Like play like play revolution Wan start. The government should be swift else I see this protest degenerating into serious crisis.

When the masses have a common enemy (hunger) to revolt against it is always serious

FreeStuffsNG:
Subsidy removal on petrol has come to stay. We will adjust with time and back to our winning ways as a nation.
God bless Nigeria for ever! Check my signature for free stuffs!

Same subsidy removal he vehemently protested against? Nigerians are too docile. It's morally wrong for him to remove same subsidy he claimed doesn't exist back then. He should first apologize to Nigerians.

Acekidc4:
Problems like this is Suppose to make the Citizens become Innovative and Creative in finding alternative Workable Solutions. This is a good time for we Nigerians to be Creative instead of waiting for government everytime. How many can government do for Us?? We can do a lot of things for ourselves by ourselves. Don't wait for government wey no send una Papa.

We should do alot ourself, what then is the function of the government, what's the use of the free natural resources? It's only in Nigeria people use their money to buy cables for electricity, buy transformers, pay for repairs of the transformers, pay to acquire meters and still pay for the energy.
Go to the police station to report an incidence, you get billed. What exactly is the use of the multiple taxation. To enrich themselves?

Simply because you and your kinds are getting paid does not mean you should be totally shameless. Your likes is the reason why Nigeria will never progress. Call a spade a spade.

We should endure pains while they enjoy luxurious lifestyle. Okay o, continue we will all voice out at some point.

I'm begining to believe that some likes are being bought or the users have multiple accounts to achieve it. If not who in his or her right sense like those first two comments up there.

temi4fash:


Oh.. How do we make it stay full charged after remove the Power source?

Connect a smart charge that will maintain a float voltage. It's not as if it would drain completely if you don't keep it connected. You should only worry if you won't use the battery daily.

temi4fash:
Hello Sirs,

I was not in the house for some days, i noticed my inverter charged my batteries up to 28.6V when still connected to NEPA.

Immediately i put it on load it dropped to 26.5 and rapidly up to 25.9V and stabilises there and do not drop rapidly again.

What can be the problem?

Nothing is wrong with your batteries it's absolutely okay.

dejidotun2000:
A resistive load doesn't draw more current than an inductive load of the same rating, it's the other way round.
A resistive load of 2300W connected to a 230V AC source will draw 10A, an inductive load of same 2300W and power factor of 0.5 will draw a current that is twice what the resistive load draws.

Me I am now confused. OK this is my situation. I have a freezer that draws 0.78amps and a heater that draws 0.77amps both at 230v

My battery remains at 12.5v when it's just the freezer that is turned on but it drops to 12.3v when I put in the heater alone.

. Another scenario is that when I put on the freezer with other appliances that are not resistive that draw a sum of 2.3amps at 230v my batteries remains around 12. 4 to 12.3v but when I turn on just a small oven that draws about 2.45amps at 230v the batteries rapidly drops to 12.1v

mctfopt:


Sure. The amount of current drawn by a load is determined by its resistance and the voltage applied to it. According to Ohm's law, current is equal to voltage divided by resistance. So, for a given voltage, a load with a higher resistance will draw more current.

A resistive load is a load that simply converts electrical energy into heat. The resistance of a resistive load is constant, so the current drawn by a resistive load will be directly proportional to the voltage applied to it.

An inductive load is a load that contains an inductor. An inductor is a coil of wire that stores energy in the form of a magnetic field. When current flows through an inductor, the magnetic field builds up. When the current stops flowing, the magnetic field collapses, creating a voltage that opposes the current flow. This voltage is called back EMF.

The back EMF in an inductor delays the current flow, so the current in an inductive load is not in phase with the voltage. This is why inductive loads have a lower power factor than resistive loads.

The power factor of a load is a measure of how efficiently the load converts electrical energy into useful work. A power factor of 1 means that all of the electrical energy is converted into useful work. A power factor of less than 1 means that some of the electrical energy is lost as heat.

