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Solar
Tracking - How We Made A Solar Tracker
Click here to
view the solar tracking video
A set of plans is now
available. They are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format and can be viewed and
saved right from this site. Just click on the link below and hit the save
button. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the plans.
We are making these plans
available to everyone without charge on one condition.
If you download the plans
and use them to make your own solar tracker, please make a donation for
our efforts. We would like to continue making this site available to
everyone. Your donation will help do so.
Click
here to view the PDF file
I have always thought about using solar
tracking for a solar panel. Commercial solar trackers are somewhat expensive but do extend
the time that a solar panel receives solar energy. I have not
purchased any yet but decided to make a small scale solar tracker that I use with
our solar cooler.
The solar tracker uses a TV antenna rotator attached to a
2 inch pipe that is mounted on the ground. A photovoltaic solar panel is also
attached to the 2 inch pipe. Since the rotator can be controlled by a
remote control, I found a programmable one that I use to
position the rotator to face the solar panel toward the sun at different times during the day.
Even though it can’t actually track on its own the way the commercial
versions do, I can easily program it to follow the sun’s path.
Please visit the Living
On Solar Blog to talk about or ask questions about solar tracking.
The video runs for 3 minutes and 17 seconds
and shows how we use solar tracking.
We hope that you enjoy the video.
Please watch our other solar videos elsewhere on this site.
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view the solar tracking video
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Solar Tracking Blogs
- US
DOI Fast-Tracking Initiatives for Solar Energy on
Federal Lands ...
- Under initiatives announced by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
and US Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), federal agencies will work with
western leaders to designate tracts of US public lands in the West as
prime zones for utility-scale ...
- georgesworkshop:
Performance of the tracking solar parabola array
- Performance of the tracking solar parabola array. Many of you
have asked about the performance of my DIY solar heating
project. While I have been making various changes and improvements, I
will provide detail on the measurements I have ...
- AUTOMATIC
SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM :: Elites TV
- file:///C:/Documents and Settings/SOUMIK BANERJEE/Desktop/AUTOMATIC SOLAR
TRACKING SYSTEM.pdf My AUTOMATIC SOLAR TRACKER starts
following the SUN right from dawn, throughout the day, till evening,
and starts all over again from dawn ...
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