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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Akanniade(m): 9:58pm On Aug 11, 2013 |
George_D: all,Bro, phcn will soon sue you to court o . 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by JUO(m): 8:01am On Aug 12, 2013 |
Bro, phcn will soon sue you to court olol. una wan make me go thief o |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by abunafiu(m): 9:29am On Aug 12, 2013 |
JUO: lol. una wan make me go thief omy brother no need 2 steal. Since na area both of una dey, simply tap either wired or wirelessly afterall na free baba God give us. Anyhow you want it, u have my logistic and technical support. |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by JUO(m): 11:37am On Aug 12, 2013 |
@ abunafiu that my bros no wan carry me along o |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by JUO(m): 11:51am On Aug 12, 2013 |
gurus is there no way you can do this connection without the battery assisting the panels? feasy1 is using 10X100w=3000w this can carry any normal house load without any battery assistance. can't it be done in a way that the battery can only work when the sun is down/set or cloudy? am asking this because i want to learn |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by GeorgeD1(m): 11:57am On Aug 12, 2013 |
TotalGreen: congrats again totalgreen, thanks for the kind words. yes, the meter hub has crossed my mind severally and it will form part of my next upgrade. i didn't really need it before now since i was back to a single tristar but now that i'm forced to go back to two charge controllers, it has become a must have. |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by GeorgeD1(m): 12:27pm On Aug 12, 2013 |
abunafiu: abunafiu, my brother, this your 1mva target no be small thing to achieve ooooo! anyhow i think my main motive for the recent upgrade is to stay ahead of the cloudy weather. thanks for all the kind words. p.s: i hope you never show your madam this one again? |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by GeorgeD1(m): 12:29pm On Aug 12, 2013 |
idsolar: Oga George congrats. kai my head don skata for north. iam impressed. this one na real IPP. guys my house don bcome chargn point o idsolar, if i were in the north, by now phcn would be history for me. |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by GeorgeD1(m): 12:32pm On Aug 12, 2013 |
Akanniade: akanniade, brother, wetin man go do? when phcn refuse to do what they are paid to do then smart peeps have to look for better ways of helping themselves and thereby rendering them irrelevant. p.s: how is the weather treating your set up? are you still able to stay above board without plugging in (for critical loads) ? |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by GeorgeD1(m): 12:36pm On Aug 12, 2013 |
JUO: gurus is there no way you can do this connection without the battery assisting the panels? feasy1 is using 10X100w=3000w this can carry any normal house load without any battery assistance. can't it be done in a way that the battery can only work when the sun is down/set or cloudy? am asking this because i want to learn juo, i sent you a mail but up till now no reply from your end. anyways, as per your question, there is no way you can do without batteries in a hybrid set up such as this. the batteries are always necessary to act as a buffer between the panels and inverter. however, if you have a grid tie system then batteries are not needed but that is a different topic altogether. |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by JUO(m): 4:23pm On Aug 12, 2013 |
i sent you a mail but up till now no reply from your end.bros i don reply ur mail o. na you no gree answer me. anyways i will send it again |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by GeorgeD1(m): 5:38pm On Aug 12, 2013 |
juo, seen it now. and have replied. cheers! |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Akanniade(m): 6:42pm On Aug 12, 2013 |
Have been doing hybrid since. Whenever nepa is available I use it. Weather has been cloudy recently. I thought of increasing my array size, but I may move home soon. My other installation is doing well though. It's not possible for me to monitor in details, cos I don't live there. I just took a shot of peak power.
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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by feasy1(m): 10:26pm On Aug 12, 2013 |
Akanniade: Akanniade: Have been doing hybrid since. Whenever nepa is available I use it. Weather has been cloudy recently. I thought of increasing my array size, but I may move home soon. Many thanks bro, only following your footstep. I taught you were completely off grid, but reading your post now guess I can take it slowly and use the grid whenever it is available. I'd probably use less than 50kWh per month which should qualify for the lifeline R1 residential at NGN4 /kWh and zero fixed charge right? anyone in this category for PHCN billing??. Not sure if that work with the prepaid meter billing though. Got the Prag Stabilizer now, so good to go for Grid input. BTW, Can see Max Batt Voltage at 68.7V is this for a 48V system? |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by fikfik: 10:08am On Aug 13, 2013 |
anyone using saturn batteries? They any good.? want to buy some for 47,000 each Uncle George, i see you cut -outs are the type used for AC installations. I remeber a post somewhere that states there may be arching if you use AC type cutouts/fuses. Is it true? Thanks |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by BUTONEDAY(m): 11:13am On Aug 13, 2013 |
fikfik: anyone using saturn batteries? They any good.? want to buy some for 47,000 each Saturn batteries are as good as Zenith batteries. You can go ahead and buy them. However, Gel batteries are better and are more expensive. |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by BUTONEDAY(m): 11:24am On Aug 13, 2013 |
George_D, I can see that you are lighting up the house. Good work. Keep it up |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by TotalGreen: 1:17pm On Aug 13, 2013 |
feasy1: this controller can handle 5 x 12volts battery, in the past when we needed to charge a 120volt battery for inverter like sukam and others, using 24volts charge controller was a lot, we needed to use like 5 x 24volts controller to do that, then the 24 volts controllers are like 30amps each, if we needed 60amps we needed to do like 10 x 24volt charge controller. the outback 60 volt controller was a life saver with a high Amp charger. so for 120volt system, 2 x 60volt outback was the solution. |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Akanniade(m): 1:41pm On Aug 13, 2013 |
feasy1:Yes it's 48v. The second installation actually out-performs the first. The main reason is the almost perfect alignment of the arrays in the east- west axis, tilt towards south. That alignment was not possible in the first installation due to aesthetics reasons. @All Timer switch helps manage your power. Recently my wife insisted on adding a freezer to her kitchen collection. With a timer switch on existing fridge, and another on the freezer, I was able to accommodate the new load.
