<div dir="auto">Hi,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It seems to get confused on the azimuth or at least that's what's most pronounced. I've looked at All Earth but it's a full assembly, not really a retrofit using someone else's motors. I have worked with Kyle at Array Technologies, and he's been great, but it's still having issues. I think the big thing is that once it's lost the sun for a while, it's difficult for it to recover, even when the sun comes out. There is a ghost mode that it's supposed to rotate the azimuth at a fixed rate when the sensor is below a certain threshold, but we just don't seem to be able to get it correct. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It's tough to troubleshoot it too.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 2, 2019, 9:40 AM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar <<a href="mailto:offgridsolar@sti.net">offgridsolar@sti.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>Mac, which mode is being confused elevation or azimuth. What have you replaced and what does Jeff Grulic say of Wattsun?</p>
<p>The photo sensor I like is the single axis. There really is little need to use the dual axis for offgrid, in my opinion.</p>
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<p>On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 07:28:29 -0700, Mac Lewis <<a href="mailto:maclewis1@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">maclewis1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<div>Does anyone know of a non-sensor based tracker controller that can work with a variety of tracker motors?</div>
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<div>We don't do trackers much but we have a WattSun DuraTrak controller that has never worked well, we've tried all sorts of tweaks. Its a tougher location that a lot because there are high snowy peaks that confuse the tracker I guess.</div>
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<div>It seems like something would be out there that would just use the sun position equation instead of sensors that can be confused.</div>
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