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redgem:
Good evening Sir.... It is not about the money, it is about his work...with what I've read, steel is better than galvanized pipe and it's more expensive.. The amount I'm paying (350k...I've paid 200k and will pay the remaining balance after he is done) which I believe will cover for steel but he decided to use a cheaper material...

I didn't want to go with him initially because of the nonsense door he made for me but I had no other choice cos he is closer to the site..

Please do steel.

This decision help you avoid criminal negligence.

Please how much is wire today? 1.5mm and 2.5mm full coil. Superior Nigerian Cable please.

Price in Abuja

redgem:
Good evening Michlins your advice is needed please...

I already have 2100L tank at the site and intend to buy another 2100L to place on the stand...

So, here is the issue, I totally forgot to give the welder this information, only to remember this evening. To cut the long story short, he said the stand can't carry 2 of 2100L except 2 of 1500L at the top and that it can only carry 2100L in the middle... I asked him why and he said cos he is using 2m galvanized pipe whatever and we've already agreed on price @350... 200k has already been paid so please, what can be done now?

Note: we never discussed about what materials to be used cos I know nothing about it, I just told him that I needed an 18ft tank stand and he sent me the pictures below

Madam, please tread carefully.

Don't put money over life!

In that your Benin it was reported yesterday how an overhead tank like this one you are building crushed and a killed a schoolteacher who happened to be off duty that day and was at home helping her mother

You can buy another tank, you can sell off the stand you just made, life cannot be replaced.

Not saying you want to do anything stupid, just advising that you look beyond the money.

You may wish to discuss with him the cost of either additional fortifications to carry your tanks or dismantling and rebuilding. In legalese they call it "variation of contract." I am sure it will be cheaper than a new build.

michaellek:
Fegeitok, I sent you PM concerning the above.

Thanks in anticipation.

sa

You can reach him on the following number.

But recent enquiries seems to show the guy maybe charging like the rest of the professionals

How may I help you Sir?

Cassie74:
Hi...can I get the contact of where you bought your solar panels in Abuja and and if possible inverter...cheers


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It all depends on the inverter brand you are going for.

Have you decided on a brand?

Horlardorjah:
2 foot is the least I know of sir. 1foot interval is a waste of money

Thanks for this clarification.

I genuinely appreciate your responses.

Horlardorjah:
The spacing for the old asbestos is wider n p.o.p needs its own at short intervals to avoid cracks n sagging due to it's nature(components it's made of)

First of all, thank you for comments.

Is 1-foot intervals OK or do you have a different recommendation?

Thanks again!

Please I need help.

How is POP nogging different from nogging for the now abandoned asbestos ceiling?

Thanks.

dollarnaira:
Not fair to me.
Lagos.

Sorry brother.

Bought them from Lagos though.

Hope you can find someone closer.

dollarnaira:
Location

Abuja

zeestone99:
You would be better off buying just one jinko 550w panel. Trust me

This vendor is right.

I have 475 and 545 watt panels.

I put them on separate controllers and have been monitoring them.

Even when they are facing the same orientation, the 545 watts generates more.

Infact, I want to sell my 475 and replace everything with 545 watts and or 560 watts if I can find the later.

I wanted to post this earlier, but I better do it now.

Buy the biggest and baddest solar panels you can afford. Don't scrimp on this please.

This is from practical field observations

gadgetplanetng:
Sorry I didn't get back I was able to return it to the Schneider store (First Option).

Now they are telling me it's board damage and it is not covered by warranty.

Is this true for the Schneider Homaya? Because this happened barely one month after purchase and while I've been going back and forth with them, 2 people with inverters (TBB and Soccer Power) have had their inverters repaired under warranty without all this stress.

I honestly regret ever buying that inverter

Sorry brother.

What is the main issue with the device?

How much are they quoting for board replacement?

Currently doing a dry run.

How far does my battery discharge overnight?

Given that I have now disabled PHCN charging.

Can my solar panels recharge the batteries to float? If yes, in how many hours?

I am planning to transition the majority of my load (except AC, microwave, iron) to my alternative power supply by July 31, 2023.

mctfopt:
Bought around 200m at ₦2500/m in April and I was pissed off that it was expensive. Just 3 months down the line we rocking almost ₦3000 na wa.

Me too.

In February was expecting it would be under a 1000. In July shocked it is going to 3,000.

Next plan of action is to arrange to buy a whole roll since I still plan to upgrade my system lest it would cost 5,000 then.

Valto:
current price: 10mm 2 core =2800 to 3000 per meter

God bless you they sold it to me just now for N2,800.00

Please how much is 10mm cable now?

Abuja prices please. Lagos prices would be for comparison only.

Bought 20 meters of 10mm in February 2023 at 1,900.00 per meter.

Wondering the cost implications of an upgrade today would be as I need to install my newly acquired panels.

