Adjusting TILT on our SOLAR PANELS

First year: month by month. Second year: adjusted quarterly. Fourth year: haven't touched it in years.

I’ve thought thought about this before and imagined it had to be possible but had yet to see someone implement it on a system this large. Well done!

Very helpful, thanks for sharing. I'm just designing an adjustable mount for my location and found a summer angle of 8.9 degrees and a winter angle of 55.5 degrees. With such a large difference between the two, I thought I'd made an error. Seeing your angles and the significant differences between summer and winter is reassuring.

Thanks for sharing. Hi from New solar panel system owner in the Interior of Alaska. A

I’d argue it’s the most productive system in WV per Its kWp. A result of managing the tilt closely!

Thanks a million for sharing the video and details of the system.

I love that frame work. Super cool ❕👍🏼 Thanks for sharing A few minutes out of the day and your getting a few extra kilowatts a day SWEET

Thats a massive system!

Oh how awesome Iv been doing a little solar panel stuff here I’m glad I ran up on this. Awesome set up

Thank you for your time in making the video

nice setup!

That's a really nice mount system

Impressive setup

Thats awesome. I calculated for our location and it's 91 degrees in December. 😅 I just have two 350w panels on an offgrid cabin, so ended up using large flatscreen tv swivels. This way i can tilt but also swing them southeast to southwest. When we leave or on windy days, they are flat against the facade unmovable.

Consider using grow lights, I use them to start seeds growing in a kitchen cupboard I have in a shed. Not forgetting to wear the special lenses needed to protect your eyes from possible damage. They are used to start seeds and give them the best and strongest start they can get before the frost goes and get potted up or planted out. Good luck.

That is a huge amount of panels for a couple living off grid so I was pondering just why they fussed with getting max KWHs by carefully angle adjusting. But of course they are ON GRID and supplying their neighbors with as much excess power as they can generate so good for them. Another variation would be if you were located high in the Rocky Mts staying elsewhere from Dec 01 to May 01 so you might choose to tilt the panels high to shed snow buildup. Also extra support for high winter winds might be necessary.

Feel free to send me some of that extra juice... 😂

That is an awesome video. The crank system seems to work great. I wonder if they make an automatic tilting system with a battery storage system so that it could maintain perfect power generating angles all day long. It might help in using some of the excess power generated. Great video - Another LIKE for your video!

I was originally concerned about winds, since the cranking mechanisms seem less secure than solid bolting. But after a year and a half I have never observed a problem.

Thanks for sharing🙏, I was about to implement a similar system but I am concerned about the wind we have in this area so I might pivot from the lower end and lift the higher since my system is only 10m long and only has two strings. How do you find it performing in high winds? is it steady enough?