Of course the concept is quite basic and straight forward. Every outlet electronics like your TV etc actually operates by converting AC power to DC power. So the end result is DC. You can by-pass this conversion by supplying DC power (using a suitable battery) directly to the appliance. Which appears to be what the OP has done. All he needs to do is to supply the battery the name and brand of the battery he is using; and provide some connection details for those who are not conversant with circuits. Nice job though.

ceejay80s:
I will be 10years this year as an active member of naija's favorite
Green and white forum called "NAIRALAND"
1 decade on nairaland
E no easy at all

I've been on nairaland for as long as that too but ever since I lost the access to my moniker, ty, I watched from a distance for a while before finally opening another account. I had a twin online then. Besides, I dont know what I did to seun to deserve the 2 on my name on nairaland o.

moski5:

in Benin

I don't know anywhere in benin

Many thanks to Ceejay. You're a sincere and straight forward person.

Now I got 24hrs uninterrupted back up power supply with my 200Ah battery.

Thanks once again

JayExperts:
Many thanks to Ceejay. You're a sincere and straight forward person.

Now I got 24hrs uninterrupted back up power supply with my 200Ah battery.

Thanks once again

U are welcome my brother

ceejay80s:

U are welcome my brother

Can i use this ups? And besides, can the charger be used to charge and it will stay in used concurrently? Or do I need to remove the battery and connect the charger (external, not ups in built charger o) manually from time to time?
Thanks Cj

ceejay80s:

I have edited my post, read again ,thank u

Okay i have a 100mah battery and sukam 800va inverter , thanks

bigt2:
Can i use this ups? And besides, can the charger be used to charge and it will stay in used concurrently? Or do I need to remove the battery and connect the charger (external, not ups in built charger o) manually from time to time?
Thanks Cj

U dont need to remove the battery and connect the charger, and yes u can use ur blue gate 650va ups

ceejay80s:

U dont need to remove the battery and connect the charger, and yes u can use ur blue gate 650va ups

I meant to use it for the inverter diy. Can I use car battery? When I'm not home and my younger sister is using it, will she need to do anything to charge when the light is restored?

I stumbled on this thread and i must confess, it looks very interesting even though some stuffs looks alien to me. But i think i might be interested.

If i may understand, to get this to work, you need the following

1. UPS
2. Battery Charger
3. Battery

If i may ask, what kind of battery ? Are we talking about Car batteries here or there's some special kind of battery for this. Kindly pardon my weird questions. As a lady, i find this task something of a challenge and i'd like to try it out as a lady.

I might need help and more guidelines. Wouldn't be a bad idea if i choose the line of constructing an inverter for my friends

Now following!

bigt2:
I meant to use it for the inverter diy. Can I use car battery? When I'm not home and my younger sister is using it, will she need to do anything to charge when the light is restored?

Don't use car batteries,
After the inverter has been installed ,u don't need to touch or remove any other thing except switching on and off from the ups or Inverter

anonymousjuju:
I stumbled on this thread and i must confess, it looks very interesting even though some stuffs looks alien to me. But i think i might be interested.

If i may understand, to get this to work, you need the following

1. UPS
2. Battery Charger
3. Battery

If i may ask, what kind of battery ? Are we talking about Car batteries here or there's some special kind of battery for this. Kindly pardon my weird questions. As a lady, i find this task something of a challenge and i'd like to try it out as a lady.

I might need help and more guidelines. Wouldn't be a bad idea if i choose the line of constructing an inverter for my friends

Now following!

There's a specific kind of battery for this and its called deep cycle batteries, its available every where in new and used and also in different brand names ,models and sizes
do not use car batteries

ceejay80s:

Don't use car batteries,
After the inverter has been installed ,u don't need to touch or remove any other thing except switching on and off from the ups or Inverter

But car batteries come in bigger capacities and we have dry cell car batteries too. Can I use the inverter while charging too?

