sweet groundnuts!

Adex70: @ George-d and all what is usefulness of wireless winlan box it has rj45 port and small antena, some just gave me one, how does it conect to cpu

@Adex,
The wireless winlan box is used to connect your computer to the internet. You connect your computer to the winlan through the rj45 port (assuming your desktop pc does not have wlan) and then you connect the box to your service provider's internet by entering the gateway configuration.

this is hardly surprising. afterall, the only thing we know how to do as a people is shop, shop, and shop!!!

ifedesire,
congratulations! you're actually on the right track. just make sure your 3.5kva inverter input dc voltage is same as your battery bank voltage and your good to go. as for the charge controller, 60amps is very much ok. its always advisable to go for such a high capacity so that there will be room for expansion in the future. morningstar and outback are one of the best in the market to date. and yes, 1000w solar array will shorten your charge time by half but it gets better in the sense that since you will installing a hybrid system (that uses public power and solar to charge) you may never necessarily find yourself in a situation where your battery power is drained to almost 80% d.o.d like the scenario i painted in the example. usually what you will find is that as long as public power is fairly available in your area, the inverter will mostly be used to charge your batteries while your solar panels step in on those few occassions when there is outage. again, with efficient use of your house equipments, your battery bank should never really be in the red under any circumstance.

lastly, you will need two change over switches. one for your standby generator and the other for your inverter. try and get an experienced electrician to install your inverter change over switch. herein lies the key to your hybrid installation! if you don't install it properly, your inverter cannot cut in when there is power outage and you will find yourself constantly having to manually go and turn on the inverter-which i tell you can be very tiring! and, of course it will not charge from public power as it was meant to do!

so many quotes here. what's the point?

Ilish: Where is everyone?The thread better be CLOSED...It seems the DARK SIDE has captured our GURUS and FTA has hit a brick..lol

@Ilish,
The FTA thread may appear dormant for a while but don't be deceived, it is still as vibrant as ever. Its the same with every other SAT thread out there. Members get busy with other things and so spend time elsewhere. Remember that we all have lives outside our online characters and apart from the site owner who gets paid for every click we make, others like you and I have real jobs to do where we earn a living. Having said that, there are many still standing here who will never bow to the dark and miry enclave of descrambled flickers! Viva FTA!

fedesire,
most of the questions you're asking have already been answered at different times on this thread. however, i will try and answer them again for your convenience.

1)4pcs of 12v 200ah batteries connected in series will give you a system voltage of 48v with a combined storage of 200ah. this translates to 9600wh (48*200). but you can only use a maximum of 80 percent of the stored energy (d.o.d) so you're left with 7680wh. therefore, assuming you want to charge your depleted battery bank from scratch with a 500w panel, it will take 7680/500 i.e 15.36hrs. but you can only have a maximum 5 or 6 hrs of sunlight in any given day, therefore 15hrs means almost 3 days of continuous solar charging. as you can see, a 500w panel will be grossly undersized for such a system. however, the good news is that you can always add to it as you go along.


2)the hybrid charging thing is by inverter installation and configuration. when you live in an area where you have at least a little public power to use and you also have some solar panels which can provide you with power during the day, your inverter will be installed and configured in such a way as to take advantage of both or either one power source when they are present.

3)when your batteries are fully charged, your inverter powers your house directly with the power coming from the sun. the battery power only gets used occasionally when there is momentary cloud cover and as soon as the sun is up again, the charge controller replenishes your batteries and the inverter resumes using the sun to power your house load.

4)if you plan to use about 700w for 8 or 12hrs and 200w afterwards, just take your average consumption over a 24hr period. this helps you know what your average use will be for the period and it also determines how much your batteries will be depleted which also will affect the charging time for the batteries.

5)yes, the voltage on the solar panels must match the battery system voltage. for example, your average 200w sharp solar panel is about 38v. you must combine 2 of them to give you 76v which is higher than 48v and this is good because you want the charging source (solar panels) to be higher than the source being charged (batteries). anything outside that and current will flow in the reverse direction and damage the panels. the inverter input voltage too must match that of the batteries. there are inverters built for systems of 12v, 24v, 48v, 96v, etc. same thing for charge controllers. however, there are inverters and charge controllers with adjustable input switches which do work across multiple voltage ranges.

i hope i have been able to help somewhat?

hello deeplo,
vrla stands for valve regulated lead acid battery and is just a generic term for most of the common brands of (sealed) deep cycle batteries we have around including prag, zenith, sukam, saturn, etc

early morning tea.

