olaolu11:


Do you mind sharing the link to the videos.

tonididdy:

Haha ok seems interesting.
Am waiting to learn.

nonoski:
Just out of curiosity why hasn't anyone experimented with Wind Turbines.

These past few weeks Sun shine was a huge luxury here in Port Harcourt.

In the month of Sept and October some days it rained or was cloudy for 6 straight days
With very poor solar yield. Even today 16th of Nov its still raining in ph.

I had to improvise and maneuver to make sure my batteries don't fall below 12.3v but even at that on 3 occasions the batteries fell to 11.9v and 12.1v before sunrise.

My battery bank is 48v 600amps (12nr) with a solar array of 7350w (15nr 250w & 12nr 300w) and 2nr Outback Charge Controller FM80

These has necessitated my research on wind turbines but it seems to have very poor reviews.

I want buy 2nr 1000w FuSystems wind turbine paralleled to give 2,000w.

Please those who have used wind turbines please what is experience.

earnvest:


They have them back in stock. And about the in-built BMS, it can be easily bypassed to use something like this:

[url]https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000345753274.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.4fc97588tYOT7C&algo_pvid=ddb1cd95-b02e-4c21-9958-af24ed6638d2&algo_expid=ddb1cd95-b02e-4c21-9958-af24ed6638d2-0&btsid=815bcec7-1eb4-46f5-8c10-e4e006c9608c&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_6,searchweb201603_55[/url]

I don't work for battery hookup but I like that they have really nice deals for DIYers.

earnvest:
LiFePO4 prices are getting even lower. $100/kwh territory now.

https://batteryhookup.com/collections/frontpage/products/byd-24v-lifepo4-4-4-5-kwh-battery-modules-rv-powerwall?rfsn=3333666.ca06e9

DeOTR:

In Military time format, it is 2341 hours.
It's also pronounced as such.

Kanade21:


Well, Lagos alone needs 10000MW. for 24/7 power...plus a 1000mw of power costs $2.21 billion dollars. 5000MW would cost 12billion dollars. Our budget is 20 billion dollars.

Plus, Dangote refinery was built for 10billion dollars. 3 billion came from Dangote himself., the rest came from loans sourced with the help of the GEJ and then Buhari government.

Creamcustard:
@OP
It is shocking how you have downplayed the huge contribution your brother has made to your lives.He is your sibling and not your parent and yet he was paying fees, giving money for business and he even gave a car.You even said he did not deprive himself of anything to make these sacrifices.No wonder he avoids all of you.

You are saying no one is asking for money or anything but your posts are saying otherwise: 1. you have mentioned that people wonder why your brother works in shell and you an engineer in a hospital
2. You have said your elder brother is not moving. 3. He wanted to marry and did not receive any support from your family but got criticism on top of it.

Let's not kid ourselves here, once he let's you all in, the requests will start piling in.

It is extremely off putting and creates strains in relationships.

Maybe your brother cut you all off so he and his nuclear family can progress, i imagine if he kept carrying you all, he would be stuck catering to you forever and depriving his family of the kind of lifestyle appropriate.

The fact that he would rather render assistance to strangers than to you all speaks volumes and reinforces the fact that he must see you all as life draining and toxic to his well being.

Fortunately, relationships cannot be forced. Pour your energy into making yourself rich too and focus on your own family.

johnmba:

All I explained happened some years back.

We don't depend on him for money. We are all hustling our own but he is our brother. I don't call him to ask for money but I should be able to call my own blood brother and talk with him.

johnmba:


He did not deprive himself anything. He works with shell(manager) and helps alot of people in the company. Sometimes people he helped wondered why am working in a hospital for someone that read engineering.

Saipro:

The new MPPT firmware update fixes this issue. The corresponding VictronConnect app hasn't been released though.

funken:
Gurus, I have a Fangpusun 150/70 with a 48v 200ah Ritar AGM battery bank (8 batteries), 9 250w solar panels in 3s3p configuration and I am experiencing it going into float prematurely - hence it does not fully charge the batteries. If I am lucky it charges it up to 53.7v I have read online that this is a problem with the algorithm as it senses the voltage at sun up and uses it to calculate how long absorption time will be.
Absorption voltage currently set to 56v and float is 55.4v.

