Our battery is back !!

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For a long time now we've had some gear for defeating NEPA when we can.

It started as a little 1kva Inverter (about N25,000 at the time) and a truck battery and has since evolved after a little experimentation.

Now we have a either a 150or 200  amp battery, a cool little gadget for fast charging batteries, the inverter, and a little switch over that allows us to just run fans, lights and tv (thus avoiding accidentally overloading the little inverter).

However for a little while we've had batteries that gave some trouble and simply refused to last as long as they should (plus the squatter means 2 fans instead of 1 and at this level every amp counts).

At the weekend we tried a new brand - Altas 150amp sealed truck battery N28k at your nearest P.H store- and so far its done phenomenally well.

So we've had a very good weekend and just a few hours of NEPA but we might be able to go back to switching off the generator for at least half the night or more.

Happy indeed.

Its hard to put a price on the hours of silence and peace that come with the restoration of our battery game but its certainly a lot more than N28k per year (or even every 6 months if the battery doesn't last so long), not to speak of the cash savings.

Sunday 20 June results

Okada householders 1   NEPA/PHCN 0
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By way, those of you with concerns about power at a more academic level should also read this (apologies in advance that you'll need to log into the site but its worth it)
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