₦airaland Forum

PotatoSalad:
Get off your high horse, son. You're not the only one using Starlink not you're the only one using nairaland. This thread is open to Nairalanders and visitors and has influenced a lot of people to get starlink, and they started from page 1, so it's ok to ask those questions before going ahead to purchase.

Get well soon. You go dey alright las las as far as you remember to take your meds. Boda ode!

PotatoSalad:
Calm your soft cheeks.
They give or dem no give? 🙄
This thread is 50+ pages long. It's normal for people to ask since the free subscription was probably mentioned in the first few pages.

Me sef thought I'd get free subscription too when I got mine around July last year.

Take, drink cold water. Oya hold your ears and listen. Funnily, Starlink spells it out just before you add your card,
but trust people not to read the fine prints; typical of Nigerians. if there were any running promos, it would be clearly visible on the site; as the current 440k price slash now. Once again, anything that happened T minus 1 is inconsequential for an adult human with functional thinking capacity.

PotatoSalad:
I believe the first people to get their kits in naija back in early 2023 when kit was $600, got 1 month free subscription.

This is May 2024 bro. Whether they gave 1yr free in times past is now inconsequential

HeavenlyBang:
Na dunce.

Annoying, he calls himself the solar "god".
They were correcting him and he was still arguing.

TechGeek777:
3 worst companies to buy solar products from in Nigeria in 2024!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=KreZBmvkRDt8SGG&v=nluB9qJpP5M&feature=youtu.be

This might help someone.

You're better off not listening to this guy (if it's not you lol )
Same guy that said MPPTs are waste of money and PWMs do exactly the same thing as MPPTs;
He didn't even understand the physics behind excess voltage conversion and said it was a marketing scam.
Run ooooo!!!!

udatso:
I take God beg you, I want to know where una dey hear this gist of free 1 month sub abeg.

Starlink said 30 days free trial. But if they've read further, it says if you are not satisfied with the service within 30 days, return it and they will process a refund.

awoofquality:
Abeg I wan ask question if person buy starlink now and mount am 6months after will the person get 1month free sub ? Or as you buy am the free sub don start to dy count

Elon: You'll receive your first monthly service bill upon activating your Starlink, or 30-days after shipment, whichever comes sooner. No free lunch.

Make una dey try read terms and condition, abeg try.

Zulum:
i want to pay for my starlink monthly subscription, but i noticed that the amount was increased to N76,000 . pls is there any change in the price?

AFAIK, Nope!

Ayomipoe:
Send back the new cable?

You are advised to replace everything completely, router and cables (data cable, power cable), with the new lot.
Well except for the stand (base) cos' that one is purely mechanical & in my case is permanently fixed; cannot be removed without significant damage.

ibietela2:
People wey Parapet dey their house, how una take pass the cable?

In my case, from roof into a trunk down the side of the building to ground floor. The into drilled hole; out the sitting room tv console.
75foot cable finish; had only about 5 inches of slack left. The replacement Starlink is sending is coming with a 50-foot cable. I am still thinking of the magic to avoid paying 87k for a longer cable or relocating the router to the first floor.

Koko254:
Thanks, this the power station I tend to buy,

For those saying why would I turn off my solar when I'm not at home, I don't understand should I leave my solar on if I'm out, spending a day or two outside, I leave alone, not married, nothing in my refrigerator

I will not be comfortable where I'm, when I'm going to spend the weekend outside, I turn off everything in my house. Money to buy the power station is not an issue, I just want to be sure if it can power it and not damage the hardware, and if the ecoflow power station can power it for like a day or two

LOL, you're probably scared your house don't catch on fire while you're not around. I would entertain that fear too if it was installed by a quack without essential protective devices. Many system in this same Nairaland has ran for many years unattended to and would only go off when it hit the low voltage disconnect which rarely happens. Asides that, it stays on forever even if no single soul was around for months. In fact, like that guy said, that is how it was designed to be. For example, I have security cameras and a home network; I don't see a situation where I would like to power it off for just a second.

