Freely rotating solar array
December 19th, 2009 Posted in Solar Video
A freely rotating 200W solar panel array that I built. It has a 58 degree tilt, perfect for the week of Burning Man and not bad on average for the year. For BM I plan to have it rotated manually to face the sun but when I get it back home I may try to add a tracker or at least a motor. ... solar panel frame diy
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December 19th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Great DIY solar panel. I made my solar panel with 5″ monocrystalline solar cells from Solar-Deals(.)com. If you’re looking for solar cells, I’d recommend them.
December 19th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
That would be cool, but for the week of Burning Man it’s enough to just go rotate it every few hours. See my other video on the array for how I can rotate it and lock it in place.
If it was going to be in my backyard, I’d either lock it in one position or put on a tracker!
December 19th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
now you just need it to track the sun…
December 19th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Hi, please check out dripper trackers (from me) on utube. They are low tech trackers that could turn your equipment.
Dripper trackers are only a few months old. People laugh at them and call them Rube Goldberg devices but thats because they have not tried them yet. I recommend a 2 bucket dripper tracker. If you can make the clock based one accuracy and repeatability would be very good.
December 19th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Sweat, looks good, nice work. check out crude awakening on youtube also check out photos of the playa so far jamescolephoto(dot)com/bm