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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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landyacht318
Explorer
Aug 09, 2018
A Morning portable panel facing east helps to achieve absorption voltage earlier and give a much better chance of reaching full by late afternoon.

This is about as far as I will go for tracking in my location with my current elctrical usage.

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