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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by toscotech(m): 11:55am On Feb 18
Trippledots:


Foreign used. This capacity is what is usually relabelled and sold as 400w.

Can i get good 200w

That is not repackage in abeokuta
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Ijeoma660(f): 1:28pm On Feb 18
Ijeoma660:


So by the special grace of almighty I don upgrade o.

18/02/24 I am finally retiring my dry cells
From 21/04/21 to 18/02/24. They have really paid their dues.

Yesterday I went to get these

3KVA All in one unit with a 24v, 5kwh LFPB.

In addition I got a deal for about 10 x 355wp panels yet to be delivered though.

Cost outlay

Inverter 423k
LFPB 1.350m
PV array 480k.

I am so excited about it's features and flexibility.

I have option to make any of these priority PV, battery or utility. It can be programmed to choose any first then another.

Anyway I am still observing the system.

My darling freezer can now enjoy what other gardgets have been enjoying...

The Inverter is high PV can munch upto 500v!
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by kiekie1(m): 1:55pm On Feb 18
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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by isangjohnson: 2:04pm On Feb 18
easyyoke:


Abba, you have not gone to market of recent to buy Fridge. Most of the fridge they make now are very power efficient and should not be categorized as power appliances . Any fridge made from 2022. My fridge/Freezer consumes just 69w of energy. A complete 302L LG fridge freezer. Infact I power it with just a single 12v 100ah battery and a 300W inverter and the fridge still has on/off cycle. So out of 24hours, the compressor only runs 14hours. That brings the fridge down to a 43W fridge if it is to run 24hours. So, if you bought your fridge 2022 model upwards, especially LG fridge, they are stupidly power efficient
A lot of people are looking down on 12v system.
People like us believe in practical as I'm currently testing the run time of a (350w inverter/640wh lfp battery) mobile solar generator I build yesterday. I'm powering my freezer 109w, 8pcs of 3w bulbs 24w, 2pcs of 4w bulbs 8w, a 5w bulbs, 32 inch tv with decoder 25w, a fan 10w and 7w idle power. Total loads 188w.
Video is on ground for evidence.
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by bassdow: 2:53pm On Feb 18
Trippledots:


I need to learn this shiii...how do you guys just size a system without no prior recourse to the load it is supposed to power? undecided
Abeg Oga, not every Knowledge is necessary or useful at all
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Gshems: 2:56pm On Feb 18
Good day everyone, please I need your inputs. I just set up a 100ah battery with a 1000watt sachet inverter and a 10amps battery charger. I want to add Solar panel to it something that can charge my battery full and I can also use to run my fan and laptop during the day. What watt of Solar panel should I get? Note I don’t let my battery drain past 12.0v
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Valentinooo: 3:00pm On Feb 18
Valto observing from the background. Baba how body?

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by TechGeek777: 3:12pm On Feb 18
Valentinooo:
Valto observing from the background. Baba how body?

Na since 4 days ago him dey observe, sometimes I see him online at 9pm or there about.

We pray for your faster/quicker recovery @Valto!
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by bassdow: 3:15pm On Feb 18
Gshems:
Good day everyone, please I need your inputs. I just set up a 100ah battery with a 1000watt sachet inverter and a 10amps battery charger. I want to add Solar panel to it something that can charge my battery full and I can also use to run my fan and laptop during the day. What watt of Solar panel should I get? Note I don’t let my battery drain past 12.0v
A single 300Watts solar panel would do. And starting with a 300Watts solar panel paves way for easy upgrade of solar Panels in the future as you just add more Solar panels of same wattage.

You didn't state if your 100AH batttery is Dry/Wet acid battery or Lithium: because if it's not Lithium battery, the lowest you can run it without negatively making the battery cry is 50% which translates to 50AH.
in practice, should a client require 100AH battery for their load, I suggest them 200AH; should they require 50AH, I recommend 100AH.

it's called the 50% rule BUT you know what, if possible, don't even allow the battery go lower than 20%.

Another thing is, most of those external battery chargers do a very bad work of correctly charging the battery so much so that soonerThanLater, that battery go die. e fit get beller join sef.

Would suggest buying a cheap PWM charge controller, and pair it between the battery, and your battery charger.
haven't done this myself but it was an idea that got into my head, I suggested it in here, and someone confirmed it works.

At end of the day, it's just so much cheaper relying on solar panels, that other ways to reCharge your batteries. You even enjoy the sun during the day, while others complain.
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by bassdow: 3:17pm On Feb 18
Valentinooo:
Valto observing from the background. Baba how body?
So someOne can not be in ghostMode in peace again ?
me sef be ghost in a few threads for several years now. Pim you no go hear from me
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Gshems: 3:31pm On Feb 18
bassdow:

A single 300Watts solar panel would do. And starting with a 300Watts solar panel paves way for easy upgrade of solar Panels in the future as you just add more Solar panels of same wattage.

