Totem pole solar capture housing unit

A photo voltaic module housing for vertical mounting, comprising

• a base, first and second assembly couplings, draw bands, an inner support tube, and an outer clear cylinder
• the base having first assembly tabs protruding therefrom for securing the base to a supporting surface and second assembly tabs for securing the base to the first assembly coupling via one of the draw bands;
• the first assembly coupling:
• i) to be located above the base and below the inner support tube and the outer clear cylinder;
• ii) having a hollow cylindrical shape;
• iii) having one or more circular grooves on a top surface thereof for accommodating the bottom end portions of the inner support tube and the outer clear cylinder;
• and
• iv) having on the outer curved surface thereof a channel or ridges for seating one of the draw bands;
• the second assembly coupling:
• i) to be located above the inner support tube and the outer clear cylinder;
• ii) having a hollow cylindrical shape;
• iii) having one or more circular grooves on a bottom surface thereof for accommodating the top end portions of the inner support tube and the outer clear cylinder;
• and
• iv) having on the outer curved surface thereof a channel or a ridge for seating one of the draw bands;
• the inner support tube:
• i) being a hollow cylinder comprising an opening on a surface thereof;
• and
• ii) having a wall thickness that can be accommodated within one of the one or more circular grooves on the first and second assembly couplings;
• the outer clear cylinder
• i) being a hollow cylinder having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the inner support tube;
• ii) having a wall thickness that can be accommodated within one of the one or more circular grooves on the first and second assembly couplings;
• and
• iii) being made of material that is transparent to light of a wavelength suitable for generating electricity in a photovoltaic cell;
• and the draw bands
• i) being a band of material that can be formed into a loop that can be tightened;
• ii) having a width that can be seated in the channel or ridges on the outer curved surface of the first and second assembly couplings;
• and
• iii) having assembly tabs or rings protruding therefrom for securing the draw band to the second assembly tabs on the base and/or for securing the draw band to one or more other draw bands and/or for securing the draw band to one or more guy wires.