Hey Jim.....Jay here, we chatted a good long time ago now.......finally taking a few minutes to re-watch your video here and program my tracker properly. Wanted to thank you again for your video here and taking the time to make it for us all. Best wishes my friend
Great video, not like some others where they like to hear themselves talk... Gleaned more info from your video than the 3 or 4 previous videos watched...
Holy crap thank you making this video. I have been scouring the web since April when I installed mine...solar tracker parameters adjusted and life is even better. Thanks Solo Jim!
Thanks for the information. Good video. Easy to understand. The Chinese directions are very hard to decipher but your video makes it clear and concise.
Jim, I guess that's your name. My name is Jim also. I have my Ecoworthy tracker set up, but I have lost one of the books and the instructions that I have do not tell me anything about the wiring. My brother Russ helped me put it in the ground and helped with some of the wiring and though I will never say anything bad about Russell, I think that he did muck up my wiring some. Is there any chance you could shed some BRIGHT LIGHT on how to wire it? I have the book that tells me how to program the unit, but I'm not even sure where the power hooks up I'm praying that you can help as I have called Ecoworthy and left a email a couple of days ago and haven't heard anything. Will you help a fellow out? Please.
Allora: sono 4 o 5 mesi che guardo video. Da uno che l'ho installato e non sono ancora riuscito a programmarlo. Le istruzioni originali fanno schifo e chi fa video non sa davvero spiegare. Sei tu il primo che fa un video BELLO E CHIARO! Sono ed uno step avanti, ma non riesco ancora a farlo andare a riposo e non legge l'anemometro o almeno solo in parte. Fili già invertiti. Il valore 0 l'ho messo in T5. Aiuto!!!!! E Grazie ancora!
Thank you. T5 is in the wind settings. I believe it should be at 0, so it sits flat in high wind. The Low Light Return settings are T8 for time ,T9, T10, T11 & T12 for direction. Skip to 5:47 in my video. Hope this helps.
Great video. I have a question, though. Since you times were already in the controller you did not have to actually set them. How do you do that? Do you use the other buttons to increase or decrease the amount?
I love the black paint and the tidy install of the wires. Very nice. Question though, do you think the noise when it moves would be distracting if it was in your backyard, say 15 meters from your house? I'm thinking of buying one but unsure because of the noise.
I never really notice the noise and when I do it makes me smile because it is doing it's job. It makes very small corrections throughout the day that are only 1 second or so. The only time it is longer is when it resets at low light. Yours will be about the same distance as ours from our cabin and I can say we definitely don't hear it in the cabin. Hope this helps.
For the T10 setting..... If I don't want my unit to go to the farthest east point (the panel will hit something if it goes the last 5 degrees east), can I just shorten that time to where I want it to stop? I never want the unit moving the panels east past a certain point.
Yes, you can stop it at any point. You will just need to time it's movement to the point you want it to stop and enter that value into the settings. Thanks for watching!
I'm 72 and trying to read sideways, I'm off balance. They even redesigned the controller and had the opportunity to correct it and didn't! Mine will be horizontal. I'm starting the install today.@@solojimoutdoors
This is hard to believe but, when reading the User Manual (page 4) that came with my system it says "The main control box should be mounted near the base pile of platform, make sure it will not be under raining, sunlight and other environment affection. The wire outlet port should be downward to avoid rain water invasion." So they are saying it's not supposed to be out in the weather. I guess they don't know it gets mounted on the pole outside in the weather. Someone in the office should tell them! Then the diagram below the statement shows the controller to be mounted horizontally!@@solojimoutdoors
For sure :). I only get 4-5 hours of direct sun every day. The tracker really helps me make the most of it. Morning and late afternoon I only get partial sun and that is when I filmed. Thanks for watching!
