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RE: Big Step! Free Standing Solar Panels Mounted to the Trailer
howdy sir makingstuff! oh so THAT'S how those panels mount on that trailer, I never could see how they were going up but that's a great design.
yeah that's a big deal!
Thanks @janton yeah! this was the idea. I'll have 4 more going on the roof which will also be hinged. I definitely learned some lessons here. For the roof panels I'm going to have to do a bit of brainstorming because it will be quite a bit of weight and will probably have to mount everything in place on top of the trailer.
If you put some on the other side, you could have it hinged so they flip all the way up. Might need some gas struts to make the flip easier though. Linear Actuators maybe.
Hey @jonnylay! welcome to Steemit! yeah It could balance the joker out but I'm planning to put some on the roof though.
even with them on the roof, leave them flat, while the ones on the other side are at angle.
If you wanted it really fancy...you would have linear actuators on both sides. Parked perpendicular to south in the summer. And your actuators would shift the panels throughout the day to match the sun's angle.
In the winter you probably just want all the panels pointed south without much shifting. So the trailer would be parallel to south.