Mojavee:
This is Similar to my ongoing current solar situation.

The solar Engineer has already helped me get a New 2 (VACUNA) tubular battery. 220ah
I plan on running it with a 3.5va Inverter This has also been purchased by him

I had told him I would be getting the solar panels myself because the prices he gave on the quotation is actualy on the higher side. He suggested I purchase 12 solar panels (350waats/400watts),

Due to the fact that I said i would be running it with a chest freezer.

I am on the search for solar new solar pannels that would serve me

Are they anyone solar pannel brand you could recommend?

Or do you have relaible solar panel dealer

Thanks

Jefferyzz:
Buy original 550w jinko. 6 pieces is ok for ur 2.8kw setup. I hope u know there limit to the amount of current u can pull from ur tubular batteries so u don end up with a tired battery after just 1yr of use
U can buy from trusted distributor n sellers. Just don't buy anywhere

Mojavee:


How do i get a trusted distributor/seller.
I'm based in Lagos

Mojavee:
This is Similar to my ongoing current solar situation.

The solar Engineer has already helped me get a New 2 (VACUNA) tubular battery. 220ah
I plan on running it with a 3.5va Inverter This has also been purchased by him

I had told him I would be getting the solar panels myself because the prices he gave on the quotation is actualy on the higher side. He suggested I purchase 12 solar panels (350waats/400watts),

Due to the fact that I said i would be running it with a chest freezer.

I am on the search for solar new solar pannels that would serve me

Are they anyone solar pannel brand you could recommend?

Or do you have relaible solar panel dealer

Thanks

bassdow:


Thanks for the response,

A charge controller was also included in the quotation he gave me.

Which I have paid him to get.

I would look into sunpower brands as you have suggested.

The jinko panels looks to be on the higher side. And they only have 435watts and above

I would be looking to by 12 of them if i am able to get them new.


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If you're in Lagos, Go to Arean @ oshodi Lagos, or Ojo Alaba also in Lagos.

There are both Genuine & anyHow dealers in those places. Forget about all those specifiic brands. Something like sunPower and the likes are more than enough for you.

Also, would suggest you go for the 12pcs your engineer suggested for you.

Don't forget, whenever you're buying more panels than capacity of your batteries, abeg, always go for MPPT charge Controller because PWM go dey do subtraction for you, instead of taking advantage of the extra excess power generated

mvphenryeto5:

.bro can this inverter work on 12v setup

Jefferyzz:
If ur system is 24v up. Just buy 400w upwards jinko from fouani, gennex or other trusted suppliers on this platform and get an mppt to it. If ure using 12v get new 180/190w panels, that's with 18v 10a ratting on their sticker n get pwm CC.

Mojavee:
This is Similar to my ongoing current solar situation.

The solar Engineer has already helped me get a New 2 (VACUNA) tubular battery. 220ah
I plan on running it with a 3.5va Inverter This has also been purchased by him

I had told him I would be getting the solar panels myself because the prices he gave on the quotation is actualy on the higher side. He suggested I purchase 12 solar panels (350waats/400watts),

Due to the fact that I said i would be running it with a chest freezer.

I am on the search for solar new solar pannels that would serve me

Are they anyone solar pannel brand you could recommend?

Or do you have relaible solar panel dealer

Thanks

bassdow:


If you're in Lagos, Go to Arean @ oshodi Lagos, or Ojo Alaba also in Lagos.

Trippledots:
New original JINKO 550w panels available. Tiger pro series...

10pcs and above #150k

Less than 10pcs #153k

Nationwide delivery available.

bassdow:


See eh, it's almost very difficult getting anyOne trusted. Even when you get the Trusted ones (very few importers), the prices they would quote would drive you away.

na when problem start we dey begin complain.

But there are lots of them in ojo-Alaba Lagos, & Arena @ Oshodi Lagos.

But all in all, you need have idea or rely on an installer that wouldn't eat your money so much it ends up affecting the job

Mojavee:


How do i get a trusted distributor/seller.
I'm based in Lagos

Trippledots:
New original JINKO 550w panels available. Tiger pro series...

10pcs and above #150k

Less than 10pcs #153k

Nationwide delivery available.

