north facing panels. work begins...

we attempted to use adjustable tilt legs but had to discard the idea when we noticed instability
and realized that the panels would be subject to severe wind forces...

work completes on north facing panels

installing the combiner box. inside the ceiling, away from prying eyes...

wiring the tristar charge controller: the heart of the system...

testing the system. maxing out my array power. solarworld!

at the end of day one: back facing panels: 11kwhr
front facing panels: 10kwhr
total harvest: 21kwhr - solarworld!

monitoring in progress...

ola28:
Hello house, pls where can I get kill a watt meter?

Thanks

I still have few in stock ... O8I35O3I95I

GeorgeD1:
all,
in continuation of my system upgrade activities, i was able to secure a number of 315w solarworld
panels which were installed about two weekends ago.
recall that i gave out my old 200w suntech panels recently. this was to make way for higher wattage
panels which in my calculations will give me better performance while occupying less space.

thanks to kiekie for the speedy delivery. all through our discussions, i saw consistency, depth of
knowledge and attention to details. even when i almost made up my mind to go elsewhere, his
tenacity and business like approach to things pulled me back in. and in the end, i'm one more happy
customer adding to his resume of successful deals.

keep it up brother!

Thanks for the patronage ... Am grateful Sir !

GeorgeD1:


you can contact either juo or kiekie. i'm sure they will gladly help you out

Thanks for the referral Sir ! He patronised me on the full river batteries and definitely knows how to reach me ...

Boss. I am in GH and been following this tread too. Thanks to the big bosses like George. I am planning to use solar and I would be grateful if you could give me some pointers as to where to get quality solar in items in GH for installation. Please give me your email so we can talk more. Thanks.

Refa:
I have been following you guys for some time now (since 2013 0r 14). I am in GH and we don't have this camaraderie among the solar community. I have been off-grid since 2010; The cost to buy 12+ poles and pay arm and a leg to get power, prompted me to go solar and it made sense. You guys are doing such a wonderful job helping each other, answering questions. Dmerciful, GeorgeD1, Kiekie1, Abunafiu, earthrealm just to mention a few names that come to mind.

My own share of the full river battery......To my big surprise, the batteries are still very strong, works like new batteries.

Thanks so much @kiekie1

@GeorgeD1

the solar energy grand patron himself... you have proven once again to be the father of all Greeners...
I wish you more beneficial harvest from your upgrade. A very beautiful upgrade!!!
All the best



Solar Energy is the Future!!

GeorgeD1:
south side completed

keep it up big bros. the house remains grateful for ur leading roles in DIY.

The whole setup and concept is just glorious! I'm truly inspired.....when I grow up sha

GeorgeD1:
monitoring in progress...

@GeorgeD1, Congrats on ur new upgrade. You are a proof that solar works. I'm impressed at ur high level of humility and persistence. Permit me to say u are indeed my mentor so long as it concerns solar power. May ur solar harvest keep growing from glory to glory. One luv bro!

@georged1, very sweet set up.
kindly state your total panel wattage for both north and south side, and your battery bank.am assumming ur morning star cc are both 80amps?
your battery bank still trojans?.
now that you didnt go ahead with the adjustable legs, would you still ur panel inclination 10/10?
i can see your roof isnt so step...maybe 20deg or so -- thinking you shudnt hv even bothered with the adjustable legs in the first place

@GeorgeD1 Hmmm... You wan power the whole of warri? This is simply amazing. You are indeed a pacesetter.

Actually, you don turn GenCo be dat

Well done.

GeorgeD1:
north facing panels. work begins...

we attempted to use adjustable tilt legs but had to discard the idea when we noticed instability
and realized that the panels would be subject to severe wind forces...

Your strong advocacy and time you take to stabilise us newbies is what gaves us the confidence to take the renewable leap. Keep the flag flying.

My question is what influenced the decision to install panel on the north side? Is it a case of available space? I ask because since Nigeria above the equator I have always thought and in line with what I have read that panels in Nigeria should be inclined towards south. Would appreciate your thoughts.

Also are the controllers charging different banks or the same battery bank.

bigrovar:

Your strong advocacy and time you take to stabilise us newbies is what gaves us the confidence to take the renewable leap. Keep the flag flying.