You didn't state if your 100AH batttery is Dry/Wet acid battery or Lithium: because if it's not Lithium battery, the lowest you can run it without negatively making the battery cry is 50% which translates to 50AH.
in practice, should a client require 100AH battery for their load, I suggest them 200AH; should they require 50AH, I recommend 100AH.

it's called the 50% rule BUT you know what, if possible, don't even allow the battery go lower than 20%.

Another thing is, most of those external battery chargers do a very bad work of correctly charging the battery so much so that soonerThanLater, that battery go die. e fit get beller join sef.

Would suggest buying a cheap PWM charge controller, and pair it between the battery, and your battery charger.
haven't done this myself but it was an idea that got into my head, I suggested it in here, and someone confirmed it works.

At end of the day, it's just so much cheaper relying on solar panels, that other ways to reCharge your batteries. You even enjoy the sun during the day, while others complain.
thank you for your input boss. My battery is a dry acid battery.
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Youngzedd(m): 4:53pm On Feb 18
Hello everyone,

What's the percentage efficiency of solar panel?

Like now many Watts of power is 380W mono solar panel suppose to produce during peak hour?
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by princely009: 5:34pm On Feb 18
Hello house, pls i wud like your recommendations btw these two brands of hybrid inverters.
Growatt and SRNE
Any other good recommendations apart frm the two brands mentioned above will also be highly appreciated.

Also, wat brands of 5kwh 48v lithium battery would y'all recommend?
Thanks
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by laptopsforsale: 5:53pm On Feb 18
isangjohnson:
FOR SALE:
1. 16 pcs of 280ah Rept cells @ 140k each.
2. 16 pcs of 230ah Eve cells @ 118k each.
3. 20 pcs of 160ah Eve cells @ 82k each.
4. 8 pcs of 100ah Eve cells @ 51k each.

How do I reach you?
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by toscotech(m): 5:58pm On Feb 18
isangjohnson:
FOR SALE:
1. 16 pcs of 280ah Rept cells @ 140k each.
2. 16 pcs of 230ah Eve cells @ 118k each.
3. 20 pcs of 160ah Eve cells @ 82k each.
4. 8 pcs of 100ah Eve cells @ 51k each.

How can i get this
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Youngzedd(m): 6:47pm On Feb 18
Ithaca:
Hi All,

Since this recent issue with GasCos and GenCos, electricity supply has been pretty terrible, I now get around 5 to 6 hours of light. Luckily for me, I have an existing solar set up and I bought lithium batteries in October last year.

My existing set up is:
8 solar panels of 300w each
2.5kva, 24v inverter (it had an inbuilt solar charge controller which went bad and I had to get an external charge controller last year)
60A MPPT solar charge controller
2 100Ah 25.6v lithium ion batteries connected in series, which, if I am not mistaken, gives me about 5.12kwh of power (give or take efficiency losses)

Now to the load I put on it:
65 inch TCL TV
100w samsung inverter fridge (though I recently changed the compressor, so who knows if it is still consuming 100w)
An old 175w scanfrost deep freezer (always on, not sure it cycles on and off like the inverter fridge)
Lights
Fans (ceiling fans - I never even knew these consumed so much energy until this Nepa issue when I found out one fan consumes 75w,that's almost as much as my fridge!)

I am getting about 10-12 hours of power of mixed use. Two ceiling fans + fridge and freezer will run down the battery from 100% to 5% in about 8 hours based on my calculation/observation. This means I can't run both overnight, and so I pick and choose to ensure the battery power lasts till morning when the sun comes back up.

I have two questions/concerns:
1. Is this level of drain fair enough or do you think there could be a problem with my set-up?
2. How do I get to 12 hours of power with my major appliances (fridge and freezer) running constantly? Do I need to start thinking of inverter freezers (I guess technology has improved in recent years). Or will I need to get an additional battery?

Many thanks in advance and apologies if I have asked any questions for which the answers seem obvious - I have not really paid detailed attention to alternative energy until this year.

Get a smart plug to control the hours heavy appliances can run.

Freezer and fridge should run between the two 9:AM - 3:00 PM daily.

With the smart plug, you can program it to start by 9 AM and shut down by 3PM. This way you can save energy.

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by bassdow: 7:59pm On Feb 18
Youngzedd:


Get a smart plug to control the hours heavy appliances can run.

