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GeorgeD1:
NiyiOmoIyunade,
congrats on your harvest.indeed happy times are here at last.

and still on the matter, a snapshot from my own array this afternoon.

credits to juo and his team who came around to wash off the last remaining
harmattan dust and soot from my panels.

truly d sun is the answer!

Nawa o, u guys are making me feel like I don't have common inverter, very unfair, i dare not post snapshot of my setup, una don spoil market lyk futbol transfer market ; ;DD... I was briefed abt d latest, will call u for details...

NiyiOmoIyunade:
Dear friends,

Please celebrate with me!!!

The good sunny days are coming back again I got home early today and checked out my system performance only to see 76Amps NET flowing into my batteries. I could not contain my joy and so I whipped out my camera and started taking pictures to show the house.

Glossary:

Pic 1 - Net amps flow into batteries after deducting house loads and inverter self consumption - 76Amps

Pic 2 - MorningStar CC1 connected to 3.6Kw of Flames Panels (300w x 12 Units) - 47.7Amps

Pic 3 - MorningStar CC2 connected to 2.97kw of Canadian Solar Panels (330w x 9 Units) - 45.9Amps

This for me is stellar performance for a 6.6Kw West-facing PV Array.

And more interesting even to be able to benchmark the performance of Tier 2 Flames 300w vs. Tier 1 Canadian Solar 330w using exactly the same 2units of MorningStar MPPT 60A connected to the same 48v 800Ah battery bank. I will leave the house to discuss this aspect of the price vs. performance (value for money) equation.

NB: The Flames are now about 2 years old while the Canadian Solar are just very recently installed.

Credits to MorningStar Corporation who make these wonderful CCs, Zeestone99 and crew for the installation and JUO who showed me without charge some undocumented performance tweaks that allowed me to squeeze max wattage out of this mid-sized PV array as well as Gennex Tech for supply of Canadian Solar Panels at a bargain price

cc @makavele let's go n steal one controller and some panels afterall if we steal half, he ll stil have enough power.

jarkbauer:
i need to change my batteries.



should go for quanta or luminous.

Order for ur quanta at affordable price...
Dnt do luminous
Call/whatapp 08117398294

ugonology:
Honestly storing food produce is presently the best investment. But please don't do palm oil, its price index is not stable and is most times politically influenced .(those who bought last year can testify). I will advice you try a produce that is more stable and has a guaranteed ROI no matter how small, a typical example of this is corn and beans.

Last year, I spent about this same amount buying 100 bags of corn at 5200 naira per bag, the total amount spent was about 585 thousand naira (plus cost of storing space, treatment and transportation) today a bag of corn goes for about 9000-9500 naira, I just want it to hit 10,000 naira before I can sell. My only regret is not including beans in my portfolio, as beans was selling for about 18,000k by then, but now sells for 28-30k .

Lastly, you can do this on your own, don't give your hard earned money as an undeserving offering to some jambnairaland snake and vampires!
Be delligent to do your part, its just a few days of research and asking the right questions, then sit down and watch how your 500k will go hunt you another 500k.

Bros mk we yarn abeg zeestone99 at geeemail dot com

davodyguy:
The idiot that sold the Panel advised we use 600 watts. Its my money and was ready to do 800watts in 4 panels. But he No, cos the inverter is 900watts max output. I was advised otherwise.

So how, how do we solve this discharge issue now?

Sori bros, jst folo @makavele @niyi n oda oga's at d top instructions, u ll b fine

davodyguy:
The idiot that sold the Panel advised we use 600 watts. Its my money and was ready to do 800watts in 4 panels. But he No, cos the inverter is 900watts max output. I was advised otherwise.

So how, how do we solve this discharge issue now?

mcTrinity:
please, how can you differentiate between an original and fake Quanta battery??

heard one comes with white carton. another comes with brown carton

though I'm thinking maybe they're different technologies (AGM and SMF)

Tired of all these fake versus original palava

Buy from trusted suppliers and save ursef the stress, 130k is no joke.. Quanta I knw comes in white carton

I think I have similar issue with my Toyota sienna 2000 model, while revving the noise gets louder, but if i turn steering to the left, or I'm doin a left bend, the noise stops.. Wht could be the problem house

IkpemhiTG:
Hellooo pls am contemplating whether to acquire it but I don't really know the pros and cons...can somebody here let me know if it is advisable.I have a small office with about 3laptops a standing fan two white bulbs and phones too.How economical is the device.
thanks

You dnt u try our solar package, it ll work well for u since it's an office environment where night use is minimal. So you knw, it's same price as lumous if not cheaper.
https://www.nairaland.com/4323163/solar-package-better-cheaper-than#65075347

YourTerror:
You must be a very horrible human being in real life. You actually know this is where somebody eats from? If you are not interested, why not fucck off you iddiot?

