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Solar Pathfinder with Case, No Tripod
Item code | Brand name | Model number |
SOTPATHCASE | Solar Pathfinder | WITH CASE |
Solar Pathfinder no longer provides a printed version of their manual. Click here to view it.
Solar Pathfinder
Solar Pathfinder with Case
Features
The Solar Pathfinder™ gives an entire year’s solar potential for a given site in just seconds. This non-electronic instrument is ready-to-use upon receipt of shipment.Kit Includes:
- Printed Manual (online version also available)
- 20 Sunpath Diagrams (latitude & application specific)
- Pathfinders being shipped to USA addresses will be "prepackaged" having:
5 - 25-31 degrees N. Latitude Southfacing
5 - 31-37 degrees N. Latitude Southfacing
5 - 37-43 degrees N. Latitude Southfacing
5 - 43-49 degrees N. Latitude Southfacing
- Pathfinders being shipped to USA addresses will be "prepackaged" having:
- Angle estimator (for determining altitude and azimuth)
- White marking pen with extra leads (for marking on the Sunpath diagrams to create permanent records)
- Tool box specifically designed for the Pathfinder™
- secures Solar Pathfinder™ unit, pens, tripod
- generous space for manual, Sunpath diagrams, other supplies
- rugged enough for job site and truck
Any scientific analysis is only as accurate as the least accurate input. Gross errors in structure orientation, solar system sizing, collector placement, component specification, and scientific studies can result when designers/engineers fail to accurately assess shading patterns t proposed building/ecological sites. Because the Solar Pathfinder™ works on a reflective principle rather than actually showing shadows, it can be used anytime of the day, anytime of the year, in either cloudy or clear weather. The actual position of the sun at the time of the solar site analysis is irrelevant. In fact, the unit is easier to use in the absence of direct sunlight. It could even be used on a moonlit night. The Pathfinder has an integral bubble level and magnetic compass to facilitate quick instrument set-up. The unit and diagrams are engineered to adjust for magnetic declination to face “true south” (for Northern hemisphere), not “magnetic south”. A locking mechanism secures the adjustment. Once the Solar Pathfinder™ has been properly set up, the user traces the outline of the horizon’s reflection seen on the dome onto the underlying diagram by inserting a white marking pen (included) through the slots on the side of the unit. The traced line shows exactly at what hours of the day and months of the year an obstacle will shade that particular location. The picture below shows a Solar Pathfinder™ being used at a typical solar site. Notice how the reflected image of the tree-line is sighted coincidentally with the diagram below it. The diagram, also pictured, is a site tracing of the same site. The tracing becomes a permanent record of the solar data.
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