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mctfopt:
The one I'm talking of was actually 16 numbers. Till today, I'm not really a fan. It just did not fail, it failed catastrophically, swollen, can't hold charge for more than two hours, smelling when being charged, etc. So if I see anyone using one, I always advise them to charge it with specified voltage and current to avoid seeing such failure again.

Trippledots:
Thats beautiful. A more sustainable and robust system would have been a batteryless, automatic dc pump system. So it fills up whenever there is sunlight.... Would last longer i think without much supervision or battery maintenance concerns.

Trippledots:
Make God de bless you for that bolded.

Here i stay, we haven't had power going to a month now. My batteries on a heavily shaded pv system is already taking a hit. I now wake up to around 12.4v.... do you know my landlord who has a solar inverter system big enough to run the sub water pump, only pumps for his tank. And leaves the tenants to go fetch water across the street as he didn't dig a well in the compound.... Neighbors are already relocating and I'm considering it seriously too.

Nonsense

soladavies:
Please I have two questions for the experts in the forum
1) at what voltage is a 220ah tubular battery considered DEAD?

2) at what voltage is it expected for an inverter to beep "battery low" for the safety of the battery?

isangjohnson:
Oga Saipro, you're in the right position to answer my questions because you used 4 PC's of 12v 200Ah batteries (48v system) with 3 or 3.5kva inverter in 2015/2016.

How have you been managing you loads then because I intend to setup a similar system?
Have you been loading your appliances while charging (with solar panels) or you've been waiting for it to be fully charged before loading?
If loaded while still charging, have you ever gotten full charge, say 52v or thereabouts?
Whatever you use to have in the evening, has it been sustaining you till the following morning?
My intending usage is:
Day consumption: 600w x 12hrs = 7200wh
Night consumption: 400 x 12hrs = 4800wh.
My system setup plan: 4 pcs of 12v 230Ah tubular battery. 48v/3.5kva inverter. 8 pcs of 320 mono panels and 48v/60A mppt charge controller.

IYGEAL:
Is that voltage range affecting your harvest? You might end up frying your CC.

IYGEAL:
There is one other rugged looking CC, Outback abi FlexMax; I love that brand. I hope they upgrade too.

NiyiOmoIyunade:
This is what made me abandon my beloved MorningStar. They did not keep up with the pace of innovation (Lithium support was poor and risky due to controller in danger of blowing up if BMS randomly disconnects battery and also the software side of things stayed clunky and dated)

I have not installed a MorningStar charge controller in 2 years. Only Victron equipment. I still cannot believe it.

ceaser:
1000 usd for just 5ml something is money o. If guys can be donating it for free inside latex bags which will be flushed down hotel lavatories and still pay the escort money from pocket, then it's better to kukuma make money from the activity itself; that is for the action guys dem.

NiyiOmoIyunade:
I continue to do 3s with high VoC panels with the Victron 150v CCs

The capacitors inside the Victron CC are rated for more than 150v, the ambient in Lagos where we do most installs is higher than 25°C and the available solar illumination/irradiation is less than the standard reference.

This is one of those cases where one is playing on the very margins of what is possible.

I once consulted for a site who used 4S with smaller sized panels because they were locked in with available equipment and number of panels - we used thinner cable and longer route than required to achieve a suitable voltage drop so that what got to the panels was well within spec. You simply have to understand the specs and tolerances well to play safely at the edges.

Saipro:
- lightly used CyberPower CPS3500Pro inverter (3.5kVA 24VDC) - ₦180,000

- lightly used Victron SmartSolar 150/100 - ₦320,000

- lightly used Victron Color Control GX (CCGX) - ₦180,000

- Victron Cerbo GX - ₦150,000

- Victron BlueSolar MPPT 150/60 - ₦235,000

- Victron BlueSolar MPPT 150/70 - ₦270,000

- Victron SmartSolar MPPT 150/60 - ₦270,000

- Victron SmartSolar MPPT 150/70 - ₦300,000

- Victron VE.Direct 375VA 48VDC inverter (ultra low idle consumption but without charger) - ₦60,000

- Victron MK3-to-USB for VE.Bus devices - ₦40,000

- Fangpusun display (for inverters and chargers) - ₦20,000

- Midnite SPD 300V ACM surge protector - ₦80,000

- Midnite SPD 300V AC surge protector - ₦50,000

- Midnite SPD 300V DC surge protector - ₦50,000

[s]- Midnite SPD 600V DC surge protector - ₦60,000[/s]

- Midnite MNPV8HV-DISCO 4X disconnect/combiner box - ₦360,000


- MC4 connectors

- MC4 splitters/combiners

- Midnite 250 Classic KS


WhatsApp/Call O8O239O23O5

Barezzi:
I've noticed that my West facing 4800W pv array consistently outperforms the South facing 5200W pv array.

Saipro:
- lightly used CyberPower CPS3500Pro inverter (3.5kVA 24VDC) - ₦180,000

- lightly used Victron SmartSolar 150/100 - ₦320,000

- lightly used Victron Color Control GX (CCGX) - ₦180,000

- Victron BlueSolar MPPT 150/60 - ₦235,000

- Victron BlueSolar MPPT 150/70 - ₦270,000

- Victron SmartSolar MPPT 150/60 - ₦270,000

- Victron SmartSolar MPPT 150/70 - ₦300,000

- Victron VE.Direct 375VA 48VDC inverter (ultra low idle consumption but without charger) - ₦60,000

- Victron MK3-to-USB for VE.Bus devices - ₦40,000

- Fangpusun display (for inverters and chargers) - ₦20,000

- Midnite SPD 300V ACM surge protector - ₦80,000

- Midnite SPD 300V AC surge protector - ₦50,000

- Midnite SPD 300V DC surge protector - ₦50,000

[s]- Midnite SPD 600V DC surge protector - ₦60,000[/s]