Thnk u, som ppl r nt just worth replying... It only shows hw degraded his level of reasoning is.. I jst can't comprehend

davit:
Is the quoted price your last for the hybrid? And like how many bulbs and other appliances will it power? Inverter inclusive?

It ll power 2 led bulbs(7w) wch we ll giv u for free, 1 Fan, and TV, charge fones also..
250k is d price

makavele:
Apples to oranges . . . They serve slightly different purposes.
While a desulphator might work as a balancer'; a balancer would not work as a desulphator.
I'll go for the battery balancer over the desulphator

Me too

chris81964:
We finally started phase one of our project: Victron with Lithium batteries. We had to do three phase electrical connections, so we are doing three 8 kva Quattro Inverters. 250 / 100 MPPT Controller, Color Control GX, 2 x 200 AH Lithium HE 24V batteries Everything is mounted on the wall.
Tomorrow the wiring starts. We hope to be online tomorrow.
We have a fantastic team of people at AWPS Renewable Energy, LTD Nigeria's #1 provider of premium quality solar power. I beg make una hail dem when una see dem

More power... Kudos

earthrealm:
this is the one i got, though yet to commission it, as i already have desulphators hooked up...and am undecided about which is better....a desulphator, or a balancer

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/battery-balancer-for-12V-lead-acid-battery-connected-in-series-12V-battery-equalizer/32643577605.html?aff_platform=aaf&cpt=1518537032225&sk=6mia6uv&aff_trace_key=4d6e17ef8a3e4568917a88e9ddb7db2b-1518537032225-05782-6mia6uv&terminal_id=c63a4001af5f4498b06d032916111287

Hmmm bros bros, u no wan cari last at all

princely009:
Hello house, pls i need the techies in the house to help a brother out so dat i can invest wisely in harnessing solar power. I want to power my gaming shop which also include a barbing saloon and and a betting biz(bet9ja) with solar and inverter.

Below is a breakdown of my total load and their power consumption.
22 "led tv--->30wx3=90w
32" led tv--->50wx4=200w
26" tv--->47w
Playstation 4--->150w
Playstation 3--->100wx2=200w
Playstation 2--->35wx3=105w
18"ox fan--->128w
26"ox fan--->150w
Hair clippers---> 15wx3=45w
LED lights--->15wx6=90w
Short blade fans --->70wx2=140w
Laptop--->65wx3=195w
Thermal printer--->40w
And charging of mobile phones.

PLS NOTE THAT;
1. There is HARDLY 5h light per day in my location. Sometimes we go 2 to 3 days without light.
2. I do not power all the listed loads at d same time. Mostly d fans and light are turned on all day. All oda loads are turned on intermittently.
3. I operate my shop for about 12hrs per day
4. I power all dese loads at d same time with a 2kva generator.
5. There is about 5hrs of good sunlight in my location.
6. I recently bought a 2kva 24v Sinergy inverter and 2x200ah luminous battery.

My questions are;
1. Hw many solar panels do i need to buy to effectively power d listed load and charge my battery to full b4 the sun goes down in the evening.(I intend buying 265w solar panels)
2. what type of charge controller would be recommended for the total amount of panels that is recommended.
3. Can i use my 2kva generator to charge my batteries. If yes, for hw long b4 the batteries get to full charge?
4. Will the 2 batteries be enough to power my load in the evening for abt 4 to 5hrs (considering i do not turn on all the loads at d same time)

Pls i will be so grateful if this requested information is attended to. Thanks

Call/whatapp 08117398294 let's draft a plan for the project.

bode4real:
@Zino, zeestone

a very big thank u, for d ibadan job, kudos to ur team, I really appreciate u wit d quality job and standard equipment used.
u ar more dan a buss man, for u to go extra mile to branch my house and clean my panels, despite not at home.
thx thx thx

Thnk u my oga, it was a pleasure meeting you in person, even though we have been transacting for months.

Md4great:
.

I work with a firm that sells those product, my work is to create social media advert for those product.

TX man

EMMAACHILE:
It must concern you oh. Warm weather affects everybody whether you have electricity or not.

Lol then it differs, mayb wen I'm outdoor, but indoor everywhere is cool lyk a freezer

Since my house is solar powered, e no concern me.... Next

NiyiOmoIyunade:
Nice to see the evollution from simple to moderately large system.

The install was masterfully executed between. Pretty neat job well worthy of a pro installer - your DIY skills are above par.

