[RE-wrenches] Tracker controller service?

Ray Walters ray at solarray.com
Wed Aug 31 20:39:05 PDT 2016


My old trick for Wattsun trackers was just to turn them into fixed 
racks.  Usually the tilt actuator could be hot wired with a 12 v battery 
to get summer and winter tilt.

R.Ray Walters
CTO, Solarray, Inc
Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
Licensed Master Electrician
Solar Design Engineer
303 505-8760

On 8/31/2016 8:37 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote:
> Wrenches,
> Array Technologies can no longer support their legacy controllers for 
> their Wattsun residential trackers. Some internal parts are no longer 
> available, and of course their business has expanded far beyond small 
> individual units.
> Does anyone know of either an easy replacement or an electronics 
> service technician who repairs them? Michael, with whom I have worked 
> and gotten great support for years, had no suggestions.
> There are plenty of inexpensive Chinese controllers designed to work 
> with linear actuators on Ebay. Has anyone tried one on a Wattsun tracker?
> Thank you,
> Allan
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