Because of the back EMF, an inductive load has a lower power factor than a resistive load. This means that for a given voltage, an inductive load will draw leas current than a resistive load of the same power rating.

Thanks alot

Can someone please explain why a resistive load draw more amps than inductive load of same power rating.

Hello house, can lead acid battery users share their battery's discharge character on different load
Eg 12.6v on 20watts load
12.5v on 100watts load
12.4 on 150watts load
25.2v on 30watts load etc

Please these behaviors should be based on 100% SOC. Please state the battery AMPS etc

SangoOlukosoOba:
The truth must be said! Asiwaju has outperformed beyond imaginations.

God bless His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR)

……the labour of our hero’s past, shall never be in vain…..

Out performed? Hmm

Biodun556:


Naira is not devalued

Dollar was scarce because Buhari fix the exchange rate

What sort of thing are u saying. It was scarce because we are not earning enough. It's simply because of balance of payments deficit.

So when the rate floats dollar supply will improve right?

imbless:
Many people in this forum is unintelligent and daft, y'all think you can buy dollar over the counter inside banks ? SMH!!
1. Naira has been devalued
2. Dollar is scarce because Nigeria is still importing more, and common sense should tell you that if a commodity is scare, and there's high demand for that commodity, the price will skyrocket,
3. Nigeria depends on nothing more than crude oil to bring in FX, our Reserves has depleted because mismanagement from previous government.

Now tell me how naira will appreciate?
Nigerians na who do una this thing?
Even some people you think is intelligent is daft!!
SMH!!

Sincerely I keep wondering how people believe it's an achievement to devalue the currency, remove subsidies etc

I'm quite surprised at the way people are trying to make devaluing your currency an achievement. For goodness sake Nigerians are really gullible people.

Praising the president for losing about 50% of the value of our currency in 2weeks. Your savings in naira just lost about half its value and you consider this wonderful.

The only thing that impresses me about this is how he is doing all these with little resistance from the masses.

Fuel sells around 500 to 600 yet we are praising him. He really has a great influence over the people or should I just say people are deliberately foolish.

Once again there is no such thing as market forces without influence. For those of you thinking competition will force prices down, you have no idea how business works. The whales will only try to eliminate the smaller fishes before going into beast mode. The whales will simply form a price rings. Take OPEC for example an association of competitors whose aim is to increase the price

Some strong economies of the world do not allow their currencies to float because of the exploitative nature of capitalism. Forget all these nonsense about these floating of the currency, it's just a condition that needs to be met to obtain further loans.

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying these moves are right or wrong, I'm just saying none of these policies are beneficial to the poor anytime soon.

Brace up for some serious inflation

bbeckky:
Good morning house. Pls how good is star plus tubular battery

How would anyone know. It's a new product buy and try. Well I currently use them and I'm hoping to get the best out of them.

There isn't any information abt the charging profile on the battery or the carton, no C ratings either. Though it is 220ah @ C/20. It Comes with 18months warranty.

You can go through their website

How do solar users survive this season of rains

gabbytabby:
A 1000naira?. You choose to be pessimistic but we know and trust that dangote is a patriotic Nigerian and has demonstrated this consistently but you Ajaero we know are in cohort with those hoping to destabilise Nigeria because they did not win an election.

25kg cement in the UK is £7.49 so we know we are not being robbed.

We believe that PMS will come down to 400 to 500 due to transportation differential.

Please we are being robbed. Almost anyone can make that money working for ONE hour. How many people make 5000 naira in an hour in Nigeria?

Stop all these biased comparison.

kazyhm:


Price of crude is different from price of petroleum products......
OPEC regulate crude production not the price of petroleum products........... don't be arrogant in ignorance.

Let him continue to wallow in his ignorance. OPEC DOES NOT regulate any price. They only try to influence. There are so many players in the energy market that don't belong to OPEC.

If you think subsidy removal will make Nigeria better then you are on your own.

The real questions should be how did the cost of subsidizing petrol for almost 16years of pdp suddenly become something we pay yearly to keep subsidies on.

