kio052001:

please, am planning on upgrading my set up, between the BTS, Crown Acumen and Mercury (all 1kva, 12/24v) which is best

will recommend mercury

ikp120:
This is what happens when your village witches mark you for demolition.

Oga stop being greedy. Run your program here in Nigeria. I wasted [b]2 good years [/b]of my life doing the same nonsense you want to do now. Most times I wish I listened to people who advised me not to.

Bros, your own good! mine was 4yrs. My eye clear brakatatabroka when I realized my error. Some advised me against it, I didn't listen. They simply came across as enemies of progress. I'm now grappling to pick my pieces. What I make now is far less than what I was making then despite having more foreign certifications. Very costly mistake and so painful. I just pity OP.

234GT:
You get mind! Why not do an MBA at Lagos Business School part time?
You never value what you have until........

My guy, you've said it all.

I was once in OPs shoes. I quickly dived abroad, only to get there found out that, it's not as green as people paint it o! I ran back but it was too late to go back to the job because I resigned before leaving. However, God was merciful and helped me to get another govt placement (without pushing any buttons). It's not been easy though but better than nothing. Lesson learned: sometimes, you dont value what you have until you lose it.

My advise: Op, you can travel out but don't resign your job! Take a study leave. In this way, you have a plan B: should you finish your schooling and oyibo man begins to play you the racist card.

Trippledots:


still available?

Yeah

can I re-advertise this for you? I've got potential clients.

In these countries you cite, there are adequate measures for flood control and managing its aftermath. Before the flood, was there warnings from Nigerian weather forecasters and meteorologists advising people to relocate? or rapid response to provide aid and salvage further damages to lives and properties? I have yet to see public enlightenment programs educating people on proper town planning, drainage construction and maintenance, etc. So please flood in America isn't the same as flood in Nigeria. Pre and post-flood response are different!

available call

teamsynergy:



guy, sorry I Neva called, tot I could fix the souer, I think the ic is bad or so, cos it barely charges for 30mins now before turn green and d new battery doesn't charge well.

abeg, this ur charger av u tested it with big deep cycle battery and did it work fine. my people av lost patience .... I hope u understand my plight..


that y am asking. if u could gimme the brand name or model... I will look it up too... thanks... I need did battery to get charged well ASAP....

Sorry, It's sold!

do you have ladder?

30k?

this is no joke

is this still available?

ajaolu:
Please house I urgently need your help. I need to buy a 24v pure sine wave inverter at most 1.5kva but preferably 24v, 1kva capacity but this is scarce. I am currently considering a BTS inverter which I saw on Konga and Jumia, please is that a good inverter? Which other one can you recommend. Thanks.

BTS is Ok. If you can afford it, go for it; particularly if you have sensitive gadgets you want to protect, modified sine wave inverters are not particularly friendly with such sensitive electrical appliances.

na wa!

please send real pictures of the 250k estate to: info4patty at yahoo dot com

tnx

Bank loan is full of troubles I tell you. Speaking from experience.

You are back to square one bro. Simply explore ways to get the 1mil and pay it off else it could even sky-rocket beyond 1mil. They are clever i.diots who specialize in calculating compound interest. The longer you delay the higher you pay.

Calebeslove4u:
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i opened the ups and noticed there's another red and black wire inside which means its suppose to use 2 batteries, hope this is not the cause . and last night the wires started getting very very hot that i noticed smoke from the battery head.
i took it to an electrician this morning and we tested it with normal ups battery and the stuff seems to be working fine, the output voltage was ok according to him.......please how do i go about this i need ideas.

cc: ceejay
cc: pat04

Change it. Get an inverter. There are small 150watt - 300watt inverters that can do the job.

Scharck:


It should be parallel connection to double the capacity. Series connection will double the voltage. Great explanation overall.

Yes! thanks for the correction. It was a mistake, I was typing so fast.

teamsynergy:


is the charger still available bro... or another smart charger apart from souer ..

Not souer. Souer is scam abeg. Charger still very much available. call to arrange a picking up.

teamsynergy:



how did u go about this? did u eventually get another battery?

Got another one which worked but NEPA wouldn't allow me enjoy it. So I went solar! Now, I wanna flog the charger.

aluku5:

Pls what capacity of battery, charge controller and inverter do I need for a 60w solar panel? Will the specified system be able to power a laptop?

60W solar panel is quite little, but here is what I'll recommend: A little calculation to get the answer you seek.

(Some people believe you can get 7hours sunlight in Nigeria, but to be on the safe side in calculating, I'll rather use a 5hour benchmark)


Your panel can deliver = 60watt X 5hours average sunlight hours , i.e 300watthours

However, the panels are not 100% efficient and will lose some energy just as your PWM Solar charge controller is not 100% efficient. In most cases, they both deliver just about 60% of the panel capacity.

So you can, in reality, only have 60% of 300watthours = 180watthours

So, get a battery with 180watthours.

To get the value of this battery, divide by 12volts, i.e180watthours/12volts = 15Ah

In essence, you can get a 12volts 15Ah battery.

There are no 12volts 15Ah batteries, but you can get 12volts 7.5Ah batteries (the type usually seen in UPS)

So get 2 of them and connect them in series to give you 12volts 15Ah

You solar panel can confidently charge this batteries to 100% daily. I think this can power your laptops rated 65watt for about 3 hours. So, it's really a very small power bank that can't really do much for you. They will do better with lighting up you one-room self contain with say, 3 of 5watt bulbs and a 12watt fan for about 6hours daily.

