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This site is awesome, good info here, I'm a bit of a tinkerer,
always building, or modifying something to make things easier or better,
and this site is full of good ideas.
Right now, I have my solar array pole mounted, and I manually turn
the pole throughout the day, probably only a few times through the day,
but enough to keep the panels looking at the sun. I have a way of controlling
and making it automated, but I am looking for ideas on how to actually turn
the pole, the positioner I guess you could call it. The pole turns very easy so
the positioner would not really have to be very strong or powerful. I thought
of using a small winch with cables and pulleys to rotate the pole, but I'd like to
see what other people are using.
Thanks...
always building, or modifying something to make things easier or better,
and this site is full of good ideas.
Right now, I have my solar array pole mounted, and I manually turn
the pole throughout the day, probably only a few times through the day,
but enough to keep the panels looking at the sun. I have a way of controlling
and making it automated, but I am looking for ideas on how to actually turn
the pole, the positioner I guess you could call it. The pole turns very easy so
the positioner would not really have to be very strong or powerful. I thought
of using a small winch with cables and pulleys to rotate the pole, but I'd like to
see what other people are using.
Thanks...
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