durodee:
Had this Binatone appliance connected to my 1.5HP Polystar AC. The readings have been strange. When plugged on it reads zero watts and as the compressor kicks in, the reading starts from around 600w and then ramps it up to about 900w

durodee:
Pictures?

durodee:
Good one! How do you anchor those rails to the roof? Any special precaution? Thanks

ojeysky:


Sure I used the attached recommendation that I got from a friend after we brainstormed about it. Though I didn't get to plan for 12 anymore. I only did for 9 panels. Ingredients:

3" Galvanized poles
1.5" angle bars
12mm rods combined with 8mm that I had at home.

Welder put it all together and then the rest is getting it strongly fitted with concrete. It's standing now. Hopefully next weekend will get to move the panels.

Regards

durodee:
Had this Binatone appliance connected to my 1.5HP Polystar AC. The readings have been strange. When plugged on it reads zero watts and as the compressor kicks in, the reading starts from around 600w and then ramps it up to about 900w

durodee:
Had this Binatone appliance connected to my 1.5HP Polystar AC. The readings have been strange. When plugged on it reads zero watts and as the compressor kicks in, the reading starts from around 600w and then ramps it up to about 900w

EnterPRO:
Hello house. Can I run the following appliances on the Mercury 2kva/24v inverter?

The microwave especially. (10-15mins daily).


Microwave 20L - 700~1050w
Washing machine - 550w
Deep Freezer - 200w


55" AC LED TV - 150w
32" AC LED TV - 80w


DC Home theater - 60w
DC 22" LED TV - 25w
DC Fan - 15w

earthrealm:


yes you can.
especially if you have 8 units of 12v 200ah battery or 19,200wh of battery energy storage, then you now ask yourself if the inverter can charge the batt bank

EnterPRO:


8 batteries? Was thinking 200ah x 2 max.

I have light for 10-12hrs daily and i won't be using all those items at the same time. Just 2 or 3 simultaneously.

What setup do you advise please? For the microwave and freezer especially.

Thanks.

ceaser:


You may nit really need to punch the roofs. If your panels are not too many or the big wattage types, installers may use binding wires to hold the panels securely in place, tethered to the original nails that were used for the roofs. The corrugations on the roof will give ample space for aeration and ventilation under the panels.

You just need to sweet talk your landlord to give in, explaining to him that not a single scratch will be made on his property in the process of installing your panels. You can even evangelize green energy to him by the time he sees how you enjoy with less noise from combustion generators.

ceaser:


Bro, your set up (900va inverter+150watts x 4 panels) may just be sufficient for your TV (if it's 32" LED or 32"LCD) and a few lighting points (LED lights), and yes sufficient during sun hours but not with the spent 100amps battery. Though the 200amps new battery may suffice for extended back up of 6 hours after sundown but in that case I will advice you up your panel sizes in order to adequately charge your new 200amp during sun hours else it risks failing early. Your LG TV will most likely have power saving mode and I will advice you adopt that (a 32" LCD LG at full blast consumes around 80 watts, 40 watts at power saver)

You can get yourself a wattmeter to address the many "unsures" you have about the power ratings of your appliances. But I'll also add that you should plan towards replacing (either piecemeal or all at once) your gadgets to power saving ones.

Needed to set aside a 10-yr-old functioning 106 litres 400 watts Thermocool freezer for a 110 litres 114 watts 72 hours off power freezing capacity variant and it is hooked conveniently to 150 watts x 4 panels and 600 watts (1200 watts surge) inverter.

Also if you still intend to maintain that panel-SCC distance, then get cables with better gauges (those "join join" 3-core or 4 core pumping machine cables sold by our brothers are 2mm falsely rated 4mm and I realized that the day I saw the real 4 core in a solar shop). Doubling your pumping machine wires may work somewhat but not the best solution.

If you are on national grid with fairly good online time, you can buy a 20amps standalone charger to help augment your 200amp battery juice when you eventually start using it.

ojeysky:


If you can guarantee equal sunlight to all panels then my suggestion is that you get a controller with high voc (yes you imagine I will suggest mppsolar ) and then connect your panels in series,
Get a armoured dual core 10mm to do your entire cabling, it's 1k per yard, cheaper for you since it's 2 in 1.

PS: I am still an apprentice in this solar thing Sha o

olopan:

Have you found a better way to get your standalone buildup make out yet.....
let me know, i would like to throw in a few pointers.

SolnergyPower:
We use nails. We also have flash bar (you can get this from those guy selling building materials) to seal where there is an opening that will lead to leakage.

After we finished installing the panels, we access the ceiling ie in-between the roof and ceiling, this area is always dark. So if you look at the roof from inside the ceiling, you will see holes or openings if there are any, then you can seal the roof with your flash bar from inside the ceiling too.

earthrealm:


WHATS STRANGE ABOUT the reading?? IS IT AN INVERTER AC

earthrealm:


WHATS STRANGE ABOUT the reading?? IS IT AN INVERTER AC

olaolu11:




Connect in series? My inverter is 12volts. 3 panels in series will give 36volts, and will not work with my 12volts inverter. I stand to be corrected

olaolu11:




Connect in series? My inverter is 12volts. 3 panels in series will give 36volts, and will not work with my 12volts inverter. I stand to be corrected

olatade:
Is this one decent enough? It's a china made

olatade:
experts in the house, i need some advice.

which mppt charge controller is best suited for a 24 volt luminous (440amp) tubular battery bank.

help a brother out please!

olaolu11:
How do I buy 78 feet dual core 10mm cable on a salary of 73K/monthly? The transformer in our area packed up about a month ago. The painful thing is the stupid thing did not pack up during election campaign when one money-miss-road politician or the other would have replaced it for us in other to garner votes. Person dey suffer o.

durodee:
that is exactly what confused me. I did not buy an inverter ac, i got a regular ac from Jumia months ago and recently got the binatone AVS