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dollarnaira:
How old is the installation?

About 5 months. I will get the picture from the person.

I've not heard this experience before. The highest I've seen is the system shutting down and refusing to come on.

Powmr 100ah 25.6v LiFePO4 battery now available
Made with Grade A cells
Comes with independent Volt meter to help you see the battery voltage in real time

Price: 550,000

Data sheet/Manual available on request

which means road to 800k and above very soon...at least e don cross 880k before

Dam5reey1:
To even see am for 675k now na war.

isangjohnson:
The last time I checked, Felicity has different models of battery with different price. I suggest you get in touch directly to the company and ask them exactly what you want.

I'm personally having doubt about quality control of about 95% of foreign products floating Nigerian market. I noticed that when a new foreign company wants to penetrate Nigerian markets, it starts sending in quality products with enticing prices. When they gain ground, they change market strategies and start sending in substandard products.

I have already committed to the vendor and it is being delivered today for a Sat installation so late at this point. I can only rely on the 5 years warranty if anything goes wrong and I and the vendor have discussed this extensively.

dollarnaira:
Alright bro.
Hit my number when ready to sell.

No problem. Thank you.

isangjohnson:
Please, does anyone have any experience with inverter being exploded?

A customer called and told me yesterday that his 5kva 48v Felicity hybrid inverter exploded at about 8pm and smokes were every where.

Though I'm sending someone to his house today to check what actually happened but I tried asking him certain questions to know what actually happened. He told me there was nepa light (low current) but the house was running by the solar. The weather was normal and lightning/thunder at all.

The installation was perfectly done.

Components like MOSFETs and capacitors can go out with a bang.

Nothing to worry about, I've had a few experience of having it go POW! while actually checking some.

Pretty loud bang. Most times it could be a result of a lot of things ranging from voltage surges, cooling fan failure, too much dust on components leading to thermal runway etc.

Once that happens, inverter needs to visit the service centre. But to the uninitiated they may think it's a bomb

isangjohnson:
Please, does anyone have any experience with inverter being exploded?

A customer called and told me yesterday that his 5kva 48v Felicity hybrid inverter exploded at about 8pm and smokes were every where.

Though I'm sending someone to his house today to check what actually happened but I tried asking him certain questions to know what actually happened. He told me there was nepa light (low current) but the house was running by the solar. The weather was normal and lightning/thunder at all.

The installation was perfectly done.

One of the components must have lived its useful life.The noise he heard is because of the size of the inverter.I had one of my inverters, 1.5kva Luminous inverter had simlar issues like 3 weeks ago.The noise wasn't much but I got smoke as well and the fan stopped working.It was fixed at their service centre in Oregun. I am sure Felicity will be able to fix it.How long has the inverter been installed?What capacity of battery is it connected to?. Mine was caused by bad tubular battery.The batteries stopped receiving current while inverter kept working to push in current.Eventually replaced the battery with LFP after the inverter was fixed.Long period of low voltage also make inverter to overwork as they do not receive appropriate voltage to deliver the right charging current and the internal components become stressed.

Good morning gurus in the house.

I am considering doing a DIY and building a 51.2V LiFePO4 battery. I just purchased a 48V hybrid inverter and I need a good LiFePO4 battery to go with it.

I have gone round town checking prices for batteries and they are off the charts.

I am a very good with repairing electronics and electrical stuffs and I once used to be a solar and inverter installer about 4 year ago. I have also built other battery banks before.

What advice can I get from the house and any possible pointers that can help on this journey.

omotoda:
One of the components must have lived its useful life.The noise he heard is because of the size of the inverter.I had one of my inverters, 1.5kva Luminous inverter had simlar issues like 3 weeks ago.The noise wasn't much but I got smoke as well and the fan stopped working.It was fixed at their service centre in Oregun. I am sure Felicity will be able to fix it.How long has the inverter been installed?What capacity of battery is it connected to?. Mine was caused by bad tubular battery.The batteries stopped receiving current while inverter kept working to push in current.Eventually replaced the battery with LFP after the inverter was fixed.Long period of low current also makes inverter to overwork as they do not receive appropriate voltage to deliver the right charging current and the internal components become stressed.