Freezer and fridge should run between the two 9:AM - 3:00 PM daily.

With the smart plug, you can program it to start by 9 AM and shut down by 3PM. This way you can save energy.

with regards to the Bolded, 9am is too early as the battery bank needs time to replenish what's been taken out of it the day & night before.
Rather than 9am, let it be anytime from 12pm or as soon as your battery bank is 100% filled
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by isangjohnson: 8:48pm On Feb 18
toscotech:


How can i get this
Place order with your location and I'll do waybill.
Zero8zeronine5six7four2six2
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by dacool1(m): 8:51pm On Feb 18
bassdow:


with regards to the Bolded, 9am is too early as the battery bank needs time to replenish what's been taken out of it the day & night before.
Rather than 9am, let it be anytime from 12pm or as soon as your battery bank is 100% filled

I don't think 9am is too early. Inshort for his PV array of 2.4kw he should be able to power those appliances effortlessly. I suspect the panels are not 300watts or not properly installed or there's a fault in the system.

Secondly he needs to get rid of those ceiling fans and get more energy efficient ones.

On a final note he needs to reduce his night time loads. Carry out a proper energy audit. Doesn't he use bulbs, charge phones, laptops etc. Please factor in those things too.
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by bassdow: 9:07pm On Feb 18
dacool1:


I don't think 9am is too early. Inshort for his PV array of 2.4kw he should be able to power those appliances effortlessly. I suspect the panels are not 300watts or not properly installed or there's a fault in the system.

Secondly he needs to get rid of those ceiling fans and get more energy efficient ones.

On a final note he needs to reduce his night time loads. Carry out a proper energy audit. Doesn't he use bulbs, charge phones, laptops etc. Please factor in those things too.

Bros, my comment didn't take anything into account since I don't know what their Load requirement, or their use duration is like.

All I said was, starting the fridge / freezer as early as 9am is not really adviceable, except He or She is sure by then, what's been taken off the battery bank the day / night before has been refilled.
Also, who knows if the solar panels are even struggling to recharge the battery bank(s), let alone the concurrent loads join.

My cooment is general statement. Start using them by 12pm or as soon as your battery bank(s) are 100% filled, THEN put them off latest 3pm to allow the battery bank recover any little charge it's lost during the course of you running the fridge / freezer. Don't forget, that you running the fridge / freezer during the sunny weather, doesn't mean the battery ain't supplementing anything.

The above reason, is mostly why I advocate really overSizing your solar panels, then using quality MPPT charge controller to take advantage of those extra power being generated.
Most time, my battery bank could be filled before 10am

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by bassdow: 9:09pm On Feb 18
isangjohnson:

Place order with your location and I'll do waybill.
Zero8zeronine5six7four2six2

why not place your contact details on your signature to avoid you continuosly typing this, or people constantly asking of your contact.
Also, should you have reason to change your contact, you only need make the modification at a single point.
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by isangjohnson: 9:31pm On Feb 18
laptopsforsale:


How do I reach you?
Zero8zero9five6seven4twosix2
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by isangjohnson: 9:31pm On Feb 18
bassdow:

why not place your contact details on your signature to avoid you continuosly typing this, or people constantly asking of your contact.
Also, should you have reason to change your contact, you only need make the modification at a single point.
.
Noted Sir.
Thanks
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by isangjohnson: 9:35pm On Feb 18
princely009:
Hello house, pls i wud like your recommendations btw these two brands of hybrid inverters.
Growatt and SRNE
Any other good recommendations apart frm the two brands mentioned above will also be highly appreciated.

Also, wat brands of 5kwh 48v lithium battery would y'all recommend?
Thanks
Go for Growatt
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Valentinooo: 10:01pm On Feb 18
TechGeek777:


Na since 4 days ago him dey observe, sometimes I see him online at 9pm or there about.

We pray for your faster/quicker recovery @Valto!
Yes oo.
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Valentinooo: 10:04pm On Feb 18
bassdow:
So someOne can ot be in ghostMode in peace again ?
me sef be ghost in a few threads for several years now. Pim you no go hear from me

grin cheesy
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Fremlin: 1:00am On Feb 19
Trippledots:


Panel or inverter, and that's if you have the design sorted out already.

Yea.. already got my design, you know any trusted vendor I can get panel and inverter here on nairaland?
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Fremlin: 1:04am On Feb 19
bassdow:

A single 300Watts solar panel would do. And starting with a 300Watts solar panel paves way for easy upgrade of solar Panels in the future as you just add more Solar panels of same wattage.