Thanks in advance.

jonescosmos:
Yeah, 2 Fans, 1 Smart Switch with 2 Outputs. Making 3 Items.

Got the Fan from here: https:///ojo/manufacturing-equipments/extractor-fan-with-shutter-12-inches-fe3Hf1l6mDIMc9BF33xe6Gzx.html

Got the Smart Switch from here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QRM8GSM

Fan was 30K
Switch was around 25k (Total cost)

Finally got this fan from the same vendor at 37k today

olopan:
Good day everyone,

I want to share with you the updated version of our offgrid energy calculator

"It is a DIY Off-grid Energy calculator which you can use to determine your energy requirements, solar panel size, Inverter size and Battery size too".

This is the Version 2.0, which is built based on feedback from previous release and it is improved with more additional appliances.

I will like to recommend it to those just starting there Solar journey and pro users alike to use it.

Attached in my bio is the link to the website where you can make use of the web application and also a short video showing how to use it in follow up thread.

Antibot keeps banning me with the links attached.

Sorry brother, this is why I upgraded to posting links in picture format as attachments. You should too.

The process of summoning the gods to undo the mistakes of the bot is too strenuous.

Thanks

obitobe:
using this link https://footprinthero.com/solar-panel-series-and-parallel-calculator to do the calculation

There is another issue to address.

I recently bought Jinko 545 watts panels.

The datasheet states those values for two states STC (Standard Test Conditions) and NOCT (Normal Operating Cell Temperature) which of those values should he use?

There is another reason why listing public prices makes sense.

If are selling a mass product and you want to achieve economies of scale, how many phone calls can you answer in a minute? An hour? A day? A week? A month? A Year.

How much does it cost to set up and scale the infrastructure for answering calls from potential customers?

How much does it cost to set up the online infrastructure to address that issue?

One of my Ikeja computer village based phone sellers upgraded.

1. He has a Google docs with all his items and his pricing (so he can spend his time on better things than answering how much does this phone or that phone cost)?

2. When you call, you are not wasting his time to find out how much. You are telling you you have paid and you want it shipped to so so and so location.

There is something about how business is done in the West that we don't emphasize here, that to be truly successful, a business needs to scale and secondly, that your market is not just your country but the world.

And save for extremely customized goods, as a general rule, prices are public.

Some organizations even create a configurator. You can configure vehicles to your taste with all the options available from some vehicle manufacturers website and know without even interacting with someone, how much those customizations will cost.

But having once done business as a reseller of software, I understand the thinking behind not putting prices publicly, I once did and a friend said not to, that my competitors will use it against me.

So the vendor has to decide between competing interests, that seems to be the main reason why most Nigerian vendors do not list prices publicly.

If your prices are public and your bank account information is public, and you have a reputation, you can be waking up to alerts without doing any additional work (even answering calls) except the work you did one when you put up the information.

It is the concept of doing it once, and extracting value as many times as possible. I think the 1-to-1 relationship of a call that results in a deal cannot be scaled as much as the 1- to-many relationship of setting up the online infrastructure to provide pricing to potential customers that keeps on paying.

By not listing pricing vendors miss on impulse buying which is leaving a lot of money on the table.

I respect the right of a vendor not to list his price by the way.

I spent some good cash on Amazon Prime Day 2023 shopping because those publicly displayed prices.

I am planning something similar for Black Friday 2023.

I did some impulse shopping during Black Friday 2022.

A lot of us buy in haste and repent at leisure, that is a market you do not want to ignore.

Bought my first set of solar panels from someone who posted public pricing here.

I have privately contacted the lithium battery seller to inquire about his pricing though

Had an informal chat with a distributor.

Prices of solar panels will soon be revised upwards.

If you have been delaying the purchase, hasten your steps.

coldcandy:
I am just wondering why one would put the inverter in OFF position.
Is it not supposed to be ON to work?

Disclaimer: I don't use Growatt.

But even if I turn off my inverter, it will power devices if it is connected to AC charging.

Since I am not using the inbuilt solar charge controller, I cannot speak for that one.

One thing I do know is that if AEDC seizes power when the inverter is switched off then every connected device will also power down, but if power is restored, even if the inverter is switched off, the devices will have power restored.

diordaves:
Your POP design should accommodate the recession/grove from conception. You may even screw in the curtain braces/anchor in place before commencement of the pop installation. It is a straight forward process.

Thank you.

The issue that complicates this is that this is a remodel but I guess it is not impossible to make this happen.

Thanks again

Horlardorjah:
Just give a recess of about 200-300mm from the wall to the start of the ceiling for easy installation n your ceiling board need to be thick so as to hold the curtain anchor and not drop later due to the thickness or weight of your curtain.

Thanks for the additional detail and for taking time to share the precautions above

bolu1986:
If you doing pop it’s not that hard

We’ve done it in some of our project without extra charges…

Beautiful.

