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Sun tracker

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I was also interested in a Sun tracker, but because I live in a small townhouse space is very limited. To get around this I opted to rather have two separate solar arrays on separate Mppt’s charging the same batteries. One array opted to the  summer sun, one opted to the winter sun. It works well all year. 

However if you can have a sun tracker, it will work better...😁

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14 x 350w panels does NOT cost R42000  "that's R3000 ea " .  Got 18 x 365W panels for R1830ea. You have not done your homework.

Then as for the rest of your calculations I will not bother any further.

Do your tracker , track the clouds on rainy days?

20 hours ago, WNLHD2 said:

14 x 350w panels does NOT cost R42000  "that's R3000 ea " .  Got 18 x 365W panels for R1830ea. You have not done your homework.

Then as for the rest of your calculations I will not bother any further.

Do your tracker , track the clouds on rainy days?

huh...?   (Phew....!)

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