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Glad to finally see someone who has panels facing both North and South.

There is a school of thought that believes that the position of the sun during the raining season favors solar panels that are facing the North, if you haven't already compared the output of both panels (you can use ratios if there are of different capacity), would you be kind enough to do run the average output data over a period?

GloryJoyeux:
@ mctfopt

Hi,

See the picture of this particular mount, ignore the pv I scribbled out, these 6 visible panels are the JA solar mount facing north.

Edit: For transparency, I’ve included the picture without the scribbled panels to show they are different panels, those are jinkos and part of the south facing string.

I have pv input on other mppt strings facing south (not visible in the picture).

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Iinnov8:
It is available.

Pls what could be wrong with my Sachet Inverter? Recently it starts to make some relatively high and low sounds, and I also noticed that it blinks some of my lightbulbs.

ayo1984:
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I once undertook to extract data from the PVGIS website, to show a client why the south face was overall the best orientation to place the panels. The data represents conservative averages over 2005-2020 for hourly PV production per 1kw. The data is for ILORIN particularly, I assume the data will vary for other locations due to unique sun path at each location.
MONTH: ORIENTATION WITH HIGHEST PV OUTPUT/KW
JAN : SOUTH
FEB: SOUTH
MAR: SOUTH
APR: FLAT
MAY: NORTH
JUN: NORTH
JUL: NORTH
AUG: WEST
SEP: WEST
OCT: SOUTH
NOV: SOUTH
DEC : SOUTH

Practical results may vary.

ojesymsym:
Glad to finally see someone who has panels facing both North and South.

There is a school of thought that believes that the position of the sun during the raining season favors solar panels that are facing the North, if you haven't already compared the output of both panels (you can use ratios if there are of different capacity), would you be kind enough to do run the average output data over a period?

I was hoping we could tap from your own practical data, however, the data you provided here seems to support that the months during which we have lots of rain May-Sept benefit from the North facing panels, I am surprise to see that the west facing ones are not that far behind.

The difference during the dry season when the South produce more is greater than during the raining season when the North produces more.

Interesting

lexi28:
I once undertook to extract data from the PVGIS website, to show a client why the south face was overall the best orientation to place the panels. The data represents conservative averages over 2005-2020 for hourly PV production per 1kw. The data is for ILORIN particularly, I assume the data will vary for other locations due to unique sun path at each location.
MONTH: ORIENTATION WITH HIGHEST PV OUTPUT/KW
JAN : SOUTH
FEB: SOUTH
MAR: SOUTH
APR: FLAT
MAY: NORTH
JUN: NORTH
JUL: NORTH
AUG: WEST
SEP: WEST
OCT: SOUTH
NOV: SOUTH
DEC : SOUTH

Practical results may vary.

I don't understand, please, are we in dry or raining season?

Sun everywhere, Lagos.

BangaRice:
A is slightly stronger and better.
B is good too but not at A's level and works well enough. These ones are good for 12W and below devices. If higher, go for that one another nairalander sampled just before i contacted you. If for less than 12W devices you can cconsider these.

I have stopped using them myself but still get them for people looking for something thats flexible.

Are these charger board quick charger? I got some that I use but charge very slowly even with fast charger cord, now I am planning to get the one in the picture below because of QC specifications on them. Pls do you know about these ones?

Who are the major distributors for SRNE Inverter & Batteries?

How much will a 20Kva SRNE IP65 Inverter with 30 Kwh Battery setup cost?

Including 25 600W Panels.

dollarnaira:
I don't understand, please, are we in dry or raining season?

Sun everywhere, Lagos.

The sun is loading water for 7 days rain coming soon.

sleekender:
Who are the major distributors for SRNE Inverter & Batteries?

How much will a 20Kva SRNE IP65 Inverter with 30 Kwh Battery setup cost?

Including 25 600W Panels.

https://hmsolarltd.com/
Inverter is 10kva 1.9M X 2
Batteries 16kwh 4M X 2
Solar panel 600w is around 135K per pc

lexi28:
I once undertook to extract data from the PVGIS website, to show a client why the south face was overall the best orientation to place the panels. The data represents conservative averages over 2005-2020 for hourly PV production per 1kw. The data is for ILORIN particularly, I assume the data will vary for other locations due to unique sun path at each location.
MONTH: ORIENTATION WITH HIGHEST PV OUTPUT/KW
JAN : SOUTH
FEB: SOUTH
MAR: SOUTH
APR: FLAT
MAY: NORTH
JUN: NORTH
JUL: NORTH
AUG: WEST
SEP: WEST
OCT: SOUTH
NOV: SOUTH
DEC : SOUTH

Practical results may vary.

