Cheap Solar Tracking

[shartne]

How big of servos can be bought ? I am think can I make it power a solar panel thats 5 or 10 pounds?

[granhellosyan]

Very neat. Cheers

[tascrafts]

That's ingenious! 

[Bubblytubebob]

How do I make that servo connect to a big enough motor that can turn a 2000 lb solar array ?

[SuperJump331]

How long would this system last? Could output be measured?

[SuperJump331]

Out of curiosity how long do you think this system could last and could output be measured?

[tomli123001]

This is amazing and I hope I have thought of that when I was doing my uni solar thesis project.....

[kchts1999]

happens when the sun goes down the photocells will seek the sun in the morning

[jhuckable]

her's my email. julio.valdez07@yahoo.com thank you

[jhuckable]

hey where can i find that kind of servo motor? im from philippines! thank you i just need it for my thesis

[justgivemethetruth]

OK .. so how does it reset overnight back to the east?

[jabwsnc]

Great video. Unfortunately, I must be missing something because I can only get the servo to respond to one of the photocells. When I reverse the wiring it responds to the other photocell. I have adjusted the servo adjuster and the potentiometer. The results are the same. Any thoughts, suggestions?

[parkstc]

I made a Mini Solar Tracker according to your idea.

Thank you for your kind instruction.

[archiearchie26]

Awesome video. Thank You for sharing

[lahim55]

Hi, can you please write the type of photo-resistor? THX

[Alexander1560]

nice video, here you can an advanced solar tracker : youtube.com/watch?v=mOyH9LFQjl­g

[tsbrownie]

That is great. Suggestions on how to scale it up to 240watt panels?

[Prancinglion1]

This is terrific...! Cheap and effective. How do you amp this system up to use with a solar pannel array...? Please Email me at Prancinglion@yahoo.com

Thanks in advance.

[steamlilly]

I need to make a /light sensitive switch for my dark room (cuz I don't want to use separate AC adapters for each locker) And all i find is solar tracker! Anybody can help? :)

[irobot206]

Amazing! You are the man.

[diyengineer]

what happens when the sun sets?



[Soundgarden8497]

now just do it again at a size which makes it practical, since we aren't ants

[Nicron100]

You're English Accent is like my Chinesse accent...:D

[mrdrumsauce]

very cool, nice work, thanks for posting this

[TheXXSCOPEDXx]

Can you do this without a servo drive?

[FlyinBrian777]

Could this same circuit be used on a large solar panel using a more heavy duty servo?

[dub380]

Thank you!! Great DIY!!

[meiralfasi]

כן אני ישראלי

[ramgueta]

אתה נשמע ישראלי!

[magna59]

Lovely vid, nice project...good clean thinking ! Keep up the good work !

[meiralfasi]

You know its funny how you notice a chewing gum in the background .....

That sound is coming from my computer , my son was playing spore at the same time i was recording the video . What's funny is the Fact that no one noticed that i have misspelled SOLDERING WRONG ........

[salgen007]

I liked the simplicity of the circuit

[midodiali]

where can I find this battery with 3 wire, I can not find, is it necessary to have a battery with 3 wire? what is the third wire?

Thank you

Excuse me for my English

[321RCHeli]

@midodiali RC nicad batteries like the one shown only use 2 wires. Even though they plug onto 3 pins, only 2 of them are for power and the remaining pin is for the servo position "signal", which is not used in a battery connection. In other words, the third connection on the battery plug is not actually connected to the battery.

[kieranmullen2]

why not sell a kit put together on ebay with a link in your video. I am suer you would get people to buy them.

[az5029]

can i replace the servo motor with DC gear motor.???

[tdennison22]

Do you have to use the servo adjuster? Or can you just connect the battery directly to the servo?

[mmmkkkk]

can i direcly connect battery to servo without using servo adjuster??

[sfyris]

@mmmkkkk no my friend, servow are operated with pulses and no simple DC voltages. This is the need of the servo tester, to produce these pulses.

[mmmkkkk]

i already solder the three wires same as you.. but i didnt use servo adjuster, just direct from battery to servo.. but its seems not working.. servo adjuster just for test/adjust the servo rotation right??

[TheEPROM9]

Power that using a solar engine or solar rechargeable battery's and let it live on the windowsill, nice little toy that will happily follow the sun for years. All mine were built using BEAM robotics. Its a lot simpler than the BEAM designs I've seen and with good sensor positioning a lot better at tracking, although the swaying motion of BEAM designs does make it interesting to look at.

It's always nice to see such devises created, and they can be quite useful.

[Antipico]

Nice project but neets servo mod..

I have a similar project on my channel. It uses single 555 timer (0.2$) to control the servo, still not a microcontroller. With that the servo can be controlled with any 0-5V voltage source. i.e. it can be used to make a self balancing robot and so can this!

[TheCodingProductions]

awesome thank you!

