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blahname · 08-19-12, 07:43 PM

I have to agree on the reflecting collector not working at glancing sun angles. Trackers are a bit difficult, especially with moving parts and plumbing if you want to heat water, which is what I want to do. That and more moving parts = more points of failure. What would be nice would be a passive tracker that could rotate the reflectors inside a collector around the copper pipe, but the build complexity and cost goes far beyond the performance benefit over a flat plate collector in my view.

08-19-12, 07:43 PM	#15
blahname Lurking Renovator Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I have to agree on the reflecting collector not working at glancing sun angles. Trackers are a bit difficult, especially with moving parts and plumbing if you want to heat water, which is what I want to do. That and more moving parts = more points of failure. What would be nice would be a passive tracker that could rotate the reflectors inside a collector around the copper pipe, but the build complexity and cost goes far beyond the performance benefit over a flat plate collector in my view.