Specifications

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3. Technical describtion
3.1 Functional describtion
A technology to rely on.
The fact that the patent-protected control system and the utility model-protected mechanical
system were awarded the inventor’s prize of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in South-
Germany in 2000 shows that the DEGERtraker meets the demands of both experts and investors.
The proven static design of the DEGERtraker is based on DIN 1055-4 (8.86) and DIN 1056
(10.84) for installation up to 8m.
Functioning
The DEGERconecter control unit detects the brightest spot in the sky and adjusts the module
surface’s position to face it. The DEGERtraker’s mechanical system allows the accurate
adjustment of the module surface to the sun all year round. This technology also works in
cloudy, rainy or foggy conditions. If, for example, a day starts off sunny with clouds moving in
from the west in the afternoon, the module surface will then move back slightly towards the east.
On a completely overcast day, the module surface is adjusted to a horizontal position, or to face
the point of the strongest irradiation. This allows to make the most out of adverse weather
conditions.
The control unit is designed to work preferably efficiently and only to do activities that cause a
direct increment of the solar yield. In particular the system doesn`t move east globally at night but
does this with the sunrise in the morning.