[RE-wrenches] SunEye 210

[Dan Fink]

Esteemed Wrenches;

I have tested the SolarShades app against a Solar Pathfinder, and the app
is great for a quick assessment. Unfortunately accuracy depends on how you
hold your phone and rotate yourself and especially how you tilt it. If you
do it exactly right, I found the accuracy to be within 5-10% of the
pathfinder. But the app relies on the tilt sensor of the smartphone, so if
you move your arms up or down while rotating yourself to keep the
crosshairs on target of obstructions as you rotate, it ruins the reading
(and you can see it in the generated sunpath diagram)---but after much
practice I kind of have the hang of it.

If someone could devise an android phone holder bracket that could be used
on a tilt/pan tripod, I think the SolarShades app could be very accurate.
Also, I believe there is a similar app for Iphone, Solarshades only works
on android last time I checked.

Dan Fink
Buckville Energy
IREC Certified Instructor™ for:
~ PV Installation Professional
~ Small Wind Installer
NABCEP / IREC / ISPQ Accredited Continuing Education Providers™
970.672.4342



On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Taiyoko <taiyoko at positiveenergysolar.com>
wrote:

> Kirpal,
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> I have not tried this yet, however I plan to.
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> $16 app for droid?
> http://comovingmagnetics.com/wp/?app=solar-shades
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> Taiyoko (Randy) Sadewic
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> *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Kirpal Khalsa
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 30, 2015 1:03 PM
> *To:* RE-wrenches
> *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] SunEye 210
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> Friends....
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> Speaking of items that are no longer available....Anyone have an extra
> Solmetric Suneye 210 they want to part with...used and in good working
> condition is fine.....
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> Thanks!!!
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> Sunny Regards,
> Kirpal Khalsa
> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
> Oregon Solarworks LLC
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