Is your friend using a 2.5 kva generator? Most 2.5 kva generator can power a 175w refrigerator if the engine is increased.

initialize:
I took my friend to the battery seller yesterday to buy 2 more batteries to do his own set up cos his generator wouldn't power his 175W refrigerator. He's going to set his up like mine too

Car battery is not a deep cycle battery... it is not meant for use with inverters. Car batteries are "majorly" meant for ignition.

bigt2:
But car batteries come in bigger capacities and we have dry cell car batteries too. Can I use the inverter while charging too?

ceejay80s:

There's a specific kind of battery for this and its called deep cycle batteries, its available every where in new and used and also in different brand names ,models and sizes
do not use car batteries

Oh.....okay. Pardon my ignorance. I'm still learning sir. Great work you doing here assisting people to get this done. You have a fan in me

anonymousjuju:


Oh.....okay. Pardon my ignorance. I'm still learning sir. Great work you doing here assisting people to get this done. You have a fan in me

I c u realy following!

ceejay80s:

Ask the seller if he has a meter to test the battery, if he has, let him test it and see if the battery is ok, if its ok , buy the 100ah but if he doesn't have the meter to read batteries, tell him to get one

Good job!pls wht shld b d volts for old 12v Bettery(cells) multimeter checking?.

ceejay80s:

Ask the seller if he has a meter to test the battery, if he has, let him test it and see if the battery is ok, if its ok , buy the 100ah but if he doesn't have the meter to read batteries, tell him to get one

Good job!pls wht shld b d volts for old 12v Bettery(cells) with multimeter testing?.

Thanks ceejay
I already bought a 40ah smartcharger from idi oro Mushin yesterday.
Pls I want to buy a 100ah battery new/ fairly used .for my set up.
Your further assistance will be greatly appreciated.
God bless your hussle bruv

afeez20:
Thanks ceejay
I already bought a 40ah smartcharger from idi oro Mushin yesterday.
Pls I want to buy a 100ah battery new/ fairly used .for my set up.
Your further assistance will be greatly appreciated.
God bless your hussle bruv

Go to army arena at oshodi , that's where some of oshodi sellers got new shops or call 08033086907 him, he has deep cycle batteries
Or call naija phone contact from website below for brand new
www.fullriver.com/others/contact.htm
Please don't pay into any acct until u see what u are buying

i just bought 30A charger from your friend at Labinjo street in mushin just now. I told him you were the one that directed me, he knows your name is CeeJay, I want to buy Mercury 200AH battery, i hope this your friend has this brand of deep cycyle battery.

EDIT: I just called, he does not have mercury 200AH battery.

ceejay80s:

Go to army arena at oshodi , that's where some of oshodi sellers got new shops or call 08033086907 him, he has deep cycle batteries
Or call naija phone contact from website below for brand new
www.fullriver.com/others/contact.htm
Please don't pay into any acct until u see what u are buying

TeOwl:
i just bought 30A charger from your friend at Labinjo street in mushin just now. I told him you were the one that directed me, he knows your name is CeeJay, I want to buy Mercury 200AH battery, i hope this your friend has this brand of deep cycyle battery.

EDIT: I just called, he does not have mercury 200AH battery.

U need to call the guy at oshodi to confirm if he has the mecury battery before going there

I just called the battery man at Oshodi, he does not have mercury 200AH battery, he said he has "Datson" or something, i didn't really hear the name correctly.. I am thinking of buying it on Konga, although their prices are usually higher. For example the 500 watts inverter that I bought on konga for N9750 (N750 was for delivery), the man at Labinjo street in Mushin sells it for N4000!

Later in the year, when I have enough money I would buy 3000 watts inverter from the man at Labinjo street (Mushin) and connect it to the electrical mains of my house, I am thinking of getting 4 batteries (200AH) for this one.

Thanks for the enlightenment on this thread, it is because of you I took action to buy the 500 watts inverter on konga and now this 30 amps battery charger.

ceejay80s:

U need to call the guy at oshodi to confirm if he has the mecury battery before going there

TeOwl:
I just called the battery man at Oshodi, he does not have mercury 200AH battery, he said he has "Datson" or something, i didn't really hear the name correctly.. I am thinking of buying it on Konga, although their prices are usually higher. For example the 500 watts inverter that I bought on konga for N9750 (N750 was for delivery), the man at Labinjo street in Mushin sells it for N4000!

Later in the year, when I have enough money I would buy 3000 watts inverter from the man at Labinjo street (Mushin) and connect it to the electrical mains of my house, I am thinking of getting 4 batteries (200AH) for this one.

Thanks for the enlightenment on this thread, it is because of you I took action to buy the 500 watts inverter on konga and now this 30 amps battery charger.