IRAPADA: @george n all,i just refurbish a 4m dish and tinking of whict sat is best 4 some who love music,reality chs and sports.I stay in akure

@IRAPADA,
odilibe is right. You can't beat nilesat/ab7 when it comes to music, movies, sports etc. Since your dish is 4m you should be able to track fox series in Akure. As for music, you have MTV arabia, melody, etc. For sports, JSC sports, Abudhabi sports is there for you. If you're a news buff like myself, you have all the major news channels - CNN, bbc, france24, euronews, CCTV 9, etc begging you to watch them. What else do you need?

ah, garri sweet garri!

ok, i hear you. better not let those 'pops' pop out your tummy ooooo!

she should go to the higher institution and show all those spoilt, naughty girls how to pass
genuinely without having to sleep with lecturers or block for marks.

fhemmmy,
looks like your always drinking pop these days. what's the secret?

hmmmm, i see. a rich club with a poor president? how queer!

no, still i think the meat being last is an encouragement to finish the food quickly.

Claracuzio: Garri dey cure highness, especially igbo highness

i'm sure you mean the reverse?

brainy02: Guyz share my thoughts......
Since there are devices that could help track satellite without sweat and i know a couple of it have been mentioned here. Certainly this device is made of programmings, hardwards and softwares and from the advancement of technology whereby there are lots of applications and softwares that works for so many things which can be used on mobile phones like androids and smartphone.
Now am only but thinking there should also be a software or application that can be downloaded to help do tracking of this birds too, so i dont know if anyone has stumble upon anything like this online or actually have such thought but i will want us to look into it and maybe carry out some research on this.

@brainy,
You can try fastsatfinder:

http://www.fastsatfinder.com/download.html

or Satellite antenna alignment:

http://www.al-soft.com/saa/satinfo.shtml

Just download and install on your PC. I've been using them for years now and they are both very good.

deeplo,
the 'water topping' they're referring to in the manual is concerned with flooded (or wet cell) batteries. you don't have to bother about that if you're using dry cell or sealed maintenance free batteries like zenith, saturn, prag, etc

boljamogun: @all

I have seen a Tripplite Power Inverter dealer in Lagos who has agreed to sell one brand new inverter Model APS 6048 VR (6000watts Inverter) for me at N335,000 (last price). Is it a good inverter suitable for Nigerian environment and Is it a good bargain compared with 7.5kva Cyberpower Inverter @ N350,000 (firm price)?

Please your comment is needed urgently before i made initial project investment mistake.

I attach the profile directory urls for the two inverters as follows to facilitate your advice:

http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/model.cfm?txtModelID=5067 for Tripplite 6000watts Power Inverter

http://www.buyright.biz/index.php?module=product&event=viewdetail&pid=95&cid=6 for 7.5KVA Cyberpower Inverter.

Your contribution (preferred choice - with reason(s) - between the two named inverters) will be highly appreciated.

hello boljamogun,
the tripplite aps 6048vr is a very good inverter and at 6kw is exactly the same power rating as the cyberpower 7.5kva (using a power factor of 0.8 ). although this model has been discontinued i think its still a better build and you should go for it. the price also is a good bargain. provided of course its the same with what they have here:

http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/Discontinued-Products.cfm?MDLID=3630

note that this a very late reply and i do sincerely apologize for the oversight. it wasn't intentional.

one of the 'benefits' of soaking garri i guess is a bloated stomach filled with nitric gas!

olamide,
you got a glutton for a husband (just joking)


bisi,
you know that is the only way to avoid prying eyes na! abi i talk lie?

with a club whose president ranks among the 3rd richest in the world, buying of new players should hardly be an issue - or maybe i'm missing something here?

BUGS12: @all, some of u might think dis is crazy but if u want to track ab7, just come out by 7.30pm and look at d sky, d ab7 satellite is located left of d moon, its d 2nd brightest star in d sky, cos there are 2 satellites located in d same 7 degree west position (ab3 and ab7), so if u want to track ab7, just hold ur lnb and face it at d satellite and d signal will become green, i have done it twice, that was how i knew dat was ab7's satellite, sorry about d wrong info on nigcomsat, but i will find out wat that bright satellite is soon. Enjoy!

Hello BUGS12,
With the advent of NWA (Morocco) beam from AB7 you no longer have to go through all these time wasting techniques you outlined here. Gone are the days you have to wait till night just because you want to track nilesat. Now, with a tp of 11156v 20,000sr as long as you know your west direction, you will track nilesat in less than 30mins whether in the morning, afternoon or night.

Hello microgiant,
Welcome to wafiland. I'll call you right away!

Cheers!

hello deeplo,
your set up looks very much like mine! wao! now we can relate better!

congrats and happy enjoyment!

wao! this is music to my ears! i hope it goes on sale pretty soon!

ok bisi, that's a good idea but maybe you can also go with a nylon bag and just put the food inside as take away
later you can sit quietly somewhere and eat your meat first before descending on the food. that way nobody will know that you are an 'oju kokoro'! ha, ha, ha!

more carrots! good for your heart!

so long barca! it was great while it lasted!

more of them will continue to have a bitter taste of their own medicine unless they have a change of heart and stop killing innocent people.

a taste of their own medicine?