BadMaster:
Recently had the same issue where the dishy was taken as long as 20 to 25mins to successfully connect to a satellite. Starlink sent a replacement kit for free, and I have, in turn, dropped the old kit with DHL. Considering that I have had that kit since February last year, it's amazing the support I still enjoy from Starlink. No ISP in this country would support a customer like that.

Note that Starlink has had to replace my router for free twice previously as result of power surge, technical issues.

Yeah not forgetting the 1x free month credit.

panalyst:
So sorry as I’m totally new to this. Are you guys saying if I buy a router like the TP link AX73 and connect it to my starlink, I can get faster speeds?

Give it a trial! At your own risk as I will not be held liable if it doesn't work.

Koko254:
Please guy I recently purchased starlink internet
I need the best backup battery for it
Mind you I have a solar system, which I did for about 3million, 4 genus carbon tubular battery 230ah
Felicity 3.5k inverter and 60A Felicity controller

But I don't want to be turning on my solar all the time, I gave internet access to 2 neighbors and they will be pay for it 12k each month,

So I need a backup battery for the starlink, a backup battery that can last upto 3 or 4 hours just powering only the starlink, just incase I turn off my main solar system

If you have a "solar" system, then you should have power at all times.
I presume you don't have solar panels, yea?

COMPAQ:
To those that know about solar and inverters an stuff, is felicity a good brand?

I ask because their 15kwh battery is going for like N2.96mln. Meanwhile other brands have even their 5kwh or 7kwh battery at that same price or even slightly higher. So wondering how Felicity battery is that cheap. Or is it that the battery inside doesn't really provide 15kwh?

The straight answer is the battery capacity is overrated. Expect 80% true capacity.
Some have claimed they employ fairly-used cells; others have seen brand new cells in their setup.
Do I recommend? For the price point yea. If you budget allows for it, then go for premium ones e.g. Pylontech.

So I have been having this GPS signal acquisition error for weeks. It makes booting time incredibly slow; as high as 20mins+. But once booted, all is good. My starlink reboot every 4AM thereabout (maintenance) and if I am awake during that time, it could take as high as 20mins to go online. So I just sent a screenshot of the error to Starlink and within 10 seconds, yes 10 seconds, a new kit was dispatched. I can return the old kit after receiving the new one within 30 days else my card will be charged for it. I just have to drop it with the DHL guys that comes to deliver the new kit. Can any local ISP ever do this for it's clients?

Hausa:
Sorry, what's SO?

StackOverflow; my bad!

xyjoe:
Nice one on your maturity and sense of humor.

Common, nobody was bashing him. In fact, in some forums e.g SO, Reddit etc, the comment would get downvoted or even deleted if it was a duplicate or if it required self-effort to solve. And there's a big warning to "search before posting".
It can be quite cringe to answer the same questions over and over; for example, we've had to post numerous screenshots of speed test over. Someone else will still come and ask "please how fast is starlink i wanna buy"
All in all, chill dude he is. Merci

makjo900:
My box arrived with the dish, router and cable. Is that complete package it's supposed to come with?

It remains Elon's signature
When you ordered on the website, weren't you told what the order comes with?
It's even right there in the box; but you guys would not spend one second to read user manuals, instructions et al
but rush online to post. A simple search "what does the Starlink kit come with" would answer you.
Questions on forums are meant to be posted as the last resort when you cannot find answers.
besides 99% the questions posted have been answered over and over again.

oliverwrites:
Does this means it comes with it own battery? And I have the residential one already, do I just need to upgrade or will need to buy it separately now? I don't mind either.

No starlink comes with a battery.
You can switch plans from within the account dashboard but be careful,
because there is the probability of not being able to go back to residential for now; depending on location.
Speak to customer support if you need more clarification.
Cheers.

oliverwrites:
Please how does the roam plan work?

