Buying Guides
What a Solar Install Actually Looks Like, Day by Day
People ask about kilowatt hours and warranties. What they are usually worried about is different: how many days will strangers be ...
What Size Inverter for a 3 Bedroom Flat in Nigeria?
This is the most common question we get, almost word for word. What size inverter do I need for a 3 bedroom flat?
And I underst...
Solar for Boreholes and Pumping Machines in Nigeria
Almost every system we are called out to fix has the same story attached. Everything works, until somebody turns on the pump.
T...
How Solar Financing Works in Nigeria: The Terms
The objection is almost never that people doubt solar works. By the time somebody is talking to us, they have usually worked that ...
Solar Generator vs Solar Inverter System: The Difference
A man called the office last month asking for the solar generator, the one that powers the whole house. He had watched a video of ...
Lithium vs Tubular Batteries for Nigerian Homes
If you are shopping for backup power here, you have asked yourself this already. Stick with tubular, or move to lithium?
It is ...
How to Spot a Fake Solar Panel Before You Pay
Last year one of our technicians went to inspect a setup a client had bought elsewhere. The panels looked fine from the ground. Cl...
Can I Add Solar Panels to My Existing Inverter?
Plenty of Nigerian homes already have an inverter and a battery. It came in years ago to carry the lights and the TV through an ou...
How to Spot a Fake Lithium Battery in Nigeria
A relabelled lithium battery is harder to catch than a fake panel, because a panel can be tested against the sun in ten minutes an...
Switching From Tubular to Lithium: What to Know
Most people do not switch to lithium because they read about it. They switch because their tubular bank has died again, sooner tha...