Never compromise, not even in the face of Armageddon. Devops `journalctl -fu bio` Solar energy and blockchain infra
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Kaioh33 retweeted
A lot of times, we, myself included, talk about market-reflective electricity tariffs and emphasise the need for consumers to pay prices that reflect the true cost of generating and supplying electricity.
But let us not pretend that these costs exist in isolation. The cost of generating electricity is also a function of operating inefficiencies, decaying infrastructure, poor maintenance, high inflation, FX instability and other structural problems within the system.
These are costs that are peculiar to Nigeria and, to a large extent, reflect years of poor policy decisions, inadequate investment and government failure.
All of these feed into the cost of generating and supplying electricity, and by extension, the so-called market-reflective tariff.
Yes, consumers should pay prices that reflect the cost of electricity. But when do we begin to have an equally serious conversation about the inefficiencies that keep driving these costs upwards in the first place?
Are we simply going to allow tariffs to keep rising to accommodate every increase in operating costs, regardless of whether those costs are justified or could have been avoided?
At what point do we hold policymakers and operators accountable for the inefficiencies within the system? Can we also emphasise that?
There is something fundamentally wrong with a system where consumers are repeatedly asked to pay more, not necessarily because the service has improved, but because the cost of delivering that service keeps rising due to structural inefficiencies.
And consumers, who have very limited alternatives, are left to bear the consequences.
Kaioh33 retweeted
The goal should never be to go completely off-grid. The goal should be to build a system that guarantees consistent electricity for your essential needs, then scale it as your needs grow.
Going completely off-grid sounds nice and makes for a good flex, but a more prudent and economical approach is to build a system that intelligently optimises for the cheapest available energy source while guaranteeing reliable power.
You don't have to break the bank to get started. A decent 2.5 - 5M system should get you started.
Kaioh33 retweeted
My goal is for more people to be understand how these things work, and run the numbers themselves. It's like expecting a Camry to be faster than a Lamborghini. It's just impossible.
Energy comes at a cost and it's very rare to see who runs their gen 24/7.
In this solar and offgrid discourse, something I would like to add is that, energy comes at a cost. We need to have realistic conversations.
Solar energy is the only available source of energy to the common man that is the cheapest (being affordable is a different conversation).
What's the equivalent cost in petrol generator? Diesel? Grid ("the cost reflective band A"?
What is the lifespan for your solar setup? When you spread that your solar setup installation, how much do you get energy cost wise?
That's why as much as possible, I encourage people to get the best quality in their budget grade, and if the bulk money isn't available to do a fully optimal setup for their energy need, they can start something lean and scale up.
Honestly the optimal direction for residential is a 48v setup. I started with a 24v setup and I had to sell it (sold at good price because I bought standard stuff), because the 48v was what was going to be better for me long term.
So if you're starting and you want to do it long term, please start from there. You have better efficiency, more suites of products. There's also nothing bad in starting very small and doing gradual upgrades till you get to where you want to be.
Again energy comes at a cost. Even with band A light, you self won't even power all these appliances you want to power with solar 24/7. There's no limitation to what solar energy can power, it's a budget or skill issue. Cut your coat according to your size, and always do your own research.
If you want to do more peer learning about solar energy and other things, there's a community that exists on telegram. I have benefited immensely from the people there, and I urge you to benefit, and also contribute your experience to the community too.
Link: t.me/+Qnu3EpWqJq05ODE0
Kaioh33 retweeted
Nigeria product review culture is completely dead. 99% of review you see here is paid for. The few honest and organic reviews.. the criminal justice system has been corrupted to punish them. The result is so many fake and substandard products... but shit is packaged as gold.
Kaioh33 retweeted
Pull the trigger and get a competent solar install. You are already doing between 15m to 32m a year at the rate of your spend on diesel generator. 15m is the price of a decent sedan. At that price you have a tech that generates electricity from the sun and gives you a comfortable life.
You only live once bro.. your well-being, your productivity matters a lot.
