Homemade Solar Panel Tracking System

This solar tracker system is used for tracking the sun only in one plane the horizontal one.

Homemade solar panel tracking system.

As dennis has designed it the apparatus consists of two reservoirs both painted black to. If you want to track the solar light in the vertical plane you need to build a separate sun tracker circuit. For solar panels control is best to use small motors with a suitable voltage and a maximum working current of 300 ma. Diy solar tracker step 1.

Tools and bill of materials. Check out my latest project. Mother s solar tracking mechanism essentially can be called a small and very slow vapor engine. Print the templates in the attached file.

Https youtu be yxqnydst9fw learn how to build this diy solar tracker by downloading the plans below. A servo connection a microcontroller two ldr sensors and a simple power management circuit. All of these tools can be purchased at local stores or at the links in the. 12 volt linear actuator approx.

These have to be printed in full scale. The circuit itself is very trivial with only a few parts. 75 on ebay led tracking sensor approx 40 various nuts bolts screws cable and wire.