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"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
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You described the exact issue. Mechanically, I've got it geared down to
raise/lower 12"/minute with a total travel of 60 inches. Gets hard to gear
it much slower. My "plan A" is two stats so you have a dead band, then
play with % run to get response without oscillation. I suppose if you knew
exactly what percent on/off was optimum you could just gear it for 100%
on.


You can't know that because it will change significantly with cloud
cover, sun angle, wind, etc.