₦airaland Forum

mcTrinity:
Referring to the pictures, after twisting together the strands in Pic 4, I first use an "A Grade" flame retardant white insulation tape for the first taping (pic 5) I buy this tape at N750 at ShopRite. Then I use an original Scotch tape to do the 2nd and final taping (pic 6). See pic 8 for the tapes

You can't use all this N50 insulation tape and won't expect it to untape (or unwind) as times go on. And during taping, ensure you tension the tape.

The ₦50 tape is no longer ₦50

I like the flame retardant tape you use, ideal for roof mounted installation where the roof will get super hot on sunny days.

Good job here

Meloski:
Please anyone knows access bank $ to naira rate? Thanks.

₦505/$

HeadofNairaland:
Definitely not dirt cheap, but reasonable instead losing several clients and catching just 1 to 10. Pride dey kill business.

Did u know that ColdStone ice cream is now being hawked by bikes in the streets.

The economy is not smiling.

We are on the same page ;Dp

HeadofNairaland:
Definitely not dirt cheap, but reasonable instead losing several clients and catching just 1 to 10. Pride dey kill business.

Did u know that ColdStone ice cream is now being hawked by bikes in the streets.

The economy is not smiling.

We are on the same page

HeadofNairaland:
Most of our installers too charge too too high.
You will add money to batteries, inverters etc con charge high amount again for "installation".Which client will pay...

Installation cost of some installers will buy another inverter or battery qouted.

Dont sound too professional... clients will "japa".

Not disputing that. There are such cases, but I'm actually talking about same professionals who actually knew what they are doing. Of course, you don't expect a professional charges to be dirt cheap

olopan:
happy saying that solar doesn't work with their full chest.

I have seen a fair share of installations that were poorly designed and installed, to know that going cheap isn't really an option when it comes to solar

It's weird when some of the clients can easily afford a better designed system that is a bit costlier but will often opt for that "engineer" that knows very little of what they are doing to do the job simply because their quote is "cheaper".

olopan:
That thing can pain, especially when clients start saying i have a quote of lower price.

These days with the economy not looking so bright, computing quotations & juxtaposing with price is a big task

The guys with the lower quote will most likely win. Even if the job end up being mediocre, the clients are often happy with it.

mank1234:
That's how some people claim ITK everywhere. I saw an approximately 4m setup someone with conscience installed for my boss and I weep.
The offs in the setup:
1) west and east facing panels (16 in all) combined into one CC. The CC is a mediocre type.
2) tiny wires from CC to battery
3) no breaker or protective device between solar and CC
4) no breaker or protective device between CC and battery
5) no SPD
6) wire from battery to a 5KVA inverter 6mm2 wire
7) no breaker or disconnect between inverter and battery
the inverter is the type with huge self consumption.

If someone mistakenly, plug a high power device, the cable from inverter to battery will just melt.

What I don't know is if it's a case of lack of knowledge or greed on the part of the installer. If it's the later, then we have a long way to go in our society. If it's the former, why would someone take up a job he's not qualified to do?

You spend so much money and what you get is a time bomb.

Your boss may not likely pay a professional

But will pay a quack without any qualms

Valto:
there are very few installers that actually know their onions. if u go to Facebook solar groups, u will weep for thier customers and the potential ones. over 90% quack installers!

Funny these peeps get the most jobs

Access bank rate is ₦505/$ even with their meagre $20/month limit. This sucks.

ceaser:
Lest I forgot, I noticed I have gotten away with using more than 20usd on StanbicIBTC card within the past 4 days. The last single purchase I made today was 20.06usd (which is even more than 20usd) after an initial 18 usd cumulative over the past 3 days.

Is anyone aware if Stanbic's is capped at a monthly limit higher than most other popular banks?

I just did $19.32 with GTB @ ₦490/$

DUNNO if I should try more

Leetvilla:
I mean st what rate will I buy dollar from the bank?

I don't think Nigerian banks currently have any dollar to sell to its customers.

If you need dollars, go buy at BDC or black market.

Leetvilla:
At what rate bank go dey put dollar for me?

I don't understand the question.

Leetvilla:
Which one works on AliExpress with a better rate?

My fellow Nairalander, none actually works if you are doing orders bigger than $20 or $50 if you are using a naira denominated account. To make it happen whichever amount you want to order, open a dorm account and get a BDC/black market to fund it.

ceaser:
I was bored and going thru the AE app when I bumped into this "too sweet" deal. . 8k less than other sellers' price and the icing on top is thaf it is DHL delivery!

Has the seller shipped?

Jazzman01:
I need one but I have been skeptical about their performance. Are they really effective? Do they block background noises 100% ? Recommend one for me that has mega bass output.

I'm currently using FiiL T1XS, got some cool noise cancelling. But my Edifier NB2 has a better noise cancelling effect than the FiiL. But I still prefer the FiiL due to fit and aesthetics.