I did spend considerably on my system but.. I have not a single regret. I am completely energy independent. When light was good in my Band A my system saves me between 350k to 500k a month on electricity bills.
Now the power is unreliable so bad that everyone is complaining my neighbors runs his Diesel gen almost 247 but my system is always on.
I have 5 AC, 3 water heater. I bake my own bread using excess solar at noon. All my cooking is done using induction. My lawn mower is electric. Water pump, pressure pump all run on solar.
The system allows me to establish a base of comfort that allows me to focus and be productive (as a remote worker) I can wake up at midnight and head to my home office to get some work done in climate controlled room.
I wrote some smart into my system that allows it to use weather information to decide when to take from grid during rainy season and when grid is down and heavy storms is predicted disable heavy non essential like pressure pump electric oven and cooker and water heater.
Over the past year the system had only had to triggered once.. all through July to now I have been completely off grid.
I am getting an EV and excess solar would now be used for charging it.
Yes my system is not for everyone not everyone can afford it, but even I started small, very very small 10 years ago with a small setup to carry basic needs. That setup grew to what I have today.
There is a protest planned for today around Lugbe Abuja to pressure govt to fix power unfortunately I am not around to participate I will continue to push for a better grid in Nigeria but I will never blink at using technology to solve my electricity problems. – at Ikeja, Nigeria
People have no idea how crazy it is , everyone saying buy solar , but it would cost 15m - 20m to get a solar system to power my place, the light used to be relatively good in my side , I have a diesel generator and I used to spend at most 180k monthly or 90k in 3 weeks on diesel.
Since the light became bad I’ve been spending 90k almost daily on diesel because the heat is unbearable and I work from home.
The craziest thing is that there’s no where to run to.
God would help us all
Kaioh33 retweeted
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Kaioh33 retweeted
I don't argue on Twitter,
I don't want more followers,
I am not monetized,
I don't sell anything,
And I don't want anything.
Together with @supersanusi @bigbrovar @netotse and a couple of friends we started an 8000 plus solar and DIY group.
If you can afford it? Get solar.
Kaioh33 retweeted
3 ways to spot a "washed" accident car in Nigeria before you waste your money 🧵
1.Paint Mismatch: Walk around the car under natural sunlight. If one door or the fender has a slightly different reflection or shade compared to the rest of the body,
#CarsInNigeria #LagosCars
Kaioh33 retweeted
this bug is truly unbelievable. how did no one catch this for 10 years
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Kaioh33 retweeted
"Reforms are working... Don't worry about all these small small things like food and all... It's the price to pay..."
Meanwhile, dey share Prados and approve more loans on top of our mounting debt.
I woke up this morning thinking about how hard things have become.
We're not living anymore. We're just existing.
Things that should be basic, like food, rent, transport, light and school fees, have become luxuries. You work twice as hard just to prove you're trying, and at the end of the month there's still nothing left to show for it.
Drive through any street and you'll see grown men and women begging. Some of them once had jobs, dreams and dignity. I can't blame them. The system that was meant to protect them failed them.
Every day, prices go up. Every day, we're told to be patient, that the reforms will work, that we should wait a few more years.
But how long can a hungry person wait?
As someone who talks about money every day, this one hurts me the most. I tell people to invest from the little they have. But for millions of Nigerians, that little isn't even enough to survive. You can't invest money that has already been eaten by rent and food before it lands.
Go anywhere in the world and you'll find Nigerians working harder than anyone in the room. We are not lazy. We are not unserious. Life here has just become unfair, and the wealth sits in the hands of a few.
Our brightest minds keep leaving. Doctors, engineers, creatives, builders. They didn't leave because they hate home. They left because home stopped making room for them.
And if you choose to stay and do things the right way, the system frustrates you until it breaks something in you.
To those who benefit from this, who loot what was meant for millions and think it will last forever, remember this. Everything in this life is vanity. The pain you've caused doesn't disappear. One day it comes back to the same table you're eating from.
