Solar tracking mount electronics

Xringer · 02-14-09, 05:33 PM

I have a very old 10.5 foot TVRO dish in my backyard that I'm thinking might be a good place to mount a few PV panels.

Today, I found a site that sells Solar trackers!
Heliotrack.com - Heliostats and solar tracking

My next step is to insure my actuator (dish mover) has built-in limit switches.
If it does, I'm half way to having a pretty neat tracking mount.

I would remove the dish and install an 8'x8' (or 10'x10'?) PV panel mounting rack.

From what I've read, tracking panels can kick up the amount of kWh "harvested" per day, by quite a bit.

So, has anyone seen one of these units working?

02-14-09, 05:33 PM	#1
Xringer Lex Parsimoniae Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,918 Thanks: 114 Thanked 250 Times in 230 Posts	Solar tracking mount electronics I have a very old 10.5 foot TVRO dish in my backyard that I'm thinking might be a good place to mount a few PV panels. Today, I found a site that sells Solar trackers! Heliotrack.com - Heliostats and solar tracking My next step is to insure my actuator (dish mover) has built-in limit switches. If it does, I'm half way to having a pretty neat tracking mount. I would remove the dish and install an 8'x8' (or 10'x10'?) PV panel mounting rack. From what I've read, tracking panels can kick up the amount of kWh "harvested" per day, by quite a bit. So, has anyone seen one of these units working?