Lixusheng:
barter just 592/$

This their rate is simply ridiculous. Black market rate is even better than this.

saint2ace:
Did @₦492.50 yesterday

Well, that's odd.

GTB @ ₦490/$

JUST the limit of $20/month sucks.

sensisosu:
Good afternoon guys

Please is there any recommendations for Good earthing, Dc surge/spike protector and Dc breaker to protect against lightening and thunderstorm..

Last week thunderstorm/lightening destroyed most of my appliance including stabilizers and inverter despite no electricity from Nepa.

Please help a brother

This thread may give you some ideas

https://www.nairaland.com/2316228/importance-proper-earthing-bonding-system

NiyiOmoIyunade:
I have used both JBD and JK BMS - JBD BMS were originally targeted at medical devices so quite rugged build quality and plenty fail safe features built in.

If you want a pro product with plenty flexibility, ability to talk to inverters via RS485, up to 2A active balancing then choose the JK BMS - if you have multiple BMSs in your battery bank the JK also switches between BMSs far better and smoother than JBD.

I say the JK BMS is a pro product because it does not forgive wiring mistakes and also needs a special procedure to wake up the BMS - once you can handle these two aspects you are set to go forever.

Seplos too is a good BMS with active balancer and comms but very failure prone in real life use (we are told there is a bad batch with defective parts released into the market)

I would rank the Dalys and ANTs of this world behind all these BMSs above - typically these cost more and are more quirky but I have yet to see any reason to choose them over a JK or JBD BMS for example.

I have attached screenshots from my JK BMS (current favorite) and JBD BMS respectively - as you can see they each achieve good results and keep your pack happy - the JK is the better value product of the two in my opinion.

Currently use JK with 2A balance current. Two years and it's still kicking

Used it in both 24v system and 48v. Pretty great BMS

OriOko88:
Omo that we chat get some crazy registration protocols oo. Its telling me to find a user to d app before I could complete the registeration that its d user who wil help me complete my reg.. I just off

If you have good Chinese business partners on Mainland China, they can help verify you. Not that hard.

Opistorincos:
I am trying to buy a 200ah+ tubular battery. which brand is the most rugged?

Amaron Quanta.

haybhi1:
Oh... But how does one fund it?

Buy dollars from BDC or have someone send you dollars to the account.

Opistorincos:
Good evening house. I need a solar setup quote for the following load.

1 laptop
1 standing fan
1 phone
1 powerbank.

I might add extra loads in the future. But, the are all going to be light loads. Thanks in advance.

You will need the following:

1) 1kva inverter

2) At least 2 nos of 250w solar panel

3) A charge controller (if the inverter is not with an inbuilt charge controller)

4) A 12v 100ah battery (lithium or lead acid)

I don't know the cost of the above, but that list above should be able to help.

Cheers.

truthbetold22:
Lithium batteries are not shipped via air. A cbm shipment via ocean freight isn’t more than 100k.

Bro, no offense meant in any way, please can you drop your plug's contact for the CBM shipment? Make I kukuma jump ship from my shipper. I love this your shipper's rate.

Thanks a lot.

jboixxx:
[color=#0000ff]Ha! Wetin GTBank de do within 72hrs! I pray I don't have any need for a refund using Access card o. [/color]

Access Bank of late have regressed so much in the era of refund. Before it used to be under 72 hours. These days you just gotta be very lucky to have it done on time.

jboixxx:
[color=#0000ff]That bank is just kinda backward! 25 business days? That's minimum of 5weeks o [/color]

Total wait period was approximately 45 business days. I almost gave up hope of getting the refund. This was a recent behaviour as refunds are usually gotten under 20 business days.

Chuksteric:
Access bank takes so much time processing refunds

If you chat the customer contact centre they'll tell you to fill an international dispute form and send to them. After that when next you contact the customer care they'll inform you that international refunds takes up to 45 business days. I once had to wait up to 25 business days after filling the forms to get a refund. This was after waiting for 20 business days without seeing the refund. When I have a refund with them these days, I don't wait for 20 business days, I just fill the form and send and start the long wait.

Valto:
note: no:1, my cells are brand new grade A, not used/refurbished/salvaged.
no:2, lifepo4 lithium is not for everyone, u can always step in when u are ready.
no:3, real capacity lifepo4 lithium packs are not cheap, most of the ones in Nigerian market are not up to declared capacity and some are used cells.

Used cells are so much in China market. They just rebadge the cells to look like new.

That's why when chatting with them sellers, my first question is usually "it's this fairly used or never used?" Of course the price they are selling gives you an indication when it's "fairly" used. Some scammy Chinese sellers will still tell you it's new when it's not. But reading reviews helps in that department.

gewise7:
Thanks boss.
Kindly recommend, budget is 60k

Try Xiaomi

You may need to up the budget by 10k to get a 4GB RAM phone.