My question is what influenced the decision to install panel on the north side? Is it a case of available space? I ask because since Nigeria above the equator I have always thought and in line with what I have read that panels in Nigeria should be inclined towards south. Would appreciate your thoughts.

Also are the controllers charging different banks or the same battery bank.

@GeogeD1, Weldone and congrats.
Please in addition to questions already asked what configuration did you use 3x4 or 2x6 for such high watt panel?

GeorgeD1:
monitoring in progress...

congratulations big Bros on your upgrade . I visited during installation. Thanks for being there for us all

GeorgeD1:
at the end of day one: back facing panels: 11kwhr
front facing panels: 10kwhr
total harvest: 21kwhr - solarworld!

Such a grand achievement. It is difficult not to aspire for more, considering your laid down pace. Kudos!

Oga GeorgeD1
From my count these are 315W x 24pcs amounting to 7569W ! My question is do you intend to power houses adjacent to yours, the whole compound else how do you intend to have a good capacity utilization? Kudos once again.

GeorgeD1:
all,
in continuation of my system upgrade activities, i was able to secure a number of 315w solarworld
panels which were installed about two weekends ago.
recall that i gave out my old 200w suntech panels recently. this was to make way for higher wattage
panels which in my calculations will give me better performance while occupying less space.

thanks to kiekie for the speedy delivery. all through our discussions, i saw consistency, depth of
knowledge and attention to details. even when i almost made up my mind to go elsewhere, his
tenacity and business like approach to things pulled me back in. and in the end, i'm one more happy
customer adding to his resume of successful deals.

keep it up brother!

chris81964:


Thank you bros. I did a new one today. Happier face today. I was able to run my 2 hp pumping machine for 5 minutes with only 400 watts coming from my PV. It is recovering slowly. I am not doing with them what I did with my T105's.

Would you by any chance be disposing of your T105 batteries?

Good one GeorgeD1!!
I'm still plotting which bank to rob so i can be like you

I understand DC coupling is best for those with huge battery banks and high night time loads.
With your huge array, over 7kw, do you think you'll be better served with a small battery bank sized for night time consumption and a grid-tie inverter to maximize daytime usage?

Saipro:


Would you by any chance be disposing of your T105 batteries?

The batteries in the video are not mine. However we will be doing an upgrade in a month. I will put them up for sale

JUO:
congratulations big Bros on your upgrade . I visited during installation. Thanks for being there for us all

@ GeorgeD

do a YouTube clip from start to finish. you may hit 1m downloads who knows.

ur Aircon go hear am! or do cold room business & smile to bank.

Barezzi:
Good one GeorgeD1!!
I'm still plotting which bank to rob so i can be like you

I understand DC coupling is best for those with huge battery banks and high night time loads.
With your huge array, over 7kw, do you think you'll be better served with a small battery bank sized for night time consumption and a grid-tie inverter to maximize daytime usage?

Grid tie? Where is the grid power in the first place. I am sure he is going off grid. Public power is rocket science in Nigeria

GeorgeD1:
north facing panels. work begins...

we attempted to use adjustable tilt legs but had to discard the idea when we noticed instability
and realized that the panels would be subject to severe wind forces...

WOW!... Congratulations on that massive upgrade GeorgeD!! You keep on amazing us by your trailblazing endeavors, Solar truly works and highly ADDICTIVE i most say too.


Quick one, I understand you choose to mount your combiner box inside your ceiling to be away from prying eyes but wouldn't it be much of a hassle to get inside your ceiling, then crawling to where its mounted just to turn off the breakers when you need to service your setup or in cases of emergency?? Or maybe you have another breaker between the box and CC?..

tivta:


Grid tie? Where is the grid power in the first place....

Grid-tie to the "AC out" of his bi-directional inverter-charger.
This creates a micro grid that the grid-tie inverter will synchronize with.

GeorgeD1:
monitoring in progress...

What comes to mind every time I see the name GeorgeD1, is innovation solar-wise.Keep it up and again thanks for inspiring us all.Mind you,YouTube videos of your setup from start to finish will be very much appreciated.One love.

Good day everyone,

Abeg make una help me out!

We got one 250w 24v mono solar panel
With a pwm solar CC,

Because of how the roof is,
It is facing the east,

And at 2:00Pm it was producing 1.4ah when we checked the CC,

Please note the battery on the inverter was very very low,

Please any possible way to optimise more abit?