March 24, 20188 yr cleaning panels worth it? before risking life and limb cleaning those panels read thishttps://www.hesolarllc.com/cleaning-dirty-solar-panels/http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/cleaning_solar_panels_often_not_worth_the_cost_engineers_at_uc_san_diego_fi have a sunshine day g
March 24, 20188 yr Hi Gabriel At $20 it probably worth it it you have a man Friday. It probably not worth getting someone in especially to do the job.
March 24, 20188 yr It really depends on how dirty they are, how easy it is to reach. I clean mine about once a year, maybe twice. Winter rain (when we have it, which has been rare recently) usually takes care of it in the winter months.
March 24, 20188 yr Author 5 hours ago, Chris Hobson said: man Friday looking for a skinny one to clean my tanks before the big rain starts
March 24, 20188 yr 2 hours ago, gabriel said: looking for a skinny one to clean my tanks before the big rain starts He best not be claustrophobic. I have a skinny guy who can fit through a Jojo tank's lid. i would send him to Vredenburg but he is AWOL since the beginning of the month.
March 25, 20188 yr That test doesn't reveal the full story. If your panels are flat mounted, or at a rather low angle and you get little rain, or any other means to clean the, they will gather dust and production will drop. Many industrial roof-top installations are totally flat, sometimes with a slight curvature on the roof. I had a post sometime last year, where a client lost about 40% PV production during winter. Got onto the roof with a hosepipe, hosed the panels off and they had full production again.
March 25, 20188 yr 4 hours ago, SilverNodashi said: I had a post sometime last year I was thinking of that post when I typed my response... it totally depends :-)
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