You didn't state if your 100AH batttery is Dry/Wet acid battery or Lithium: because if it's not Lithium battery, the lowest you can run it without negatively making the battery cry is 50% which translates to 50AH.
in practice, should a client require 100AH battery for their load, I suggest them 200AH; should they require 50AH, I recommend 100AH.

it's called the 50% rule BUT you know what, if possible, don't even allow the battery go lower than 20%.

Another thing is, most of those external battery chargers do a very bad work of correctly charging the battery so much so that soonerThanLater, that battery go die. e fit get beller join sef.

Would suggest buying a cheap PWM charge controller, and pair it between the battery, and your battery charger.
haven't done this myself but it was an idea that got into my head, I suggested it in here, and someone confirmed it works.

At end of the day, it's just so much cheaper relying on solar panels, that other ways to reCharge your batteries. You even enjoy the sun during the day, while others complain.


Between dry cell and wet cell which is better
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by easyyoke: 6:53am On Feb 19
Ithaca:
Hi All,

Since this recent issue with GasCos and GenCos, electricity supply has been pretty terrible, I now get around 5 to 6 hours of light. Luckily for me, I have an existing solar set up and I bought lithium batteries in October last year.

My existing set up is:
8 solar panels of 300w each
2.5kva, 24v inverter (it had an inbuilt solar charge controller which went bad and I had to get an external charge controller last year)
60A MPPT solar charge controller
2 100Ah 25.6v lithium ion batteries connected in series, which, if I am not mistaken, gives me about 5.12kwh of power (give or take efficiency losses)

Now to the load I put on it:
65 inch TCL TV
100w samsung inverter fridge (though I recently changed the compressor, so who knows if it is still consuming 100w)
An old 175w scanfrost deep freezer (always on, not sure it cycles on and off like the inverter fridge)
Lights
Fans (ceiling fans - I never even knew these consumed so much energy until this Nepa issue when I found out one fan consumes 75w,that's almost as much as my fridge!)

I am getting about 10-12 hours of power of mixed use. Two ceiling fans + fridge and freezer will run down the battery from 100% to 5% in about 8 hours based on my calculation/observation. This means I can't run both overnight, and so I pick and choose to ensure the battery power lasts till morning when the sun comes back up.

I have two questions/concerns:
1. Is this level of drain fair enough or do you think there could be a problem with my set-up?
2. How do I get to 12 hours of power with my major appliances (fridge and freezer) running constantly? Do I need to start thinking of inverter freezers (I guess technology has improved in recent years). Or will I need to get an additional battery?

Many thanks in advance and apologies if I have asked any questions for which the answers seem obvious - I have not really paid detailed attention to alternative energy until this year.

Let me give you a few tips to make your battery last longer.
First of, stop using all your fans. Save up and buy DC Fans. My Duravolt 16’ standing fan consumes just 15W at speed 1, 22W at Speed 2 and 26W at Speed 3.
Second, like one user already said, only use your freezer during the day when there is sun outside, at night, switch it off. Everything should be well frozen till the following morning. If you really want to run your refrigerator system 24hours, then save up to buy an LG inverter Fridge-Freezer combo. My 302L Fridge-Freezer combination consumes just 70W. Infact when I first bought it, it was consuming just 50W then it had fault and Foauni took in for repair. That was how it came back and started using 70W. Even with that, that is still very energy effecienct because inverter Fridge-freezer does not run 24hours. It rests when your fridge temperature gets to a level. I calculated mine and discovered it only runs for 14hours a day. So that brings down the wattage of the fridge-freezer to 43W. So get an inverter fridge-freezer if you must run them 24hours. Dont go above 300L though. The bigger the fridge, the more watt.
Third. Your 65 inch TCL should be used only during the day. Use your 32inch at night. Change your bulbs to AKT 5w bulbs. The highest should be 10w. This three suggestions will extend the hours you are getting from your battery. It you cant do without those appliances, then it is time to add more batteries to your battery

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Trippledots(m): 6:58am On Feb 19
Fremlin:


Yea.. already got my design, you know any trusted vendor I can get panel and inverter here on nairaland?

I have various panels for sale, both new and used. Shoot me a mail let's discuss your needs.

Other sellers for both panels and inverters here include justcallmanuel, zeestone99, kiekie1, linnov8 ( sells pure sine sachet inverter), valto sells (lithium battery packs)etc

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Trippledots(m): 6:59am On Feb 19
bassdow:

Abeg Oga, not every Knowledge is necessary or useful at all

embarassed....
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Trippledots(m): 7:01am On Feb 19
toscotech:


Can i get good 200w

That is not repackage in abeokuta

How many PCs do you need? I have 245w, poly cells.

Real capacity, not relabelled.

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