Successbay:
What quality batteries, would you suggest instead sir??

bassdow:


can't suggest any at your price range. Except you want to buy USED.

See eh, suggesting ain't even enough because of lots of rePackaged batteries in the market.

Buy yeye batttery, and you would find yourself having them changed every year. e no go even complete 12-months sef.
First e go start to QUICK full, then e go start to QUICK low
You're better off buying USED quality battery that still have strength, than those funny brand new batteries wey full market. Even their price cheap pass USED batteries.

if you can't afford all the batteries you need, buy in bits - first buy quality solar panels, then quality [used] chargeController (MPPT is better) of higher capacity, then you could get away with buying cheap [used] inverter (depending on your energy requirements, sachet inverter should do), after which, should you need 5-batteries, just buy what your money can carry and manage it.
whenever you have more money, add extra solar panels and add to your existing setup. Solar panel is hardly enough. Just keep adding tll you have had at least 15-pcs of 300Watts panels. I don't often trust those panels of higher wattage, dem fit no complete. Also leave canada based Panels, na Nigeria we dey abeg.

Then constantly be on the lookout for quality USED batteries for sale. No go buy just any USED battery Ooo. OR better still save to buy a few batteries BUT most times, you might not actually need much batteries if you responsibly size your loads.
You don't have to run your Fridge / Freezer the entire day. You could power it ON from the moment your battery bank is Filled up (say 12PM), and Time is less than 3PM , and as soon as it's 3:30PM , you power it off, that should be approoximately +3 hours which is kinda enough. tell your household they shouldn't open the Fridge or freezer any how.

If you have things like Pumping machine, get a generator to power it. No need using solar on it. Leave that for those with deep pockets.

Just focus on overSizing your solar Panels. if you have much more of the panels, you would require less batteries, except you intends running lots of heavy loads at night and for long periods.
With overSized solar Panel array, you could even comfortably run your AiirConditioner during the day.

You also mustn't buy Tubular batteries, the normal Dry cell woorks well also. What matters is it's quality.

Kreamie:
Very good read

To me, everyone has to look at their own particular situation and determine the best play.

Big key you mentioned is energy conservation

Turn off appliances that you ain't using, you'd be surprised how much energy can be saved.


Also when buying appliances, wattage monitoring is very important. Inverter tagged appliances help most times with using low energy to do their job which translates to more energy used.


For Solar panels, higher watts is good if you get from high tier brands and reputable sellers. Jinko, Yingli, Canadian solar to name a few.

Instead of having 15*300W, I can have 8*550/600W that'll serve well and use less space

Batteries, me I fear used and I still prefer Tubular for budget builds. They have easy maintenance and normally have a longer lifespan than dry cells. Just stay away from many of the new cheap brands out there.

If you can go for lithium, it's the best.

You can enlighten me on quality dry cell batteries you refer to.

In terms of choosing whether to go all out on solar panels or batteries, to me it's location dependent

If power supply is very bad, solar panels will be your best friend, then build up your battery bank gradually.

Overall you have to balance it.

My comment was in response to the person @Successbay who asked.

I would say focus on those with lower energy needs. Most appliances advertised as INVERTER or SOLAR is 
often times subpar. Just like phones advertised as having powerBank, or AC / Fridge / TV advertised as inverter 
friendly.

Well in this part of the world, it's difficult knowing and locating genuine brands and reputable dealers.
Even when you know name of reputable brand, there's no guarantee the name writen or engraved on said item 
is actually what it is. or that the ratings are honest, and not inflated.

e get phone brands wey fit get 20MP camera but another phone with 6MP camera go sharp pass am.
What about Ram, some go get Ram as much as 6GB on paper but in operation, another with 1.5GB ram go fluid 
pass am.
What about phones that if you count 10 of it's users, at least 7 of them don change dem screen or e don crack 
or break.