- Midnite MNPV8HV-DISCO 4X disconnect/combiner box - ₦360,000


- MC4 connectors

- MC4 splitters/combiners

- Midnite 250 Classic KS

WhatsApp/Call O8O239O23O5

earthrealm:
3kw load for cooking on only 4 tubular batts isnt good. the batteries will likely fail prematurely and not go past 3yrs.

edit, i read where u said you use only 1 burner ..if so.. can i assume thats 1500w?. thats still a bit heavy for the batts...and cooking for that matter which could go on for an hour or 2. you stand a better chance pulling such loads on pressing iron or microwave, since they are intermittent, and last 5 to 10 mins max, my microwave pulls about 1700w at peak..and i ran same on 4 tubular batteries, which lasted about 5yrs

OCTAVO:
This is quite nice. If she cooks from 7am - 8am (which is 1hr), depending on burner used, she would have pulled 1.8kwh or 1.2kwh from your batteries, which will be replaced by your solar arrays when the sun shines.
I used to think Lithium battery is the only ideal solution for Electric cooker. It's nice to know there is more to explore.

Dam5reey:
If you want American specs, order it from Amazon or Ebay, and you will be sure it's New..

Those Alaba TVs, are imported scraps..

olopan:
Thanks

I appreciate the info.

Godliftedme:
Talk to Saipro

NiyiOmoIyunade:
I was in this situation once. Over tightened a lug and broke off the inverter terminal screw.

Scoured Arena Oshodi and all they had were old rusty cast aways and mostly didnt fit.

If you visit a service center for your mustpower brand, they are likely to have a pristine looking sample from a dead or abandoned inverter that they can sell to you.

In my case I drilled a snug hole in the broken terminal, passed a 16mm cable through the hole and crimped suitable connectors to both ends and bolted to the terminal from inside the inverter. This way you can bolt a cable from the battery onto the newly DIYed terminal.

The cable has to be very short so that the exposed terminal on the outside does not touch the chassis or opposite battery connection.

Oshomo12:
Wao, sorry for the experience, it's a very sad one. I was looking for a tv to buy about the time u did. I had bought LG tvs some years back, 2012-2015. All new from LG main sellers, in akure, Ibadan and Ogbomosho. Mine, 125k, my brother, 90k, my in law 85k and my flat mate, 100k. Reason I went all out for Lg was, I had one from UK, up till this moment, no stab or surge protector or anything. The tv is connected to mains 24/7 it goes off whenever there is power outages. Still working fine. So, back to the Lgs I bought, none survived the surge, or any irregular voltage, mind you, all was connected to stabs! Except the one from UK. Since then I vowed never to near anything labelled LG. Except the ones from UK or Europe. So I went in search of used Tv, my first stop was here, naira land, and I got to those threads, including the one u talked about. All they were posting and specs are not just adding up, including the pictures(mind you, women can't collect money from me, but electronics will), so before I pay, I do my research. That's was when I discovered that this guys in Alaba do couple this stuff together, though I do repair tv in Alaba way back, I know my people very well there. After none could convince me, I just locked up I went for Sony that nearly cost an eye

mahkanjuh:
Good afternoon house, regards to all the bosses in the house, please, does anyone has this buck converter 20Amps, 300 watt or 30Amps 400watt for sale ? And also this Ceepro 600watt pure sine wave inverter?

odimbannamdi:
This battery thing is very dicey, hence I will speak only about what i know - the emboldened.

How do we reconcile this direct experience:

Last December, when Luminous began their battery swap promo, i reached out to one of their accredited distributors featured on their very own website and, after showing me proofs of his distributorship with Luminous and even awards he has won from them, quoted 114k as the price he sells his Luminous Tubular NRGT series.

In fact, he said they were doing a promo and that prices will return to 120k by January 20th. Around this same time, official price of the same battery was about 140k on Luminous' website.

What are your thoughts?

wilmaria14:
now see dis one and tell me d one dat is real and not d last one is d one u just post sir

wilmaria14:
and what do u say about dis sir

mcTrinity:
.... attached pics depicts the CanadianSolar 300W ...

Saipro:
- open-box Victron Quattro 48/5000/70 (5kVA 48VDC) - ₦780,000

- Victron BlueSolar MPPT 150/60 - ₦250,000

- Victron BlueSolar MPPT 150/70 - ₦280,000

- Victron SmartSolar MPPT 150/60 - ₦270,000

- Victron SmartSolar MPPT 150/70 - ₦300,000

- Victron VE.Direct 375VA 48VDC inverter (ultra low idle consumption but without charger) - ₦60,000

- Fangpusun display (for inverters and chargers) - ₦20,000

- Midnite SPD 300V ACM surge protector - ₦80,000

- Midnite SPD 300V AC surge protector - ₦50,000

- Midnite SPD 300V DC surge protector - ₦50,000

- Midnite SPD 600V DC surge protector - ₦60,000

- Midnite MNPV8HV-DISCO 4X disconnect/combiner box - ₦360,000


- MC4 connectors

- MC4 splitters/combiners

- Midnite 250 Classic KS


WhatsApp/Call O8O239O23O5

OCTAVO:
Does anyone here use PowerStar W7 inverter? While checking through online reviews I saw that the idle power is over 200w, is this still true for newer productions? Idle power more than 25w is unacceptable for me, because the inverter alone can run battery down quickly (for someone like me that have very few batteries).
This is why I like Souer, believe me they have one of the best power efficient inverters out there (though mostly MSW). I can leave Souer inverter on for hours without worries of power drainage.
Please I need your honest opinion about PowerStar W7 3.5kv inverter.