heh. Ya, figured it was done already. ;) And I'm sure that's what spawned the thought. The motorized aspect and tracking software to automate this process might require another aux. battery? I guess part of my thought was a possible increase in solar power (for lack of better term) if sun was reflected-redirected to the panel, say, if panel was at a really poor angle to sun. (but all this adds up to tending panels) Kinda miss my Dometic but not really. Neil. On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Richard A Jones <Jones@colorado.edu> wrote:
> But wait...this just in: > >> One far fetched thought I had was using a reflector of some kind to >> catch the sun and direct it to the panel. > > > It is just a little jump to this: > http://www.basinandrangewatch.org/SolarOneNV.html > > Next summer I'll have some portable parabolic reflectors++ that I can > set up and then MELT YOUR VANAGON, panels and all! > > Just watch out! ;-) > > Richard > > ++ of course, I'll not be carrying those in MY Vanagon. I'll have > the Sprinter tractor trailer to haul them....
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