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Re: To track or not
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by WetinOR on Tue Jun 24th, 2003 at 09:22:28 AM MST
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I have three different charge controllers on my system. Two of them are on sections of panels that don't track. The third one is on a home built tracking system. During the "best" times of the day for solar, the current from each group of panels are about equal, but during the early morning and late afternoon (evening) hours the tracker definitely puts out more current into the battery bank. Even without measuring the current, you can put your hand on the heat sinks and the tracking system controller gets warmer during those times. I plan on having all the panels tracking by the end of summer. I use the Redrok tracking board. George
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