Re: [RE-wrenches] Residential tracker that has horizontal axis in east-west orientation? Problem appears solved
You have to be in manual mode and that is not very easy and we did not want to defeat the purpose of automation. We have done the manual ones and they do work very well. People like to move the modules if it is easy. And, these are really easy. I even did it by just using my fingers. (oyster farm work helps with that) On 9/5/2019 11:56 AM, Dana wrote: Yes you push the small green tab on the breaker for the direction desired. Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. C - 208.721.7003 d...@solarwork.com Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 NABCEP # 051112-136 www.solarwork.com "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" Please consider the environment before printing this email. -Original Message- From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2019 9:11 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Residential tracker that has horizontal axis in east-west orientation? Problem appears solved Thanks Chris for the follow up. These were HZLA'a right? Kyle and his Dad Jeff are great for Wattsun Support! These units have the manual track mode also, right? Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 07:52:11 -0400, Christopher Warfel wrote: I wanted to follow up on the issue I had previously posted. We installed two ArrayTech trackers at different sites in the unconventional east-west orientation. One worked well and one operated so that it was not facing south very often. Kyle was able to guide me through some troubleshooting and it appears the problem is fixed. The tracker that worked properly had the sensor on the west end of the array and was pointed east. The tracker not working as expected had the sensor on the east end of the array and was pointed west. We swapped the east/west sensor wires in the controller, and reduced the ghost tracking setting. This caused the tracker to work properly. Chris ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Residential tracker that has horizontal axis in east-west orientation? Problem appears solved
Yes to both of your questions. I am feeling a lot better about this now. On 9/5/2019 11:11 AM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar wrote: Thanks Chris for the follow up. These were HZLA'a right? Kyle and his Dad Jeff are great for Wattsun Support! These units have the manual track mode also, right? Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 07:52:11 -0400, Christopher Warfel wrote: I wanted to follow up on the issue I had previously posted. We installed two ArrayTech trackers at different sites in the unconventional east-west orientation. One worked well and one operated so that it was not facing south very often. Kyle was able to guide me through some troubleshooting and it appears the problem is fixed. The tracker that worked properly had the sensor on the west end of the array and was pointed east. The tracker not working as expected had the sensor on the east end of the array and was pointed west. We swapped the east/west sensor wires in the controller, and reduced the ghost tracking setting. This caused the tracker to work properly. Chris ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Residential tracker that has horizontal axis in east-west orientation? Problem appears solved
Yes you push the small green tab on the breaker for the direction desired. Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. C - 208.721.7003 d...@solarwork.com Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 NABCEP # 051112-136 www.solarwork.com "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" Please consider the environment before printing this email. -Original Message- From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2019 9:11 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Residential tracker that has horizontal axis in east-west orientation? Problem appears solved Thanks Chris for the follow up. These were HZLA'a right? Kyle and his Dad Jeff are great for Wattsun Support! These units have the manual track mode also, right? Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 07:52:11 -0400, Christopher Warfel wrote: > I wanted to follow up on the issue I had previously posted. > > We installed two ArrayTech trackers at different sites in the > unconventional east-west orientation. One worked well and one operated > so that it was not facing south very often. Kyle was able to guide me > through some troubleshooting and it appears the problem is fixed. > > The tracker that worked properly had the sensor on the west end of the > array and was pointed east. The tracker not working as expected had > the > sensor on the east end of the array and was pointed west. We swapped > the east/west sensor wires in the controller, and reduced the ghost > tracking setting. This caused the tracker to work properly. > > > Chris > > ___ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org -- ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Residential tracker that has horizontal axis in east-west orientation? Problem appears solved
Thanks Chris for the follow up. These were HZLA'a right? Kyle and his Dad Jeff are great for Wattsun Support! These units have the manual track mode also, right? Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 07:52:11 -0400, Christopher Warfel wrote: > I wanted to follow up on the issue I had previously posted. > > We installed two ArrayTech trackers at different sites in the > unconventional east-west orientation. One worked well and one operated > so that it was not facing south very often. Kyle was able to guide me > through some troubleshooting and it appears the problem is fixed. > > The tracker that worked properly had the sensor on the west end of the > array and was pointed east. The tracker not working as expected had the > sensor on the east end of the array and was pointed west. We swapped > the east/west sensor wires in the controller, and reduced the ghost > tracking setting. This caused the tracker to work properly. > > > Chris > > ___ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org -- ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
[RE-wrenches] Residential tracker that has horizontal axis in east-west orientation? Problem appears solved
I wanted to follow up on the issue I had previously posted. We installed two ArrayTech trackers at different sites in the unconventional east-west orientation. One worked well and one operated so that it was not facing south very often. Kyle was able to guide me through some troubleshooting and it appears the problem is fixed. The tracker that worked properly had the sensor on the west end of the array and was pointed east. The tracker not working as expected had the sensor on the east end of the array and was pointed west. We swapped the east/west sensor wires in the controller, and reduced the ghost tracking setting. This caused the tracker to work properly. Chris ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
