**NOTE**: The strapping you've put over the front of the panels is robbing power from power from your array, and can actually damage your array.
When you shade solar cells, its worse than just missing out on the extra unshaded area; those cells will actually start sucking power from the rest of the array, and get really really hot. Hot enough to destroy them / crack glass, etc.
@hex4def6 Thats why i made an update video not using the harbor freight panels and i prob would have did something better but the day i made it the wind was whipping it around!! And i could be wrong but these are amorphous panels they do better in less sunlight because the more sun the worse they are because they get to hot....but the bungee is getto i agree..
@fanman1981 lol, dude.and i just noticed i spelled little wrong, XD idk why, i know how to spell it... but dude you sound younge to be owning a home... anyways, you shud go for a windmill
@iToasterman I guest it depends on what you consider young im 30 now and was 25 when i bought this house so i guess yeah im young but i can't suckle from mamma's tit for to long.............
Great vid....nice idea, but the execution looks a bit rocky, If you can elongate the bearings surfaces, ie could you put some diagonal struts,(could even be just rigging wire), down to a ring, loose bearing on the supporting tube, so under wind loadings the movement should have some additional bracing. Great that you've got a full south facing yard. When the ali based panels come in you'll be able to cover the deck in them.
hey bud, i have 3 sets of those with the mounting brackets that came with it. they are siiting on the ground. i don1t have a probem with the wind so far. i will mount them on the roof this summer together with the other ones. i am planning to use the same frames, prop em up higher on the bottom to give me the right angle, what ye think?
@ditmar11 Yeah this is just early stage prob gonna remove harbor freight panels and put higher wattage ones the bungee cord i used cause i dont trust how they lock in at the top and the high winds shake the hell out of everything!! Thanks for watching
genius
crsbt 1 month ago
THANKS FOR YOUR SHARING ^-^
free888368 2 months ago
**NOTE**: The strapping you've put over the front of the panels is robbing power from power from your array, and can actually damage your array.
When you shade solar cells, its worse than just missing out on the extra unshaded area; those cells will actually start sucking power from the rest of the array, and get really really hot. Hot enough to destroy them / crack glass, etc.
So, fix that :)
hex4def6 8 months ago
@hex4def6 Thats why i made an update video not using the harbor freight panels and i prob would have did something better but the day i made it the wind was whipping it around!! And i could be wrong but these are amorphous panels they do better in less sunlight because the more sun the worse they are because they get to hot....but the bungee is getto i agree..
fanman1981 8 months ago
@fanman1981 lol, dude.and i just noticed i spelled little wrong, XD idk why, i know how to spell it... but dude you sound younge to be owning a home... anyways, you shud go for a windmill
iToasterman 8 months ago
Urrrm
XPMAD 8 months ago
@XPMAD i don't get it and neither does google
fanman1981 8 months ago
You sound a liddle younge to own a home
iToasterman 8 months ago
@iToasterman I guest it depends on what you consider young im 30 now and was 25 when i bought this house so i guess yeah im young but i can't suckle from mamma's tit for to long.............
fanman1981 8 months ago
Good job, really great stuff. Very impressed.
carpoolUK 8 months ago
@carpoolUK Thanks!!
fanman1981 8 months ago
What's the output you're getting with it? Each kit is 45watt correct?
If you use two LEDs and a microcontroller, you can create an actual solar tracker to track the sun instead of just a rough timer...
vinhtvu2 8 months ago
@vinhtvu2 sounds to technical didn't want to go down that road..
fanman1981 8 months ago
Great vid....nice idea, but the execution looks a bit rocky, If you can elongate the bearings surfaces, ie could you put some diagonal struts,(could even be just rigging wire), down to a ring, loose bearing on the supporting tube, so under wind loadings the movement should have some additional bracing. Great that you've got a full south facing yard. When the ali based panels come in you'll be able to cover the deck in them.
magna59 9 months ago
hey bud, i have 3 sets of those with the mounting brackets that came with it. they are siiting on the ground. i don1t have a probem with the wind so far. i will mount them on the roof this summer together with the other ones. i am planning to use the same frames, prop em up higher on the bottom to give me the right angle, what ye think?
ditmar11 10 months ago
@ditmar11 Sounds good man shoot a video when your done ill check it out..
fanman1981 10 months ago
this is so cool, congratulations on such great job.. may i suggest slotted angle iron for the bottom of the panels instead of bunjis, again, nice job
ditmar11 10 months ago
@ditmar11 Yeah this is just early stage prob gonna remove harbor freight panels and put higher wattage ones the bungee cord i used cause i dont trust how they lock in at the top and the high winds shake the hell out of everything!! Thanks for watching
fanman1981 10 months ago