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bob golding

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mechanical solar tracker using weights
« on: March 17, 2012, 09:38:45 PM »
hi all, just noticed that the price of pv panels is getting somewhere near sensible at last.
thinking of getting a 250 watt one to supplement my wind turbine.

 i am thinking of siting it next to the turbine and have the idea of making a tracker using weights suspended from the turbine tower. any one know of anyone else clever /stupid enough to have done this before? and if so any details would be helpful.

 i know, the  weight will come crashing down breaking  the panel and trashing the turbine as the cable flies round uncontrollably. i have penciled that one in one possibly already.  :o
if i cant fix it i can fix it so it cant be fixed.