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Latest — May 12, 2023

Of a budget Solar Inverter System - Solar Panels.

I started a blog series documenting a budget off-grid solar-inverter setup I am currently working on. The first post in the series focused on how to carry out an energy audit to help scope the power and energy requirements. This post will be focused on solar panels, how to determine

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How I Built A Lithium Battery Bank for Solar-Inverter Energy Storage

Lithium-ion phosphate batteries, also known as LiFePO4 batteries, have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their high energy density, relatively stable safety record, and long cycle life. An Average LifePO4 battery can last for up to 10 years and even then 80% of its original capacity would still

Of a budget Solar Inverter System - Energy Audit

One of the requests and questions I often get from people when they find out about my penchant for renewable electricity is; How can they build a system? how much does it cost etc. Next month would make it exactly 7 years since I verged into the rabbit hole of

Audio Nirvana - Setting up a 2.1 High-Fidelity Music Room.

Notes on setting up an audiophile-ish music listening room The current setup in the living room is a 5.2.4 dolby atmos system which I find to be tuned mostly for Home Theatre (Movies and TV Shows) and it lacks the subtlety and clarity of music listening. The goal

Moving from a Distributive to an Accumulating Investment Fund.

> Caveat: The post below is not a financial advise. I am not a certified or trained financial adviser. This is just a log of my own experience with investing. When I started my investment journey. I did not really understand the difference between a distributed Index fund / ETF and an

Keeping things simple with a 2 Fund portfolio Investment Portfolio

> Caveat: The post below is not a financial advise. I am not a certified or trained financial adviser. This is just a log of my own experience with investing. Some times in March 2021, I made 3 changes to my investment portfolio. Before now I had a 4 fund portfolio:

From 0 to 3 Megawatt Hours of Solar Electricity - Part 1

This is a story of how I became carbon neutral in my electricity usage and have over 80% of my electricity consumption in the last 5 years supplied by renewable energy from solar How it Started I have always been interested in solar energy. If you like me live in

My Journey from Naira to Dollar Denominated Investment.

Update 18-06-2023: A lot of things have changed since I wrote this blog post and this is a small update. 1. Trading212 No longer accept new registrations from Nigerians. When I reached and from some personal findings, this is related to Nigeria poor ranking in the The Financial Action Task

Low Light Photography

So decided to test out the much hyped Google Pixel’s low light photography fantasticness. So one night took a walk around the neighbourhood to get some air from over 3 months of lock down. Decided to test out the Pixel low light photography capability… To say I was impressed

Lightning, Fan, and Warranty Issues

My house was affected during a thunderstorm about a Saturday ago. The good news was non major damage was sustained to both human and appliances. Bad news was the lightning attack knocked out the temperature sensor circuit of my inverter. At first I did not notice anything was amiss. The