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DarkSkySeeker
Explorer
Aug 08, 2018

The need to (or not) carefully track the sun for solar

Can anyone give me technical guidance on the need (or not) to turn my solar panels to track the sun for best performance? Is solar collection highly optimized by nudging the panels along or creat...
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time2roll
Nomad
Aug 08, 2018
Last I read you can about double the harvest with tracking.

Do you have a place to store the energy? Typical lead-acid has such a long absorption time... maximizing the afternoon may not matter.

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