11k more expensive.
Can move it around, locally even globally (see terms and conditions) unike residential (fixed)
Same speed as residential 90% of the time; other 10% slightly lower speeds (only mostly during peak hours)
Everything else remains the same

mctfopt:
Those two panels you mentioned have Isc of more than 11A each which will exceed the yeye 5000ES Growatt's maximum PV input current of 22A

Me think you're expecting too much from a 5kW / 450V input inverter that can do 580 * 9 at NOCT which gives around 5200+ out of 6000 available. If you're scared of NOCT, then STC can do 440 * 11 which give nearly 4900; using Jinko Panels as a case study.
If it doesn't satisfy your needs, then upgrade to the SPH variant that offers ISC 33.8A, IMP 27A, 550V input accomodating between 6500 to 10600 Wp panels offering the same smart load functionality as the Deye. The 5kW version costs 1.3m and call it a day!

mctfopt:
The max you can get out of this 580w is 8 in series which is still 4640. Still far from 6000w. I want to go near to 6000w without need for an external charger controller.

You can even do 9x 585w which puts you at about 5300. Like that guy said, you'll not get STC ratings; rather NOCT.
See attached chart and do your maths

xyjoe:
I am concerned about that roam plan[b] because I learnt the speed is very low.[/b] Can anybody confirm the speed experience on the roam plan please.

where did you learn that from?

ibietela2:
The guy that brought yours… if you are confuse ask me to explain.

never mind; it's obvious

ibietela2:
I have placed order for the router they charged me $8 extra for pay small small , remaining the Starlink with its card issues.

Dude/dudess you said Amazon was offering between $25 - $31 per month payment plan for the routers.
Then later you don't do monthly payments but ShipToNaija
and then they asked for $8 more for "pay small small (installments)".
Who's your supplier

ibietela2:
Which one?

#1

Which one be Ozoro again
All these relabelled products from China no go wound us.
We go soon soon see Odogwu battery and panels

bassdow:
you see eh, in technology, smart* is mostly for those not smart [enough] so if you dey use smartLoad, smartTv, don't know about smartPhones sha

What kind of take is this? Deye smartload function for those "not smart enough"
SmartTVs are for those not smart enough"
When e reach smartphones; your fuel finish.
Do you even understand the concept of the word "smart" in an electronic appliance/device?
Please I would like for you to expatiate of why you said so

justinguru:
i got it on jumia ...because even to purchase from starlink website no card works

Have you tried Alat by WEMA? If yes, then you need to contact support.
Also it's pretty cool to have extra "change" on top what is to be deducted.
Some people have had success that way

HeavenlyBang:
Electrical engineer here, it's not exactly "the amps that kill".

That's a surface-level take on the matter. There are plenty of factors that determine lethality, not purely current.

Styropyro has a good video on the subject titled "Is it the volts or amps that kill?"

At the end of the day, just stay away from live conductors.

Thats going sub-kernel. I also gave example of 200A that doesn't do sh!t when touched. So i know what you mean.
Amps, voltage, resistance etc all play a part. But for now let's leave it at amps.
That's why we would majorly watch out for amps and rarely internal resistance of the wire or the body itself coming in contact, etc; at least for non-industrial installs
Drops mic!

ojesymsym:
Both of you are saying the different things on same topic, so which is the correct one in terms of being more lethal? High voltage/low current or High current/ low voltage?

I thought my take was self-explanatory. Medical experts say as little as 0.007A for three seconds is enough to end you. So it's the amps that kill. It's the same "amps" travelling through an undersized wire that would start a fire. But then the amps require enough force to push them through. That's why your typical lead-acid battery of 200A doesn't do sh!t to you when you touch both terminals with your bare hand. It's just 12V DC. Be careful though on your quest for "a more lethal way to go"; and don't go touching naked terminals unless you feel like donating your cadaver for the advancements of human science.