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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by dollarnaira: 5:54am On Jun 09
Ihechikaraa:


How do I contact you?
081 339three 2627
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by dollarnaira: 7:53am On Jun 09
Original Jinko solar panels.
Authorize dealer.
Delivery available nationwide.
Pay on delivery, LAGOS ONLY.

475WATTS JINKO SOLAR PANELS-140,000
550WATTS JINKO SOLAR PANELS-155,000 out of stock
555 WATTS JINKO SOLAR PANELS-160,000
580WATTS JINKO SOLAR PANELS-175,000
625WATTS JINKO SOLAR PANELS-185,000
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Smartwoods: 9:27am On Jun 09
How many amps can I do on 24v 104 LifePO4 battery?

Dam5reey1:


If you are using Hybrid it will make sense to set max charging current to 20A for 4s and 40A for 4s2p.. anything higher is over charging and will kill the AGM faster.

Why not save for Lithium! Where you can do up to 0.5C charging. That's 100A on a 48V 200Ah
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by HeavenlyBang(m): 9:51am On Jun 09
Smartwoods:
How many amps can I do on 24v 104 LifePO4 battery?


52A.

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Dam5reey1(m): 1:28pm On Jun 09
Smartwoods:
How many amps can I do on 24v 104 LifePO4 battery?


You can do up to 0.5C which translated 0.5*104, that is 52A.

Charging the solar, CC or hybrid I set to max 52A.

Charging with Grid I only do 0.2C max which is 21A
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by twinskenny(m): 1:39pm On Jun 09
10kw setup

15kw Valto lithium battery

10kw srne hybrid inverter


Off grid setup

16 number of 660watts Canadian panels

08051355133

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Bgee77: 1:49pm On Jun 09
GloriousGbola:


315k
NPVNSTAR pls any development about your A&E stabilizer

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Obnoxious2001(m): 1:57pm On Jun 09
Dam5reey1:


Boss, you don go reply like AI.

a Plug in Naija and context of the question mean connect or Source,better still where he can get quality Canadian solar panel.

grin grin grin.
No be everybody be area grin grin
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by RickyM: 3:10pm On Jun 09
After contacting Techland, I realized it would be better I go with FOUANI anyway.
160-220k for waybill and 4480 per 2 panels for packaging is no joke lol πŸ˜‚

Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by twinskenny(m): 3:21pm On Jun 09
RickyM:
After contacting Techland, I realized it would be better I go with FOUANI anyway.
160-220k for waybill and 4480 per 2 panels for packaging is no joke lol πŸ˜‚


Let’s talk where are you sending to?
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by bbally: 5:01pm On Jun 09
earthrealm:


u sure u don't have a partial connection somewhere in the dc cables

I did look at the cables, it happened that a the negative cable which I had celotape but the celotape got weak and water got into it and it was grounding with the panel frame and as soon as I moved the cable away from the panel everything picked up.
Thanks guys for the contributions.

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by moneyest(m): 5:34pm On Jun 09
RickyM:
After contacting Techland, I realized it would be better I go with FOUANI anyway.
160-220k for waybill and 4480 per 2 panels for packaging is no joke lol πŸ˜‚

Even with the annoying extra costs If you calm down and calculate you'd probably discover that the Canadian panels may still be cheaper than fouani's jinko
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by jonescosmos(m): 6:20pm On Jun 09
I honestly missed understood the slang, poor me grin

Obnoxious2001:


grin grin grin.
No be everybody be area grin grin

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by HeavenlyBang(m): 7:51pm On Jun 09
moneyest:


Even with the annoying extra costs If you calm down and calculate you'd probably discover that the Canadian panels may still be cheaper than fouani's jinko

When you factor in shipping, Fouani will always be cheaper.

Gennex quoted me 75k for shipping of Jinko panels, I bought same panels from Fouani with free shipping.

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Ferdiwar: 8:05pm On Jun 09
Update on my setup.

Sometime last month I connected all my AC to the smart load of my inverter, and noticed that the inverter was going off and on repeatedly for like 5x before stabilizing back on. This would happen severely in a day before the sun goes down as I discovered it only happens during the day.

As a result I reverted back to the previous connection and disabled the smart load thinking that was my issue, but it still persisted, so I did some reading online and concluded it might be a software bug.

