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zeestone99:
Been away for a while, im happy these thread keeps on giving me beautiful contents. Chuckdee ur setup is such a badass especially with the plex and kodi stuff u and bigrover (anoda chairman) integrated, oga George ( founding father, father of all nations) keep on updating us on ur installation, many r waiting to learn a few tins from u sir, my fellow installers I greet u all. Peace

I have fairly use 250watt panel for sale ...limited quantity available

Location and contact?How many pieces are up for sale?Thanks

bigrovar:
This set a gold standard for setting up a smart and energy sustainable home. Massive congratulations and thanks for sharing.

I never knew Amazon echo would work in Nigeria (does it have to be always internet connected ) also how did you setup your 10terabyte hard drive array? Are you use a turnkey device or built one? I hope to setup a media server with 10 tera but my aim is to use disk arrays setup to raid 5 for redundancy...That's will eat lots of 2 terabyte disks and would require a server with 10 disk drive bay. Kindly share.
FYI currently use kodi (formerly xbmc ) as media center. It is the project which Plex is based. Running for over 5 years now.

ECHO works but you have to hack it for it to tell the time correctely - I have both google home and Echo and Google home is better for andoid chromecast ( media applications) Echo is good with Harmony , Hue and yeelight .and samsung hub
USE a NAS for data . personally I use Synology 2 bay 4 TB x 2 (Raid 1) . It has it's own server for plex. I also use XBMC but prefer plex as it syncs to tablet and xbox al the watched status and has better integration - ( but you have to pay a yearly subscription) XBMC is good for direct streaming

idsolar:
i wl prefer quanta

Quanta for AGM /GEL ( i am using in office) Luminous for flooded( long life) - I am using at Home

pranil:
ECHO works but you have to hack it for it to tell the time correctely - I have both google home and Echo and Google home is better for andoid chromecast ( media applications) Echo is good with Harmony , Hue and yeelight .and samsung hub
USE a NAS for data . personally I use Synology 2 bay 4 TB x 2 (Raid 1) . It has it's own server for plex. I also use XBMC but prefer plex as it syncs to tablet and xbox al the watched status and has better integration - ( but you have to pay a yearly subscription) XBMC is good for direct streaming

Na wa ooo!!!

You and bigrovar...keep confusing us

my 4 batteries 24 volts setup is not charging the batteries again. i travelled and came back connected it but will not charge. any ideal?
thanks.

I am Looking for a 40 AMP 48 V DC 3 phase( 440 V) supplied battery charger Ideally should have only taper charging . Anybody has encountered one in Nigeria or direct to me to someone who can build one ? - This is to ensure the battery charger loads my generator evenly

Alternatively 3 identical chargers rated to work in parallel with 10 to 15 amps rating for 48 V DC


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Anil

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The first controller I started with is for dash interested give me a call.
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Please note the evidence that you want to make use of it most be there, you can't collect it and keep nor sell it

Wow just reading this makes me think are we in the same naija... surely you have a sweet setup

Chuckdee:
Hi all,

I want to share my setup with the house so as to serve as a source of motivation to new DIYers that would come across this thread because it's the same way i got the needed info to do mine. I have read, watched and studied so much in the past years as regards to solar and renewable energy that I was able to design, procure and deploy my setup all by myself and with help of a couple of friends. I did make use of some carpenter guy to help mount the panels on the roof following my instructions through, and also got my electrician to run load separation cables for me. However, there are members of this forum who have been immensely helpful to me by answering my plenty questions and worries, I am very grateful to Mr. Chris of AWPS Renewable Energy, your love n passion for the job is unquestionable!, Dunka, your motivation is next to none, Frankie the able supplier and a brother, George_D da boss!, thanks for the emails! and all the contributing members here, y'all are the best. it has been a very wonderful experience and I thank God for the opportunity.

My rig consists of:

15 X 300W yahSun Mono Panels (4,500W)
8 X USL16EXC2 6V L16 360AH USA Flooded Batteries
1 X Midnight Solar Classic 150 96A MPPT Charge Controller
1 X Magnum Magnasine 4300W Pure sinewave Inverter
1 X Magnum MERC Advanced Remote
1 X Trimetric 2030A + 500 Mv Shunt
1 X 48V BLS Desulphator
1 X 6Ft Earthing Rod
2 X Midnightsolar MNSPD Surge protector (1 for AC side, 1 for DC side)
1 X 10KVA Servo Stabilizer ( Pre-owned for about 4 years now)
4 x Complete galvanized aluminium Roof Mount
Various quality Breakers, Fuses and Accessories.

EXTRAS:

1 X TP-Link AC750 Dual Band WiFi Range Extender, Extends WiFi to Smart Home & Alexa Devices (RE200)
2 X TP-Link Smart Plug w/ Energy Monitoring, No Hub Required, Wi-Fi, Works with Alexa, Control your Devices from Anywhere (HS110)
1 X TP-Link Smart Wi-Fi Light Switch, No Hub Required, Single Pole, Control Your Fixtures From Anywhere, Works with Amazon Alexa (HS200)
1 X Amazon Echo dot 2nd gen.
.....More on those later.

