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Good day house..pls i need a redmi 7a urgently in port Harcourt tomorrow.Who is in PH that can deliver?

Oga macbeyland,pls chat me up.I need two good earpiece,not so pricey sha.

macbeyland:
Possible to get it but the shipping cost would be frightening. Shipping cost has doubled/tripped since the outbreak of the virus

Thanks Oga @genius43.It is well oo..Covid has halted a lot of things.I can relate jare.

genius43:
I doubt. If anybody should have, it should be Macbeylandf.

ok ,will ask him.. thanks

genius43:
Our next update should be MIUI 12

chai, na wa o.Make den do fast cos i am using this redmi note 5 till it gives up the ghost.Pls does any seller here have this mi air purifier? I need it urgently for my baby's allergy.Small dust, nose don block!

Good afternoon my people.. Please it's been ages since my redmi note 5 recieved software update.Is it that updates for the phone has been discontinued?

essegis:
I bought and installed this towards the end of last year. I have a big family so I bought the 300ltrs own. Cost me 300k then, don't know what it's going for now. You can buy smaller ones depending on your pocket. I installed myself so won't be in the best place to give an installation cost.

Also, they have nothing to do with your solar panels or power providing. The solar reference here are laminated glass tubes that use sun power to heat up water & store in a large cooler for your use.

wow, thanks...it's cool then.My family is a small one...6 persons max,so we may not need up to 50 litres even.pls installers and sellers in the house,can u kindly help with cost estimate?

mctfopt:
Someone installed a solar water heater four years ago here, here is the thread detailing about the process: https://www.nairaland.com/390522/solar-energy-complement-fta/183#50744403

There was even a breakdown of cost and some comparison with getting a conventional heating system here: https://www.nairaland.com/390522/solar-energy-complement-fta/185#51106187

But that was FOUR years ago, prices are bound to have changed, either it is now higher or lower. Good luck

wow, thanks a lot Oga.I am certain prices are higher now.

Good evening all,please we are looking at getting a solar water heater.Would appreciate recommendations on the one to go for, cost and also installation tips.We want one that will be connected directly to solar our panels.Is that possible?

Buy plenty okra,ugu and panla fish..Okra vegetable soup is cheap to make.

But wait o..This is a joke right? 10 kids and a pregnant wife.U come dey find 3k soup to last one week?

I regret not taking relocation abroad seriously.God,pls keep me and my family safe till this covid 19 ends.We just have to leave this Country.Nigeria is dead!

Break up with him if you need someone who will pamper you.

Chinese stir fry

NVACS:
Nice one queenfav .

Thanks

My house is fully stocked with enough soups,phed units,stew,cereals, provisions , foodstuffs, medicines and fuel to pump water.Thank God for solar,i dey kampe incase Nepa decides to shutdown as well.

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I even made a post to help those who haven't stocked up , so they can have an idea of what to buy-

https://www.nairaland.com/5753771/coronavirus-list-foodstuffs-other-necessities
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chatinent:
I just wasted a month's salary on foodstuff; all I think is being the Joseph-in-Egypt way.

it's not a waste.The way the virus is spreading,a ban on trading and movements will soon be placed in all Nigerian states.

As at the time of writing this guide, coronavirus now has 44 confirmed cases in Nigeria.So many states have passed directives on closure of markets,schools, church gatherings etc
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I have deemed it necessary to share my checklist of foodstuffs,utilities and other items you need to stock up your home with, to enable you have a good stay at home until this Pandemic blows over.

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With this checklist successfully executed, you won't have the need to make frequent trips outside which increases your risk of exposure to the covid-19 virus.

You need to prepare by arranging for these-
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1.Cash to keep at home

2.Fill your cooking gas or buy kerosene for stove.If you can,buy an extra cylinder of gas,fill it and keep as spare.

3.Pay your Nepa bill or buy extra Prepaid meter units.This is the worst time to be without light, boredom will finish you!

4.Buy fuel in your car and also buy in at least 20 litres gallon for your generator.

5.Buy enough bottles of drinking water or get a new drum to store enough drinking water.

6.Get a rechargeable lamp to use in case of blackout.

7.Buy vitamin C tablets or multivitamin capsules to take daily to help with boosting your immunity.

