Mark, it's been about a month since you've posted this looking for any updates and about where in the country are you. Or what country are you in

Mark, how did your install go? Are you still happy? Has anything busted yet?

Apologies for the late response. It’s been tracking well. However, lesson learned - the three m10 90mm bolts sheared off due to stress point. Replaced with actual m10 bolts and made the holes larger. Otherwise still working, but looking to see how I can that dang shaking taken care of.

Thanks, I think I have an old hood strut somewhere.

@@aloneinanearthship4010 perfect size…!

Hi, thanks for the comment. The strongest recorded wind since the install (pulled from my weather station) was 49MPH. I am considering moving it to a less wind exposed area of the property or I have been playing with the idea of adding a linear damper to the east west axis to dampen the oscillation under wind load.

@@aloneinanearthship4010 it looks like these are not standard 60 cell panels and I wanted to go with the standard 60 cell panel so I think I'm backing out of trying this thing out.

Strongest wind was last month - probably close to 70 mph straight line gusts. It held up, but will say it must have caused some stress fracture with the cheap bolts

That's the plan.

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I think automotive shock absorbers would be way to stiff, I think I need something that is adjustable and I don't think I need to go to both sides. I'm still looking around for a longer damper but now that it's out of most of the wind it's less of an issue.

It kind of depends where you are. My 2K watt array can easily do 6kWh in a good day where I am in NM. Where are you located?

@@aloneinanearthship4010east Texas, it's usually really sunny or windy. I was thinking of a system with both solar and windmill. But right now I'm still new to everything and just trying to figure it all out.

@@Freya-777 For the loads you are talking about you will need a quite large system. You might want to look into reducing your power needs first. I usually assume that traditional air conditioning is kind of out when your off the grid. Maybe a swamp cooler?

@@aloneinanearthship4010 Thanks, this week is the first time I had heard swamp cooler. I hadn't checked into that yet. I just briefly looked at it since you mentioned it. It is really humid here, I'm right on the coast . I'll look into it further and see if it could possibly be used here. Thanks again for your help.

@@Freya-777 A swamp cooler would be a problem if you're in a humid area. You'll get a lot of mold, etc. I saw that as well but I'm in Florida.

I would check the "V" values, those set the various trigger voltages.

You can always reset your tracker manually If things go south….my gas phase never skip a day If the sun warms the solar fluid.

I'm sure you are not using Li Ion batteries but Li Fe Po4(FeLiO4P).

I'm not sure exactly what you mean but I dont think I have experienced similar issues. perhaps you have an issue with the sensor?

@@aloneinanearthship4010 Suppose I have set up my controller and QUIT the setup. My display shows SL E:1.47 W:1.51 (this represents a new line character not found on the display) Turning Sunny 007s; We find: the SL mode (Sun Light), the voltage of East sensor (1.47V), the voltage of the West (1.51V), the mode again, "Turning Sunny", and the timer value (7 seconds (often prefixed by "TX" I assume)) before the next update. Now I press the East key and the controller displays SH S:2.25 N:0.00 S TX:008; the Shining mode? ("SH"), the voltage of the South sensor (2.25V), the voltage of the North sensor (0.00V), an "S" (unknown) and TX:009 (probably the timer again, as noted above). Now I press the East Button again: SH F:0.00 V:11.9 S TX:003; the Sunshining mode ("SH"), the wind speed sensor voltage (0.00V) and the system power supply voltage (11.9V), an "S" for sun shining (different for debugging purposes) and 3 seconds as indicated by the "TX" timer. If I press the East button again it returns to the first screen. So Yes, I have a 0.00V on my North sensor problem. Notice: I was able to see much more than when I believed I could only see one screen of display. I did so by pressing the East movement (or West movement) button in the normal operating mode!

I don't worry too much about the motors, I am more concerned with the beating that the rest of the hardware takes when it's windy. --No me preocupo demasiado por los motores, me preocupa más la paliza que recibe el resto del hardware cuando hace viento.

If I had put the turbine up higher you would likely be correct.

it would actually return east even if it was left facing west from the previous day, as soon as the sun hits the sensor it would reorient itself. The controller is programmed to set the array flat at night however.

@@aloneinanearthship4010 its 9am full east and still hasnt went back

@@aloneinanearthship4010 mine is not setting flat at night

It's a volcano actually.

​@@aloneinanearthship4010yikes