₦airaland Forum

I wanna thank the creator of this thread. I've learnt a lot . I've started a small pilot project. I have the intention to implement it on half an acre later this year. I had issues with pests though. I had to buy a pesticide and dilute in water to spray on the leaves . They're getting to three weeks old . I want to try out a herbicide for the weeds this week . Do you have any recommendations? I'm actually quite excited as this is my first time .
Also I'm told the price will drop while we get to the rainy season. I hope it won't be by much.
if anyone needs updates, I'll be happy to share . It's a small project, so don't get your hopes up. I already have a market lady that told me she can be paying 5k to me for each harvest lol (it's about 600 square feet . That's 8 times smaller than a plot) . Not bad since she'll be the one coming to harvest every 2 to 3 weeks herself for the next 8 months .
Do you have any method for irrigation? Maybe using sprinklers.
My questions are too much . Thanks again

[quote author=missyojo post=104946610][/quote]Thanks missy

I want to thank you all for your advice and recommendations . It won't be a a gathering of Nigerians without the use of colourful languages but all in all it has been helpful . I will be moving to Abuja this weekend to prepare things against next month when i will be starting work . the apartment i got is in Kubwa . I have a vehicle. No place in Nigeria is safe, I'm believing in God for protection .

The summary i got from this thread is :
Get a job or have a business b4 moving to Abuja (done)
Have a vehicle for transportation (done skrt skrt)
Buy food from the local market instead of eating out (noted)
Live within your means (noted)
Abuja residents are not social. (this is a trend in most cities i've lived. tokyo, london, kl. so im not shocked)
buy land and build instead of renting (with which money?)
it cost nothing to live in Aso Rock (Ok)

It's been a pleasure.
Cheers

laptopsforsale:
Hello guys,

I am looking to add solar functionality to my system by next week.

Please, wat capacity of solar panels will effortlessly charge a 200ah battery? Kindly help recommend and state the price of an affordable brand as well. I really dont mind fairly used solar panels as I am on a tight budget.

Also, kindly please recommend a good PWM charge controller and the optimal capacity it should be for my battery size and proposed solar panel capacity. I definitely will be switching to MPPT later, but I intend to use PWM for now.

Finally, I will also appreciate if all the other necessary components for this venture are listed and costed.

you are gonna get a lot of ads soon. be weary of most . as a brother above stated for every brand , they are fakes. chose a reputable dealer.
for a 200 ah battery , get 2 200w mono solar panels . look around for a used one. get a 30A charge controller . I cant help you with brand names as I am still in the testing phase of these products. you didn't ask about inverters . Ideally a pure sine wave is the best but where budget is tight you can still get a regular 1000 VA one for under 10k but there are certain appliances that are not ideal to run on it , like some fridges, although i ran my medium LG fridge with mine before i got a sine wave inverter . My logic was "This cant be worse than Nepa" . why i dont wanna recommend brands is that i have read a lot of bad reviews here on Suoer products but my first setup (inverter, battery charger) used them . I think why some people may have issues with these products is over expectation and maybe a little bad luck . they are cheap , so their performance are not gonna be top notch . Half your expectations . dont get a 500w inverter and run it at that max 500 w . lol . Have a professional set it up for you if you can't. a guy complained about switching the polarity of the inverter mistakenly and was surprised the thing stopped working .lol.
So summary is to buy from a reputable dealer . Let me know if you need any more information

FKBZ:
Please i need advise on solar to buy to power my freezer, TV, fan and 3bulbs with cost...

Also note no nepa

I hope you are still considering solar . ever since i came back home solar is the only solution.
For your question . your load will range from 202 W to 355 W which is about (250-440 VA)
If you are using a single 200ah 12 v battery at 85% capacity , you can run your inverter during the day and 4.6 to 8 hours after the sun goes down.

What will you need ?
2 200w or 300w mono solar panels
1 - 1.5kw inverter
200 ah battery .
30 ah charge controller
optional (10-30 A battery cahrger )

depending on your pocket, you can reduce or increase your capacity based on this . My first setup, i used a car battery, 100w panel. of course that meant i could had to minimize my usage to about 100w with sun light and 60 watts when the sun when down for about 6 hours or more . some suggestions here with used UPS are actually quite interesting . i wil investigate