8.Buy enough of your medication for pre existing medical conditions (if any) eg asthma,diabetes etc.


For general household use,buy drugs like-
Anti diarrhoea drugs,Panadol or paracetamol for pains, Cold,Flu or cattarh drugs , Methylated spirit, cotton wool, Children’s cough syrup, paracetamol and vit c ,Hot Robb/massage ointment,Cotton wool.

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9. Buy foodstuffs-

Rice,Beans,Yam,potatoes,Garri or whichever swallow you eat,Onoins, Fresh tomatoes, Fresh pepper, Dry cameroon pepper,Dry fish or meat,Spagetti, crayfish, Tomato paste (i recommend tasty tom or gino jollof mix so you can use it to make stews or jollof whenever you run out of fresh tomatoes, pepper and onoins),palm oil, vegetable oil,Ogbono, egusi (melon),dry bitterleaf, stockfish.


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Also get some cooking spices-Maggi,curry,thyme,ginger,garlic,salt, peppersoup spice etc
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If you are sure of electricity (nepa ,solar or gen)to preserve these-Buy fresh beef meat,kpomo,goat meat chicken, fish,prawns etc and keep in the freezer.

(Don't forget to cook some soups and stews to freeze in small portions for single use as per number of persons in the house that are likely to eat from it.)
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Fruits and vegetables (for fridge)-
Cucumber, carrots,green pepper,ugu, cabbage,scentleaf,apples, mango,oranges,banana, lemons, dates.


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Groceries and provisions like-
Lots of Bread (big size loafs),Carton of noodles, At least 12 Sardines (for emergency jollof), Custard,Quaker oats,Milk,milo,sugar, Biscuits,Cornflakes , cereal, groundnut, Fruit Juice,green tea, mayonnaise,butter or jam(for bread),crate of eggs,Baby formula/milk.

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10.household supplies and personal effects-
Tissue paper,Washing detergent,Harpic toilet cleaner,Bleach, Remote batteries, dish washing liquid,Body cream, bathing soap, beauty treatments, deodorant or body spray, hand washing soap,sanitary pads,Baby diapers,Baby wipes, baby toiletries,baby food/cereals,toothpaste, tooth brush,extra light bulbs, mosquito insecticide.
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11.Get pet food, medicines,toiletries

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12.Entertainment-
Pay for your internet data bundle and cable tv subscription.
Get Ebooks or paperback books,magazines or newspapers.
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I didn't mention hand sanitizers,hand gloves and face masks because those are common knowledge and key things everyone should get to protect themselves whenever they go out.

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PLEASE, LET'S USE THIS GUIDE TO STOCK UP OUR HOMES (in preparation for a possible lockdown).
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Lastly,I know so many Nigerians are low income earners and hence don't have the resources to stock up.

So many persons don't earn enough money to allow for savings for emergency periods like this.Many rely on monies gotten from their daily petty hustle to feed and care for their families.
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Those of us that are financially well off have a duty to play in helping such persons.Please, reach out to your friends, families and neighbors who don't have the means to stock up on food and household items .
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Try sending them the little money you can afford to help them buy basic foodstuffs and household supplies.At this time,money can't save anyone.Let's bear that in mind and be our brother's keeper.I and my family have already assisted some few persons with Food supplies and cash to help them prepare to stay home If you can help in your little way, pls reach out to someone today.
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We are preaching the gospel of staying at home to help prevent the spread of covid -19 pandemic.Nigeria isn't equipped with enough good hospitals, adequate number of doctors and medical personnels, test kits for coronavirus,ventilators and relevant hospital equipments to treat this virus.That's why we ought to stay home if we can, to avoid getting infected.
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With God's grace upon the world, good hygiene practices,social distancing, quarantining, self isolating and Staying at home;I believe we will successfully beat the coronavirus scourge that has ravaged the world at large.

Dam5reey:
If your inverter has LVD, set to 24.4V, anything below 24V will shorten the life of those batteries..

thanks bro,will do this.I don't know if it has LVD.We will ask the installer.

Trippledots:
Hubby de e own oh, e no knw say small gbese de cook wait am for one corner May God bless all the good hubbys oh

lolz..he has to bring out the money biko.I have seen it firsthand that in order to enjoy solar energy, you can't afford to be stingy.