I emailed Deye and requested for diagnosis and update which they did by pushing a remote firmware update to the inverter, yet the issue continued (in my mind I was like I spent huge money to buy a faulty batch of an expensive inverter). I sent an update email yesterday to Deye explaining that the issue is not yet resolved (yet to get an update though) after it happened for the 2nd time in the morning (around 11am). At this point I thought it wise to calm down and observe the inverter when next it happens rather than be angry, so I stayed put in front of the inverter and watched it.

Few minutes later it happened again this time around I was watching the screen and boom I caught it in the act and it happens to be that the voltages of 2 strings of panels attached to the 2 MPPTs of the inverter exceeded the max 500v of the inverter (string 1 5x Longi 570w panels was pumping 240v+ as at that time while string 2 5x Jinko 625w panels were pushing over 265v both exceeding the 500v max voltage).

As I saw that I quickly switched off string 1 breaker and the inverter stabilized instantly which suggests that the input of the 2 MPPTs are somehow connected in series or something like that as one of the MPPTs can take 500v alone but the 2 MPPTs combined together is still 500v.

No matter what you do, do not exceed the max voltage of your inverter and take not of the tolerance of the VOC of your panels when connecting your panels to your CC or inverter to avoid stories just in case your inverter or CC is not equipped to handle any form voltage spike above the rated max voltage of the inverter or CC.


@Jonescosmos the 500v is for the 2 MPPTs after all

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Ferdiwar: 8:09pm On Jun 09
With that number of panels he'll get to enjoy free shipping from Fouani which will make getting the Jinkos way cheaper for him.

moneyest:


Even with the annoying extra costs If you calm down and calculate you'd probably discover that the Canadian panels may still be cheaper than fouani's jinko

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by isangjohnson: 8:43pm On Jun 09
Dam5reey1:


Las Las most can't tell difference once it's inside pack, no matter how you preach this Grade A gospel.

Let's just leave the matter and move on with, people will get what so ever they paid for.

Home storage DIY users can always top balance their cells and not have issues, for a long time with Good smart active balancer in place, also they are not heavy users, hence Grade A is useless.
I vividly understood your points but we need to constantly enlighten and pass the knowledge to those who do not have the
privilege information that we have.
Money is very hard to get now, even the rich men are also feeling the heat. Getting what we pay for should make us happy and honesty is key to business, especially when there is no warranty or the warranty is not possible to execute.
Nigerians should not always be taken for granted. I challenged and I want the Chinese aftermarket (grey market) Lifepo4 Cell/Battery Vendors to stop their fraudulent activities. I will keep exposing them here. Some of them are silent readers here.
The Grade B stamped on the QR code by EVE is easily removed with a lazer and reprinted Grade A on it. We've seen video evidence of vendors doing this. That's why all of them are selling grade A cells undecided
SINCERE companies like batteryhookup, Sunfunkits, Ezeal etc selling batched and matched grade A cells will email the manufacturer's test report to you free before you ship out your order.
YES, diy users won't have much issue on it but what about people that are buying ready to go battery?
Most of these people are heavy users.....

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by jonescosmos(m): 8:51pm On Jun 09
I have never had this kind of issues bro.
Please note that the MPPTs are not connected in series, rather they are connected in parallel with some internal diodes that prevents each string from back feeding to the other.

I have 4 Strings so far are as follows:

LATEST DEYE 8KW + 8KW:
INVERTER 1 MPPT 1:
STRING 1: 8X600W CANADIAN SOLAR PANELS (STC 41.3 V x 8 = 330.4V)(NOTC 34.9 V x8 = 279.2V)
STRING 2: 8X600W CANADIAN SOLAR PANELS (STC 41.3 V x 8 = 330.4V)(NOTC 34.9 V x8 = 279.2V)
INVERTER 2 MPPT 2:
STRING 1: 8X625W JINKO SOLAR PANELS (STC 55.70V V x 8 = 445.6V)(NOTC 42.61V V x8 = 340.88V)
STRING 2: 10X540W FELICITY SOLAR PANELS (STC 49.55 V x 10 = 495.5V)(NOTC 42.24 V x10 = 422.4V)

PREVIOUS DEYE 8KW:
MPPT 1:
STRING 1: 8X600W CANADIAN SOLAR PANELS (STC 41.3 V x 8 = 330.4V)(NOTC 34.9 V x8 = 279.2V)
STRING 2: 8X600W CANADIAN SOLAR PANELS (STC 41.3 V x 8 = 330.4V)(NOTC 34.9 V x8 = 279.2V)
MPPT 2:
STRING 1: 8X625W JINKO SOLAR PANELS (STC 55.70V V x 8 = 445.6V)(NOTC 42.61V V x8 = 340.88V)
STRING 2: 10X540W FELICITY SOLAR PANELS (STC 49.55 V x 10 = 495.5V)(NOTC 42.24 V x10 = 422.4V)

