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

[Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar]

Very good point Jay ! On the HZLA you can and just mount the torque tube
east west. No warranty maybe but it might not matter.
I assume this is for somewhere near the equator?

Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 06:36:17 -0700, Jay <jay.peltz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> Can you bypass the automatic control and just make it manual tilt
control?
> 
> Jay
> 
>> On Aug 27, 2019, at 4:35 AM, 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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