[njm663]

Hi meirafasi, or anybody that can respond my question if may i use the eletric antenna rotatorcould i reach the same results or soif yes i will apreciat if sombody give me some information about that , thank you every one,njm663

[onblur]

Good work. I was planning on doing something more elaborate, but it seems kinda silly now. Your solution is really impressive, and way more simple and straight forward. Thanks for the helpful video!

[fwu5022]

省錢有效

[jpisar11]

Hi, very interesting idea, which is the reference of the servo, where can i buy it?

[Fipes]

This is what I have been looking for! Thanks for this clear discription :)

[bx12c]

Very great Idea!!

What are the specifications of the photo resistors? I´ll try this too

[Outboundz]

now i understand why chemtrails are sprayed it freaking struck me like lightning

[DETHMETALTRASH]

AJA BIEN Y PARA QUE ME SIRVE ESO A VER SI LO TRADUCES

[arulknarul]

Good :)

[camagueyano38]

maeve the solar pannel is too heavy to move it with that solar tracker....

[madisre]

can i use fps 3003 in place of fps 148? is it okay?

[meiralfasi]

@madisre Yes you can ..

[mmmkkkk]

@meiralfasi can i direcly connect battery to servo without using servo adjuster??

[madisre]

can i use futaba s3003 in place of fps 148? is there any problem?

[nisen05]

Nice and simple, I like it.

[3DFULLHD]

i buying every pieces here on Ebay , the most expensive it photo-resister i will buy on store shortly . I have ideea to make a solar tracker with 2 servo for 360 degrees circle and 180 degrees up , for tracking all position of the sun in the sky .

I think need 2 servo + 2 servo drive + 4 photo cell (2 for each) + 4.8v battery , after i make a dark detection on it to light a CFL in the NIGHT and in the mogning the light stop and the solar tracker charge again the battery ! thank you so much idea

[3DFULLHD]

Congratuation ! very clear GUIDE , with descent camera 1080p ! not fuckin VHS 240p like i see most on youtube ! thank you

[bluefusion99]

I have a Parallax Continuos Rotation servo, I have opened it up and located the potentiometer. The only problem is that the Positive, Negative and Ground wires for the servo are already soldered to the 3 pins of the potentiometer. Where should I solder the new 3 wires???

[meiralfasi]

@bluefusion99

You have to solder the new three wires to the three pins of the servo potentiometer , its basically connected in parallel .

[madisre]

can i use futaba s3003 in place of fps 148? is there any problem?

[ipaqmaster]

7:30 thats neat! =D

[dadigitechman]

This is really good. You could send the motor leads from the servo motor to relays to power 12 volt linear actuators. Thanks for the info. I'll post a vid. with a full scale set up when I am done building my solar panels. Thanks again for your time and effort.

[avatordanb]

Very clever and so simple. Great idea. I suppose one could use the servo arm to activate micro switches to control motors for a larger device, such as solar panels or a parabolic heater.

[Yvessam]

can I know where you got your servo tester at 6$ ?

[meiralfasi]

@Yvessam

The servo tester that I have used is E sky ...

[Yvessam]

@meiralfasi yeah after a little moment I finally finished to discover the name on it.

But thank you :)

[dadigitechman]

@Yvessam I've seen them on Ebay even cheaper

[Yvessam]

m'i wrong or is there someone playing SPORE somewhere near you?XD

[meiralfasi]

@Yvessam

Yes it is SPORE I'm glad that you have recognised it..

[tom95076]

Great idea, How long do you think the 4v will last holding the servo on all the time?

I have small solar project panels that are 4.5 v but the amps are too low to drive a servo.

have you tried not using the battery yet? Its still a great idea Thanks for sharing.

[PandaxPanic]

I'm going to make a bit bigger one :) it will use small solar panels that will power itself

[torcente]

bravo, respect you, I shall cheer for you

[mrsamjam1999]

Can you explain beter the electronic board because the wirering is confusing looks like you remove one wire when u soldering please , good video.

[sokumkeo]

Wow, I really like your project...brilliant. I will try it out.

[1125RBuellrider]

Awesome! One thing tho, the sun does not go back and forth, it goes one direction. Once the sun goes down, it will stay pointed at the last place the sun was. When it comes up in the morning, the light will be coming up from the other direction, so the servo may not move backwards until noon...

[rantsila]

@1125RBuellrider

You are right, but you can make a switch that will return it back to the same place where it started. It will switch off the servo and turn it on when back.

[JRBeaman]

Cool project.

Great tracking that is easy to make, and low cost.

[pepsimaxjan]

great video and great thanks

[iwill920ya]

awsome idea thks

[meiralfasi]

Thank you .

It is important to center the dial on the servo tester.

[michael970]

Great video I may have to give it a shot.nice project for me and the kids.Thanks for sharing your info.TAKE CARE