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mangolpupa:
This is impressive. Where did you buy your jinko panels?

Fouani

Another good day. 96% instantaneous yield. These Jinkos are something else

temi4fash:
. . . You are saying its safe to use our Life04 battery to 20%..

I set my cutoff at 10% (though it never gets there) and the batteries can go as low as 5% without any damage but IDGAF, the money spent on it
should be enjoyed

toscotech:
How can i connect this panel 6pieces

While not an expert, I can tell these are obviously fake from the nameplate design.

Original Jinko panels will wow you, for example in the image,
my 4.6 kWp crushed the NOCT (3.5 kW) and consistently hovers around 87% - 90% STC, i.e up to 4.1kW sustained (not instantaneous) power.

kristien4:
You cant do 9s2p on the growatt spf6000es. The spf6000es has a current limit of 16A each on each mppt string. The jinko 580w produces around 14amps of current, 9s2p will produce 28amps, unless you intend doing 9series on each pv input/mppt. Correct me if I'm wrong tho. I use same config as you, spf5000es with 9pieces 580w. Max voltage ive got is 431v. For the spf6000es i believe each string should be 500v 16amp each, for individual mppt.

HI, yes you're correct. Had to double-check the specs. 9S per tracker is the way to go since they are independent.
And in future, I could parallel more inverters as I would prefer to have multiple inverters as against one big unit; just for redundancy's sake. Thanks for your contribution.

Hello house, good evening. Looking towards a bit of recommendation or ideas.
I'm seeking to increase my setup. Currently it's

Panels: 8x 580W Jinko = 4.6kWp (On a good day i get around 4kW instantaneous, which serves good for daytime including inverter ACs usage from as early as 10am till 6pm)
Batteries: 2x PylonTech 5.12kWh = 10.24kWh (Since i am grid-tied (Band A), this hardly goes below 85% DOD cycled)
Inverter: Growatt SPF 5000ES.

The inverter's max input voltage is 450V which limited me to a a single string of 8x panels = 408 VOC. One extra panel would have crossed VOC with almost 10V because each is 51.02 according to specs.

I am looking to do the following:
Add 1x PylonTech 5.12kWh to make total battery 15.36 kWh
Change the inverter to the SPF 6000 ES Plus which supports up to 500V and 8kWp array

Doing this means I can then add 10 extra panels in a 9S2P config. VOC will go up to 459.18V
and theoretical yield will be 10.4 kWp. If the panels, on a good day, can do 85% yield, that's about 8.8kwP but the inverter only supports 8k; so about 800W best case (or 1.6kW worst case) is lost to overpanelling.

Am I on the right track?, or should i consider an inverter than can support up to 10kWp array? such as the Growatt SPH 5000TL-BL-UP 5kW capable of doing 9.5kW array and up to 550VOC. Except this is 5kW and not 6kW.

At this point, isn't it better to do the SPF 6000 ES Plus since it can be paralleled and thus can do 2x (12kW power; 1000 VOC, 16kWp) assuming I will do two banks of solar input?

Thank you.

nwirinedu:
They are very slow in cooling, some take up to an hour to cool , while a regular ac will cool in 5 minutes.
Difficult to repair.
Only good for those with small generators

Wrong info. Inverter ACs will usually have what is called Turbo or Burst Mode
that ramps up the compressor and increases fan speed.
In this mode, it can comfortably cool down a room in 1hr or less ( the same as a conventional unit).
If you truly had one, you would know and not type this.
Please let's try to get fact rights and stop dispensing beer-parlor gists

Rubyjade:
inverter AC is rubbish. W

How? Na you go buy rubbish/ Buy wrong; buy twice.
Buy an original Panasonic Inverter A/C or LG Dual Inverter and even put it on 24 Eco Mode
if you no freeze; make i know wetin cause am

Omoapena:
if you're under Band A electricity, make sure all your appliances are inverter, if you mistakenly buy the conventional appliances under Band A, you go too cry ooo

imagine spending nothing less than 100k monthly on electricity alone cox you have conventional AC, fridge, freezer, fan, and co...

100k ke? You no even talk 500 - 600! Band A is 227naira per unit in distribution areas

ask4bk:
How do you assure that the person you give your password can't get the password from his phone and use in other devices? (though I know you'll see the extra unknown devices from your management).
Anyone that has your password can get it from his device easily. Except you are whitelisting

Using SSIDs as an option; you can create one and assigned number of connected users and speed, e.g.
10 users/ 10Mbps. Whether the neighbor decides to share the password with 10 people or use it alone, the speed will never exceed 10Mbps.
And the more people the neighbor shares the password with, the more his (the neighbor's) speed reduces.
Owner's speed remains untouched.

ask4bk:
Do you just share WiFi password to them and limit the speed on your 3rd party router?

Do you whitelist?

