Maxxair fan wiring!
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How many amps will the fan draw? That's where you need to start.
A flat panel in summer has about 10° angle to the sun (10° more north). A panel at a 33° optimal tilt has a 23° angle to the sun, i.e., it's tilted farther South than the sun is overhead, so it makes complete sense that an optimal year-round positioning is lower because it sacrifices summer production for winter production and optimizes for Spring/Fall production.
There's also an east/west component that's not intuitive. The sun does not track a path perfectly from due east to due west except on the equinoxes. The flat panel loses NONE to this phenomena vs. panels that have any tilt at all. So a plat panel with a small north/south deviation from ideal will produce comparable to a panel that's optimally adjusted once a month. See https://www.solarpaneltilt.com/ "Why does this work?" paragraph.
Altitude also plays a small roll.
The only months in question for me are May and July. I can't see a reason why the flat panel would perform better than adjusted monthly.
There's also an east/west component that's not intuitive. The sun does not track a path perfectly from due east to due west except on the equinoxes. The flat panel loses NONE to this phenomena vs. panels that have any tilt at all. So a plat panel with a small north/south deviation from ideal will produce comparable to a panel that's optimally adjusted once a month. See https://www.solarpaneltilt.com/ "Why does this work?" paragraph.
Altitude also plays a small roll.
The only months in question for me are May and July. I can't see a reason why the flat panel would perform better than adjusted monthly.
Glutton for punishment? Probably worth it on some level.
I meant to place my container a little bit east of South as there is a tendency to have notable clouds in the afternoon (East of Show Low), so I figured I'd try to favor the morning sun. Well, between a small error in my measurement, and a LARGE error by the folks that prepped the site and placedthe container, my container is facing about 22° East of South.
I was pissed.
I went into PVWatts, and compared the two headings... I lost just over 0.4% annually.
I felt much better.
I meant to place my container a little bit east of South as there is a tendency to have notable clouds in the afternoon (East of Show Low), so I figured I'd try to favor the morning sun. Well, between a small error in my measurement, and a LARGE error by the folks that prepped the site and placedthe container, my container is facing about 22° East of South.
I was pissed.
I went into PVWatts, and compared the two headings... I lost just over 0.4% annually.
I felt much better.
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