It is important to state that these items were acquired over a long period of time, infact, it took me one year plus of self disciplined money management, savings and forfeiting so much to make this happen maybe because of my taste in quality but from experience, i have learnt to go hard and go once! at a point i was sending money monthly to Frankie so as to secure a price point on the panels when the dollar was climbing like crazy. The most expensive item to get were the batteries as you had to buy them once. My candid advice to anyone is to start small, make a checklist of needed items and bit by bit, you will be striking off the ones you get as time goes on.

Panels were run in series/parallel strings of 3X5 to a combiner box with 5 breakers. All panels, inverter, CC and Combiner box were Grounded. 6MM ammoured cables from panels to combiner box, 10MM from combiner box to CC. Battery interconnect cables, CC to battery bank, Inverter to battery bank all 50MM Extra fine stranded Welding cable. Although a little more expensive, these cables handle any load comfortably and have never felt a tad warm to the touch at all and trust me, i have pushed them to the max all in the name of testing.

Seeking to achieve an 'almost' off grid setup, I went for that much number in panels and the result of having an array sized to cover the worst time of year, is that you get quite a bit of spare power at peak sun times. Therefore it makes sense to divide your loads up into base loads and opportunity loads. My base loads are 1 large Refrigerator (on a timer running 7AM-5PM daily), 1 always-on 24/7 Freezer, water pumps, computer gear, chargers of all sorts, lighting, security lights consisting of 8 X 15W energy saving bulbs (looking to change them to LEDs of less than 10W if i find them), an always-on Apple MacMini I use as my media server running a PLEX server serving movies to all TVs and smart devices like Roku box, Amazon fire Tv stick, and one Xiami Mi Android TV in the house, 2 standing fans, as well as sundry occasional appliances,power tools and other usual stuff; washing machine, iron, juicer, blender, microwave and hair blowers.

Most mornings, I wake up to a battery bank that is between 68-75% except on days i play the PS4 pro or xbox1 all night, i have seen 66% in the mornings, still under 50% DOD so not too bad and I know that my batteries have not yet been broken into very well. By 1-2PM batteries are already in float so the excess power are dumped into opportunity loads like running ACs, boiling water and cooking using the Induction cooker running at max power till like 4PM. I have seen max PV output of 3600W+ and my area in Abuja is very dusty, so many untarred road around my hood, panels were covered in dust from the next day after installation! and we have not seen any rains yet so i believe there is tendency for better output when the rains come.On average i harvest around 14-18Kwh daily. I have been running the system TOTALLY off-grid since the 10th of March.

I used the Wifi extender to extend my WAN and use the Ethernet jack to plug in the Midnight Classic CC to my home network, so i can monitor from PC and phone w/out having to run a long lan cable to my router inside. Got for less than $20 on amazon and works like a charm.

I use The smart plug to plug in my fridge and set it on a timer so it automatically comes on @ 7am and shuts off by 5PM daily. I also use it to monitor energy consumption in real time or over a period of time, very helpful to calculate all your energy consumption.

The smart switch i use to automatically turn on the whole security lights @ 7pm and turn of @ 6:15 am daily. and just like the smart plug, they both can be controlled from anywhere in the world from the app as long as u have internet and i have tested this, it works perfectly.

I am a geeky kinda guy so I love me some home automation and i have had some Phillips Hue lighting in the house, all devices in my Home theater setup are controlled using just a single remote-- The Logitec Harmony elite and all these devices can be controlled via voice with Alexa on amazon echo dot, pretty neat and works for the TP link switch and smart plugs too. I hv 10 Terabytes of Movies, TV series and Anime all in HD and running perfectly on the media server 24/7 with the beautiful interface of PLEX (guys u need to check it out, its simply your own NETFLIX @ home) For internet i use the NTEL unlimited package so everything is always ONLINE... I share my home wifi for my neighbors and they can watch movies on their phones and tablets as the media server can comfortably handle multiple media streams at once without issues. All these are possible because the sun gives me free Energy!

I cannot state how lovely it is to have uninterrupted power supply, something people in other countries take for granted. I think going solar is the best way forward for us here.

Ok!Sorry guys for the long read , however, Your comments, criticism, corrections and questions are welcome..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUfi8K3lGw0


no Nepa no wahala...... at auxano energy, we give u the best quality at affordable price.....a trial will convince you

auxanosolar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUfi8K3lGw0


no Nepa no wahala...... at auxano energy, we give u the best quality at affordable price.....a trial will convince you

Do u fix Auxano inverters?
I have a 2kva Auxano that is faulty 2months after installation for a client.
He aknowledges, Its actually his fault.
Most guys can't fix it, suggesting using a different board n reconfiguration of the inverter.

