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DarkSkySeeker
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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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DarkSkySeeker
Explorer
Aug 08, 2018
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Install a tracking system then maintain it for a year. Rude, vertical learning curve. When panels were 5x the price it was an option.


I am going to make my own. I had a lot of fun doing this (https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29711176.cfm) and want to build a tracker just for the heck of it.

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