Instead of 'resistors' would you consider using a DC 'buck' converter to step down voltage from 24v to 12v for your MSW Inverter? Easier to keep your battery bank balanced that way because you can engage your entire 24v battery bank all at once. Again why do you even need the 12v MSW Inverter sef? I would suppose your Microtek 24v has pretty low self consumption so except you want to just give it a break sometimes....

All in all very great work bro...

You can say that again @makavele is more than a diy enthusiasts, i can remember wen he converted his idle controller to an ordinary voltage meter ( the controller must nt b idle at all).
Thumbs up man

makavele:
No sir;

The watt meter displays as follows:

1st section: total time meter has been on in current day... in my case 18 hours 59minutes; u can use the clock menu to switch "days"
Timer resets when it gets to 24 hours and marks as "Day 1" etc.

2nd section: total energy used during time period above .. .in my case 15.67kwH used in 18 hours 59minutes.

3rd section: instantaneous energy load .. . in my case 802 W load turned on currently; this value goes up or down in real-time depending on loads turned on

+++++

The first miniature installation was around early September and it was like that till December when stone added the extra panels;
then I did the remaining magic this 2018 !!!

Lemme come n copy my oga magic, i need that magic

makavele:
Oops; i forgot the MPPT Epever 40A addition to replace the pwm cc

you can spot the small black dc fan; to cool it down . .

#nothing_left_to_chance

Beautiful

dapsyra:
Lithium Titanate Oxide (LTO) batteries are already here

I have used part of it to replace my AGM and Flooded Lead Acid batteries.

I will have a small quantity to dispose off when we finish the project we imported them for.

My oga long tym, u jst pack d lithium ba3 for ursef alone, pls give us reviews,since u didn't send me one for testing ..... Dat smal quantity u r talkin abt, are they ready for sale

chikkaobi:
I have 230w x4 Solar panel.
I need a 3000w+ 12v inverter with low standby consumption watt, possibly an hybrid with internal MPPT Solar Charge Controller.
Any suggestions?

Call/whatapp 08117398294

Akerekoroabijawara:
I need a dealer who can supply me a good 200mah inverter battery in osun state.

Call/whatapp 08117398294...

Barezzi:
Thanks dapsyra! This is why i love this thread.
I shall implement this immediately.

No time bros

NiyiOmoIyunade:
See my rooftop view below - and this in a rented house

I am pretty much where I want to be for energy independence until I move to my own place eventually - no motivation to make all those tweaks to the existing house setup which I would have to unwind when moving out.

Also, I grew up tough so hot water and hot baths are not my thing save for the Madam for whom it is a necessity.

Also I retired my 5Kw inverter due to high idle consumption and only use the smaller 3Kw - the Madam may have bedroom or sitting room 1hp AC running in the house all through the day and I would not want to have a 1Kw heater come on randomly while Iron or Washing Machine are already running at the same time with the AC - no matter how much I preach, she does not understand why I have so many batteries and am still managing loads nor why I am worried and start switching off stuff if the battery monitor is reading 75% AH capacity left - she thinks the inverter batteries are like phone batteries that you should only bother recharging when you get to 30% or less AH capacity left in the batteries

Ultimately I will only be motivated to put the water heaters on my system when I move to my own place.

The general

Md4great:
Ibadan

Come n mentor me into the biz nw, i ll appreciate

efuro:
Yes Sir, Quality is good & nice for those who can afford it.

Even though PV are rated 10-40yrs, My narrow reasoning is such that I prefer to use sunshine panels now and probably for 6 to 7 yrs from which new template in technology would have be out in RE where the pleasure of current expensive PV
Would have been overwhelmed.

Take a look at Trojan 6v industrial batteries of few yrs back and now lithium solutions.

Just my view.

Exactly my thought, dat is what I told niyiomo(bros ur name too long, and I no sabi spell ) b4 I sold him flames panels, with price diff about 30 to 40k as against solarworld , if solarworld ll take u 25yrs, and flames tk u 10 to 15yrs, that is enough tym for technology to take a different phase entirely, jst as traditional lead Ba3s are bowing out to lithium Ba3s. Although premium brands push out more amps than tier 2 panels.
On a second thought wen u compare d additional amps vs the additional price,i ll let u judge.

N:b if there is fund, premium panel and premium controller rocks

Order yours today, 24hrs power guaranteed

DMerciful:
See harvest today as promised I would share.
This is due to the upgrade from 1000w to 1500w. Getting 1121w from a capacity of 1500w from sunshine panels ain't bad.

Kudos

DMerciful:
Yeah feel so great especially when using prepaid meter that way when you switch off PHCN you keep the credit until when needed esp for high loads or poor weather. Kudos

Phcn will soon restrategize, so as to deal with prepaid meter users, niyi and Co watch out, you will soon hear fees like maintenance fee, and lekki tolgate fee