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Mystiq25:
Those of you that used DHL as shipping method, how do you cope with the exorbitant shipping fees? Most times the shipping fee is greater than the price of the item, do you negotiate or what?

We usually buy many and sort of do a lil maths. We add the total shipping cost and cost of item and divide it with the quantity of item bought and see if it makes sense. Other times we just pay without this maths especially for items we can't source locally as the item is just not in Nigeria. If item is in Nigeria why not buy local and save some money if sourcing outside is costlier?

ojeysky:
Yes indeed are you using the 300A shunt version? and does it look and feel like it could carry that much current?

I actually bought the 100A version. It sure can handle that. My load never even goes to 30% of that capacity. That is why I never bothered with the higher shunt capacity. Bought in Alibaba though. Shared AE link as it is easier.

ojeysky:
This is cool, a good alternative to BMV and it's variants and it seem to have 300A shunt, if that is for real at that price, It's a good deal!

Very low budget BMV

ubiplanet:
Please where can I get it?

Click on the red letter on the post you quoted, it'll take you to the website of AliExpress where they sell it. Or go to Jumia and search for "DC Battery Monitor Meter 0-200V Volt"

odimbannamdi:
Thanks for the response. This one go over-serve gaaan...lol

How do you connect it to your system? I tried watching some videos on Youtube, but e hard me to understand. Is there a minimum requirement one's system should meet before being able to use this particular spec?

Meanwhile, what is the actual name of the device? Where did you get yours? How much is it? Can you drop us a link?

Sorry about my many questions. I want to be able to spot the vitals of my system closely, so that if there is any issue, we will know where to begin tracing from.

Thanks

It'll come with connection diagram. It's quite simple. Just follow the instruction and you are good to go.

odimbannamdi:
Wow! So there is actually a device that can measure all 3 vitals!?

I just checked on Youtube now and it does exists! Make i go find am.

Baba, what requirement would they need of my system to design one for me? My system will be a 12volt system (1 12v battery and a 12v inverter).

This is the device that I use which may serve your purpose.

BabaKc:
Hello guys, what do I do when a seller keep extending my buyer protection without my permission?

This order is more tha 130 days on transit now. I checked Just 2 days to open dispute, only to receive a mail that the seller has extended purchase protection by 35 days again.

You can open dispute, item has been in transit for more than 90 days

xtremer:
I have been phoneless since last year Aug. Thanks to AE
I ordered Xiaomi Mi8 + Casing + Screen Protector; only casing + protector got to me.
January this year I ordered Redmi Note 8 Pro for a friend,the phone arrived February.
With hopes I have ordered Iphone + Guard for myself, Today will make it 3months in transit I have recieved Phone Guard, if this one goes south.
It will be my last phone transact with AE

Use DHL or FedEx

You may be subject to custom duty

ojesymsym:
This type of battery connection always confuses me when I see it. Each battery has 6 terminals, how does that work?
Do you have a drawing for it?

Don't be confused, each side (made up of three terminals) is either positive or negative. But this is a massive capacity so only one terminal won't be enough to handle the current that can be drawn from it.

Notice how someone used a long bar on first battery to join the battery terminal. On second attached picture you can see that is a 48v system if you follow the connection, just assume each three cables coming from each battery is one to further simplify it.

isgombe:
Hi.
I was chatting with a AliExpress live agent and making inquiry about my order that took 100+days. She says that the order took long time and ask if I want to open dispute.............. the app just freeze i dont know whether its a network or is from my phone. When the app resumes working i realized that the cc agent opened dispute on my behalf and BP remains 4days.