But I refuse to give up completely. Things can still change if we become intentional and stop accepting this as normal.
The 2027 election is coming. Please, vote with your conscience. Don't sell your vote for a bag of rice and ₦5,000. That money finishes in a day. The suffering lasts four years.
Think about your children. Think about the generation coming after us. They deserve a country that doesn't punish them for being born here.
We deserve better. Nigeria deserves better.
Shalom.
Kaioh33 retweeted
We like to be reactive to things. As at 2025 over 60% of manufactures have left the grid. These are the category of users the grid actually needs, so pricing for households gets cheaper. The signs have been there. IPPs are springing up but around industrial clusters. NGMI.
BUA Cement, Nigerian Breweries lead latest corporate retreat from national grid - Businessday NG share.google/IPsdKFyWqkGDBHs…
Kaioh33 retweeted
My current installation is facing north because the house uses a flat roof that slops 340 degrees of azimuth. Luckily for me the slop is at about 8 degrees tilt ensuring that my panel install is generates a yield at about 96% of an optimal installation.
I have spoken a lot about solar installation. From the type of profiles to use for solar, grounding your panels against lightning, ensuring your panel stays productive even when it's very hot. I will go back and be retweeting some of this old tweets.
Kaioh33 retweeted
People obsess over Solar panels installation direction when install Tilt angle matters more in Nigeria than location
TLDR
Nigeria is close to the equator, so the sun stays high most of the year. The general rule is to keep your panel at a low tilt (8-10°), that way your panel direction will barely matters. You'd lose a few percent at most.
Long read
Direction start to matter at tilt angle higher than 15° this is when facing the panel south would provide best yield ie any thing above 20° tilt, and south clearly is optimal direction for your panel.
So why south? South because for most of the year in Nigeria the sun tracks across the southern sky, especially in the *ber months starting from August all the way through March - basically the harmattan season.
Even with your panels facing south. It has to maintain a tilt angle of 10-15° sweet spot and not more than 25°. Anything above 25° and you experience rapid decline in yield vs an optimal install.
If you have no choice than to face your panels East or West, then Keep them low. About 10° tilt and you lose only 3 to 5% vs a perfect south install. Just don't go past 15°.
The steeper you go, the more you lose.
If you can do a east/west split.. even better you get a longer, flatter production curve. That's great for batteries and daytime loads.
My previous had my panels spread across east and west side of my roof I did analyze the data here xitter.gq/bigbrovar/status/18486…
So what about the north. Well For most of the year in Nigeria, the sun moves across the southern sky. The only months it's in the north are roughly May to August, and that's rainy season, so the clouds eat whatever advantage you'd get.
A north-facing panel works against the sun when it matters most.
Even then, if you have no choice but to face your panel north, keep the tilt low to around 10°, you'll lose only a little. Higher than that and your yield would decline.
Best advice in all this is to run a simulation of what tilt and direction matters for your install using this free service pvgis.com/en
Nigerian Solar Engineer Warns Nigerians Against Installing Their Solar Panels Facing East, Advising That Panels Should Be Positioned Towards The North And South To Maximise Energy Generation From Sunlight. He Explains That Those Who Install Their Panels Facing Only East Risk Generating Insufficient Power, Which Could Result In Their Batteries Draining Faster. How Are Your Solar Panels Positioned, And Have You Been Getting Maximum Power From Them? 👀
Kaioh33 retweeted
This is largely true. AC doesn't consume as much electricity people think it consume. My house has an always 1.5 inveter AC. It pulls 400watt hour on average if ran at about 24 to 26C.
If you run your AC at 16C you essentially lose the inveter advantage.
Thanks to @lifeofdanel for pointing this out. – at Ikeja, Nigeria
Maybe it’s because all my ACs are inverter ACs, but honestly, they’re probably among the least power-consuming appliances in my house. The real electricity consumers are my water heater, microwave, oven, air fryer and reverse osmosis machine. I feel like people underestimate how much power these appliances consume compared to inverter ACs.
