[RE-wrenches] Residential tracker that has horizontal axis in east-west orientation?

[Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar]

Hmm Chris,

How far south? Like the equator?

Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 07:35:53 -0400, Christopher Warfel
<cwarfel at entech-engineering.com> wrote:
> Hi Dave, I am looking for a tracker that the horizontal "tube" runs east

> west, so that the modules, when placed in portrait mode, are facing 
> south and will adjust their tilt angle based upon mostly by the season. 

> They have it so the horizontal tube runs north south and the module 
> rotate east west following the daily sun. The cannot be adjusted to 
> account for latitude . At noon, no matter what season they will be flat.

> It's no good as you get further north.  Hope this makes more sense. 
Chris
> 
> On 8/26/2019 11:01 AM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar wrote:
>> Chris,
>>
>> Can you restate this, I do not understand. I use alot of these and have
>> quite a bit of experience with Wattsun, formerly Array tech, formerly
>> Wattsun. I am also looking for a single axis that is on a 6 inch pole.
>> Wattsun only makes the 8 inch that needs a back-hoe for lifting. Too
>> heavy
>> for most offgrid.
>>
>> Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
>> "we go where powerlines don't"
>> http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/
>> e-mail offgridsolar at sti.net
>> text 209 813 0060
>>
>> On Mon, 26 Aug 2019 09:33:01 -0400, Christopher Warfel
>> <cwarfel at entech-engineering.com> wrote:
>>> Not too long ago there were postings about residential trackers. I put
>>> in a plug for Array Tech, but we are having a very hard time with
>>> getting information on the controller and how to get it to work for
our
>>> case. I have moved the sensor every which way but pointing down.......
>>> Their controller comes from the commercial/utility side of the company
>>> and is designed to place as many modules on a foot print and eliminate
>>> shading which isn't an issue if you are putting in one single tracker.
>>> The horizontal axis is north south, and the modules move east west.
The
>>> array is a  zero tilt which is non optimal for most of the year.  Does
>>> anyone know of a single axis tracker that is designed for east west
>>> horizontal axis so the modules can adjust throughout the day and
seasons
>>> with the modules facing south?  Thank you, Chris Warfel
>>>
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