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NiyiOmoIyunade:
Now you know what it means to have a good charge controller at work in tandem with a properly mounted and oriented PV array.

Find a blower fan to provide additional cooling to the MorningStar's heatsink - experiment with a normal house standing fan for starters and report back what you see performance wise.

36govs:
hope the picture below , will allow you sleep

duwdu:
The question was for two batteries total, (if you'll check the requester's original post) for a total capacity of 4800 Watts, hence my own more than one references to Both batteries, and 2400 Watts at 50% draw down from both batteries together. No?

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duwdu:
, . . For example, if your TV is rated 50 Watts, then you should aim to run it alone for 200 ÷ 50 = 4 hours, at full blast.

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durumibaka:
[quote author=durumibaka post=6692124 Someone told me that it is possible to intergret solar panel with a ups but i wnt to knw from specialist in this forum weither it is possible and how to go about it...( yes i have a charge controler and a battery)

Linkwire:
What’s wrong with it Don’t tell me nothing without some compelling argument. Give me your best sales pitch

tziz:
Maybe u are using a Watt meter, mine is wat is written on the rear dat I know.

tziz:
Bro, iv please do the calculation for these loads:

These are wat i want to be running during the day alongside charging the batteries with the solar:
42" LED Tv: 110W
GoTv decoder: 15W i guess.
Ceiling Fan: 70W

Thanks

tziz:
Oh, I just checked the Home Theater again, it's even 150W not 115W. @bolded, really? Iv seen many. Mine is the type with tall standing speakers. It's 1000Watts P.M.P.O. I'll check and confirm the others after work today and let u knw.. Tnx

kiekie1:
What a bad experience ! There are so many reasons why battery die prematurely but its so sad to hear batteries turning scrap in less than a month , it shows that a proper load audit wasn't done , substandard material or undersized battery -solar system ! Cheer's

tziz:
42" LED TV = 110W maximum wattage (as written on the rear, without energy saving program).

32" LED TV = 70W (as written on rear).

GoTv decoder.

2 Cieling fans

Two energy saving bulbs.

Playstation 4 Slim system = 80W

Home Theater system = 115W (hardly use).

I'll luv a solar system dat can power the 42" TV, Gotv decoder, 1 cieling fan during the week days and still charge the batteries for peeps at home while I'm at work. Having enough juice for me to relax and play my game after work for at least 3 hrs

tziz:
I know Felicity Solar, they installed the solar system we use in my office, a 5kVa system with 10pcs 200Ah batteries, all the batteries died within 10months.
Well, I'll consider adding a stabilizer, thanks for that. Looking at Solar too. If I giv u a typical daily load, can u giv an estimate of how many panels will be sufficient? For charging only, then charging and simultaneously using it for load

DMerciful:
200A? Na printing press? Most inverter users... What's their average load?

tziz:
Bro, u still dnt get me. What inverter do u use and do u use gen to charge it? If yes, what's the capacity of ur gen?
I dnt hav any issue with the charging current of my Inverter. Plus it doesn't take dt much time to charge it up to full with Nepa wen it's fully discharged(which I hardly do), trust me, I keep serious tabs. My Inverter takes 14hrs+- 25mins to charge my batteries to full wen it's fully depleted. This is not even what I'm talking about, lemme giv u a layman's explanation of wat I'm saying:

I charge fully depleted battery with Nepa for 5hrs = 7hrs usage time till it fully depletes.

Then, I charge fully depleted battery with gen for 5hrs = 3hrs usage time till it fully depletes.

Plus iv never seen a well known, good 12v inverter with upto 50 - 70 Amps charging current. You can show me one, I'd luv to knw. PS: good brands like Sukam, Microtek, Luminous etc
Not all those Samuel L. Jackson inverters o, dat don't have a charging program, as long as der's power, dey'll continue charging ur batteries till dey become pregnant. Lol

tziz:
If u read my writeup well, u'll find out dat I never have issues with my Inverter charging the batteries through Nepa, my issue is charging with gen. I'm not the only one dat has complained, well except for pple using bigger diesel gens. I use a 1.1Kva, 12v Microtek Inverter with two 200Ah AGM batteries in parallel, the inverter itself outputs 15-20Amps of charging current, it's very good wen on Nepa. I also use a 2.9Kva petrol gen to charge it n dats wer my issue Coms in, it seems slower wen charging with gen (gen is very sound and never been worked on), hence, I'm thinking of employing an extra smart charger to help boost up the charging speed while using gen, u get now?

tziz:
OK noted.

My Inverter has very good charging capability by the way. I'm thinking to add solar though.

tziz:
Are u saying the extra energy yield isn't worth the extra buck for mono?

Thanks for the response anyways.

DMerciful:
Battery going out of sync is the biggest challenge to series batteries. I am changing the configuration of a client system to 12v bcoz of this. For me the max system voltage should be 24v..best is 12v.

GeorgeD1:
barezzi,
this is getting quite interesting, isn't it? if 300ah for lead-acid equals 100ah for lithium it then
means we have to ultimately change the way we calculate our power fundamentals, i.e p=iv.
unfortunately i'm yet to see any documentation in support of this. i'd be happy if you could give
any references. at least that would be a good starting point.

tziz:
Ok so im thinking, since its undastood that NEPA mains charge inverter batteries better than Generators (for reasons actually unknown), what then is the solution to this? Why should i be getting more juice out of my battery bank wen i charge with mains for about 3hrs than wen i charge with generator for 5hrs? The plan is to save, right? I dont want to burn money on fuel just to get lil juice in the battery at the end.
Will adding an external Smart Charger to the inverter wenever im using Generator help?

tziz:
Plus, between Monocrystalline and Polycrystalline Solar panels, which is best? The reasons too pls..
Can i hook up solar panels to my existing inverter system and how? NOTE: Inverter is not a hybrid, i only charge through mains.

Deluxe8000:
Please Pls how can i boost a year old new 200ah battery to life again

iziah:
Please I need your help, I bought a 2200watts inverter and a smart charger, when it was time to buy the batteries, based on my budget I could either go for 2 deep cycle 100ah each or 2 calcium batteries 150ah each. I called my installer and he said there is no harm using the calcium batteries. Now after installation, the charger during charging charges up to 25.4v then it stops at that point the percentage is about 64% to 67%, it doesn't go higher than this. Also when I switch to inverter the percentage increases to 100% and remains like that until the inverter start beeping, the voltage drops from 25.4 to 24.4 and then starts running down quickly and my appliances goes off at about 21.1v


I only put on 3 power saving bulbs, 1fan, charge 2 phones, 1 laptop and my 55inch LED TV at a time.

The installer checked it and said the problem is with the connection, that one socket which powers my fridge was still connected to the inverter and he rectified it but I am still having this problem of charging my batteries for more than 5 hours only to have it low afer about 30mins.

Please tell me what I need to do. Thanks.

NiyiOmoIyunade:
Yes it is.

Provided you can afford the initial entry cost or you have access to financing on favorable terms.

There is also that small matter of how many known deep cycle/RE users have gone past the 8-15 year mark because the technology is still relatively young vs lead acid

A lot of the cycle life representations were done under lab test conditions vs. real life.

Temperature and parasitic reactions which reduce capacity with each charge and discharge cycle are also possible issues - for me it is still fingers crossed till I see more live experience from end users - I cannot afford a NGN5Milion plus gamble for the Lithium battery capacity I need.

omachee:
Any issues? I know normally everyone will answer no issues, but if there are make it known let me factor in cost of repair before knowing if it's a good deal.