Hi Chris, Can you bypass the automatic control and just make it manual tilt control?
Jay > On Aug 27, 2019, at 4:35 AM, Christopher Warfel > <cwar...@entech-engineering.com> wrote: > > Hi Dave, I am looking for a tracker that the horizontal "tube" runs east > west, so that the modules, when placed in portrait mode, are facing south and > will adjust their tilt angle based upon mostly by the season. They have it > so the horizontal tube runs north south and the module rotate east west > following the daily sun. The cannot be adjusted to account for latitude . At > noon, no matter what season they will be flat. It's no good as you get > further north. Hope this makes more sense. Chris > >> On 8/26/2019 11:01 AM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar wrote: >> Chris, >> >> Can you restate this, I do not understand. I use alot of these and have >> quite a bit of experience with Wattsun, formerly Array tech, formerly >> Wattsun. I am also looking for a single axis that is on a 6 inch pole. >> Wattsun only makes the 8 inch that needs a back-hoe for lifting. Too heavy >> for most offgrid. >> >> Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar >> "we go where powerlines don't" >> http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ >> e-mail offgridso...@sti.net >> text 209 813 0060 >> >> On Mon, 26 Aug 2019 09:33:01 -0400, Christopher Warfel >> <cwar...@entech-engineering.com> wrote: >>> Not too long ago there were postings about residential trackers. I put >>> in a plug for Array Tech, but we are having a very hard time with >>> getting information on the controller and how to get it to work for our >>> case. I have moved the sensor every which way but pointing down....... >>> Their controller comes from the commercial/utility side of the company >>> and is designed to place as many modules on a foot print and eliminate >>> shading which isn't an issue if you are putting in one single tracker. >>> The horizontal axis is north south, and the modules move east west. The >>> array is a zero tilt which is non optimal for most of the year. Does >>> anyone know of a single axis tracker that is designed for east west >>> horizontal axis so the modules can adjust throughout the day and seasons >>> with the modules facing south? Thank you, Chris Warfel >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >>> >>> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >>> >>> Change listserver email address & settings: >>> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >>> >>> List-Archive: >>> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html >>> List rules & etiquette: >>> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >>> >>> Check out or update participant bios: >>> www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
