DIY Solar Panel Tracking Low Cost
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2017
- How to make a tracking system with no special technology required. This is the low-tech version solar tracker. Water bottles drive the motion, and gravity does the rest. Original Idea from the great videos and work from the folks at "Sun Saluter".
You are genius man, I build based on your video and my 200 watt solar panel work better now!
No power needed, so simple, not neat of all, just maintain it every morning with fun.
GREAT!!!!
Good idea but might be unstable during strong wind.
This panel can put out close to 100 watts th-cam.com/users/postUgkxOqI2yqX0XVrhR2BMJciTWrHJpG8FhJyg when positioned in the appropriate southernly direction, tilted to the optimal angle for your latitude/date, and connected to a higher capacity device than a 500. The built in kickstand angle is a fixed at 50 degrees. Up to 20% more power can be output by selecting the actual date and latitude optimal angle.The 500 will only input 3.5A maximum at 18 volts for 63 watts. Some of the excess power from the panel can be fed into a USB battery bank, charged directly from the panel while also charging a 500. This will allow you to harvest as much as 63 + 15 = 78 watts.If this panel is used to charge a larger device, such as the power station, then its full output potential can be realized.
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Simple but brilliant idea! I remembered that few years ago, i used a water container bottle, a rope and a pulley to help me lift heavy objects by gently filling it up with water. I saved me from exerting a lot of effort. Hope to see the automated version of this contraption!
Congrats. Amazing job. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice, frugal, and practical, on the drip side, if you put a recipient to collect the drip, recollect the water, paint the recipient blk to prevent rapid evaporation, install a small 6v water pump in the recipient to return the water to the dripper, the water pump could be activated bluetooth, or solar/night fdr.
Vary good! Thank you.
This is so smart.
Couple things. First you could use a saw horse. This would save construction time and make it more portable. Second, you could probably do two more panels on the flanks. Third you could set this up on the grass and stake it to help with wind. Fourth you could add ad some extra holes and a taller bracket to create season adjustments. 5th automated water filling should be really easy with some type of timer system. I'd go with class bottles spray painted black to reduce mold growth. Outstanding system. I love it!!! Please make sure you do a follow up video with the automated system!! Do you have ideas to prevent wind fucking with the panels? Maybe some type of one way pneumatic piston? I'm wondering is you could use sand as well instead of water? Thin you just dump the sand back into the bucket at the end of the day?
Hahaha!
Really a Thinking out of the box project. What was the best rate you obtained and did the 1 litre bottle work from 7.00 am to 7.00 pm?
Thanks.
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This is really Extraordinary Idea and engineering, as most people will be able to use the same. We need such people who can make the life of ordinary people comfortable as this does not involve too much of Money. Kudos & thanks to Scott Wilson !!. I will try this on my Solar Panels....Prakash S.
Indeed
I was planning to do this slightly different.... I would use a small pump to fill the bottle on the upper side at a very slow rate... the pump would be powered by the solar panel so it doesn't pump at night. When the water container reached the bottom with the solar panel pointed west it would have a simple valve that would strike the ground and release the water slowly until it was empty. The counter balance would reset the panel to the east and wait for the sun to come up an power the pump to start the process over.
Great idea. If ihad the lawn space i would try this. May i suggest a steel bar as counterweight on one side and a hosed tank on the other. Probably also a timer and pump to push water back to that tank to refill it with the same water it discharged once empty to repeat and automate the cycle.
Use sand and empty bowl to catch the sand.
Hello,
Votre idée est excellente !
Excellent idea !
With some pulleys and wire, it would be possible, with your system, to follow the Sun in 'equatorial' mode, ( right escension and declination)...
If you have time and energy, take your tools ;-)
Thank you !
is a good idea. also with a reversible bottle with sand
Ingenius idea and maybe you can recycle the water thru the pump!
how does that balance point work with a strong wind? also what do you use in winter to keep the water from freezing?
Please winter ! Don't come 😅😅
Antifreeze 🤔 maybe for freezing
Rubbing alcohol for winter.
i was just thinking abt this..with a dead weight on one side and sand in bucket on another which would be filled slowly..thus requiring incresing the wight of the system to counter the distortions caused by wind
Thanks and be safe
very accurate plans for something like that I found on Avasva
My compliments, Scott....they say great minds think alike and I have been chewing on this same concept of using either water or a clockwork mechanism like a grandfather clock with a pendulum which would require resetting each evening for the following day. If using the water counterbalance, my thought was to use an inexpensive solar-powered pump to pump the water from one bottle to the other in a closed system. This would have the advantage of allowing the use of any antifreeze solution to preclude freezing in the winter. While perhaps not perfectly aligned to the sun, either of these approaches would be an improvement over a fixed installation with for very little investment and low tech.
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Putting a mirror around a fixed solar panel to reflect more light on the panel would produce the same 30% efficiency.
Moving the panel or using mirrors, would also reduce its lifespan by 30% !
Like your idea
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Your efforts are good but you need to tilt the panel towards the sun to get the most out of it
Yes! This is only a prototype presently.
Put a basin of bass if you want ... and reuse the water
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I did something very similar, new plans from Avasva helped me with this.
Hey could you try this software? Arrive at: 'Circuit Solver' by Phasor Systems on Google Play.
60% efficiency increase if panel was previously flat
Im using Avasva instructions to make it and I do it already :)
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Instructions from the Avasva site are perfect for beginners.
it's not same as 360 angle rotation
you are geneaus
I love use Avasva Solutions for that issue.
Bad idea. As long as one weight is heavier than the other, it won't move at all. When the balance changes and the other weight becomes heavier, it moves to other extreme position and sits there.
Well done but u wasted water 😒
Wtf
How is working principle .
it is utter foolish .
Basically, the water drips out of a bottle and the solar panel follows the sun as it drips. The challenge is to get the water to drip at the right speed, not very hard. And later to add a simple and inexpensive electric water pump to pump water back in for the next day. The attractiveness of spending any sort of time with this is the low cost factor. And for those people in developing countries who might benefit from really basic forms of technology that might improve their lives greatly.
blal a, your too fool to know how it works, its the best, cant wait for the update
Next part "how to replace rotten deck board" :p
Ha!
...or how to install a longer drip tube.