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I live on the west foothills of Mt. Rainier and have to chase down every watt I can get . . . Solar Tracker a must here! Pictures sure . . .

Well, here in Western Washington on the west slopes of Mt Rainier I found solar tracking a must. Trees to east limits me to 5 hours in the winter. Mounting panels on a polar mount configuration is simple and 16 cycles @ 9.2sec every 15 min works well. Can’t use the sun for tracking around here.

Here is a simple diagram connecting panels in series and parallel. Regardless however you install your the panels + and - should always indicate the same polarity on your volt meter. Question - Is your voltmeter RMS

In Washington State and kind of down in a hole, sun wise and really in the winter. Built this around 5 years ago. Solar here is for back up when grid is down. The four corner panels are grid tied to the solar input only and NOT to the power company. The 4 larger panels supply the batteries. The...