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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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