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Most solar panels are angled to the South to capture the most sun. I read somewhere that fixed installations are better because:

1) The money spent on panel rotators can be invested into having more solar panels.

2) Affixed solar panels are significantly more storm and hurricane proof. If there’s one bad storm with rotating panels, your investment principal is gone.

3) Maintenance costs increase when these moving parts eventually break. Fixed panels have no moving parts.




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