This is some interesting information. Thanks for sharing.

ajabani4allah:
Are these charger board quick charger? I got some that I use but charge very slowly even with fast charger cord, now I am planning to get the one in the picture below because of QC specifications on them. Pls do you know about these ones?

The PDs are fast charger if your device supports it.

I would like to join the Deye club.

What is the maximum wattage from solar panels it supports?

I think forum group members have 8kW and 16kW models if I remember correctly

I remember reading there is an older model and an improved version.

Please kindly share the model number of the improved version so that I can study it before buying

I am thinking of increasing my panels to 12kW.

Which is better the 8kW or the 16kW? And why?

Noticed something odd and interesting, that my smart TV flickers just before I hear the roll of thunder.

Does that mean I need to improve my earthing and thunder/lightening protection?

BigDickProblems:
Pls what could be wrong with my Sachet Inverter? Recently it starts to make some relatively high and low sounds, and I also noticed that it blinks some of my lightbulbs.

Loose terminal was responsible

This is the correct smart breaker right?

Yes, there's also a cheaper variant without screen for 11$

Fremlin:
This is the correct smart breaker right?

fashrola:
Anyone selling SS Power 12V 3.5kva Transformer based inverter?

Anyone has this available?

Dageek:
Someone should please recommend a good car battery charger, the price and seller

I got this as free gift from Temu and works well…

GloryJoyeux:
The arguments here between HF and LF inverters is uninformed on one side.

LF / transformer based inverters are being phased out, victron is one of the few companies that offer majority of their products as transformer based. The rest of the industry have more HF inverters than LF in their products catalogs.

Also, you can consider this forum www.diysolarforum.com and guage trends, nobody there is talking about lead acid or LF inverters in 2025.

make victron reduce price first to SRNE or DEYE level make you see something

lexi28:
I once undertook to extract data from the PVGIS website, to show a client why the south face was overall the best orientation to place the panels. The data represents conservative averages over 2005-2020 for hourly PV production per 1kw. The data is for ILORIN particularly, I assume the data will vary for other locations due to unique sun path at each location.
MONTH: ORIENTATION WITH HIGHEST PV OUTPUT/KW
JAN : SOUTH
FEB: SOUTH
MAR: SOUTH
APR: FLAT
MAY: NORTH
JUN: NORTH
JUL: NORTH
AUG: WEST
SEP: WEST
OCT: SOUTH
NOV: SOUTH
DEC : SOUTH

Practical results may vary.

Thanks for this data. So much to harvest from there... I am not surprised that the west-facing panels posted great results, especially in the rainy season, based on my personal observation....

Appears a southwest-facing panel could be a best of both worlds... Especially for southwestern inhabitants in Nigeria...

Why do you need a 3.5kva inverter in 12v?

fashrola:
Anyone has this available?

how old is this installation

Dageek:
Deye Inverter is just too sweet, connected to home assistant

Good day to y’all, pls why is the mod taking down my posts?

justcallmenuel:
Good day to y’all, pls why is the mod taking down my posts?

But this was not taken down

Lagos?
HMSolar is your guy, no story.

sleekender:
Who are the major distributors for SRNE Inverter & Batteries?

How much will a 20Kva SRNE IP65 Inverter with 30 Kwh Battery setup cost?

Including 25 600W Panels.

People of God,

I noticed my Gospower 6kw inverter fan just spiked with higher noise. Load was 500w and generation was 1000w. My 15kwh was at 60% then. Within 20mins the battery dropped to 31%. I've verified no load from anywhere. I had to shut it down for now. The inverter is installed inside.

Has anyone experienced this?

Are you sure you got that info from the same data? The only months it seems more, you will notice that the difference is not much compared to the months where it is not high

jmaine:
Thanks for this data. So much to harvest from there... I am not surprised that the [b]west-facing panels posted [/b]great results, especially in the rainy season, based on my personal observation....

Appears a southwest-facing panel could be a best of both worlds... Especially for southwestern inhabitants in Nigeria...

Jefferyzz:
Yes, there's also a cheaper variant without screen for 11$

Thanks

I kinda like the feel of this one with screen