makavele:


It is almost the same thing, almoooost . . .

I can confirm that in battery priority, the inverter will continue working with batteries even in the presence of grid power (mains or gen)
hence, inverter will not charge batteries. It will totally ignore the grid presence until the batteries are getting low;
if DOD is calculated well, the batteries will not reach 11.5 (for a 12V) before sun wakes up the next day.

Meanwhile on the felicity, the inverter will acknowledge the presence of grid and bypass your loads to grid, but will not charge the battery

So they are both the same thing; just that the felicity offers a more direct approach; while the must offers a cunning approach,

Peace !!

cc: kiekie1

Hi Makavele
I think you have painted two different scenarios
One inverter is discharging the battery even when there is grid/gen power while the other one is NOT DISCHARGING the battery when there is grid/gen power.
Don’t see how that is “almooost” the same thing abi?

makavele:


Full sun and clear skies?
It's been raining back to back here for days;
and when it's not raining, its cloudy, dark and hazy
and i have been burning diesel like no man's business
3kw producing just 500w at end of day

Are you in Lagos? that has been the situation in the past 2 weeks. if not that PHCN has decided to be loyal to augment the shortfall.....
The spike in maximum watts was actually observed just about midday when it stopped raining and the sun came out blasting in full force briefly.
That would tally with one of the variable deduced by oga Saipro

Saipro:

In cold weather, yes.
In cloud edge glare, yes.
When panels are underrated (to oust the competition), yes.
When charge controllers overstate their performance or data, yes.

Could these variables be stacked? Yes.

Thanks for the explanations.
Just wondering why manufacturers of charge controllers would want to overstate data. That’s suicidal and they can easily be rattled out
Samsung comes to mind.......

Is it possible to generate maximum watts more than on the rated nameplate of a solar panel?
I have 6 330w Canadian solar panels which is about 1980W combined. I’m surprised to see PVmax output for today as 2029W
Screenshot.....

Unfortunately this is the gospel truth.
Those in the know are already mounting solar panels on their roof top

Barezzi:
My guy, even at gun point, I can never use an outback flexmax cc I fear I've been scarred from that nasty experience.

Lol. To each and their own
Their was a white paper Morningstar put out some years ago comparing their charge controller to the outbacks flexmax.
http://support.morningstarcorp.com/search/?document_section=&search_product=96

Outback didn't even bother to counteract the comparisons . Its like coca cola giving you 20 reasons why you shouldn't drink Pepsi and pepsi quietly retrieved backwards with their tail between their legs.
As it has been rightly said, just go for products with good reviews, affordability and customer satisfaction. comparing a Lamborghini to a Toyota wouldn't cut it as long as both take you to your destination while delivering a satisfactory experience .

makavele:
The eagle has landed . .

#Courtesy OnePunchMan amazon shipping & delivery

Nice one

Time to order for the battery balancer. The usefulness and need to have one connected to a battery bank have been overflooged just in the last two pages alone

OnePunchMan:
we handle the purchase of your solar installation accessories from the USA at 310 naira per US dollar and have them in Lagos in 10 days.. contact me via my number in my profile..

Confirmed shipper
and yes the items in the picture are mine which I ordered through him, you can also get good bargain on the Naira if you are placing bulk order
dear all, Christmas came early and my solar panels went live late yesterday evening and already pumping some juice early this morning before i left home. about 2000w (1980w to be precise) 6 nos 330w Canadian solar panels to manage for now ( If someone else reported using less Kw and powering his entire appliances, why can't I )
Thanks to zeestone99 and crew for a wonderful job well done

bigrovar, I'm coming for you next. i think i have some pi3 lying around. solar monitoring mode to be activated next
Cheers

Have you tried connecting them to a PC and type in “ipconfig”in the command prompt ?
Look for the gateway address or something like that

NiyiOmoIyunade:
MY SUPER WONDERFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE WITH MORNINGSTAR CORPORATION

I have two MorningStar 60a MPPT CCs which regulate the DC electricity that runs my entire house - the older of the two CCs intermittently throws a fault <DIP SWITCH CHANGED> due to some software error apparently but otherwise functions well and enters absorb and float normally.