Trippledots:
Does your inverter go off on low battery? If it doesn't, What is d lowest value you have seen your battery voltage by morning before your charge controller wakes up?

it has never beeped battery low,talkess of going off.The lowest i have seen it go is 23.3v

Trippledots:
At arena in oshodi one shop was calling 3k abi 5k late last year

e no too cost na.I checked jumia, didn't see.Will scout for it on other online stores tomorrow.

earthrealm:
She is in ph...cloudy weather is normal there
Folks there routinely get 30 to 50% of total array instantenous harvest...
Am fairly certain she averages 400w from her 1.2kw array, apart from special days when the sun chooses to smile specially on ph..and they then see 800w

@queenfav, yeah i forgot the 2.5kva prag...110k.
Ok tough estimate 610k...paying 700k isnt bad at all..cos wiring, trunking, labour, battery rack etc go still dey inside

yea,the guy tried for us sha.The weather here isn't helping us get good harvest at all.

Barezzi:
Madam all the suggestions are great as long as you have house loads sharing the 60A from the suggested CC.
That kinda current on a 200Ah C10 battery bank alone may "overfeed" it.
An "overfed" battery condition develops when it receives current far in excess of OEM recommendations.

wawu.. Thanks bro.We will do more findings before any upgrade.

earthrealm:
700k for what you listed??
Hmmm, you would have saved some cool dough if you had decent diy skills..
12v x 200ah ......... 110k.
300w chineses pale ....40k x 4
40a epever CC ......75k
Miscellanos, cables ...35
Total 500k...

The best advice has been given, buy a 60amp mppt cc, then increase ur panels to 6.

U forgot prag ,we got it 110k and we have two batteries that's 220k.
Them no go fit cheat me again..We were jjcs then, it's Now we are getting a hang of this solar venture.Thanks to you guys on this thread.My hubby is always a guest on nairaland,maybe he will soon open a proper account to allow him interact here more.We will upgrade soon,maybe before December,make we recover small from d first one.

ceaser:
Okay.

I would have uploaded a picture of the remote control of mine here so that the navigation will be easier to explain but I'm far away from home.

If yours comes with power saving options, here is how to go about it.

• Press setting button on the remote
• Select "Pictures" menu
• Scroll to "Backlighting" and select it. A horizontal gradient bar will show on the bottom of the screen. Some models may show just 3 limited options (high, medium and low)
• If yours is the horizontal gradient bar, then you use the 4- way navigation button on your remote to move the cursor to the right (increase) or the left (reduce) the backlighting. I think the default is 96%. I reduced mine to 30% and the consumption dropped to around 76 watts.

Note that the effect of reducing the backlighting is that the luminance of the screen reduces. If the ambient light in your room is not so bright, you still get excellent viewing experience. If the ambient light is highvor if the TV is situated directly opposite a window with high incident light, then you may be able to go up to 50% reduction in backlighting.

To really appreciate how the consumption drops with this option, you need to have a wattmeter plugged in line with the TV, or if your inverter has a wattmeter installed, try to appreciate the consumption changes as you make that menu adjustments on the TV

u be better person oga.May God bless you for this.Our windows are opposite the tv so we can set even at 20%.I appreciate oga.

Valto:
wow what an intelligent smart woman . really determined to make the home better. your hubby is a lucky man!

Awww, thanks for the compliment oga.

mctfopt:
Judging by this



I'll say the solar charger controller is already stretched for a 24V system as it currently has 1200w panel while below is the spec of Epever 40A MPPT:

Max.PV input power: 12V/520W,24V/1024W
Battery voltage range: 9V~32V
Max.PV open circuit voltage: 100VDC



@OP I'll suggest you get a Makeskyblue 60A Solar Charge controller capable of handling up to 2kw PV even though it has a rated maximum PV of 1440W, the idea is to add two extra PV to boost your total PV to 1800W. Also you can only use the power guzzlers (hood, etc) during peak sun and ditch 'em once the sun is down if you cannot ditch em forever.

wow,thanks oga.This solar life is for the brave o.When we are ready to upgrade by adding more panels, we would need to sell off the e pever to buy a 60a CC.I was telling hubby that with these things you have to go hard or go home! And we were happy we got 40a thanks for the link and insight oga.Please,i am.curious.Why is it advisable to run heavy loads during the day when its sunny?Is it that the load won't be relying on the battery backup alone but also from the panels?

ceaser:
Your appliances are power guzzlers, it appears.

