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

[Matt Tritt]

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  Hi Daryl,

  As long as you keep it lubricated and the nutz and boltz tight it should
last a long, long, time; as long as you don't live too near the ocean that
is.

  Is this a new one with fiberglass blades?

  Matt T
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Darryl Thayer" <daryl_solar at yahoo.com>
  To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
  Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:41 PM
  Subject: Re: Fixed vs. Tracking for Pumping (was:PV Trackers)
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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,
  >
  >   All you have to do is stop thinking of trackers as
  > a problem. Just
  > consider them a kind of old age retirement scheme!
  >
  >   Cheers,
  >
  >   Matt T
  >   ----- Original Message ----- 
  >   From: "Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar"
  > <ozsolar at ipa.net>
  >   To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
  >   Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:54 PM
  >   Subject: RE: Fixed vs. Tracking for Pumping
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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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  >   -----Original Message-----
  >   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
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  >     Well, I bet the problem I'm having convincing
  > you how I'm right (LOL)
  >   about this is the kind of pumps you're working
  > with. Or maybe not!
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