Comments on: Single-axis trackers upgrade to handle uneven land sites 2023 Trends in Solar https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2023/01/single-axis-trackers-upgrade-to-handle-uneven-land-sites/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:44:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Don McLaughlin https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2023/01/single-axis-trackers-upgrade-to-handle-uneven-land-sites/#comment-138991 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:44:38 +0000 https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/?p=100918#comment-138991 A great friend and Builder..Burke Denman, who is sadly no longer with us, solved this for DIY folks together nearly twenty years ago, No commercial systems were available for our twisted available land, so he split axels intended for travel trailers. Yup! They come in several sizes.. We couldn’t find sufficient market then. We were using Enphase singles but neither they nor the other supporting equipment AND the local building code for grid attachment made things practical.

I just had installed the latest Enphase All House equipment with software monitoring and control. It is spectacular… Others may be as good,,, I didn’t dig that deep, but watching these equipment share power situations between the grid, the PV and the batteries, all the while operating within the Utility pricing structure….is remarkable…

These inexpensive and really environmentally secure devices come with side load tolerant tapered bearings and the wheel bolt pattern for easy installation to the end supports and rotation devices.

From operations, we did find that unless space-constrained, it was preferable to avoid all the monitoring and maintenance issues by simply adding a limited number of panels offset to provide early and late energy than move arrays.

Considering ALL he cost savings, initial and operational, makes a challenging trade-off.
if space is available.. What are your thoughts?

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