Two years after I purchased this CC from an Amazon seller, I raised a support ticket with MorningStar Corp directly about the error I regularly saw logged on the CC - we worked through troubleshooting steps together and without any push or threat or force on my part, MorningStar already sent me a brand new MorningStar MPPT 60a as replacement CC entirely free of charge - bear in mind I did not purchase the CC directly from them o! They did not ask me for proof of purchase, they did not imply that I had somehow caused the fault, they simply determined that there was an issue with a product under their global 5 year warrantly and immediately shipped a replacement out to me once I provided them the serial number of the product for their records

I was so humbled and grateful I told them to ship to my US address so that they would not have to bear the costs to ship to Nigeria - they were actually willing to ship it to me here.

This sets the standard for what a customer should expect from sellers and manufacturers when he buys from them and that way the customer can buy with confidence. MorningStar have made a customer for life with me.

See below juicy titbits from my engagement with MorningStar support.

This is a wonderful news to hear.
I purchased a morningstar tristar mppt 60A via amazon too last week. It should be arriving Nigeria this weekend or early nextweek. Im glad to hear that they have a global/worldwide customer service experience. item was pricey but then again, i had to stomach the premium cost for the CC as against the chinese cheaper ones to avoid "had i known stories"

chidi
still enjoying the Benq HT3050 I bought last year
You really want to leave?

Thanks Niyi once again for always putting out well detailed explanations to problems

Im not usually at home but i have family members that are. left to them they dont mind draining the batteries to 0v .
felicity inverters according to their manual have low battery alarm at 42v ( for a 48v system). This is very very poor
I just need a device (cheapest i can get) that will triger a continous alarm at a preset voltage value of 48.8v (50% DOD)
If you know of any other cheap device that can do this task, I'm all ears.
NB im not a techie guy when it comes to electricals so i cant rig or hold a screwdriver close to any electrical devices even if my life depend on it

Barezzi:
Thank me later Victron Battery Monitor

Thanks Barezzi for this.

Good morning House
I recently aquired 4 sets of Monbat Batteries with a new Felicity 5KVa 48v inverter. Will likely go Solar in the next couple of months.
In order to maitain a 50% DOD regularly on the batteries, is their any battery monitor i can attach that would triger and alarm/shutdown when the batteries discharges to a certain value?
Recently saw this on aliexpress, dont know how useful it will help out towards what i intend to achieve.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/High-quality-Display-DP50V5A-Constant-Voltage-current-Step-down-Programmable-DC-Power-module-buck-converter-voltmeter/32656651549.html?spm=a2g0s.13010208.99999999.262.ZlXUgO

If you have followed the comic books you would have known that they were all bound to die in the hands of thanos
Watch out for captain marvel as someone rightfully pointed out. At the end of the credit scene Nick fury was actually paging someone thought to be captain marvel before he disappeared himself just as as the others did

Captain Marvel in theaters March 2019 and Avengers Infinity War 2 May 2019

Thanks for a nice job on my Highlander
More power to your elbow

zeestone99:
Price list loading

Interested in the price list. I hope to go solar by the end of the year. Even if it requires buying the materials little by little

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Their service have been great so far. Though they have their ups and down, I will easily rate them 8 out of 10
Their internet is truly unlimited. I stream all I want and download games on my Xbox one s with no shakes

NiyiOmoIyunade:
Yes you are correct Sir.

Quanta has not dissappointed me so far with their on the field performance.

They are an all round solid battery brand of choice.

I'm on the verge of ordering for Monbat batteries any experience with this brand? heard they are EU standard as against india/chinko brands

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NiyiOmoIyunade:
In general the charge controllers embedded in the low budget (think 300k and below) hybrid inverters are not as efficient and effective as dedicated charge controllers. You will usually get more juice from your PV panels with a quality dedicated charge controller.

If you are budget constrained then you can do a hybrid inverter for starters and later upgrade to a dedicated charge controller when you have more funds. This way you also get some redundancy in case any part of your system collapses

I see you mentioned Mercury? You may be better off with the Axpert (Zinox and Gennex) ecosystem of which you can also get plenty of free support on this forum.

If hard pressed post the stats of both Mercury and Axpert options you are considerind and the house will respond with advice and hands on experience.

Thanks for this advice

jarkbauer:


what are you options.

I’m eyeing the Mercury 3kva 24v hybrid solar inverter
I haven’t made up my mind yet on the brand to go with for the normal inverter