[RE-wrenches] Watsun problem

[Doug Wells]

Jesse,

Have had this happen.
Can be a couple things.
There are little plastic pieces inside the control box that have contacts.  These can be adjusted.
You will need to get at the control box and open it.
Wattsun can walk you through it.  If not they will send you a new controller. 
Same thing can happen in the N-S place, but it is usually a sign of wear on the plastic nut, yes plastic, in the actuator arm.

Doug Wells
The Solar Specialists
Morrisville, VT 05661
(p) 802-223-7014
(c) 802-498-5856
www.thesolarspecialists.com

On Sep 22, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Solar wrote:

Hello,

I am having an issue with a Watsun dual axis tracker. It is a 24VDC model, run of a battery bank that is charged through an outback inverters connection to the grid. So the battery voltage is always at 24V. The tracker will run fine for a couple days then it will get stuck in the east facing direction. I can make it track by switching the control box to "Manual Control Mode" and then moving the array in any direction for a second or two and then switching it back to "Automatic Control Mode". It will then track for a couple days and get stuck in the east direction again. 

Everything is greased regularly, and the voltage at the motors is always where it needs to be. I haven't noticed anything binding the tracker in the east direction and it seems like to sensor is fine because it tracks after I use the steps I described above to move it. 

Any thoughts?

Thanks as always,

Jesse  

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