₦airaland Forum

bassdow:
This is one of the reasons I often suggest knowing actual cause of an issue before jumping at solutions.

It's kinda obvious the solar panels are too big for your chargers and viceVersa.

Kindly tell us how the solar panels are connected e.g how many are in series and how many in parallel

Equally assist with clear pictures of the sticker (especially those of the charge controller and/ or hybrid inverter) so we don't have to rely on google that could end up feeding us wrong info

The panels are connected in 3s2p.

Yes, but I can modify it if neccessary.

Good morning, Chiefs,

My Off-Grid Solar Experience.

My setup in 2024: Felicity IVPM7548, 172Ah 48V(From Valto), six pieces of Jinko 580W connected in 3s2p, 120a Felicity charge controller (Bought Fairly used), 2000W 48V Xinboke Sachet inverter.

With the help of breakers and changeovers, I had two systems sharing the same battery. I could charge with either the standalone Cc or the Inverter. However, I decided to permanently charge the battery with the standalone 120a Felicity CC. I use the Felicity IVPM 7548 during the day, and the Xinboke runs the show at night.

My night load when on the Xinboke is around 65 watts. I do not run the Felicity inverter overnight because it self consunming power alone is around 208 watts.

From that moment, I stopped refilling my gas cylinders as I began using my electric cooker (2000w). I had nothing to do with NEPA or Gen.


After three months, during a very sunny afternoon, I came home to a faulty Charge controller. My mum, who was at home, told me she heard a few pop sounds from the charge controller. I concluded that since I didn't buy it brand new, it could have been worked on or weak, so I removed it from the setup since my Felicity IVPM also has a 120amps inbuilt charge controler

So from that day, I began charging my battery with the Felicity Inverter, and it worked fine till 01/10/2026. It was a very sunny day too, and I was at home. In fact, it was my birthday, so we were doing lots of cooking, and I was very happy.

Around 6 pm, I heard popping sounds at close intervals. I thought the bottled water and drinks from my freezer were exploding due to over-freezing, so I went to switch off my freezer.

I'm sincerely grateful I didn't know it was my Felicity inverter that had gone bad because it would have spoiled my mood that day. Maybe I didn't suspect it because the inverter was in use and continued working. I detected the issue the following morning. The Charge Controller part is faulty; if you toggle the breaker on/off, the breaker flashes a spark light, but the inverter shows no error and does not come up as it used to before. However, if turned on, the inverter part works fine.

I am not mobile at the moment, so taking it to the repair center is out of the question because it is so heavy. I would rather use it as is until it becomes completely useless. Furthermore, I really do not trust them to do a good repair because I took the faulty 120 amps stand-alone charge controller to Felicity Repair Center twice for use in another system, and it still went bad; it's currently bad.

So now, I have to refill my gas cylinders for cooking and depend on NEPA to charge the battery via the utility. But you know that NEPA would do their thing; there's been no light in my area since Oct 1st!!

My Thoughts
1) Should I buy a new Felicity charge controller? Will buying another Felicity product make sense?

2) Should I buy a hybrid inverter instead? (The hybrid will charge the battery and power my night load)

3) Are the charge controllers going bad because of a lack of communication between the battery and the charge controllers?
If yes, can I upgrade my battery by adding a communication port?

4) Are the charge controllers getting spoiled because of overheating?

A lot of questions are coming to mind; that's why I made this post so I can get help to figure out the issue and make the best decision.
Thank you!

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Please suggest a Felicity Repair Center in Lagos. I have a faulty120A Charge controller that I want to repair.
Thank you

KA24DETT:
Get a decent 24 V hybrid inverter and connect your panels directly to it—Felicity, Deye, Growatt, or units from Valto or other trusted sellers on this platform all work. I’ll go with Felicity mainly because their service centers are everywhere. I’ll buy directly from their main office and make sure it’s properly registered for warranty. Omo, repairs will come—it’s not a question of if, just when.

The 100 A MPPT charge controller can be kept as a spare, no solar equipment is ever truly wasted—it usually comes in handy later
If you’d rather sell it, I can take it off your hands for ₦100k and you can put that money toward a hybrid inverter.

Keep in mind that hybrid inverters do consume slightly more power than a separate MPPT-plus-inverter setup. Another option is a sachet inverter paired with your MPPT, but the caveats are lower real-world wattage than advertised and a chopped/modified waveform output.

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RockOfAgesAlumi:
Yes it is an imported material
Thanks

Thank you 🙏

Good morning everyone,

Aluminum Fabricators in the house please help me.

Please help confirm if the aluminum brand attached is an imported because the label on it has a Nigerian Address and Company

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bassdow:
don't have Felicity's service center address BUT if to just get a repairer, enter Arena @Oshodi, or Alaba market, dem plenty there. Just pray make repair dey successful

Thank you!

bassdow:
If you not going to their outlet, you could always check out repairers in Arena @ Oshodi, or Alaba

Thanks so much, can you share the address to their outlet?

Hello Guys,
Can anyone suggest where I can repair my Felicity 120A MPPT Charge Controller in Lagos? It's not detecting PV input. Thank you!

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