Grid erratic fluctuations made me avoid it till now. Grid here is even 180v and still fluctuates and can surge anytime.

It is better for inverters to pass through a "stabilizer" at least.

DONT TRUST NAIJA GRID.

Mavor:
Some of you guys are just too weird and bizarre on this space. 9ja thing is always the opposite. Too toxic. Thank God I am exiting this country in a few years

wetin dey hungry you no dey market. Congratulations in advance bro but we don’t give a Bleep about where you stay or go.

isangjohnson:
Please, does anyone have any experience with inverter being exploded?

A customer called and told me yesterday that his 5kva 48v Felicity hybrid inverter exploded at about 8pm and smokes were every where.

Though I'm sending someone to his house today to check what actually happened but I tried asking him certain questions to know what actually happened. He told me there was nepa light (low current) but the house was running by the solar. The weather was normal and lightning/thunder at all.

The installation was perfectly done.

From the naration, most likely they were pulling more amps than the grid could readily give since the inverter would be on bypass.
You see me and grid for inverter matter no just follow, with the way our grid matter be for 9ja?

mctfopt:
Components like MOSFETs and capacitors can go out with a bang.

Nothing to worry about, I've had a few experience of having it go POW! while actually checking some.

Pretty loud bang. Most times it could be a result of a lot of things ranging from voltage surges, cooling fan failure, too much dust on components leading to thermal runway etc.

Once that happens, inverter needs to visit the service centre. But to the uninitiated they may think it's a bomb

Things such as dust, cooling Fan failure, ought to make the system enter protection mode. except na any how product

stuffs2002:
Good morning gurus in the house.

I am considering doing a DIY and building a 51.2V LiFePO4 battery. I just purchased a 48V hybrid inverter and I need a good LiFePO4 battery to go with it.

I have gone round town checking prices for batteries and they are off the charts.

I am a very good with repairing electronics and electrical stuffs and I once used to be a solar and inverter installer about 4 year ago. I have also built other battery banks before.

What advice can I get from the house and any possible pointers that can help on this journey.

if the prices you are seeing appear off the chart, and you're here seeking advice; possibly on where to get those within your budget, may I say you need be careful so you don't end up shooting yourself on the foot.

Lithium cells / battery ain't cheap. if they are, it's because corners were cut. if you can't afford the quality ones, you're better off not venturing there at all. We all mustn't use lithium batteries

dollarnaira:
Grid erratic fluctuations made me avoid it till now. Grid here is even 180v and still fluctuates and can surge anytime.

It is better for inverters to pass through a "stabilizer" at least.

DONT TRUST NAIJA GRID.

People wey still dey use NEPA / PHCN dey try. Me don sack NEPA since the days of President Jonathan. As in I use my 3 legs jump into Solar at same time.
Also normally, One should have some sort of protection (stabilizer, Surge protector, etc) between power mains, and their expensive devices even when the power mains is clean and reliable, let alone when it ain't

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Inverters (hybrid and non hybrid)
Charge controller
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540Watts JA solar bifacial mono solar panels available for sale.

144 cells
Dimensions:2278+2mmx1134+2mmx35+1mm

Module efficiency: 21%

Price: N140,000

Spec sheet available.

Hello Guys, need your input

Which brand of charge Controller is better out of these ? Kindly rate them in other of better to worst

1. PowMr
2. MUST
3. cWorth
4. Felicity

dollarnaira:
Grid erratic fluctuations made me avoid it till now. Grid here is even 180v and still fluctuates and can surge anytime.

It is better for inverters to pass through a "stabilizer" at least.

DONT TRUST NAIJA GRID.

Haa wàhálà o.

Our grid too dey very low so the protector (abinna breaker) cuts off power before it gets in the Inverter if it goes below the threshold (170v by default).

