. You over paint a big picture so they get what you mean and compromise less.

Also should use minimum of 4mm AC wire though would suggest 6mm or higher

those round hole socket are known as 15ah socket

bassdow:
nothing bad installing there BUT like I said earlier, there are silly things one could get away with on smaller installations BUT when doing those much higher, shouldn't be. Also 2pcs of 200w or even 300w is small.

But for those without much technical knowHow, if you can't afford the standard mounting rails, kukuma go for the cheaper ones Aluminium or just use binding wire or the stainless abi wetin person just recommended above

yes I'm using binding wire jare.. thanks

smallsmall:
Try and use stainless steel wire (the shiny, silver one).
That one will not rust.
Also, l will advise against putting your Solar Panels directly on any iron/aluminum roofing sheet.
Try and get the Aluminum railing, you can go to any Aluminum Village to buy it directly. They use it as Window Profile and it is far-far cheaper from such places.
Safe comes first and above any other thing, let us not take too much fire risk, so we can have rest of mind.

I saw this installed on aluminium roof. I'm not sure this person used rail on this 2pcs of 200w panel. But my own roof is slate

smallsmall:
Try and use stainless steel wire (the shiny, silver one).
That one will not rust.
Also, l will advise against putting your Solar Panels directly on any iron/aluminum roofing sheet.
Try and get the Aluminum railing, you can go to any Aluminum Village to buy it directly. They use it as Window Profile and it is far-far cheaper from such places.
Safe comes first and above any other thing, let us not take too much fire risk, so we can have rest of mind.

can you share the sample of the binding wire you talking about and also I'm not putting it on aluminium or iron roof. It's a slate roof like i said earlier

bassdow:
Solar panel related fire mostly would happen from those using high voltage setUp and that's if not done well. When I say DC is wicked, that's what I mean. AC would diconnect easily during issues the moment it sparks enough (thanks to the physics involved) BUT DC has no Zero point hence would just continue going except the conductor on that section glows enough to burn / melt away breaking the connection.

Once again, those doing high voltage setUps needs be careful especially when not using quality MC4 connectors or just twisting wires together.

Some DIY improvisations are meant for those doing small scale; not those doing something big.

As for placing the solar panel directly on the roof without anything to hold it; that's very dangerous because it would stay but wind / breeze can throw it away and you need not be told the danger when it lands on anything including humans or cars or whatever.

if you can't afford mounting accessories, get one who can use binding wire well enough and the binding wire shouldn't be exposed so it doesn't rust overTime.

If it's a decking, with edges that act like shallow walls, then you could keep them without support though still not 100% adviced as situations could differ

thanks.. I'm using the binding wire above. I'm on a band A & not using an heavy setup as we do have light and however I'm even thinking of going off grid as my wife and children comes back from shop at 9pm and that's the time we use light, watch TV for an hour and go to bed to sleep with Fan only.

However you talked about the binding wire, if it rust does that mean it'll cut off after a while if it rust .

Lastly, with Just light and Tv I should be able to off grid for night TV, 10w bulb & dc fan usage overnight while everybody goes out in the morning while attached it to a 18v 200w(2 pcs) cux I only have Bsc pwm controller already kept aside

twinskenny:
Yesterday installations @ obanikoro Lagos

6kva deye inverter

10kwh deye lithium battery


5 no of 620w jinko panels


You need great carefulness installing panels on a slate roof.. delicate

I swear I'm afraid installing this on my roof... my landlord sef told me he saw online that solar panel dey burn house chaii . Is it true house?

Also, pls I wanna ask isn't this a flat roof, I heard some people said it can be placed on it directly without using that rack

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twinskenny:
Yesterday installations @ obanikoro Lagos

6kva deye inverter

10kwh deye lithium battery


5 no of 620w jinko panels


You need great carefulness installing panels on a slate roof.. delicate

I swear I'm afraid installing this on my roof... my landlord sef told me he saw online that solar panel dey burn house chaii . Is it true house?

Also, pls I wanna ask isn't this a flat roof, I heard some people said it can be placed on it directly without using that rack

jamesbridget13:
I was in this thread for a long time after I delivered. I also gave my story too. Even during my second pregnancy I was still here. But somehow along d line I wasn't active on nairaland again. Good morning all

ohh. It's fine

Amovingman:
You think you can arrest me the same way 100fx arrest noobody just dey play

Come to the address I drop for you or call the number I give you

if the police don invite you to come over with you claim. If you like no show up.... I like as u dey like and share all the comment for your own claim and evidence.. I no need to dey folo u talk sef

franvincoop:
dominique,

You are the mod here.