Aside from your fridge that may not have power saver options, I believe that your Hisense TV should have options to reduce the consumption to much less than what is on the nameplate, perhaps something as low as 80 watts or 100 watts. Except if yours is LCD, 65 inches Hisense LED TV has a nameplate consumption of around 150 watts which can be reduced to around 80 watts power saver mode.

Please change your fans to QASA DC/AC types that consume about 30 watts at maximum speeds. They cost just around 10k5 on Jumia.

Hood range will definitely consume so much (the fan inside does that because the lights are mostly LEDs). Ireduce learnt that early. Those days, I DIYed an exhaust range that uses DC power.

If you can do without using the hood range, it will be good. 218 watts load on a solar set-up from a non-essential appliance requires a review. Although if your kitchen does not have adequate ventilation, that may be a difficult decision anyway.

15 watts for an electric fence isn't bad. I wager it's a DC powered type with a back-up battery.

Are your lights LED bulbs? If not, you might consider changing to LED.

I thought as much bro.We got most of them because we couldn't get what we wanted with a power power consumption.We will work on getting an energy saving fan,i have been seeing the qasa here on nairaland.Our lights are all led,max 12w for the big ones.I will stop using the chimney with inverter.You are right about the fence,it has a battery backup.The tv is a 65" led tv like you said,model no A600.Pls how do we reduce it to 80w in power saving mode? checked their manual, didn't see anything to help with that.Thanks so much oga.

ceaser:
It's available on AE for around 2k5 each, I think. You will need to be an electronics DIY person to install it though cos the terminal connections are not exactly straightforward like that.

wow,make Corona virus end first.I will show it to hubby so we can get one, afterwards call d solar installer to come fix it.Thanks bro.

earthrealm:
aha,, ph, i know say e go be there,
for a normal place the 4 x 300w panel is ok for x 12v 200ah battery, but ph is notorious for poor sunlight, 40amp mppt cc @24v, i think the max you can put on it is 1440w or so, you can check the manual to confirm,

what i may suggest could be a lil risky..depending on how antsy ur cc is , ..on a normal bright/sunny day...whats the max instantenous harvest, you have every observed??....2ndly whats also your best daily harvest in kwh then.
you answer to these questions will help me decide, if you can risk adding 2 more panels, to make it 3s2p. i also need you to confirm the max Voc of the cc, to be sure it can handle 3 x 300w panels in series

again ur tv consumes too much, seems its the old model LCD types, i suggest you make plans to ditch it, and get an energy efficient unit, again your kitchen hood, maybe you could try installing a wall fan in the kitchen , or an extractor if possible, or both...that hood is consuming too much juice as well

lastly, i hope your cc/panels are configured properly!!

it's a 2019 hisense 65 inch tv.They even said its energy saving.On a good day,i get almost 3 to 4kwh during harmattan.I can do without the hood range,i don't cook daily,just use it while boiling water for tea or garri.as for configuration,i want to believe so.I will post a snap shot of the panels, battery and charge controller connection thanks for your reply bro,i.appreciate.

Dam5reey:
Like someone was about complaining about solar on the previous page. That why waste money on charging..

My neighbors wonder how I use power 24/7, I don't own a generator..

It's all start with energy efficient Appliances..

Since you can see how much power you generate, you must size your consumption to that if you get generate 2KWH it mean you can only use 1.8Kwh.

Or you can apply this simple Rule, 1 batteries that is 12V 200AH must not be loaded over 100Watts..
In your case you must put a load more than 200watts on the inverter.

I tell people Solar is expensive oo
Before they start thinking of it..

I currently use 2(100Ah 12V batteries), Solar 540watts, I generate average 1.3KW that's about 50% of my battery capacity, it mean I have 1.2kw usage per day even if there is no power..

I have meters attached to to batteries reading Input and out, So I it measures all current including inverter idle consumption.

u are right bro.We have to minimize heavy loads on it.pls how much did u get the battery meter?

harizonal123:
There is no day I don't get a full charge. Even before before 12noon it has already entered float charging. I guess your system was poorly designed

what's ur location.And also i know size and numbers of panels matters too.