U want to power every thing in ur home together? I really don't understand why u need (4) 200ah = 12v 800ah batteries, ur house na church or hospital abi na dangote towers , u guys wan kill me .
Whatever u do sha , don't overload ur inverter

In August 2015, NEPA brought a bill of N15,400 to my house. My average NEPA bill from December 2014 - January 2016 is N8,400.

I stopped paying after NEPA brought a bill of N15,400 to my house... now, NEPA has cut my light... I only use generator.

I use 4 litres of fuel a day, and I get 8 hours 15 minutes of light from it. My fuel cost is N10,800 for 31 days of generator light that I can control and is constant unlike NEPA that is erratic and sometimes i don't get light from NEPA for days.

For 5 weeks spanning from end of May 2015 to the end of June 2015, there was no light in my group of closes because they took our transformer, yet NEPA still gave me a bill of N6,700.

It pays me to use generator and back up with batteries than to pay my NEPA bill, because I would get more hours of electricity overall.

ceejay80s:


U want to power every thing in ur home together? I really don't understand why u need (4) 200ah = 12v 800ah batteries, ur house na church or hospital abi na dangote towers , u guys wan kill me .
Whatever u do sha , don't overload ur inverter

TeOwl:
In August 2015, NEPA brought a bill of N15,400 to my house. My average NEPA bill from December 2014 - January 2016 is N8,400.

I stopped paying after NEPA brought a bill of N15,400 to my house... now, NEPA has cut my light... I only use generator.

I use 4 litres of fuel a day, and I get 8 hours 15 minutes of light from it. My fuel cost is N10,800 for 31 days of generator light that I can control and is constant unlike NEPA that is erratic and sometimes i don't get light from NEPA for days.

For 5 weeks spanning from end of May 2015 to the end of June 2015, there was no light in my group of closes because they took our transformer, yet NEPA still gave me a bill of N6,700.

It pays me to use generator and back up with batteries than to pay my NEPA bill, because I would get more hours of electricity overall.

Wow!!! Nepa really hurt u
Did u check the make and model of 3000watts inverter? Make sure the inverter doesn't feed on the battery 24hrs , there are some inverters that are not plugged to the mains, those type of inverters feed on battery whether there's light or not,
Like the ups that switches to battery mode when nepa takes ur light, ur battery starts working and it switches back to nepa mode when the light come back and the battery is charged until its full and ur battery rests

The make of the 3000 watts inverter is Suoer just like my 30 amps battery charger and 500 watts inverter. And I have not bought the 3000 watts inverter yet, I would buy it from your friend in Labinjo street, Mushin later on in the year.

For now, I only have a 500 watts inverter for my TV, fan, decoder and laptop.

ceejay80s:

Wow!!! Nepa really hurt u
Did u check the make and model of 3000watts inverter? Make sure the inverter doesn't feed on the battery 24hrs , there are some inverters that are not plugged to the mains, those type of inverters feed on battery whether there's light or not,
Like the ups that switches to battery mode when nepa takes ur light, ur battery starts working and it switches back to nepa mode when the light come back and the battery is charged until its full.

TeOwl:

I stopped paying after NEPA brought a bill of N15,400 to my house... now, NEPA has cut my light... I only use generator.
It pays me to use generator and back up with batteries than to pay my NEPA bill, because I would get more hours of electricity overall.

....and if u are going to connect the inverter to the whole house,make sure u change all ur bulbs to energy savers 5watt - 11watts bulbs ,
I couldn't get 5watts since oshodi was demolished but I was lucky to get a 7watts bulb in my street, waka well well u go see, make sure u don't iron clothes on it, no boiling ring, no electric cooker, 800ah battery no be beans o, that money go reach buy one small kabukabu car for taxi

I am currently using 7 watts and 28 watts "white" light bulbs to reduce the load on my 2.5 kva generator (which can supply 2000 watts constantly and 2200 watts for a few minutes).

Based on my calculation, I think I can use iron, boiling ring and electric cooker for a short period of time.

Here is my calculation

24v x 400ah (4 batteries (200AH) connect in series because the inverter is 24 volts inverter) = 9600Vah

9600Vah x 0.88 (assumed efficiency of the 3000 watts inverter) = 8448Vah

my iron is 1000 watts per hour

battery bank capability on full charge = 8448Vah = 8448 watts

8448 watts divided by 1000 watts per hour (iron) = 8.448 hours.

