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Great Tool for Anyone Under the Sun!

The Solar Pathfinder is the greatest Solar Tool ever encountered!
This nifty tool allows one to calculate a site’s Sun and Shade times accurately for up to a year. It requires no power and very little know-how. Just put it in the middle of an area trace the obstructions that show up on the orb’s surface and consult the diagrams.

Many have used the Solar Pathfinder to place the obvious solar panels, but they have gone far beyond that. Satisfied owners have reported using this tool to place garden beds, pool areas, beehives, birdfeeders, gazebos and just about any job where the sun’s position may be involved. If you were really crazy about this tool and how it works, you could choose a spot for your beach blanket where you would receive the most shade during the hottest part of the day for the longest period of time.

According to “How the Solar Pathfinder Works” on the company’s website,

“The Solar Pathfinder™ uses a highly polished, transparent, convex plastic dome to give a panoramic view of the entire site. All the trees, buildings or other obstacles to the sun are plainly visible as reflections on the surface of the dome. The sunpath diagram can be seen through the transparent dome at the same time. This diagram is latitude specific [the further away from the equator, the lower the sun will be in the sky, thereby making the sunpath further from the center of the unit] and shows the sun’s average path for each month. The rays of the diagram depict solar time. The diagram itself is therefore calibrated to give solar insolation data for all the hours of the day and all the days of the year. The diagram is also specific to the application: “South-facing” (for Northern hemisphere) or “vertical” is for applications of 20-90 degrees tilt — usually solar; “Horizontal” is for applications of 0-20 degrees tilt — usually ecological (For the flexibility of calculating radiation of any azimuth and any tilt angle, use our Solar Pathfinder Assistant software in addition to the Solar Pathfinder).”

The $300 package includes all sorts of goodies.

• Printed Manual (online version also available)
• Sunpath Diagrams (latitude & application specific)
• Angle estimator (for determining altitude & azimuth)
• White marking pen with extra leads
• Tool box specifically designed for the Pathfinder™
• Tripod specifically designed for the Pathfinder™

This is a great product for more than just Solar Contractors! Gardeners, Bird and Animal Lovers, Outdoor Activists and anyone who spends their time in the sun will love the Solar Pathfinder!

Get yours today from Solarized Life!