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Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 8:27am On Mar 26
Good morning people,

I have come again, but this time it's different.
I'm looking to get a proper Solar setup.

Based on Full House load, measured with power meter to confirm.
Average Usage is 550W - 750W.

There's also daily pumping machine usage of 15-20 mins.
[1 HP on the body / 1200W measured with power meter]
I expect to only run this with excess energy straight from the panel production.

The goal is to have round the clock power if there's good sunlight of 5 hours and adjust usage for less sunny days.

Based on this, I'm looking at a setup of
12 kWh battery
4- 4.5 kW of Solar Panels
4.5 kva inverter

I want to confirm my findings and identify any mistakes made and potential issues to avoid.
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 5:16am On Feb 26
Oshomo12:
That's the point, how did I start!!!

I never started like him or you, I had the fundamental knowledge of these things, from secondary school self, and I am a student of Physics with foundation in electronics. By God's grace, I will graduate from Futa this year from dept of Physics with electronics.


And pls, inform the guy that he can also loss part of his 500k via DIY route, we all did.

Let me come and be going.
I get you boss. Thanks for the concern and warnings.

I think it's important to be aware of risks in anything we are doing.
That's why I came to ask instead of just taking what people have said and running to market to buy and connect.
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 5:11am On Feb 26
dollarnaira:
Why is your heart like this?
Casing for this kind stage?
Is like you don't just wish him well at all.
Some of you just believe a system won't work without bms.

His set up will look like this with just an active balancer.
I don't really mind seeing cells and terminals straight up. Nothing wrong in my view as long as it works. I'm interested in learning even If I don't ever sell or produce. That's my own personal view tho, I know other people might not like such.


That being said, I would prefer a more composed setup covers the battery and holds the components.
I'm happy to explore options.

I appreciate the information and help provided so far.
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 5:31pm On Feb 24
dollarnaira:
Cells only
Okay. I guess this means the cells will have to be assembled and combined with the balancer.

How will I go about this and the rest of the setup?
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 1:03pm On Feb 24
dollarnaira:
Get the following:
4 lifepo4 Cells 12v (4.2kwh) =360k or less
Balancer = 18k or less
3kva Satchet inverter = 100k
Grid charger = 40k or so.

Total = roughly 520k

Mind you, the biggest load here is the freezer which you can run alone for over 30hrs. Your laptop will not be plug in all through and lightings only come up at night. Fans will run fully at night without freezer.

With time you will add add solar panels and be power dependent.

Baba use your sense it will work
Thanks for this boss.

This looks nice.
I can still look into expanding and mounting panels in the future, just need to organize some other things (not just the money).

I have a question. How fast the can the charger fill up the battery?
is it configurable by charger?

Also, I will work to never drop below 20%, or of there's a way to configure the inverter to cut-off earlier as well to avoid draining too deep.
I want to avoid the issue raised here by @bassdow
bassdow:
from experience, most people who use inverter without solar panels tend to spoil their batteries overTime. A lot of inverters don't recharge batteries well + the fact the NEPA light is rarely regular enough hence they end up doing to their inverter + battery system what rechargeAble fans suffer.

My suggestion would be to use Solar panel even if it's just 2pcs. A budget of 500,000 naira is well enough to handle that. That way, His freezer runs during the day between hours of 10am to 3pm daily.
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 6:57am On Feb 24
bassdow:
then it's possible depending how much backUp time you expects.

Kindly remind us of your loads and those that are essential at Night time.
Key loads:
Freezer of 110W
Laptop 65W
Phone + Light, Fans, etc 150W

I'm okay with 4-5 hours of backup.
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 10:25pm On Feb 23
bassdow:
if you intends using Solar panels, this money no go easily fly Ooo.

Either way, if you within Lagos or Ogun state, I could be of help BUT still, budget 500,000 naira to be on safer side especially if you intends using Solar panels
I can stretch to 500k if it will serve well.
Solar is not in that budget at all, just a basic backup system to augment NEPA power.

I'm in Lagos, I'll be grateful for any help I can get.
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 10:21pm On Feb 23
bassdow:
if you intends using Solar panels, this money no go easily fly Ooo.

Either way, if you within Lagos or Ogun state, I could be of help BUT still, budget 500,000 naira to be on safer side especially if you intends using Solar panels
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 6:43pm On Feb 23
bassdow:
that price should be if buying used or sachet inverter

see eh, better you quote your max budget make group see what to say
I don't mind sachet or used if it's functional and reliable.

budget is ₦400k -> ₦450k.

I don't think my total load is up to 400W continuous.
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 1:59pm On Feb 23
Okay, 3kva should be like 100 -110k, right?

That leaves charging the battery, unless the charging is handled by the inverter as well.
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 11:16am On Feb 23
bassdow:
if you go through the recent less than 10-pages, you should get response to your request
Okay, I see now.
1.2 kWh Lithium battery
+ 1.5 KVA / kW pure sinewave Inverter

should cover it, yes?

Battery ~ 200k
Inverter ~ 70k
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 6:28am On Feb 23
Iinnov8:
They are actually Lithium batteries (LiFePO4) made with Grade A cells. See datasheet attached. A capacity test has been done on them, see links below, and we will be conducting a live strip down test on them soon.

And yes, it can power your house. You either get an inverter, AC charger and solar charge controller (as seen in first picture below), all of which i can provide, or get an Hybrid (all-in-one) inverter. I have a Haisic 1.5kva available for 190k. See picture below

a hybrid (all-in-1) inverter (


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5CvmSrK068?si=tX68JDRFzEIFGu1O


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsjQ_1-s6Zc?si=X16VxgFgFKslpA7W
Boss, How does the separate inverter and AC charger compare to the Hybrid (all-in-one) in terms of cost and capability?

Also, how much are the batteries?
Satellite TV TechnologyRe: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by teejx13: 5:43am On Feb 21
Hello people,

I need advice and recommendations.
I want a battery backup system, hopefully to expand to full solar later.

I need a system that can charge up in 4-5 hours. It should carry appliances for minimum 3 hours on full charge.
Here's the Load:
Freezer of 110W
Laptop 65W
Phone + Light, Fans, etc 100W
ComputersRe: MTN Cheapest Data And Mifi Packages by teejx13: 10:46pm On Feb 15, 2025
This guy is legit, there is some process to do yourself but it's very worth it for the value.
I'm definitely using his service from now on.

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