SunTura Solar Tracker Kit Manual Revision 1.
SunTura Solar Tracker Kit Manual Revision 1.0 Table of Contents 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................3 1.1 Limited Warranty .................................................................................................................................3 1.2 Restrictions ...................................................................................................................
SunTura Solar Tracker Kit Manual Revision 1.0 1 INTRODUCTION Windy Nation Inc. (“Windy Nation”) is not assembling the Solar Tracker, or any other product offered by Windy Nation. Windy Nation, and its directors, officers, and employees disclaim, and by purchasing a Windy Nation product you accept all liability and responsibility for damage to property, injury, or death arising out of or related to the use or misuse of any product offered by Windy Nation. 1.
SunTura Solar Tracker Kit Manual Revision 1.0 replaces shall become Windy Nation’s property on the date Windy Nation ships the repaired Product or part back to the Customer. Windy Nation will use all reasonable efforts within thirty (30) days of receipt of the defective Product to repair or replace such Product.
SunTura Solar Tracker Kit Manual Revision 1.0 2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW Building a complete solar tracking system has never been easier. The SunTura Solar Tracker Kit can be used directly on 12 volt or 24 volt systems. If you plan on using the SunTura Solar Tracker Kit on a grid tie system, we can supply you with a 12 volt power supply which can be plugged into the grid (110 AC or 220 AC). 2.1 FEATURES • • • • 100% pre-wired Kit Dual axis tracker provides up to 40% more power production than fixed solar panels.
SunTura Solar Tracker Kit Manual Revision 1.0 Additionally, there are four buttons on the top of the Electronics Box which allow one to manually move the linear actuators in the north, south, east and west directions. See Figure 2 below. Figure 2: Electronics Box manual controls and fuse locations.
SunTura Solar Tracker Kit Manual Revision 1.0 3.2.3 East/West Linear Actuator Installation The east/west linear actuator has a stroke length of 12 inches and also has two 5/16 inch diameter mounting holes. It is wired to the SunTura Tracking Electronics in the following manner: If the sun is located to the west of the solar tracker, the east/west linear actuator will extend so it positions the solar panels perpendicular to the sun’s light rays.
SunTura Solar Tracker Kit Manual Revision 1.0 Figure 5: Use Allen wrench to loosen set screws and remove Photo Sensor Dome with flat head screw driver. Next, mount the included screw sets into the three holes on the Photo Sensor. These screws can be used to mount the Photo Sensor to the solar tracker. Figure 6: Mounting Fasteners to Photo Sensor. 3.3 FINE TUNING THE LED’S FOR OPTIMAL SOLAR TRACKING This step is optional.
SunTura Solar Tracker Kit Manual Revision 1.0 Figure 7: Bolt mounted perpendicular to solar panel angle. The LED’s on the Photo Sensor circuit board can be slightly adjusted to fine tune the accuracy of the solar tracking. The goal is to eliminate the shadow casted by the bolt in Figure 7. The LED’s can be moved slightly up or down to accomplish this task.
SunTura Solar Tracker Kit Manual Revision 1.0 4 TROUBLESHOOTING AND SUPPORT The SunTura Solar Tracker Kit is ruggedly constructed and requires minimal care. 4.1 CARE To clean your tracker, moisten a cloth with a few drops of mild hand dishwashing detergent in a cup of lukewarm water and gently wipe clean. 4.2 TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Tracker is not accurately tracking the sun Tracker is not working Possible Remedies Follow the Fine-tuning steps included in Section 3.3 1.