Wrong mention, I guess

confluence:
What is horrible, you don't know what you are talking about, I have some of the tenants install kodi on their system and they stream virtually all DStv channels. Each tenant can connect up to 3 device each at that speed concurrently

2Mbps * 3 devices = 6 Mbps maximum demand
6Mbps * 2 tenants = 12 Mbps maximum demand

Starlink on a bad day can still deliver nothing less than 50Mbps; leaving 38Mbps for you
On a good day, 150 - 300Mbps is not unusual, leaving 138Mbps - 288Mbps for you

Note that data usage is unlimited. You might need to reconsider. While unlimited data at 10k/2Mbps x 3 devices per month
might look good to them, there is still plenty on the table without hurting your own speed.

At least 4Mbps for a start per device; maxing it at 24Mbps
or 10Mbps per SSID maxing out at 20Mbps
This second option is preferred and each tenant can have their own SSID and share the 10Mbps speed how they like among
their devices.

But if you're on the roaming plan and in Lagos; soon to be 167k; all bets are off!
Good luck.

1stSonOfLucifer:
I doubt if there is such thing as "boosting tool". ....

There are but
1. Na fake full market, and
2. Even if you get an original, the device is outlawed in Nigeria by the NCC

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/462661-ncc-warns-against-gsm-signal-boosting.html?tztc=1

ologun01:
will a roaming plan get service now in lagos?

Probably; i guess Elon has his own plans. Just need to sit back and watch how it plays out

ask4bk:
Oh, I see, you guys are in Lagos or Abuja that can't use residential so you'll be increased to 167k of roaming. Eyaaa!
When many of you leave, I'm sure spaces will start opening up in those areas and the residential restrictions there will clear. People will get faster Internet too.

I don't think so. a residential user has to leave for a residential spot to open up
If a roaming user leaves; nothing changes, residential-wise; except for another user taking up the roaming plan instead of business
and at 167k; not even worth it.

ibietela2:
I thought you were on residential?

Nah, mate. Roaming since day zero

yemkoguru:
hell yh

Same here; no way i'm paying 167k per month

Very delicate matter considering the economy that everything went up and salaries stayed put.
In my case, it used to be like 5mths, then later 3mths,.
It further went down to 1mth and then ultimately 1 week and 3 days of pay.
And make no mistake, the rent i speak of were in millions of naira
The rest is history.

Challspace:
Might just be your installation. Currently raining at Ajah and this is my speed.

I don't think so. Zero obstructions; perfectly facing the sky at highest point.
It used to be fast until things went down south

dustmalik:
Wow.. Yours is much better. I guess Starlink has added more POPs in Lagos.

I don't think so. (Lagos)

lionkingonfire:
Same experience in other states. Seems it's caused by congestion which is why it happens during peak period and not at night

True talk. Starlink don turn to "extra-cool"
So during the day I'm on MTN 5G

Starlink don carry me go where I nor know.
Most websites are now showing Dutch

Challspace:
Starlink has been slow in Lagos for quite some time now. At least over the past week I’ve observed a very sharp drop in download speeds. Today is worse. Struggling to get 20 mbps download.

i would be happy if i got 20Mbps, just see image, for like 2 weeks now
i have to wait till late midnight to use it
during the day, i have had to switch to MTN, cos its practically unusable; especially for video calls

faceland:
Is it humanly possible to use 800+ GB in a month? What are you streaming or downloading?

Anyway, to each their own. The lack of portability is a big no for me... If I want to run an internet/media/cafe company, that would be perfect for employees at location.

lol

brightk:
Is roaming plan no longer available..... ....

It still is but perhaps not for new subscribers;
because I still renewed mine some days ago.

udatso:
There used to be a way to pause service but that option is no longer there on the app. But I believe if you raise a ticket for your service to be stopped, it would be done. But if you don't stop your service, I am afraid you will still have access to internet while your bill piles up, for how long? I don't know. Speaking from my experience.

You can pause while on the roam plan

RoddyStan:
Does this mean it's not much better than mtn?

As far as reliablity and pricing goes, it's far better than MTN
But the speed has dropped considerably especially during the day

BadMaster:
Abuja is choked too. In fact, the only time of the day I get up to 150Mbps to 200+Mbps is after midnight, even with 3rd party router. 100Mbps is a herculean task to achieve during the day.

The only people really enjoying Starlink in Nigeria these days are those who live outside of Abuja, Lagos and Kano.

I swear. If you like use a router made in heaven; during the day ehn; na die. I am now forced to stay awake
late into the nights to do heavy downloads.

ibietela2:
it helps stabilise things, gives you better wifi control.

If you are in Lagos forget it. Lagos don choke !

Whois:
Yeap. It saves a lot of money. I have two routers, 1 at home and 1 in the car plus data I use on my phone, all Sims are using same 1TB data. This is my 9th month using it n I still have more than 200GIGs

This 1TB go only last me one month; highest 1 mth and 1 week

vengertime:
People like you who think they're encyclopaedia Britannica that know everything are the reason why Nigeria is a mess today .

Even if it consume too much power that even make my case that this car is not meant for a country that cannot provide basic things like electricity and water to its citizens

You lie take it or leave it. You didn't see where they used a gen to charge the vehicle with your two eyes.
Show proof or FO