Is there a workaround that one can adopt? I see they have resolved this in the Victron v1.42 firmware but as we are stuck with the v1.16 what can one do?

cc @earthrealm
@GeorgeD1
@SolnergyPower
@NiyiOmoIyunade
@bigrovar
@ zeestone99
@pranil

olopan:
Thanks for the quick response Mr Chris,
am just being a cheapskate here, trying to bypass getting a generator cabling to the inverter and using the output of both PHCN and GEN after the changeover and in the sequence of Line one for the AC1 Input and Line two as AC 2Input.
Guess its a NO GOOD Area with my diagram.

CC: Chris81964

olopan:
Good day everyone, have got a question pondering on my mind all day long, is this setup possible on Victron Quattro and also .. from the same power source ...
please kindly examine the picture attached.

BetaTechnicians:

Fangpusun is currently changing their designs as seen with their D versions, probably if they'd done so earlier, they may have been invisible.

chris81964:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux0NkvD0AfQ

Olivertwist1985:
You people should try to extend your branches to SOKOTO State.it is hot market for solar energy because no electricity in the state.I have been working with Lumos but the demand is higher than the supply, Lumos can't meet up with the higher demand,so we need more company in the state.

Trippledots:
we are expanding...well done sir.

ojeysky:


Sure it's over 160v



It's an hybrid with mppt 80A



6 250w bought brand new



Not yet


Overall I think I will try the standalone as earlier adviced, my concern though is that I hope that is the actual problem since that will be an extra investment.

ojeysky:
Finally hooked up, could not get a DC breaker with amp low enough and voltage high enough locally but have found an appropriate one via AliExpress (20A/440v) so am running direct for now.
However I have a concern, at around 7:30 I was getting 440w harvest but now that I have turned it on with load, I am getting just a little above 220w and I am wondering why this is so. I thought with load the generation should increase, please what I am not doing right?

ojeysky:


It's right on my roof, is it possible that it's throughout the day that it's not getting enough sunshine because I have not seen anything above 450w since morning. At the time of writing this, I am only receiving 0w

Boyooosa:


Operation Safe Haven: Group reacts to Agundu’s appointment, Atolagbe’s removal as Commander
ON JULY 26, 201812:20 PMIN NEWSBY TONYCOMMENTS




A civil society group, the Plateau Peace and Good Governance Watch, has reacted to the alleged removal of Major General Anthony Atolagbe and appointment of Major General Augustine Chris Chukwudi Agundu as the Commander of Operation Safe Haven by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin.


Army deploys troops to Benue, 5 other states
The group said, in a statement, that Olonisakin had, following the continued attacks in Plateau state that led to death of scores of Nigerians, removed Atolagbe and subsequently replaced him with Major General Agundu as the new Commander.


It said it received with satisfaction the appointment of Agundu, saying the new commander will bring his experience to curtail criminality in Plateau axis.

It therefore commended the decision of the Defence Headquarters in this regard, saying more lives would now better be secure with the expertise of the new commander.

Rev. Ezra Samuel, National Co-ordinator of the group, in the statement, said the removal of Major General Atolagbe and appointment of Agundu was long overdue.

Samuel said, “Contrary to the news making the rounds, Atologbe was removed over his failure to address the recent crisis that resulted in loss of lives in Plateau line with laid down protocols.

“The Plateau Peace and Good Governance Watch urges Nigerians to discountenance any insinuation that Atolagbe was removed for any reason other than his handling of the crisis in Plateau state.

He therefore advised the new Commander of Operation Safe Haven, Major General Augustine Chris Chukwudi Agundu, to avoid the apparent failings of his predecessor in the discharge of his duties.

“He should distance himself from ethnic sympathies that could becloud judgment and taint professional reputation,” the statement added.


I googled it as requested and this is my finds, that:
1, this even took place last year, July 2018 precisely and I still want to know the reason is just coming out now...
2. Till u provide an evidence, I still believe the allegation is false because it was even a civil society group that was justifying his removal
3. I did not read anyehere, the word sack, only I read removal and replacement
4. Lets stop Hate and embrace way forward. PDP and their benefiaroes are losers.
Don't empathise with them unnecessarily, they killed us bad while in power, a typical example of a pdp man was that show of shame that took place in that sexx toy shop story, believe it or move on...

ojeysky:
So I have double checked the manual, @chris81964 is right a startup voltage of 150 is required. I guess that explains the source of my issue. Now to look for funds for 2 panels

Edit: Mppsolar has also confirmed that 6 panels is required minimum