So, technically i can iron my cloth for 8.448 hours (8 hours 26 minutes), HOWEVER, I can only iron my cloth for maximum of 15 minutes in a day.

15 minutes (0.25 hours) using a 1000 watts iron = 250 watts

I think the 3000 watts inverter and 4 (200ah) batteries can handle it.

Your thread has made me read a lot on inverters and care of batteries to ensure its long life. I learned that:

* If you don't discharge your batteries more than 50% of its capability before recharging its lifespan would be longer and AGM deep cycle batteries have a lifespan of 4 - 7 years when used properly.

* And your rate of charge should not be more than C/5... (charging at C/4, C/3, C/2 reduces the lifespan of the batteries tremendously because you are charging too fast)

ceejay80s:


....and if u are going to connect the inverter to the whole house,make sure u change all ur bulbs to energy savers 5watt - 11watts bulbs ,
I couldn't get 5watts since oshodi was demolished but I was lucky to get a 7watts bulb in my street, waka well well u go see, make sure u don't iron clothes on it, no boiling ring, no electric cooker, 800ah battery no be beans o, that money go reach buy one small kabukabu car for taxi

thank Ceejay,kudos to the good job you doing bruv.
please whats the meaning of charging at C5 and not in C4,C3,C2.
how do you know what type of charging you giving your setup

TeOwl:
I am currently using 7 watts and 28 watts "white" light bulbs to reduce the load on my 2.5 kva generator (which can supply 2000 watts constantly and 2200 watts for a few minutes).

Based on my calculation, I think I can use iron, boiling ring and electric cooker for a short period of time.

Here is my calculation

24v x 400ah (4 batteries (200AH) connect in series because the inverter is 24 volts inverter) = 9600Vah

9600Vah x 0.88 (assumed efficiency of the 3000 watts inverter) = 8448Vah

my iron is 1000 watts per hour

battery bank capability on full charge = 8448Vah = 8448 watts

8448 watts divided by 1000 watts per hour (iron) = 8.448 hours.

So, technically i can iron my cloth for 8.448 hours (8 hours 26 minutes), HOWEVER, I can only iron my cloth for maximum of 15 minutes in a day.

15 minutes (0.25 hours) using a 1000 watts iron = 250 watts

I think the 3000 watts inverter and 4 (200ah) batteries can handle it.

Your thread has made me read a lot on inverters and care of batteries to ensure its long life. I learned that:

* If you don't discharge your batteries more than 50% of its capability before recharging its lifespan would be longer and AGM deep cycle batteries have a lifespan of 4 - 7 years when used properly.

* And your rate of charge should not be more than C/5... (charging at C/4, C/3, C/2 reduces the lifespan of the batteries tremendously because you are charging too fast)

TeOwl:
I am currently using 7 watts and 28 watts "white" light bulbs to reduce the load on my 2.5 kva generator (which can supply 2000 watts constantly and 2200 watts for a few minutes).

Based on my calculation, I think I can use iron, boiling ring and electric cooker for a short period of time.

Here is my calculation

24v x 400ah (4 batteries (200AH) connect in series because the inverter is 24 volts inverter) = 9600Vah

9600Vah x 0.88 (assumed efficiency of the 3000 watts inverter) = 8448Vah

my iron is 1000 watts per hour

battery bank capability on full charge = 8448Vah = 8448 watts

8448 watts divided by 1000 watts per hour (iron) = 8.448 hours.

So, technically i can iron my cloth for 8.448 hours (8 hours 26 minutes), HOWEVER, I can only iron my cloth for maximum of 15 minutes in a day.

15 minutes (0.25 hours) using a 1000 watts iron = 250 watts

I think the 3000 watts inverter and 4 (200ah) batteries can handle it.

Your thread has made me read a lot on inverters and care of batteries to ensure its long life. I learned that:

* If you don't discharge your batteries more than 50% of its capability before recharging its lifespan would be longer and AGM deep cycle batteries have a lifespan of 4 - 7 years when used properly.

* And your rate of charge should not be more than C/5... (charging at C/4, C/3, C/2 reduces the lifespan of the batteries tremendously because you are charging too fast)

My brother, don't use any heat generating appliance with ur inverter no matter the wattage, coz u may end up burning up the transistors & the transformer coil due to overheating