Nobody should be quoting international prices of energy without comparing the general cost of living, earnings and standard of living.

Let them subsidize Nigerians abeg, let them arrest and prosecute those behind the subsidy scam. Why would over 200million people pay the price for the crimes of less than 50,000 people.

If Nigeria is so broke then let them start with themselves, why will less than 1million people get to enjoy about 25% of the statutory allocations legally and still have access to steal up to 50%.

No stupid increase in wage too. Are you all not tired of this persistent rate of inflation. If you think the government of Nigeria would give you a minimum wage that will buy a bag of rice you are on your own. The moment they increase the minimum wage the cost of every commodity will react to counter the benefits. Why do you think despite the increase in wage people are still poor all over the world. That's because it's the SYSTEM.

Capital punishment should be meted out to public officers who are found guilty of corruption.

Why do ignorant people think competition would drive prices of petrol down and make it cheaper. Haven't you heard of price rings? How much is a litre of LPG, Diesel, kerosene? E Don come down? Why is competition not driving the prices down.

It is the duty of government to regulate prices, there is no market that cannot be manipulated forget all these demand and supply theory, there is a reason why there are abnormal demand and supply curves. All they need do is create a disruption In The normal flow of things and blame it on an event.


How many times will they remove the so called subsidy self. Don't be surprised that after some months or years you will begin to hear subsidies again.

zeestone99:


It's better to buy from a reputable dealer than going himself. They would still find a way to dupe him. Original tier1solar panels is not what you stock in the everyday market.

I agree with u

bbeckky:
Thanks bro, please do you have an idea where I can get them and the name/brand I can get. My location is Alimosho, Lagos

Boss enter bus go oshodi. Buy them yourself but beware of the panels o. Those people won't make heaven. Very few people there are trustworthy.

mank1234:

Theoretically, both - to cover 3 days of no sun.
Pragmatically, your battery should be enough to sustain your night time use (2 night use - oversized) . Your solar panel should be able to generate enough to cover your day use and also be able to refill the battery.

Thanks

adrusa:


Both if money is not a problem.

Solar panels if there is heavy use during the day.

batteries if you have significant hours of NEPA daily.

Just a freezer will run during the day

earthrealm:


It depends on certain scenarios

1. Battery if your bank is lithium, as it doesnt mind not being charged fully daily.

2. Solar panel if your battery is leadacid, as it likes being fully charged daily and suffers irreversible damage if routinely left uncharged for extended periods.

3. Solarpanel if you have oversized day time loads, this works best with lithium battery

OK thanks

Which would you oversize, battery bank or PV array?

Please share your reason.

zeestone99:


Yes I have some inverters doing 4yrs non stop. Except for some battery low moment or when nobody's home

OK thanks

durodee:

Nothing lasts forever. Normal wear of the parts in motion is my thought. However,I have used inverter for 2-3 years straight atimes . Usually I plan towards @5years of use. After that, I am ok with anything that happens.
I always look at it this way: how long can I expect to use a petrol generator 24/7 before changing the engine As long as the inverter lasts longer, I am ok

2 to 3 years without ever turning it off

Justice629:


Inverters can't be exempted from the effects of time. My growatt spf 5000es is 1year 6months today without any issue from constant 24/7 use and periodic abuse of OL

OH OK thanks so it's okay to run the 24/7

zeestone99:


They can last many years although some components can get bad due to shortcircuit , over current or over voltage. Replace them and you will be fine.

Thanks alot

Can inverters be run 24/7 without shortening it's life span. Please note I'm not talking about the batteries but the inverter itself.

dollarnaira:


Well am really surprised.
What is the name of the inverter?

It's all these Chinese brands. I don't have its pack again and there's no name on it just RHOS plus the power ratings and other specs

dollarnaira:


Difference is large though.
Is your tv smart?

Nope

dollarnaira:

Msw pass msw.
Can you state the appliances used?

When I noticed it I had a TV, and 4 lights on. On the PSW, the load was pulling abt 0.4 amps while on MSW same load was pulling about 0.92 amps