MrMcJay:


How many people here on Nairaland who bought land from real estate companies have been able to build on their plots?

How many companies selling land here on Nairaland with 'Excision under processing' have gotten theirs?

How many estates have valid legal documentation for parcels of land that they sell?

I'm a property lawyer and I have conducted due diligence im behalf of clients with regards to several estates being advertised here on Nairaland. Many of them don't have valid documents, some use C of Os to scam people, some aren't processing any Excision that they claim to process.

There's a particular estate being sold here on Nairaland where the company is fraudulently using a C of O not related to the land. Buyers aren't aware of this because they didn't get their own Surveyors to the site before paying. They're pouring millions of naira for an estate with phantom documents.

Unfortunately, the greatest scams by real estate companies are in the Ibeju-Lekki axis. They have packaging but they're hardcore fraudsters.

As for the Omoniles, some may land-grabbing, property reselling scammers who have defrauded many Nigerians, but there are ways of handling them. In fact, as a lawyer, I can't buy a single grain of sand from most of these real estate companies as I'll rather buy from the omoniles.

Very soon, I'll have to open some threads here on Nairaland to expose the scams being perpetrated by these Omoniles and real estate companies selling land in Nigeria.

Scammers everywhere. A state of EMERGENCY should be declared. Times are understandably hard, but is scamming the way out of hard times. I just DONT GET IT!

Thanks for this summary, you've just helped me escape being scammed. I was beginning to consider one of these numerous ibeju-lekki sweet gimmicks

mukhcech:


Oga Ceejay. Battery dey available. Incase any of ur client needs one.

Where is your location?

Just imagine the head-lamps, tiny but wicked!

Calebeslove4u:
please house, i need info from who is using this type of battery or who have an idea (pix bellow), i want to know where to pour the distilled water, i'm thinking it should be in those 6 little holes (as shown in d pix), but i really have to b sure b4 doing it.

cc : ceejay
cc: pat04

Are you sure that's a deep cycle battery? For your safety, DO NOT USE CAR BATTERY

still available

dtruseeker:
thank you for the info. Here is the set up. Sorry there's no ladder for me to climb the roof for now to snap the solar panel

Make sure that your panels are facing north direction. Your wires coming from the panels look so thin. Make sure they are not less than 2.5mm or use 4mm (so you dont lose current due to high resistance thin wires).

I like you solar charge controller. Where did you get them for N4K. I don't mind buying from the person as I intend fixing mine next week hopefully.

dtruseeker:

Thanks for the thorough analysis sir. Since the battery is 40AH and going with your calculation, I need 100w panel, what if I add another 80w to the 80w I am currently using?

That will be perfect and will give you a daily full dose of charging. But if you want to be economical you could simply go for a 4owatt panel and save yourself some money. No qualms if you can afford another 80w panel

dtruseeker:
Finally I was able to setup my own small inverter with less than 50k. Here is the summary
1. LifePo4 black battery N10,000
2. 500w car inverter N7000
3. Pmw 20A solar controller N4000
4. 80w poly solar panel N17500
5. Cable for connection N1000
Total= N39500
I use this setup to power 20inch HP monitor, gotv, small USB fan and charge my phone. The main challenge I am facing now is the solar doesn't charge the battery fast. I have to wait till 11am when the battery current reaches 11v before I can ON the setup to watch the gotv. Gurus in the house pls how can I make it charge fast?
Pato405
Ceejay80s

As soon as as I saw your list, even before reading your question, I suspected you'll have problems with charging.

1. What is the rating/capacity of your battery? you did not provide this information. From my guess it isn't less than 40AH. As a rule, always make sure the wattage of your solar panel is the right one for your battery else it will take longer to charge. A fast calculation for me will be to multiply the battery power by 2.5: i.e if you are using battery power of 100AH make sure your solar power is not less than 250watt. If you are using 40AH, make sure your solar is 100watt. A more detailed calculation is:

If you check the back of your panel, you'll notice that for every 20watt of solar panel, you can get 1Amp of current. for example,
20 watt solar panel = 1Amp current
40watt solar panel = 2 Amp current
60watt solar panel = 3 Amp current
80watt solar panel = 4 Amp current
100watt solar panel = 5 Amp current etc.

In Nigeria, we are blessed with up to 7hour sunlight daily. This means that your 80watt solar panel can deliver 4Amp X 7hours = 28AmpHours also written as 28AH. Now lets suppose you use a battery rated 28AH, this will take you one single day to get it fully charged since your solar panel can deliver this in one day. Again if your battery is rated 56AH, this will take you 2 days etc.

So, in your case, to get your battery fully charged in one day, simply INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SOLAR PANELS.

I'm sure your question now is: How many more solar panels do I need to buy?

Answer= Divide your battery AH rating by 28AH, approximate it to the nearest whole number and minus 1 (since you already have 1)

e.g If you use 100AH, calculate thus: 100AH/28AH = 3.57, i.e approximate = 4solar panels -1= 3 additional solar panels (each rated 80watt)

Go to Alaba market and buy 3 more 80watt solar panels
Sit back and enjoy daily constant uninterrupted power supply.

Lanjonath:
A colleague has 2 150W Poly crystalline Solar Panels that have been used for a year and she's looking to sell them, she's upgraded to a bigger solar system and is looking to sell the 150W Panels. They are still in excellent condition.

If interested:
email: briantrey56@gmail.com

Are the panels still available? I'm interested

Yes you can. Many Unis abroad accept HND for Masters. It's mainly in Nigeria a lot of restrictions and descriminations come up. Try Finland, Spain, Germany, France and even some UK unis

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