Should i cancel and open when BP is exhausted?

jboi.Bleep
thor.meydey
mctf.opt

Just let it roll.

odimbannamdi:
Lol...my reasoning shock me sef....lol...we will get there. Na just time. Thanks bro

Just start, once you do the only way you go is up

GeorgeD1:
you're right bro, but i didn't get mine from him. i guess other guys (probably not on this forum) saw the great bargain
and quickly grabbed them. by the time i made contact, they were long gone.

so, yes. those batteries are actually industrial type off-grid lead acid batteries (if you check the specs i posted earlier on).
they are the type you find at telecoms base stations, bank ups rooms, remote sites for weather monitoring equipment, etc
given their size and weight, they are an "install and forget" kind of investment. nobody expects to be changing out such
massive size of batteries every two, three or five years. it's really back-breaking work aside the financial outflow.
how they suddenly became available to the public as "project left over" is still a puzzle i'm yet to resolve...

Especially base stations and switch. It's truly "install and forget". Congratulations, you probably won't be buying battery for the next decade or more.

Valentinooo:
They actually sent notice on the 10th. But $100 is too small sha

Missed this email. Cool, had to combine cards to continue. This Forex scarcity will soon stop all naira dominated card from ever shopping outside of the country.

Emily22:
I tracked one of my items now only for me to see ARRIVED AT DESTINATION COUNTRY

Country - NIGER

Chinko dey craze o, how Niger and Nigeria take relate.....I go dash am the money sha cuz na just 3.45 dollars....i no fit dey file complain up and down for that....

Open dispute. Delivered to wrong country. Don't allow their mistake make you lose money. Take a screenshot of your order showing your country as Nigeria. You definitely stand a good chance of winning.

Qsand:
If Zenith bank monthly cap is $100 how then will somebody order a phone of $130

Ask seller to split the payment. They can adjust the payment and make it two, get another card to pay up the balance. Zenith now has a $100 limit for their naira debit card from my experience with them.

osadolor153:
Heard one of my friend saying he gets $1000 coupon for$100 refused to show me how, who got an idea how e does it

Erhmmm...that friendship get as e be

ceaser:
Zenith bah? I doubt it. There's a 107 USD item I've been struggling to pay for for the past 5 days using both Zenith and GT cards without success. I guess they've both pegged their limits to 100 USD.

I think it's now $100, did an $85.11 transaction and tried to do a further $20.95 order and got the reply that I have exceeded my card limit. They did the reduction without any notice.

earthrealm:
24 x 130k is 3.1m for a 48v 2000ah bank.
Incountry price of 48v 600ah lifepo4 bank is Abt 3m.
40 x 12v 200ah quanta = 48v 2000ah is abt 6m
I would take a 48v 2000ah lead acid bank over 48v 600ah lithuims.

Wish the batts came in 6v 2000ah, would be a lot easier and affordable for a 48v bank owner.
I wonder the price of 2v 1000ah

Abi? All you'll need is close eye and buy 8 of it.

IYGEAL:
Are there Inverters that work work this or it has to be accumulated to at least 12v?

The lowest battery system for most inverter is 12v, meaning you'll need at least 6 of this battery (6*2=12) to make this happen.

odimbannamdi:
I went through the link. The marketer was selling 6 pieces of the battery for 130k. If you factor in inflation and other things, it should now be about 200k. It is quite affordable...abi am i not getting something right?

If it's 6 for 130k, I'll be using it

Glad others have answered this question.

mcTrinity:
World class execution.... We always make it Safe, Neat, Efficient, Flexible, and Professional

Solar Energy remains the future!

Sun remains the answer!!!

Execution = A+

Good job here

GeorgeD1:
so, goodbye zenith (it was good while it lasted) and welcome sonnenschein!

I see these batteries in industrial application, it is great to see someone use it in a domestic setting. Good job here. These batteries have the right to cost an arm and a leg plus two eyes

A popular marketer was marketing this product last year

https://www.nairaland.com/390522/solar-energy-complement-fta/602#83420592

johnnyholtby:
Hello please my BP expired last week and I've already opened a dispute because I haven't received my order. I did chat with the seller and he said AliExpress is processing the refund. I've attached a screenshot of the reply I got from AliExpress. Please can someone put me through on what to do. I really don't want to lose this dispute. Tracking has been at "dispatched to oversees for months" but I still haven't received the package. I checked with my PO still nothing.

