microgiant,
akanniade,
olenyi,
all,

thanks for your kind words. for all those who are yet to take the plunge into alternative power,
i pray that you'll have the means (and courage) to take that initial bold step forward.
you will never look back when having once tasted the good life on this side free of phcn headaches!

blink182: Are you going off grid with this?

no, brother. the main objective is to be less and less dependent on phcn.

going off-grid totally will require more than installing solar panels.

@all,
Although not exactly the results we expected from the quadruple LNB project
but I dare say it was worth the effort after all.
Lagos testing will further confirm or disprove what we got in the south-south.
Lets keep our fingers crossed.

Viva FTA!

more pix will be uploaded as monitoring continues over the next few days.

peaked at 51 amps when i forced the system out of float by cutting off array current.

this 49.9 amps snapshot was just on its way to the peak.

float even at over 46 amps!

tank filled up, pumping machine switched off.

microwave oven thrown into the fray!

still on float!

pumping machine working at 60% loading.

still on float!

monitoring in progress:

with almost all critical house loads put on still on float!

power cut time counting.

the 'combiner' labelled and tagged

away from public glare, tying up the currents!

array power, old meets new!

on the roof: installation in progress.

confirm nameplate: suntech

more

panels ready:

preparing to install:

brackets ready.

all,
over the weekend i completed phase two of my systems upgrade. added 8 more panels to boost output.

below are some of the installation pix.

hello bing,
yes, technically you can use a 260ah battery and a 1.5kva inverter to power what you just listed here.

the problem is without actual nameplate power ratings for these equipment i cannot give you an accurate
run time which is what you want.

zobo-i-zee:
Great. What is the total bank of your batteries. Guess u r getting closer to beating akanniade in battery size. What is the total bank of your batteries. Guess u r getting closer to beating akanniade in battery size.

total battery bank size is 780ah comprising 12pcs zenith 260ah batteries.
and, no it's not about competition. rather its about pushing the limits of alternative power.
if you've been following my posts on this forum, you'll see that i been contemplating this upgrade
for close to two years now. well, i just felt the time was right to take the plunge.

Akanniade:
Bros congrats. This na total overhaul.

my brother, no be small thing oooo!

blink182: I don't understand this your system, are there 3 inverters in it?

there are only one inverter powering the house.
presently i'm still using the sukam but eventually i plan to change over
to the cyberpower.

still testing as you can see.

keep marking bro. i hope you learn enough to come build one in naija?

decaf coffee! very sweet!

microgiant,
good job there! you have really done well.

maybe i'm going to ask you to help me get my own superpower jack for 90cm.

cheers!

same old morningstar charge controller puffing away. more load to charge now.

the 3 string 'combiner'. equal cable length means equal charging current under all conditions:

installation works in progress:

welcome to the new:

out with the old:

all,
as promised here are some pics from my system upgrade works.