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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by feasy1(m): 6:49pm On Aug 13, 2013 |
TotalGreen: Akanniade: Many thanks for the responses,I'm aware Outback FM80 can handle 60V was just wondering since a 48V (4 battery system) would have a 57.6 Max battery, anyway,that depends on the battery manufacturer specification. The Sec Gel battery I use has max charging voltage of 14.4 meaning 57.6 for the 4 battery string. @ Akanniade, Since the Max Battery reach 68.7V on a 4battery 12V string (48V system) . Can you advice what setting you have on the charge controller. Many thanks |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Akanniade(m): 4:10am On Aug 14, 2013 |
@feasy1 The 68.7 is max battery reading during one of the charging modes(may just be a brief spike). I didn't adjust much on the flexmax 80. Adjusting may not necessarily give better harvest. I just used default setting for 48v. NB: check the stat or log on your fm80 |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Akanniade(m): 4:19am On Aug 14, 2013 |
TotalGreen:But that is like connecting 2 fm60 in series? Their tech support didn't like the idea when I asked them 3yrs ago. |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by TotalGreen: 10:31am On Aug 14, 2013 |
hi, i don't use the "in series" setup, i just run each to 5 x 12volts battery. Akanniade: |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by feasy1(m): 11:19am On Aug 14, 2013 |
Akanniade: @feasy1 Many thanks, that clarifies it. I used the FM80 setting as is too |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by pdozie: 12:59pm On Aug 14, 2013 |
George_D: abunafiu, Supported. I experienced performance boost after installing PRAG and not otherwise. I just started noticing though that my 3.5kva Sukam inverter will trip off and on when I power it on. Sometimes it trips off 2 or 3 times before it stabilizes. Anyone has that experience yet? Hope I don't have to disconnect and carry it again for repairs. Maybe its time for replacement? Meanwhile, I'm searching the posts where connecting 2 solar array controllers to a battery bank was discussed. Please help me with the page number if you recollect - |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by GeorgeD1(m): 2:14pm On Aug 14, 2013 |
pdozie, check your battery input toggle switch at the back of the inverter. I've been experiencing such too but only when i power down completely by switching off the battery input at the back. when you lift it up to power the inverter it will fail a couple of times before becoming stable. i suspect sukam didn't use a rugged switch for their 3.5kva series. what i may do eventually is to look for a replacement toggle switch which i think may not be too difficult to find. |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by GeorgeD1(m): 2:18pm On Aug 14, 2013 |
BUTONEDAY: George_D, butoneday, bros, no be small thing ooooo! i'm sure you'll be thinking seriously about upgrading by now too. the endlessly cloudy weather in wafi seems to suggest this may be a step in the right direction. |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by GeorgeD1(m): 2:22pm On Aug 14, 2013 |
totalgreen, you got mail. kindly reply asap. thanks! |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by TotalGreen: 2:44pm On Aug 14, 2013 |
Hi, Just connect it as u would connect one bank. Make sure that the total peek current is not higher than 1/5 th of the battery capacity. It is advice not to charge a battery faster than 5hrs Stand to be corrected on this one o, my brothers pdozie: |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by TotalGreen: 2:46pm On Aug 14, 2013 |
George_D: totalgreen, Replied |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by BUTONEDAY(m): 4:15pm On Aug 14, 2013 |
George_D, I am crawling slowly to where we want to be. My GEL battery bank is now @ 530 amps/ 96 volts, while my alternate AGM bank is 400amps/48 volts. I am looking forward to increasing the number of panels very soon. |
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by pdozie: 5:02pm On Aug 14, 2013 |
TotalGreen: Hi, @TotalGreen. Thanks. But I really don't get the connection yet. The battery bank has a +ve & a -ve terminal. Should I run one cable each from +ve terminal of the two controllers to the battery bank +ve and do same for the -ve terminal of the bank? @George, many thanks for the insight on the battery input toggle switch |
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