PREVIOUS DEYE 16kw:
MPPT 1:
STRING 1: 8X600W CANADIAN SOLAR PANELS (STC 41.3 V x 8 = 330.4V)(NOTC 34.9 V x8 = 279.2V)
STRING 2: 8X600W CANADIAN SOLAR PANELS (STC 41.3 V x 8 = 330.4V)(NOTC 34.9 V x8 = 279.2V)
MPPT 2:
STRING 1: 8X625W JINKO SOLAR PANELS (STC 55.70V V x 8 = 445.6V)(NOTC 42.61V V x8 = 340.88V)
MPPT 3:
STRING 2: 10X540W FELICITY SOLAR PANELS (STC 49.55 V x 10 = 495.5V)(NOTC 42.24 V x10 = 422.4V)

My systems worked flawlessly on Deye 16KW, Deye 8KW, and Parallel Deye 8KW + 8KW as well as every other installations I have done, even non Deye Inverters.
I will post you a picture of my Voltages tomorrow afternoon.

I still believe you should investigate further as there might be a problem with your Panel Strings or your connection on the terminals inside the Inverter. I have seen cases were people misinterpreted the terminals. Please take a good look at the attached pictures.
Note that Positive from String 1 and Positive from String 2 are next to each other (Parallel) and Negative From String 1 and Negative from String 2 are next to each other likewise (parallel).
The issue you experienced is only possible when you connect Positive and Negative of same string next to each other.


EACH MPPT AND STRING HAS IT'S OWN VOC, WHICH IS 500V
SO YOU HAVE:
16KW
MPPT1 STRING 1 VOC=500V
MPPT1 STRING 2 VOC=500V
MPPT2 STRING 1 VOC=500V
MPPT2 STRING 2 VOC=500V
MPPT3 STRING 1 VOC=500V
MPPT3 STRING 2 VOC=500V

8KW / 5KW
MPPT1 STRING 1 VOC=500V
MPPT1 STRING 2 VOC=500V
MPPT2 STRING 1 VOC=500V
MPPT2 STRING 2 VOC=500V

My Most recent project:
50KW
MPPT1 STRING 1 VOC=1000V
MPPT1 STRING 2 VOC=1000V
MPPT2 STRING 1 VOC=1000V
MPPT2 STRING 2 VOC=1000V
MPPT3 STRING 1 VOC=1000V
MPPT3 STRING 2 VOC=1000V
MPPT4 STRING 1 VOC=1000V
MPPT4 STRING 2 VOC=1000V


Ferdiwar:
Update on my setup.

Sometime last month I connected all my AC to the smart load of my inverter, and noticed that the inverter was going off and on repeatedly for like 5x before stabilizing back on. This would happen severely in a day before the sun goes down as I discovered it only happens during the day.

As a result I reverted back to the previous connection and disabled the smart load thinking that was my issue, but it still persisted, so I did some reading online and concluded it might be a software bug.

I emailed Deye and requested for diagnosis and update which they did by pushing a remote firmware update to the inverter, yet the issue continued (in my mind I was like I spent huge money to buy a faulty batch of an expensive inverter). I sent an update email yesterday to Deye explaining that the issue is not yet resolved (yet to get an update though) after it happened for the 2nd time in the morning (around 11am). At this point I thought it wise to calm down and observe the inverter when next it happens rather than be angry, so I stayed put in front of the inverter and watched it.

Few minutes later it happened again this time around I was watching the screen and boom I caught it in the act and it happens to be that the voltages of 2 strings of panels attached to the 2 MPPTs of the inverter exceeded the max 500v of the inverter (string 1 5x Longi 570w panels was pumping 240v+ as at that time while string 2 5x Jinko 625w panels were pushing over 265v both exceeding the 500v max voltage).

As I saw that I quickly switched off string 1 breaker and the inverter stabilized instantly which suggests that the input of the 2 MPPTs are somehow connected in series or something like that as one of the MPPTs can take 500v alone but the 2 MPPTs combined together is still 500v.

No matter what you do, do not exceed the max voltage of your inverter and take not of the tolerance of the VOC of your panels when connecting your panels to your CC or inverter to avoid stories just in case your inverter or CC is not equipped to handle any form voltage spike above the rated max voltage of the inverter or CC.