Drgreatone:

But when he wants to upgrade later, u know the 180w panels and to some extent the pwm would become useless. In solar, u always want to prepare for the future in terms of expansion. I'd suggest he gets his 300w panels and a 60amp mppt charger if money isnt a problem. All he has to do later to upgrade would be adding panels +/- battery upgrade while still making use of the mppt.

Mojavee:
This is Similar to my ongoing current solar situation.

The solar Engineer has already helped me get a New 2 (VACUNA) tubular battery. 220ah
I plan on running it with a 3.5va Inverter This has also been purchased by him

I had told him I would be getting the solar panels myself because the prices he gave on the quotation is actualy on the higher side. He suggested I purchase 12 solar panels (350waats/400watts),

Due to the fact that I said i would be running it with a chest freezer.

I am on the search for solar new solar pannels that would serve me

Are they anyone solar pannel brand you could recommend?

Or do you have relaible solar panel dealer

Thanks

easyyoke:


Nice, you have been using them for how long and where did you purchase them

adrusa:


I bought the first one in November 2020, the second one is March 2023. The two are doing well.

Mojavee:


How do i get a trusted distributor/seller.
I'm based in Lagos

ojesymsym:
Please do you or anybody has a sure contact of some that can repair inverters and charge controllers in this Arena you have mentioned many times?

Ithaca:
Hi All,

Since this recent issue with GasCos and GenCos, electricity supply has been pretty terrible, I now get around 5 to 6 hours of light. Luckily for me, I have an existing solar set up and I bought lithium batteries in October last year.

My existing set up is:
8 solar panels of 300w each
2.5kva, 24v inverter (it had an inbuilt solar charge controller which went bad and I had to get an external charge controller last year)
60A MPPT solar charge controller
2 100Ah 25.6v lithium ion batteries connected in series, which, if I am not mistaken, gives me about 5.12kwh of power (give or take efficiency losses)

Now to the load I put on it:
65 inch TCL TV
100w samsung inverter fridge (though I recently changed the compressor, so who knows if it is still consuming 100w)
An old 175w scanfrost deep freezer (always on, not sure it cycles on and off like the inverter fridge)
Lights
Fans (ceiling fans - I never even knew these consumed so much energy until this Nepa issue when I found out one fan consumes 75w,that's almost as much as my fridge!)

I am getting about 10-12 hours of power of mixed use. Two ceiling fans + fridge and freezer will run down the battery from 100% to 5% in about 8 hours based on my calculation/observation. This means I can't run both overnight, and so I pick and choose to ensure the battery power lasts till morning when the sun comes back up.

I have two questions/concerns:
1. Is this level of drain fair enough or do you think there could be a problem with my set-up?
2. How do I get to 12 hours of power with my major appliances (fridge and freezer) running constantly? Do I need to start thinking of inverter freezers (I guess technology has improved in recent years). Or will I need to get an additional battery?

Many thanks in advance and apologies if I have asked any questions for which the answers seem obvious - I have not really paid detailed attention to alternative energy until this year.

isangjohnson:

I see 2 tubular batteries here (220ah 24v).
Why the 3.5kva 24v inverter. The highest capacity you should have gotten to safe cost and reduce the idle power consumption was 2.5kva. which would have still handled your loads conveniently.

bassdow:


Do you mean recommend a Solar panel brand or what exactly ?

bassdow:


You didn't specify if the charge Controller is of type MPPT or PWM. That's very important hence reason I suggested MPPT, especially for the capacity you're going for.

In other words, let the charge Controller be MPPT, and not PWM

Drgreatone:

Curious, whats the lower consumption of ur chest freezer, it it the old school own?
Is the 3.5kva inverter standalone or hybrid?
Unless u using lithium which can tolerate high charging current, I feel using 12 350/400watt panels is an overkill unless of course you have other heavy loads u plan on putting on the inverter also that u didn't mention?
At 40% efficiency, u wud be getting abt 2kw/hr from the panels with good sun and max u can send to ur tubular batteries is abt 500 to 600watts/hr for charging. Just my little knowledge. The experts can add or discredit this

Mojavee:
The quotation i received was not specified if it was a MPPT or PWM,

He priced the charge controller @160k


Attached is a snipped quotation received

Mojavee:

Yes, That's exactly what i meant. If you give a few names of solar panels brands you can recommend?