2baga:
Wow just reading this makes me think are we in the same naija... surely you have a sweet setup

LED bulbs from Philips ( e27 Base) are available in Emab Plaza at 1800 NGN each for 6 or 9 w ( 40 and 60 watt equivalent) . The shop is near the gate on right side. I forgot the name.

Light output good but not same CRI as Hue but almost matches the concentration mode color

auxanosolar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUfi8K3lGw0


no Nepa no wahala...... at auxano energy, we give u the best quality at affordable price.....a trial will convince you

Not like we don't want to buy Nigerian. Just as always marketing and presentation of most Nigerian companies are just abysmal. You can imagine going to auxano website and not a single information on price details or specification on their product. All you have there are pictures sekena. How can I buy an inverter without having detailed knowledge on its features, specifications etc. No sales outlet no price no dealership no nothing. Its takes more than appealing to patriotic favor to win anyone here. You have to do more with information on what u produce

M

You're absolutely right Bigrovar.
Same thing with our online malls. Same picture duplicated 3 times, no specs, nothing. You're expected to make a purchase decision after admiring the pics... na wa o!

JUO:
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still on

Hello guys,

Been thinking of the best and most efficient 4 Battery setup. Can you guys assist me in choosing a good connection out of the 2 options and the reason. Thanks.

[quote author=JUO post=55527014]The first controller I started with is for dash interested give me a call.
30a Renogy pwm 12/24v
Please note the evidence that you want to make use of it most be there, you can't collect it and keep nor sell it [/quote>]
Good of u, God bless ur pocket

JUO:
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80a flex max Fangpusun 170k
60a flex max Fangpusun 150k
50a bluesolar Fangpusun 45k max PV input 100v
30a bluesolar Fangpusun 30k max PV input 100v
30a A series epever with remote 55k max PV input 100v
080-987-337-09

Is the bluesolar Mppt or pwm

babaegun:
Hello guys,

Been thinking of the best and most efficient 4 Battery setup. Can you guys assist me in choosing a good connection out of the 2 options and the reason. Thanks.

Option 1 is the way to go.

In option 1, equal amount of current pass through all for batteries during charge or discharge. The batteries should stay balanced without costly battery balancer

Option on run at a lower current and higher voltage than option 2, this allow you to use smaller gauge cable, lower amperage circuit breaker

Cable loss is smaller with option 1

Option 1 is simply simple, straight forward and easy

zeestone99:
Is the bluesolar Mppt or pwm

mppt

babaegun:
Hello guys,

Been thinking of the best and most efficient 4 Battery setup. Can you guys assist me in choosing a good connection out of the 2 options and the reason. Thanks.

Check wat dapsyra said above but the main determinant is your inverter,

Is your inverter 24v or 48v?

The higher the system voltage, the more stable and (on the long run) more economical as well better room for expansion.

Go with series

babaegun:
Hello guys,

Been thinking of the best and most efficient 4 Battery setup. Can you guys assist me in choosing a good connection out of the 2 options and the reason. Thanks.

babaegun:
Hello guys,

Been thinking of the best and most efficient 4 Battery setup. Can you guys assist me in choosing a good connection out of the 2 options and the reason. Thanks.

It all depends on the input of your inverter.
A 48v battery bank won't work with a 24v inverter and vise versa

chris81964:
Don't do the firmware update. Victron has put a kill switch that slowly reduces your production to nothing. Fangpusen is aware of this.

really? I don enter one chance with the update. Crying. Other users take note. Bros anyway to downgrade the firmware?

JUO:
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60a flex max Fangpusun 150k
50a bluesolar Fangpusun 45k max PV input 100v
30a bluesolar Fangpusun 30k max PV input 100v
30a A series epever with remote 55k max PV input 100v
080-987-337-09

one day to go

@dapsyra, DMerciful, Konnektions146, Ferdiwar and everyone.

Thanks all. My Inverter is 24V. Planning to upgrade to a 48V soon hence the reason for the diagrams.

I think i will go with the serial-parallel for now and change to series when i upgrade the Inverter. Hope that will work?


NB: I stumbled on a link with facts and figures - http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/batt_con.html which will make a good read for forum members.

babaegun:
@dapsyra, DMerciful, Konnektions146, Ferdiwar and everyone.

Thanks all. My Inverter is 24V. Planning to upgrade to a 48V soon hence the reason for the diagrams.

I think i will go with the serial-parallel for now and change to series when i upgrade the Inverter. Hope that will work?


NB: I stumbled on a link with facts and figures - http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/batt_con.html which will make a good read for forum members.

Since your current inverter is a 24v system you are to go/stick with the series/parallel connection​ till you upgrade your inverter to a 48v system then you can change your battery configuration to a series connection.

[quote author=DMerciful post=54688301][/quote]Please is there any cable that comes along with this controller.