But as per say we rarely do 170v (we mostly get 150-162v on the average), I set the threshold to 150v.

Now I'm thinking that's not a good idea. 🥹

dollarnaira:
Grid erratic fluctuations made me avoid it till now. Grid here is even 180v and still fluctuates and can surge anytime.

It is better for inverters to pass through a "stabilizer" at least.

DONT TRUST NAIJA GRID.

Grid voltage fluctuate between 70v-150v in my area until i wrote an email to Ikeja Electric, though they did not contact me but there is significant improvement. The voltage is between 120v-210v now.

lekanherr:
Grid voltage fluctuate between 70v-150v in my area until i wrote an email to Ikeja Electric, though they did not contact me but there is significant improvement. The voltage is between 120v-210v now.

Invest in a good servo stabiliser. Those that trust NEPA with their equipment dey try. I don't trust 'em one bit.

Please who knows how to set bulk and float for kartel 60a charge controller.. I have checked online but that manual isn't straight forward. Can't find Any video on YouTube about the charge controller

bassdow:
Hello Guys, need your input

Which brand of charge Controller is better out of these ? Kindly rate them in other of better to worst

1. PowMr
2. MUST
3. cWorth
4. Felicity

Must, Felicity, Powrmr, I have not used c worth products

bassdow:
Hello Guys, need your input

Which brand of charge Controller is better out of these ? Kindly rate them in other of better to worst

1. PowMr
2. MUST
3. cWorth
4. Felicity

I have only used Powmr.I have 3 which I have bought for over 5 years when it was still going for 38k on aliexpress.Two are connected while one is spare.They are very good. Only limitation is that they don't come above 60amps when I bought them.

Haven't tried any other and not sure I will because if I have any reason to change my present set ups , na to go the hybrid way.

Solarsolutions:
540Watts JA solar bifacial mono solar panels available for sale.

144 cells
Dimensions:2278+2mmx1134+2mmx35+1mm

Module efficiency: 21%

Price: N140,000

Spec sheet available.

Chief these your panels are expensive.
There's 605w bifacial panels(ja) for 135k.

Penuelseun:
Must, Felicity, Powrmr, I have not used c worth products

do you mean MUST is better than Felicity, and that Felicity is better than powMr ?

Another one, DEYE SUN-6KW AM2..

Bring your orders na only 1M

Thank you all for your contributions/advice. I've replaced the inverter for the customer. I will drop it at repair center.

@isangjohnson
How far the pix of the inverter?
Any new development?

isangjohnson:
Please, I need a competent installer in Abeokuta.

I'm still waiting.....

Ferdiwar:
If you're living in a rented apartment with a central earthing, disconnect it and install yours it will stop.

I had same experience and after I did that (joint 2 4ft earth rods together and drove it to the ground and linked it to my connection) it stopped.

Jonescosmos advised me then to run an independent earthing for my setup and it's been working great since then.

I later found out that an electrician looped my neighbors neutral to the earth terminal in the DB.

I'm taking your advice chief, I just bought a 4ft earth rod and charcoal with salt to earth my system.

I wanna do it myself cos I feel it's a simple something that doesn't need an electrician.

Should I link it directly to the earthing of the inverter? Cos the inverter has an earthing port.

That's a bad idea... Get a good stabilizer instead.

Darey00:
Haa wàhálà o.

Our grid too dey very low so the protector (abinna breaker) cuts off power before it gets in the Inverter if it goes below the threshold (170v by default).

But as per say we rarely do 170v (we mostly get 150-162v on the average), I set the threshold to 150v.

Now I'm thinking that's not a good idea. 🥹

I connected it to the earth/ground port of my inverter and the DB.

fuckboys:
I'm taking your advice chief, I just bought a 4ft earth rod and charcoal with salt to earth my system.

I wanna do it myself cos I feel it's a simple something that doesn't need an electrician.

Should I link it directly to the earthing of the inverter? Cos the inverter has an earthing port.