I think it's very simple to find out if Bryanluke or Amovingman man is the same as Stephen Ayantoye.

Go back to all those scam threads and tell us which of them was present on all those threads on nairaland, present either by viewing or commenting.
That's your scammer.

Bryanluke has been here since March 16 2026.
Amovingman has been here since June 13 2026.

The way Amovingman writes and his posts shows this is not even his 10th moniker on nairaland.
He is always online and on every thread and for a newcomer this is very suspicious as such activity enables him to look for victims on every thread.

All those evidence provided by him and the accusing fingers being pointed by Amovingman at Bryanluke is just a diversion.
To prove that Amovingman man is sending us on a fishing expedition, he is unable to answer your question and provide any evidence linking Bryanluke to Stephen Ayantoye.

On the balance of probabilities, it is more likely than not that Amovingman is Stephen Ayantoye.

But just check which moniker was present on all those threads before the scam took place and check the threads both Amovingman and Bryanluke frequent and you will see the proof.

Happy Sunday

it was cux of what u said that made me reply. I've been told not to reply to any of his further accusations here again.. since I have proof myself . It's left to him come with his evidence

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franvincoop:
dominique,

You are the mod here.

I think it's very simple to find out if Bryanluke or Amovingman man is the same as Stephen Ayantoye.

Go back to all those scam threads and tell us which of them was present on all those threads on nairaland, present either by viewing or commenting.
That's your scammer.

Bryanluke has been here since March 16 2026.
Amovingman has been here since June 13 2026.

The way Amovingman writes and his posts shows this is not even his 10th moniker on nairaland.
He is always online and on every thread and for a newcomer this is very suspicious as such activity enables him to look for victims on every thread.

All those evidence provided by him and the accusing fingers being pointed by Amovingman at Bryanluke is just a diversion.
To prove that Amovingman man is sending us on a fishing expedition, he is unable to answer your question and provide any evidence linking Bryanluke to Stephen Ayantoye.

On the balance of probabilities, it is more likely than not that Amovingman is Stephen Ayantoye.

But just check which moniker was present on all those threads before the scam took place and check the threads both Amovingman and Bryanluke frequent and you will see the proof.

Happy Sunday

thanks for this... the police will call him tomorrow or next.. I've been there to show evidence of defamation, I printed all and they told me to give them a week to go through it before they invite him over to come with his evidence that am the said name called STEPHEN AYANTOYE.. I've shown them proof with my NIN, PASSPORT and other educational qualifications and my work ID CARD.. that guy go cry

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AyarmBoye:
ps2 20k..ps3 70k

drop your number and location

AyarmBoye:
Good evening guys
I have the following items for sale in my viewing centre

About 16 unit of benches( a bench contains 4 viewers)
1 box orl industrial
1 small Industrial fan
2 Dstv decoders and dishes
A 42 inches tv (tiny ink on face from the day I bought it,,alaba boys conceded it until I say it at home )
16 inches TV (2units)
Sound system with 2 big speakers
Ps2 with games and 2 pads (2 units)
PS3 slim with 2 pads
PS4 fat 2 pads

Ps2 & 3 how much

Always do more, never do less

Amovingman:
Stephen ayantoye aka bryanluke talk say e no dey Lagos ooowhile he's in oshogbo scamming and impersonating innocent people's on nairaland

I just dey laff u as u dey call me Stephen ayantoye. U just dey quote diff people here dey find attachment. You just here bragging cux if you wise Stephen for no scam you cux you no even state your evidence here.. But you'll be forced to show your evidence of account that I am Stephen ayantoye cux e sure me die say I go win this case.

As I have my NIN, Bank details, PVc, etc and identity card .. you go beg & cry for mercy with your bragging. Peace out

Amovingman:
E be like you want go kuje in 2026 right that police way dey give you confidence once we meet e go bow for me

Still waiting for your police 🚓 sha

I've nothing to say to you again.. I'm not in lagos but you'll be invited very soon with your evidence of proof that am Stephen and by then I'll know if i will end up in kuje.

Amovingman:
1, Adepitan Street alapere ketu lagos I'm waiting for you and your police 🚓

send your number and name so I can identify you... I like as he sure so we go fit go sort am for station with your evidence

Amovingman:
1, Adepitan Street alapere ketu lagos I'm waiting for you and your police 🚓

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