Wrenches, I'm considering upgrading my old SunEye 100 to the model 210 this year. Even with the trade-in credit, the 210 costs more than the original SunEye did. I'm interested in hearing from those of you who have taken this step. Is it worth it? What are the most significant benefits to you?
While we're on the subject of the SunEye, let's talk about some of the tricks to using this tool. I've found the built-in compass to be very sensitive to nearby metal, even nails under comp shingles. I find it more accurate to get the orientation of a site from Google maps and the azimuth angle finder on the Solmetric website: http://www1.solmetric.com/tools/RoofAzimTool.htm Then I update the azimuth angle in the software to the accurate measurement from Solmetric/Google, but it's still a tedious process to get the tool oriented as accurately as possible on site. That's part of why I'm interested in the 210, because its more rectangular shaped body would be a bit easier to orient on site with a protractor if the magnetic compass is having fits. Am I being too fussy with this? As I see it, a 10-degree azimuth error will throw off your shading analysis enough to be significant in certain scenarios, e.g. does the shade from that tall tree stop at 9am or 10am? Regards, -Hans _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
