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

[Christopher Warfel]

Yes, that would be the ticket.

On 8/27/2019 10:24 AM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar wrote:
> Hmm Chris,
>
> How far south? Like the equator?
>
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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/
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>>>
>>> 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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