easyyoke:


I initially had thesame issue till experienced people here told me it was because there was dust in the atmosphere. And indeed as soon as rain fell in my area, the yield drastically jumped up immediately the following day. So wait for rain to fall in your area too. If rain falls and you are still experiencing very low yield, you will need to check your panel configuration and also confirm that you did not buy fake panels(overrated panel/relabelled panel)

kristien4:
Does reducing an external charge controller charging amps from 60amps to like 20amps, to suit tubular battery charging profile limit the power production of the solar panel array especailly wen u now connect loads during daytime?

Danibestguy:
Can the balancer work as well as the traditional way? Also, do I use the batteries while the balancer is working or I let it do it's thing first before usage?

Obnoxious2001:
For this panel matter, make we talk true it seem like Alaba come dey cost for original capacity.

Men I installed some fairly used today, and it was just too clean to be fairly used.

If that panel reach Alaba, Na new one then go sell am as after them don put the cartoon, knack am Canadian solar

dottedlines:
Good morning Chief, please what set up do I need for the loads you listed below, a TV, two fans and lightings? like what should be my budget + installation? I reside in Lagos and I need this set up if cost is reasonable. Ikeja Electric don use my eye see shege this year, my consolation be say I dey go work from morning till night, it's weekends I see premium shege.

Gshems:
Please is this charge controller an mppt or make i go buy pwm jejely?

na very cheap PWM with MPPT sticker + higher Price tag

jidobaba:

Thanks. About to order for 4pcs 435w as I already have 24v cc, inverter and charger. BUT, everyone says 48v system is best so maybe I should just get the 550w(x2) instead? That way I will be future-proof, but will 2x550w pv work well with a 24v system(for now)?

bassdow:

na very cheap PWM with MPPT sticker

lovediehatelive:
Please o does charging phone with charge controller affect the phone?

Does it spoil phone?

Any input or experience.

I'll just use the USB port and put cord.


The image attached is the type of charge controller.
Thanks

jplambert:


If your fan is DC

200ah battery

180w 4pcs solar panel

1kv inverter is ok since you are not running fridge on it

Charge controller

DC cables

In all, 750k should be fine to setup everything

jplambert:


Why do you want to use charge controller to charge phone when you can easily connect it to power outlet?

isangjohnson:

Go for a good 1kva 12v inverter, 12v 160ah lfp battery, about 800w pv and accessories.

Reduce the power consumption of the tv via eco mode.
The 90w fan can be used mostly during the day and 15w at night

dottedlines:


How much more will I need to add on this 750k pricing to get something to include a fridge as suggested above boss? of course, the fridge needs not be on on the inverter at all times.

jplambert:


I advise you buy an inverter even if it's just sachet INVETER. You can get sachet Inveter for as low as 30k. Yes, you can use the usb port on the controller but not advisable

jplambert:

The 750k can power his fridge of he goes for modified sine wave Inveter as 3kv of such is around 70k

Mind you, solar gen is not advisable because many of such generator has inflated capacity and when it get spoilt, that's the end

brightk:
wat do u mean by traditional?

kristien4:
Pls bosses in the house, Does the inscription on this AGM battery mean it can be charged at 80Amps??

isangjohnson:
I need an experience installer to check someone's system in Abuja.

jplambert:


Don't buy solar generator, if your fridge is around 100watts, get modified sine wave Inveter of 3kv (price is around 70k) and your 750k will be enough to set it up. Ensure that you have circuit breaker installed on your system btw

And your fridge can't be on power at all time because it will drain your battery. No solar gen of 750k can run your fridge 247

I am not an installer or selling stuffs but just giving advise based on my experience and what I have learnt about sola so far

bassdow:


but not every TV has got such feature

bassdow:

Rather than 4pcs of 180w solar panel , buy 3pcs of 300w Solar Panels .

Rather than DC cables , buy normal Aluminium cables down the street. Just ask for made-in-Nigeria. DC cables might a bit better, but the extreme steep price doesn't make sense for such small setUp. Such extra funds could be channeled into getting more Solar panels, or a better charge controller (probably MPPT, rather than PWM)

if your FANs happens to be rechargeable fans, and your TV happens to use external adapter, you could get away with not using any inverter at all BUT if buying inverter, would suggest buying one which supports at least 12v & 24v. That way, you could upgrade to 24-volts system without having to change the inverter.

For such small setUp, you need skip most unnecessary accessories such as mounting rails, etc

would suggest buying normal transformer based inverters. I only used to favour and/ or recommend sachet inverters when they were very cheap. Nowadays, I rather buy a used no-Sachet inverter, than buy a brand new sachet inverter.

Also, abeg buy a seperate charge controller. No go buy inverter with baked-in charge controller. when one goes bad, the other becomes unUsable. Also you never get same result when using them dedicated.

Rather than buy an inverter, you could buy a used UPS which should cost less than 10,000 naira. That might not be up to 1KVA but it sure would carry your FANs + TV without stress.

if you could afford it, buy DC (rechargeAble) Fans.

Abeg if you must buy an inverter, buy nothing short of pureSineWave

lovediehatelive:



Nepa hardly bring light.

And I don't have inverter.

Just panel, charge controller and battery

jplambert:


Don't buy solar generator, if your fridge is around 100watts, get modified sine wave Inveter of 3kv (price is around 70k) and your 750k will be enough to set it up. Ensure that you have circuit breaker installed on your system btw

And your fridge can't be on power at all time because it will drain your battery. No solar gen of 750k can run your fridge 247

I am not an installer or selling stuffs but just giving advise based on my experience and what I have learnt about sola so far

mvphenryeto5:


Bro you bought panel, CC and battery just to be charging your phone with usb?

bassdow:


No
it doesn't affect the phone.

Since the phone's charging port, and the charge controller USB port following standard specification, which amongst others, gives 5v 1A or 2A, it wouldn't spoil the phone.

It supplies the phone with 5volts, while the phone draws the amount of current it needs

mvphenryeto5:
Guys can you use change over switch in place of circuit breaker?

Again what's the best way to connect 2 Pv of 12v system

Question: Guys can you use change over switch in place of circuit breaker? 

Question: Again what's the best way to connect 2 Pv of 12v system

Answer: Parallel

kristien4:
Pls bosses in the house, Does the inscription on this AGM battery mean it can be charged at 80Amps??