Your works speaks volumes.

sonnie10:
I saw this little cute gadget on Amazon that one can attach on a curtain rod and it automatically draws the curtain by voice command or from phone.
If you don’t have an exposed rod, you might not be able to adapt it here.

Thanks for sharing.

I have nothing against curtain rods, I just want them out of sight.

So I don't mind using curtain rods, but I don't want them visible.

I also plan to automate the opening and closing of curtains.

Watched a few videos on that.

It is way cheaper to use curtain rods and hide them than buy those curtain track systems.

I want to do what is called recessed curtains.

I don't want to see any curtain rods above my windows.

I also want my curtains to start from the recess in my ceiling to floor.

I have a feeling that they look stately.

Has anyone done something similar here?

What considerations should I bear in mind as I embark on such a project?

jonescosmos:
Nice Question Bro.

This is because the 16KW I had was from JustStandout (A dealer in Lekki, Lagos), and I noticed that once I go Off-Grid the Inverter could not handle load above 12KW, I did everything I could but no avail. I contacted JustStandout, they could not help, they kept upgrading the inverter from one firmware to the other. I contacted Deye Support and they upgraded the Inverter to the Latest Firmware and the problem continued.

I disturbed Deye Support so much until they asked me to open up the inverter and send pictures of the PCBs inside the Inverter.
I did exactly so and I discovered that the power board inside the Inverter is of the 15KW US Version which is the SunSynk 15k-2P and has a UPS Backup load power of 12Kw Max. Which was why I could not go beyond 12Kw while Off-Grid.

The Inverter was sold to me as the 16KW EU Version which has UPS Backup Power of 16KW only to discover that the PCB is US version. It was clear to me that either JustStandout has scammed me or they got scammed by their supplier and they passed it on to me. Because I engaged them after this discovery and they sounded not to have any idea about these technicalities.

After weeks of words battle with them, I decided to place an Express Order from Deye for the 2units of 8KW EU Version which each has a UPS power of 8KW, because I didn't want to fall another victim to the 16KW Scam.

I received them and deployed them as shown in the picture and then I decided to ship out the 16KW to my house in the Village to be deployed later this year. Since I don't base there. At least no yet. hahahaha

As for the CC, I use the inbuilt MPPTs. Although I miss the inbuilt 3x 290A MPPTs of the 16KW because the 8KW has inbuilt 2x 190A MPPTs each. The 16KW starts sucking solar energy as early as 6am as is capable of guzzling everything that looks like energy from the panels, while the 8KW waits till around 9am at times to start picking up solar energy and cannot go beyond it's 190A capacity.

Clear case why I school myself in the technicalities of whatever I am get into.

This is a case study for why the end user should not allow himself to be bamboozled(hoodwinked) by the buzz words of the trade but understand technology at least good enough to know how things should work and be put together even if one has no intention of being the one actually putting it together.

Without such an understanding even his supplier could not help him.

This also explains why some of us go for known brand names.

It also shows that Deye is a good brand.

It also raises the issue of the grey market and what it can do to you. My friend here had to spend twice to achieve his goal. That was funds he could have earmarked for another project being redirected here to solve a problem he assumed he had already solved.

Nothing beats knowing what you want, being an informed client and going all out for it.

Well done brother.

It was a nice read

jonescosmos:
Whole House, Nothing is spared.

4x 45Ltr Water Heaters
4x 1HP Inverter ACs
1x 1.5HP Inverter AC
1x 320Ltr Standing Freezer
2x 450Ltr Inverter Fridges
1x Water Dispenser
4x 65Inches TVs
5x All-in-One Desktop Computers
1x ML10 Gen 9 Server
About a 800w Network Equips and CCTV
10x 30W Flood Lights
16x 26w Energy Saver bulbs
1x 300w Chandelier
1x Microwave Oven
1x Deep Fryer
1x Blender
2 Burner Electric Cooker
3x Laptops
2x 50W Extractor Fans, turned on at Power Room Temperature above 35 Degrees Celsius, turns off once temperature drops to 30 Degrees.
ETC. (Phones Chargers, 4 Rechargeable Wall Fans, Others)

NOTE: All these I have tested real time on a sunny day and I was good.

Grid is available but only turned on automatically by a contactor powered by a Photocell sensor on really cloudy days. So i could say that i am partially OFF-GRID.

All Water Heaters and 4ACs are connected as smart loads and configured to turn off once Battery SOC drops to 50% and no Solar Power.

Money is no object.

No expense spared.

Well done

TechGeek777:
I remember vividly that you were using 16kw Deye hybrid Inverter, what happen that you are now using two units of 8kw?

Also, do you use separate CC to charge these 60kwh batteries or are you using the inbuit CC that came with the inverter?

You asked good questions