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Impractical. Should be on the ground.
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I apologize for this post and all the silliness it inspired. I will be waiting for my punishment behind the woodshed.Comment
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Hey. I was a doubting Thomas until you provided some additional links to other people's observations for me to research.
I found the single home as well as the group of 5 using google earth. Why someone would use that type of tracking system built over a house is a big question for me but at least two people thought not.Comment
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Do the math on how much that would cost as well. 204 panels times five buildings, add the tracking systems. oof! that's a lot of dough!Comment
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TThat is primarily why I was thinking it was impractical. It is neat as can be, but the weight!!!!! The support system that would need to be designed??? For what? So it can be neat as can be. Throw it on the ground and call it a day. If you have more than enough money than you need and your doing solar so you can say that you did and do have and it doesn't matter that you spent more money on it than what your utility bill will cost for 30 years…..well you get the idea. With it hanging up there in the air like that, yes it will keep the house cooler. In that regard, better than mounting it flat to the roof. If it's an area where there would be high winds, ooof!Comment
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Sometimes solar isn't strictly about the financials. Some people like to make it look good
Disney is installing very large array in the shape of Mickey Mouse, just because they can.
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I suppose if you didn't have a lot of space to spare, that would be the way to go. How big would the actuators need to be to turn something that large. Yikes..... Can you use more than one actuator in any given setup? They would have to move at the exact same speed I would think.Comment
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Moving very big equipment using multiple motors or actuators is pretty simple in the industrial area. (ie, NASA launch system crawler or the large space radio dishes).
But the cost of the equipment and controls would IMO be a little high for a home owner. So unless someone can provide first hand data from the owners of those "house" arrays we will continue to just guess why and how they were built that way.Comment
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Alrighty then, I have added this on my "must see" canadian tourist destinations. I think it will rank up there with Magnetic Hill new brunswick which was loads of fun
And looks like its only a 3-4 hour drive east of Toronto past Kingston. The only time i head out that way is when camping at Sandbanks provincial park with the kids, so i will make it a point of planning a trip out there this summer. Head into solar array twilight zone! I'll definitely try knocking on doors and asking questions 
Gotta see this to believe, those pictures are so surreal, even on google streetview...
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I guess they're for reals. HOWEVER, they are NOT mounted on a house. That's just the trick angle of the photo. They have a MASSIVE support structure...........et zComment
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