@Jonescosmos the 500v is for the 2 MPPTs after all

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Xanderone: 9:00pm On Jun 09
twinskenny:


in that enviroment yes it is

1500 per block multiply by 260 blocks per day

Pray tell. Are these ice block making machines the ones manufactured using Air conditioners? Do they use the flash-freeze mechanism where you can get your ice block ready in less than 24 hours?

I have an ice block set up too, but it is with regular 317L freezer and it takes like 3 days for things to freeze over. It's just a means to channel the excess power generated into something worthwhile.
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by isangjohnson: 9:07pm On Jun 09
TCD:


Are there specific felicity models with Gade A cells and those with Gade B cells?

How does one tell the difference?
Jonescosmos has given you the company contact number already.
I strongly believe that whoever will receive your call will be someone that has been in the system. Tell them that you want battery pack build with the batched/matched grade A cells with manufacture's test report.
I'm sure they have it but the price might be 15 - 20% higher than their usual Grade B battery pack.
How to differentiate?
Request for EDMS from them and connect the bms to your PC monitor that will enable you to view the charging and discharging of individual
cells using the datasheet/recommended C rate. Pay more attention to the upper and the lower knees as I earlier explained in my post.
Goodluck
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Xanderone: 9:07pm On Jun 09
ojesymsym:
It turns out that there are controllers one can configure to make any AC become a smart AC that can be controlled remotely and I reckon that one can use Home Assistant with them in the process.


Actually I just thought about something now as you mentioned this. One of my tuya devices is a remote control that I use to operate the TV, sound system and decoder from the phone. You can programme almost any remote, and I mean almost any remote, to it and control it on your phone from anywhere in the world. It's just that it doesn't have facility for timer.

Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by isangjohnson: 9:09pm On Jun 09
Malevonent:


Whats the cost difference like between the matched and batched eve and normal eve cells?.

U still buy from selina
About 15 to 20% higher.

No

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Xanderone: 9:16pm On Jun 09
durodee:

Interesting! In one of my sites in Oyo North, we have not smelt IBEDC at all in my area this year. The area was notorious for low voltage, so early last year or so, I got a 15kva servo stab . Now the thing is gathering dust on the wall.
I heard the whole town seems to have been forgotten by IBEDC for months now.
Because of charging opportunity in my place, you will think a community meeting is holding always.

Bros. Touch somebody's life today. Uplift the needy in your midst. Sow your 15kva servo stab into a needy's life today. Like me for example. 😁 I'm a needy.

God bless you as you do so. 🌞

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Hybrid600: 9:23pm On Jun 09
I was going to quote you later to know what the update is. I'm glad you found and taken care of the problem.


bbally:


I did look at the cables, it happened that a the negative cable which I had celotape but the celotape got weak and water got into it and it was grounding with the panel frame and as soon as I moved the cable away from the panel everything picked up.
Thanks guys for the contributions.
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by collaysmith: 9:36pm On Jun 09
Good day my Oga,

A friend wants to install a solar setup for a 3hp chiller (ice block making).

how much should the person be looking at?
also, can anyone assist with a quotation for batteries (will lithium be better than tubular) and solar panels?

thanks
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by tivta(m): 9:47pm On Jun 09
How come no one is talking about bluetti?
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Xanderone: 9:56pm On Jun 09
Trippledots:


Where did you get that battery monitor from please?

From AliExpress.

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by moneyest(m): 10:09pm On Jun 09
RickyM:
After contacting Techland, I realized it would be better I go with FOUANI anyway.
160-220k for waybill and 4480 per 2 panels for packaging is no joke lol πŸ˜‚

Techland's canadian 665 watts = 182875 a piece

27 pieces = 182875 x 27 = #4,937,625

Let's assume way billing is #200,000

Crating is #4,480 per 2 panels so for 27 panels there are approximately 14 pairs

4,480 x 14 = #62,720

Total cost for the 27 Canadian panels from Techland = #4,937,625 + #200,000 + #62,720 = #5,200,345

625w Jinko panel from fouani is #184,800

This means I'm buying 1 Jinko watt at 184800/625 = #295.68kobo

But for the Canadian panels the total watts I got is 665w x 27pieces = 17955 watts and you recall I spent #5,200,345 total to get them

This means I'm getting 1 Canadian watt at
5200345/17955 = #289.63kobo

Canadian panels is saving me #295.68 - #289.63 = #6.05 per watt

If I must get the exact same wattage from fouani's Jinko I'll be spending #295.68 per watt x 17955watts = #5,308,934.40

But I got same watts at Canadian for #5,200,345 which means Canada saved me #5,308,934.40 - #5,200,345 = #108,589.40 despite the additional crating and shipping fees.