Says who, the bigger the wattage, the bigger it's bigger dimension / size. Also, e get reason why most installers 
perfer using Solar panels of 250Watts and lower. It's quite easier handling the smaller panels, than the much 
larger ones. 
My reason for perfering 300-Watts solar panel are:
1. There's less chance of inflating it's ratting
2. it's kinda like a middle spot - not so big, not too small to handle during installation.
3. I hate having more in single piece - what that means is, say I need buy RAM or hard Disk for my server CPU, 
rather than buy single 64GB ram, I perfer buying 8-pcs of 8GB ram or 4-pcs of 16GB rams. That way, should 1 or 
more go bad, I still have something to use pending when I buy another. Because when they go bad, you must take 
it out. 
As for solar panels, if you don't take the bad/broken one out, it reduces or stops others from working.
4. if you happen to have roof that isn't so solar friendly, or the sun shines in different direction depending on 
time of the day, you could split them in different directions
5....

Well if you look around well, and know how to test for those still reliable enough for your requirement, they are 
much better than those brand new rubbish whiich sometimes are still expensive. So if you can't afford to buy brand 
New Quality battery, try and buy Fairly used Quality battetry that's still strong enough.

I would be much more careful when sourcing Lithium battery, than when buying Lead Acid batteries

Myself have been running Solar 100% for over 7-years. I didn't trransition gradually, I jumped in with both feet.
You say if NEPA is not so bad like it's static. even place wey dey get light wella, can all of a sudden, get so 
bad.

ebenezary:
Good day every one in the house
Please which 12v 100ah better is good at affordable price and best size of solar panel for it
Thanks in advance

swagifted:
Anybody in the house don use SRNE line of hybrid inverters?

mctfopt:


I usually liken batteries in series to a chain links that made up a chain, if a particular link is weak, the chain is now as strong as that weakest link.

Eg I remembered when one of the cells in my 16s 48v ebike'$ battery got lower than others, this lead to the bms cutting off supply to the motor when I'm riding it. This is super annoying, thankfully my BMS has Bluetooth so it was easy to fish out the rogue cell and charge it separately and we are good to go again. Battery pack is still performing wonderfully till date.

elaavie1:
Anyone knows a good inverter that is Rugged about to withstand lightning and pocket friendly within the range of 3.5kva.
Anyone with ideas about index inverter and how rugged it is?

timijoseph01:

are u in lagos..? do u repair ebikes

swagifted:
Anybody in the house don use SRNE line of hybrid inverters?

abbeymighty:
Please who have used full river battery before and how rugged is it?

dollarnaira:


Extremely rugged
Not exaggerating.
Pricy though

abbeymighty:
Please who have used full river battery before and how rugged is it?

FEGEITOK:
Those of us who personally import solar panels from (Lagos to other parts of the country) what reliable means of logistics do you use?

Reliable and cost effective because I got a quote of 20,000.00 from the company to the loading point in Lagos and another 20,000.00 to Abuja and I consider it unreasonable to pay the same amount within Lagos as I am paying to Abuja.

The route is Lagos to Abuja

earthrealm:


You mean you connected your inverter thru this 13amp socket?.
800va is the max inverter you should ever connect to that type of socket

abbeymighty:
please what is the average life span?

Hybrid600:
Just a light question. What type of distilled water is best to use for tubular batteries, is it the ones in blue 1 liter bottle or the ones that are in 10 - 25 liter gallons ?

FEGEITOK:
Those of us who personally import solar panels from (Lagos to other parts of the country) what reliable means of logistics do you use?

Reliable and cost effective because I got a quote of 20,000.00 from the company to the loading point in Lagos and another 20,000.00 to Abuja and I consider it unreasonable to pay the same amount within Lagos as I am paying to Abuja.



The route is Lagos to Abuja

FEGEITOK:


I have 2 No. 3kW 24V SRNE inverters running at the office and the house and I have had zero issues so far.

Edrizz:
Eastman is good, rugged n pocket friendly

...but it doesn't cost below 200,000 naira. 

elaavie1:
Anyone knows a good inverter that is Rugged about to withstand lightning and pocket friendly within the range of 3.5kva.
Anyone with ideas about index inverter and how rugged it is?

timijoseph01:

are u in lagos..? do u repair ebikes

abbeymighty:
Please who have used full river battery before and how rugged is it?

bassdow:

why you ask, if you don't mind me asking