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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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pianotuna
Nomad III
Aug 08, 2018
The panels are the cheapest part of the system. Buy an additional panel. I get 17 amps from 256 watts of flat installed panels on the roof at solar "noon". Purchased in 2005.

My daily harvest varies between 17 amp-hours (Dec 21) and 110 amp-hours (June 21)

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