Fixed vs. Tracking for Pumping (was:PV Trackers) [RE-wrenches]

Darryl Thayer daryl_solar at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 16 22:41:07 PDT 2004 

 

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Hi Matt
I have a 20 Jake that has been up on the tower I think
4 years and no problems yet.  which is better than my
other small wind experiance.  So I hope I don't have
Jake problems.  

Daryl  
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>   Travis, old boy,
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>   All you have to do is stop thinking of trackers as
> a problem. Just
> consider them a kind of old age retirement scheme!
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>   Cheers,
> 
>   Matt T
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>   From: "Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar"
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>   Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:54 PM
>   Subject: RE: Fixed vs. Tracking for Pumping
> (was:PV Trackers)
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>   Hello Again Matt,
> 
>   You probably shouldn't try to convince someone
> from Missouri. (stubborn as
> a
>   Missouri mule)....
> 
>   I'm not saying that a tracked array won't produce
> more energy than a fixed
>   array.  I know it will (until it breaks).  Again,
> I think trackers are
>   really cool. We even plan to install one of the
> Wattsun dual axis monsters
>   (somebody stop me, please) at the new shop we are
> building right now since
>   it will have sunlight from sunrise to sunset
> whereas our current shop has
> a
>   very limited solar window.  But that is for me and
> I'm a gear head.  I
> don't
>   mind the moving parts.  The sun moves, shouldn't
> my array?  And I'm
>   aggressively looking for a 20kW Jake to rebuild
> and install at my shop as
>   well.  Does anyone have a line on one?  Talk about
> some maintenance!  But
>   that's my own time on my own schedule.
> 
>   I'm saying that a tracker will cost me more to
> support than a fixed array
>   and when it's all said in done the customer would
> have been better off
> with
>   more modules.  Are you factoring the cost of the
> out of warranty support
>   into the economics of the fixed vs. tracking?  How
> much do you charge to
>   replace a failed controller at a customer that is
> a two hour drive away?
>   And I will not install products for customer
> knowing that they will break
>   within 2 years and within every 2 years thereafter
> until the end of time.
> 
>   You're not going to convince me that trackers are
> better for my customers.
>   I've been putting at least 1200-1400 watts of
> fixed PV on the SQ Flex's
> (900
>   watt max draw) we've installed and they are
> running great meeting the
> needs
>   as promised with no call backs.  That's what I
> need.
> 
>   Travis Creswell
>   Ozark Energy Services, Inc.
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>   From: Matt Tritt [mailto:solarone at charter.net]
>   Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:46 PM
>   To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>   Subject: Re: Fixed vs. Tracking for Pumping
> (was:PV Trackers)
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> you how I'm right (LOL)
>   about this is the kind of pumps you're working
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