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Tdoctor:
OK. Waiting for pics on the thread

Ezimuoh:
They are half cut mono

bassdow:
Fouani majorly sells Bi-Facial solar panels which already are halfCut mono so no problem

bassdow:
but sheyBi you follow for people wey dey call me oldSchool. say I am stuck in the past.

meanWhile, there's probably an issue with your mc4 connector or no be better one you buy or it wasn't connected well enough.

There's reason why Soldering has always been the best and when crimping, ensure it's properly done or when tying together, ensure you tie it well. if I have to go the Tying route, you go think say I dey plait hair; i fit divide am into 5 portions, still dey divide and join while tying them. When properly done, e go be like say you solder am. Come use better tape cover am. Either way, na to maintain enough contact that's steady.

and those mc4 connectors are very expensive especially if it's more than 1-way.

but using mc4 connectors makes the project neater, and easier to connect and disconnect cables unlike when manually tied.

fuckboys:
you're right about making the work neater, to me I think mc4 connectors are just got asthetics, not necessary for better performance.

bassdow:
scale of project matters. also makes for easy error detections as you could easily disconnect without thinking of how to unTie and reTie things after checking for things.

BUT for small projects, especially pesonal ones, not worth it much especially considering the price of any mc4 more than 1-way.

Drgreatone:
Why not just get a jump starter. My battery has bin doing same for abt 6mths now if i leave it for 48hrs or more idle. I got the jumpstart 4mths back and its bin bliss. Once it doesn't crank, na to use jumpstart and the battery has bin fine so far

lungwun:
Just received word that a connection lost their home on Sunday due to Solar/Inverter/Battery system fire.

Are there any IP65 rated batteries and Inverters? If i jump into solar because AEDC are more useless than two follicles of hair, I really do not want it in my house anymore.

IP65 rating will help with outdoor placement

Gshems:
make people no cut cost on wires. Wires and breakers are major cause of these fires. An installer once used a 1.5mm wire for my inverter connection. Once day I went there as a curious person and I saw that the wires are burning already. The insulation was already burnt. I upgraded everything to 2.5mm.

Gshems:
make people no cut cost on wires. Wires and breakers are major cause of these fires. An installer once used a 1.5mm wire for my inverter connection. Once day I went there as a curious person and I saw that the wires are burning already. The insulation was already burnt. I upgraded everything to 2.5mm.

Creditalerts:
Pls is there a proper way to earth inverter system to prevent it from thunder/lightning during rainy season?

Any video or insight will be highly appreciated

Creditalerts:
Pls is there a proper way to earth inverter system to prevent it from thunder/lightning during rainy season?

Any video or insight will be highly appreciated

adimx:
Did the wires become cool after the upgrade?

bassdow:
wetin carry you come this thread Oga ?

mctfopt:
I have Schneider 4048 inverter...all you need is an external charge controller and you are good to go. Get a good AVR too as it doesn't tolerate poor voltage from NEPA

bassdow:
wetin carry you come this thread Oga ?

adimx:
What is wrong with his question?

Kaczynski:
build a rack mount for it.

Creditalerts:
no he mean no harm is my investment padi ✌🏾

bassdow:
so no be only me sabi do ghostMode. e get threads I dey for years BUT never type single dot.

fuckboys:
I use cworth panels, I get 1.3kva at full sunlight out of 1.68kva array. Not bad.

But I wouldn't buy it again if was to do it again. I would go for ZNshine, Jasolar or jinko.

favouredbymercy:
Omor my grid wires AC in and out na 6mm² o, i nor fit shout. Battery cable na 35mm². PV na original 6mm² (separate cores) . All spds, avrs and breakers properly sized.

Abeg make we nor dey compromise for these things, they are critical.

osayuwamwen:
Na watin they fear me for all this high voltage inverter, Abeg help me check if this ac in/out wire na 2.5mm, I use 25mm separate core for the inverter to battery I also install fire breaker I nor know if I they safe this way

Gshems:
Guys abeg, my wife got home to see our inverter beeping with error code 04. I told her to swith off the breaker one by one till we found out that it is the pv input that is causing the fault. When I got home, I isolated the breaker cos I just got that 2 days ago (still the same). The moment I disconnected the pv cable from the breaker it stops. My inverter is currently working when my pv cable disconnected. But when the pv cable is connected it starts to hum and show fault code 04. This was around 6:30pm. I just replaced my old panels to 2 535 in series 2 days ago. Anyone with similar experience

favouredbymercy:
Though i cant tell by looking at the pics, but this looks thick enough. Hope thick wire were also used in looping the breakers and spds?

Gshems:
Make una help me o