Last seen: 2023-04-29 9:37 am
@zander Any of the many solar tracking videos on youtube is what I meant.
@will I think to be honest the only videos worth watching are the ones Bill posts. Some of the others are a waste of everybody's time.
@zander No 5A It did everything it should after the 3 stage set up procedure.
@zander I am using A 5 A Mppt I am impressed with it
@will It started towards the sun then would move to the west then back & forth. I moved the sensors much closer together and had a good barrier ...
@zander I had the battery & I did not like what I was reading about charging Lipo's in extreme cold
@zander My consumption is very low ESP8266 & AM2302 sensor. I have tried my clamp-on ammeter, got nothing & wired in a power meter and too l...
I have dismantled it, it worked well on the bench but not in sunlight Thank you everybody that helped Ian
@zander Elmsdale, Nova Scotia Just a 10w panel keeping a lead acid battery charged to run a basic IoT weather station.
@zander I am ready to give up it is still rocking backwards & forwards. I believe here in Nova Scotia there is something to be gained by moving ...
@inq I will move the sensors today, going forward I may direct drive the pivot shaft the same as Jessica did. At the minute I am lifting the panel as ...
@will Thank you
@will I agree, they are a least 300mm apart.
@inq I was limiting my start & finish position, have I done wrong?
@inq Mine is slightly different, the lady that wrote the code had her ldr's mounted on the panel centre line of the pivot with a divider in between. ...