sunlight readings

so I have this handy little tool called a Solemetric eye. It is a solar shading analysis tool. It is perfect for deciding where the sun hits throughtout the year. It will break down each month into a % of sun exposure. If anyone is serious about outdoor production then this would be the tool to use or borrow from a friend.

The tool is used in the Solar Pv field.

Have a good day.

Happy growing

I guess it is pretty neat but, $2000?

are u kidding me, all u need to figure this out is a little common sense knowledge of where the sun is in the sky relative to the time of year. Its not hard really, the sun is at a high in the summer and low in the fall, if in the N hem it will be in the southern sky, vise versa for S hem. Rises in the east sets in the west. These bits of info are all you need to take in when finding a well lit spot year round

Mr.Marijuana420 said:

....common sense knowledge of where the sun is in the sky relative to the time of year.

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I'm sure you outdoor growers know about this cool sim.

http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion3/animations/sunmotions.html

true.......

Mr.Marijuana420 said:

are u kidding me, all u need to figure this out is a little common sense knowledge of where the sun is in the sky relative to the time of year. Its not hard really, the sun is at a high in the summer and low in the fall, if in the N hem it will be in the southern sky, vise versa for S hem. Rises in the east sets in the west. These bits of info are all you need to take in when finding a well lit spot year round

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m my first grow 1 week old

Start ur own thread dsnell. Keep it up. You could spend 2gs or just sit on ur as for a day and watch where the sun goes.

Tripped circuits said:

so I have this handy little tool called a Solemetric eye. It is a solar shading analysis tool. It is perfect for deciding where the sun hits throughtout the year. It will break down each month into a % of sun exposure. If anyone is serious about outdoor production then this would be the tool to use or borrow from a friend.

The tool is used in the Solar Pv field.




Have a good day.

Happy growing

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Does this percentage factor in for clouds, or has someone forgotten about them ?

you truly don't need all the hours of direct sun, that can lead to heat problemos, but they sure do grow faster.

ok, im in the SFV in so cal. if anyone in my area needs this, let me know. Im a solar engineer and we use this on our site analysis when we first go to a customers house. it gives them an estimate on the annual production that thier soalr system will produce as well as efficency . the technical name is a solar pathfinder. it has software thats used to calcualte it all but you can easily see the results from just looking at it...i used it to figure the sunlight where my greenhouse is and decided to suppliment my area witha 400w


so if your in the 818, and need use of it, let me know so i can borrow it, im always down to help my fellow farmer

Tripped circuits said:

so I have this handy little tool called a Solemetric eye. It is a solar shading analysis tool. It is perfect for deciding where the sun hits throughtout the year. It will break down each month into a % of sun exposure. If anyone is serious about outdoor production then this would be the tool to use or borrow from a friend.

The tool is used in the Solar Pv field.

Have a good day.

Happy growing

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So................ You need a tool to tell you where the sun shines?