If you’re so worn out, exhausted and disgusted of your electric bills, it’s the best time for a DIY solar tracker. Solar tracker uses a solar power which comes from nowhere but the sun. So basically, your goal is to capture as much sunlight as you can use your DYI solar tracker. However, the position of the sun changes so that means you need to make use of solar panels that rotate and follows the direction of the sun. It also needs to reset overnight to prepare for another day.

Solar trackers especially branded ones are a bit expensive. The good news is you can do your own solar tracker. The device only makes use of few materials and some science concepts to work. Once you devised you DIY solar tracker, you will be delighted hoe much energy you can save and how much will be reduced from your electric bills every month.

There are four main parts of a solar tracker. These are the optical sensor, controller, motor, and the rotor. You will also need LED as the tool that will turn the sun light into an electricity form. Well, you need not purchase all these things. It’s time to recycle some unused items in your house.

The things you will need are the following:

• Mounting brackets, wire, screws
• Television antenna rotator
• Galvanized steel pipe
• Tape measure
• Bolts and nuts
• Shovel and concrete
• Protractor
• Metal saw and grinder
• Caster
• Threaded pipe flanges
• Aluminum bar (angle bar)

First thing you want to do is sketch how will your DIY solar tracker will look like. Determine the measurements of the pipes and the fasteners you will need. If you have no idea about these things, it’s better to ask some help from mechanical people. Once you’re done with the design, dig a hole at the place of the vertical posts and then fill it with concrete. Next thing to do is to build the frame. Mount the rotor into the pipe using a u-bolt and then set up another pipe diagonally directed to the lower pipe. Clamp the pipes together and make sure they are firmly attached to each other. Then, you can now mount the panel. Attach the solar panel trackers to the frame. Make use of aluminum and bolt it to the bracket. The last step would be to program the controller. The motor can be powered by low voltage wiring or batteries perhaps. You can just buy a remote control that will work perfectly with your solar tracker.