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Monday, May 24, 2010

Sun tracking solar panel - Hack a Day

Sun tracking solar panel

posted May 24th 2010 7:25am by Caleb Kraft
filed under: home hacks, solar hacks

As we all know, a solar panel must be exposed to the most amount of sunlight possible to reach full efficiency. A solid mount limits the amount of time that the panel is fully exposed to direct sunlight. The solution is to build a pivoting mount that automates the process of aiming at the sun.

[bwitmer] takes us through the process of building one out of some wood and old bicycle rims. He bought a pre made tracking unit to control his actuator, but we think many of you here could rig something up on your own.

[via HacknMod]


Go there...
http://hackaday.com/2010/05/24/sun-tracking-solar-panel/

His web site with How To info Solar PV tracker...
http://www.instructables.com/id/Solar-PV-tracker/

Site with tracker Parts and intersting Info and Pics...
LED3Xc3 & LED3Xc1 Solar Tracker Assembly
http://www.redrok.com/led3xassm.htm#led3xforsale

Don

1 comment:

Don's Deals Blog said...

I recieved this link in response to my Post on...
Sun tracking solar panel - Hack a Day
Sun tracking solar panel
posted May 24th 2010 7:25am by Caleb Kraft

This Co looks interesting...

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Sun tracking solar panel - Hack a Day
Sun tracking solar panel
posted May 24th 2010 7:25am by Caleb Kraft

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I tried to approve theri comment, but someting went wron, so I just posted the info for them. Thanks Cassie...

Don