So you see... Even with fouani's free shipping, Canada still stands tall

Nothing is actually free even in Freetown cry

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Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Icolosis(m): 10:38pm On Jun 09
Good evening guys.

I need a battery and inverter to just power my laptop(macbook pro with 45watts charger) and phone, nothing more.
The power here is pretty decent just that I need backup power to be able to keep working on my laptop during Nepa downtime and on the days they move mad for example this recent strike.

what battery and inverter specifications would serve well for my needs.
Also can I go for a lead-acid deep cycle battery since I don't have much power needs.
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Xanderone: 10:43pm On Jun 09
bbally:


I did look at the cables, it happened that a the negative cable which I had celotape but the celotape got weak and water got into it and it was grounding with the panel frame and as soon as I moved the cable away from the panel everything picked up.
Thanks guys for the contributions.

Bare negative cable that was cellotaped?

Just a question. Did you cut off the MC4 plugs on your solar panel?
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by mank1234(m): 11:26pm On Jun 09
Ferdiwar:
Update on my setup.

Sometime last month I connected all my AC to the smart load of my inverter, and noticed that the inverter was going off and on repeatedly for like 5x before stabilizing back on. This would happen severely in a day before the sun goes down as I discovered it only happens during the day.

As a result I reverted back to the previous connection and disabled the smart load thinking that was my issue, but it still persisted, so I did some reading online and concluded it might be a software bug.

I emailed Deye and requested for diagnosis and update which they did by pushing a remote firmware update to the inverter, yet the issue continued (in my mind I was like I spent huge money to buy a faulty batch of an expensive inverter). I sent an update email yesterday to Deye explaining that the issue is not yet resolved (yet to get an update though) after it happened for the 2nd time in the morning (around 11am). At this point I thought it wise to calm down and observe the inverter when next it happens rather than be angry, so I stayed put in front of the inverter and watched it.

Few minutes later it happened again this time around I was watching the screen and boom I caught it in the act and it happens to be that the voltages of 2 strings of panels attached to the 2 MPPTs of the inverter exceeded the max 500v of the inverter (string 1 5x Longi 570w panels was pumping 240v+ as at that time while string 2 5x Jinko 625w panels were pushing over 265v both exceeding the 500v max voltage).

As I saw that I quickly switched off string 1 breaker and the inverter stabilized instantly which suggests that the input of the 2 MPPTs are somehow connected in series or something like that as one of the MPPTs can take 500v alone but the 2 MPPTs combined together is still 500v.

No matter what you do, do not exceed the max voltage of your inverter and take not of the tolerance of the VOC of your panels when connecting your panels to your CC or inverter to avoid stories just in case your inverter or CC is not equipped to handle any form voltage spike above the rated max voltage of the inverter or CC.


@Jonescosmos the 500v is for the 2 MPPTs after all

This is invalid diagnosis.

All 5kw upwards have at least 2 independent trackers.

Both mppt are independent of each other. Check your error log. My suspicion is;
One of your string especially, the 625w may be exceeding 17A Isc during tracking. Very likely when sun comes up after cloud on a rainy day. I use same panel but luckily for me my roof is steep. My inverter clips the input current to 13A Imp. If it wasn't steep I'm sure I would be running into same issues.


The model you have has 13A as Mac input with caveat not to exceed 17A Isc. Your panel is exceeding that limit that's why it happens. I'll suggest you change panel to panels with lesser Isc else the inverter would spoil in the long run. Ideal for that model is Longi 450W with Isc less than 14A
Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by Dam5reey(m): 12:05am On Jun 10
Icolosis:
Good evening guys.

I need a battery and inverter to just power my laptop(macbook pro with 45watts charger) and phone, nothing more.
The power here is pretty decent just that I need backup power to be able to keep working on my laptop during Nepa downtime and on the days they move mad for example this recent strike.

what battery and inverter specifications would serve well for my needs.
Also can I go for a lead-acid deep cycle battery since I don't have much power needs.

Buy a 500w inverter sachets ones, since your continuous load is lower than 100w.
Get a charger, If the inverter does not have one, get lead acid since you are already thinking about it.

My Standard recommendations are:
12V 1KVA Hybrid Inverter with Inbuilt MPPT 40A.
12v 100ah LFP Batteries, cables to connect and you are fine.

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