Solar Tracker VS Fixed Mount solar panels Charging the EcoFlow Delta Pro.

foreign [Laughter] hey guys welcome back to the channel today we're going to be testing a fixed Mount solar panel versus my tracker solar panel we have the exact same wattage they're both about 330 watt panels so we have these two connected in series and the two tracker connected in series so together they're both putting out 660 watts okay but they're going separate so this one Tracker versus fixed Mount let's see which one puts out the most power throughout the day I know a lot of you guys say why not just add a third solar panel that will add up to what the tracker does I have the solar tracker going to this ecoflow and then the fixed Mount going to this ecoflow it's 747 747 right now and you can see they're both not putting out power so that means with a fixed mount right around you'll probably get started getting power right around 8 8 30. the tracker I have them both at the exact same angle same position I'm going to turn the tracker on and show you guys what happens so you see they're both putting out zero and that's this right here that's the solar input zero Watts zero Watts let's turn the tracker on okay guys it says it's gonna track in four seconds two one there you go so what the tracker is doing is gonna find the Sun the sun's right over there under those clouds it's gonna track it okay guys so it's right around eight o'clock now and you see the fixed Mount is still not getting power because of the location the position of the uh solar panels where you see the tracker is almost pointing right at the Sun and it's already getting 100 and 405 Watts so that's why the tracker exceeds the uh power from the fixed because it starts about a whole hour hour and a half earlier so you get power it's first light we'll see exactly what time this one starts making power as you can see they're they're both connected the same this one's just if those clouds weren't there we'd probably be getting full power already 107 118 zero okay guys we finally got the power coming on the fixed it's going in and out finally about 8 30. this one's been putting out a hundred the entire time came on 45 and it went back down the sun is finally starting to hit it a little bit there you go 45 once the sun goes down it is coming in and out so that's the difference you're fixed it waits for the sun to be over the panels your tracker it will go find the Sun start earlier there you go you're getting 200 38 250 so this one getting like over 300 and you're fixed it's still getting 60. that's the difference so when I'm getting 300 watts over here for two three hours before this one even start putting on power if the Sun is still over there once the Sun comes out them clouds I'll be pulling around 600 watts from this thing and this guy right here will probably be in the low 50s 60. back to zero on the tracker constantly over a hundred and the reason for the no power yet because it's facing south this one's facing completely East and all the way up that's where you're getting that first early start facing All the Way East already we're getting 332 from the tracker if the fixed is putting out 89. it's at 80 percent the tracker is at 73 getting 333. let's see which one get to 100 first the tracker has almost what seven percent less let's see which one charges to 100 percent fixed or the tracker just like you guys asked me I could add a third panel here maybe four it still won't add up to what the tracker is getting it's not it's not a matter of how many panels you have it's the time you have this one's only going to make full power for around three to four hours the tracker can make power for eight to nine hours full power I can add four panels on this I can add six whatever I want but it does not make up for adding panels to the fixed okay guys so I got them down to about set this one to down to 71 percent it's pulling 330 320 Watts that's the tracker this one's at 78 percent pulling 95 100 now that's the fixed Mount so I'm giving the fixed mount almost a seven percent lead let's see which one gets to 100 first okay they have the exact same panels same power 660 watts let's see if the tracker or this one [Music] I'll come back later and check them so they're at 78 100. 72 percent pulling 297 305. okay guys finally getting over 200 with the fixed mount 225 it's at 82 percent said you got four hours left to 100 percent the solar tracker has 83 percent it's getting 332 and it says two hours left to charge so we're gonna keep going I know this is a kind of different test but I just want to show you guys the difference between a Tracker and a fixed mount there you go four hours to charge two hours to charge and remember this one was lower it brought it up seven percent and it's consistently been putting over 300 watts this one finally made it to 200 tracker just dropped to one hour left 84 putting out 4 30. the fixed mount three hours left 82 percent but not 260. 270. I wonder what time of the day you'll get the exact same power with the fixed and the tracking remember they both put out the same power so at one time probably around 12 o'clock to one o'clock they're gonna put out the exact same power and after that time then the tracker will go back to being the one making the most power remember the fixed Mount you only have a fixed time frame I think it's around 11 to 2 where you put max power with the tracker being able to attract the sun you pretty much put out Peak power all day so that's the benefit add an extra panel might not be um that much extra power it sounds like it will be but I promise you it's not okay this one's putting out 500 it's at 98 percent oh this one shut up 630 Watts this guy right there already putting out zero it was at 6 30. and um it's at 100 shut down the solar panels so right at 12 o'clock everything is full charge on the tracker this one still has 20 minutes to go to be full charge so you can see that the tracker does give you a little bit more power all right guys this quick video showing you the difference between tracker and fixed Mount um if you guys like this video please go ahead and hit that subscribe button give me a thumbs up and leave a comment guys thanks for watching quick video fix mount versus tracker it's getting a little cloudy we're gonna have a little storm coming through here so I was hoping I'd have some more sun but guys thanks for watching this video have a nice day bye [Music] foreign [Music]

Channel: Gavin’s Garage

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Keywords: ecoflow delta pro, solar tracking system, solar tracker, solar tracker vs fixed mount, ecoflow delta, ecoflow delta max

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Length: 11min 8sec (668 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 20 2022