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NiyiOmoIyunade:
My Oga,

It appears this inverter has become an 'abiku' as they say in our language "f'oni ku, f'ola nde"

For my own case (randomly starts & stops charging) I am just gathering cash for an upgrade

hello niyi,
why not just get yourself a premium inverter and save yourself all this stress.
i personally went through the whole learning curve starting with a locally made inverter,
then a chinese one and then an indian....until i finally got tired of all the wahala and got
a magnum inverter. since then it's been a hassle-free run for me. no worries about high
idle current draw, no worries about spurious trips, no worries about main boards failing
without notice...i seldom have anything to contribute when I hear of felicity and
mustpower issues because they're strange to me. solar shouldn't be this hard, i think.
join the best-in-class team bro, you know you can!

Namzy:
Thanks your CONTACT number?

i got your pm already. please check your mailbox for
my reply. cheers!

Namzy:
Is their anyone selling used 16mm2 cable for cheap? I'm asking for a friend. Thanks

i have some meters of red and black 16mm cables used in my last installation.
if interested you can pm me. but note however that it's not multi-strand and
the insulation has been scrapped in a few places (will require you applying the
usual black electrical insulation tape to make it good)

zeestone99:
For those that wonder y standalone setup are quite expensive dan hybrid, here is jst one of the answers.
Inverter & cc = 400k, hybrid = 280k, The white man is not stupid .

correct!

a jack of all trade is most often a master of none.

hardywaltz,
i think you have answered the question yourself.
if the location will be unoccupied for the better part of the year, then it's better
to install sealed maintenance free batteries.
flooded batteries are not advisable except you plan going to top them up on a
regular basis or sending someone else to do it for you.
there are provisions for auto water fillers in after market purchases but that is
a different kettle of fish altogether.

bigrovar:
I doubt they are many who dispute the efficiency of battery balancer as a proven technology. The debate has always been with snake oil claim of "desulfators".

hehehe! snake oil or crocodile oil, my battery life saver (bls) works great for me.
i wouldn't run my batteries one day without them.
don't know about others though

all,
here's wishing us all a very merry Christmas.
peace and love to all men (and women) of goodwill.
may all our wishes come true as we look forward to
a prosperous new year 2019.

guys, looks like the xmas sales has begun in earnest
please keep it coming!

Namzy:
Abeg when be the burial of this forum. My black agbada don dey starched up

bro,
nobody here is gonna accompany you to any burial but i'm sure the likes of
carolyn19, brightsolar, solardepot, etc will be happy to join agbada with you.

and to all those who just come here to drop adverts, i ask you "how market
these past few days?" "how does it feel like to shout at an empty hall?"

blexxonmak:
@GeorgeD1. I sight u my brother.

blexxonmak, it's been a while. how ur end?

idsolar:
@Brightsolar. pls confirm if this Voltron hybrid inverters are rebranded axpert or at par. nagode

brother, you are asking an advert spammer to provide you answers to questions?
hehehe!!! you're on a long thing oh. when did you ever see this guy post anything
besides coming here to drop ads? besides, are we even sure he's not an ad
robot?

earthrealm, bigrovar,

you guys are very much on point. sometime ago, i spoke vehemently against
these frequent ads clogging the thread. a particular marketer was chief culprit then
and after much heated back and forth exchanges, he was made to back down and
today he's a regular contributor to discussions while still running his adverts on the side
which is a good thing if you ask me.
presently i have identified about two main culprits who only come here to drop off lengthy
ads and make zero contributions. it's as if here is their marketplace and they think they
can just come and dump their wares on us. the only time they post is when they want
to advertise. no contributions to topics, no replies to questions, nothing!
we may have to apply the methods we used to bring that chief marketer to the
discussion table to them also. it's high time they get to know this thread is not their
dumping ground.

anidat77:
Hello Sir,
I sent you a message on WhatsApp.

hello anidat77,
message acknowledged. will be expecting action from your end
as discussed.
cheers!

NiyiOmoIyunade:
I agree

But in one scenario, the Midnite proved so stellar that it was returned to it's box to rest and be sold off in another scenario, I have a brand new MorningStar spare which I am keeping and extremely unwilling to sell just in case the rainy day comes and I need it.

But more seriously though, I wish the MorningStar folks would make an 80a or 100a version, that would be something to see.

lolz niyi.
again, seems you don't get my drift.
i'm a stickler for single systems when it comes to charge controllers.
unlike some folks who mix up fangpusun, epsolar, bluesky, etc in one single setup,
i like to stick to a single product. so, after the comparison test it was a tough choice
for me to make: do i throw out my two tristars along with the meter hub and switch
over to midnite, get whiz bang and other accessories or do i mix them up and take
my chances, see how they can work together? but these controllers don't have a
common communications protocol...but it so happens that i'm already heavily
invested in morningstar so the decision naturally tilted towards keeping the tristar
ccs and selling off the midnite and that's why we're here right now.
i would have done the same thing even if it were a schneider, appollo, victron or
some other charge controller.

Lolz Niyi
it turned out that I'm already heavily invested in morningstar products so it was a hard decision for me to let go the midnite classic for system simplicity. despite its seemingly stellar performance during the test, no point mixing different charge controllers (in my opinion) so it has to go.

sold! sold!! sold!!!

all,
midnite solar classic mppt 150 charge controller for sale.
less than one month used, it's as good as new still in it's original
packaging.

reason for sale: used for comparison test performance with tristar mppt 60
and subsequently uninstalled and repacked with no issues.

fixed price; 200k

as usual this will be on first come, first serve basis.

specs:

•150 operating voltage
•Max current out: 96 amps
•ETL listed to UL1741 and CSA
•Type 1 environmental rating
•Terminals are rated for 75 C
•Exclusive HyperVOC extends VOC limits
•12-72V battery
•Built in DC-GFP and Arc Fault
•Detector
•Solar, wind and hydro MPPT modes

MegaMKO:
Good morning,

I will love to have the guy's contact too.

Thanks

lolz. where did you dig this post from? must be over four years ago i posted this

anyway, events have since overtaken that guy and we now have seasoned vendors on
this thread that can supply whatever solar parts you need. all you need to do is flip one
or two pages back and you will get their contacts.
but if you still insist on the alaba guy, just pm me and i'll do justice.

the zenith batteries are agm so strictly no equalization allowed although I do this on limited basis.

as far as desulphators go, I've been using the bls (battery life saver) for years now and I must say I'm impressed with it's performance. regardless of the seemingly negative sentiments against desulpators on here, I wouldn't be caught out without one. I remember a couple years ago when thunder struck my system and damaged my first bls, the speed with which I rallied to replace it speaks volumes about the high premium I place on it's benefits.

this and other good practices have ensured my zenith batteries have gone over six years now without needing replacement.

yes, short answer

hmm

niyi,
that's correct. tristar mppt-60 maxes out at 60.5amps most.
so i have 3 tristar ccs linked through the meter hub.

after rain, comes shine.

for those peeps here in the south-south, it seems happy times
are finally here after all the weeks of never-ending rainfall

Spy360:
One of our most top gurus, if not number one self.

I greet sir.

thanks bro

odilibe:
No!!!Black ultra will perform poorly on prime focus antennas only.....on offset dish,including long cable run ...inverto black ultra outweighs..the single black ultra performs better than the quad based on reviews!

odilibe,
glad u're here. I was sharing experience based on our past experiment on
prime focus dishes. obviously we never bothered to check out what the results
would have been on offset dishes so I guess u're right.