When next your BP expires, wait for five days before opening dispute as AE automatically returns an invalid judgement should you open it immediately the BP expires. But all hope is not lost yet, wait for the second judgement, which going by your screenshot is in three days to see if the judgement will be valid ( it will be valid if truly your tracking have shown that goods have not arrived here, but if it showed it had arrived here, then you've lost the dispute and the seller will be paid). Just wait patiently until the third day to know your fate.

FYI, I got a call to come and pick a package from PO (as it stands I've gotten all my packages and the ones I didn't get have been refunded). That means this package has already gone through dispute and refunded. I'm even yet to go to the PO. Have no idea when the said package was ordered. Won't be surprised if it's Feb

clericuzzio:
Who can enlighten me on the AE bonus and how I can benefit from it.

Blessings to you all

Just AE trying to be more popular, the stress is not even worth the pay as most sellers will either refuse to ship items they sell, or ask you to pay more should you apply the coupon.

ceaser:
So in the absence of response to my request above from anyone since everyone appears to be engrossed with winning bonuses from AE, I have considered DIY for eBay.

As you can see in the screenshot, estimated delivery is so much shorter (about 4 weeks) than it usually is on AE (60 days) of course with a marginal increase in total cost price compared to the same item on AE. It also will be shipped from China like it is on AE. Buyer's protection on items not received also appears to be 30 days on here as against 60 days (now 90 days) on AE.

Since AE logistics have gone to the dogs, no thanks to NIPOST, I might as well try eBay and hope the US standard is applied in logistics and delivery on this.

Well, I'm about to take the plunge.

Only way I know is to buy things I need urgently and ship it with DHL or FedEx. Haven't used shipper to shop in AE. Or I buy and decide to wait for 90+ days. Free shipping is slow these days whichever platform you buy from.

aorseer:
Yep.
I needed the items for my research work and the delay stalled my work for 3 months!

Awesome. I got a call to pick up an item. An item I can't even remember.

aorseer:
I was around my post office so i decided to check my 2nd order of June 15th only to discover that the parcel was jejely waiting for me in the post office. Track still shows " Dispatched to overseas postal admin". It was such a relief as i was called to collect the 1st order of the same 15th June 3 weeks ago and i was worried about this particular order. No call, No text just decided to try my luck and parcel was there. The anxiety i faced for almost 3 months no be here o

First time?

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ceaser:
Dey there.

Bro, na your street people go rat on you. Haven't you wondered how those town planning people know about structures being erected even in the remotest of places that before you know it, they have written "Stop work, no approved plan" on the building? They'll have scouts all over the place so land installation may not be hidden

Those scouts do more investigation than the FBI

AshipaEk0:
please what rating of external charger (that plugs in to PHCN) do i need to charge a 12 Volts 200 AMPS battery in 3 - 4 hours?

How many amps charger will be ok to achieve that?

If it's a lead acid battery use the rule of the thumb and do c÷10 where c is capacity. Therefore a 20 amps (200÷10) charger can work in this case. How fast it gets full is now a function of how depleted the battery is, but an average of six hours should do when severely depleted. Charging lead acid at very high current can damage it, you can get away with that with most lithium batteries where you can do 100amps on a 200ah lithium battery easily

ceaser:
Unfortunately, government will be waiting for you people there.

You think say we go fit escape PHCN cum government wàhálà as dey go so?

Na for dem to begin ask anyone wey get solar panel for roof to start paying tax or just outrightly increase the custom duties on solar products imported into the country.

If revenue still nor enter reach, dem go begin collect tax for oxygen o.

We go begin do land installation

wilmaria14:
WhatsApp me 08028074483

Em...things are often shared publicly here.

Bobtobe:
Do you think they will give access to their database? Moreso, it was around 7 PM. So it was already dark.

The time makes the odd even more against you in identifying the person should you even reach out to the bank and they agree to give you the footage.