I have built a raised rack to elevate the panels to avoid shadows from the air conditioner and other
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A friend of mine ask me if he could raise his panels with actuators. His is a flat mount on the roof not raised rack like mine so I did some thinking for a way to lift them. Not an easy chore to do as you have no room to put a lift under the panel with only 1 3/4" above the roof to work with. I started with a 8" stroke actuator and angle and a single drawer silde.
I set this up on a sheet of plywood to try it out. It worked so we attempted to apply it his roof
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I came up with using drawer slides and pushing and pulling the panel up and down. This worked but we found that it was to much strain on the single drawer slide so the slide had to be on edge instead of flat the way I had it set up. So I'm changing the setup to use two drawer slides and have them both on edge. So the tork is pushing down on them the way the drawer slides are made to be used.
We have completed the set up and it works great, very smooth, no strain on the actuator or
the drawer slides.I added a video of Bud"s panel lift at I have added a video of Bud's panel install at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnUz3yrqoTQ
9 comments:
That is a simple and well made auto tilt setup for your solar panels.
Thanks for sharing
you are extremely clever...well done.
Good Job and thanks for posting on boondocking with solar, we could use more good stuff like this in the group
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This is a very good design. Thanks for sharing! Is the panel secure enough when traveling down the road? Was wondering if the top corners needed to be locked down?
Thanks Again,
Reck
No they do not need to be locked down. The linkage holds them down.
Nice design you have there. I'm also planning to install a solar roofing system in my property this summer. I'll be using your design as a reference.
Nice Info! We all know better that the power has been here since the early 1900's. When it started, there wasn't much requirement for it, First of all, because many people didn't have it in their home and the only use for it was for light voltage bulbs.
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Panel Upgrade blog has helped me a lot to know better about solar energy and I hope this will be helpful in research too. The design is splendid.Panel Upgrade Phoenix
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