April 27, 201610 yr Now that I have been online to pvoutput.org for a week and being a bit ocd about the live feed power outputs I felt that my peak output was not where it was last year. This evening I climbed up onto the shop roof to look at the state of my power station. Eish. Thanks to the drought here they are truly dusty and dirty as they have not been cleaned since installation 9 months ago. 45 of them is quite a mission so will do 6 each evening. Intrigued to see the difference. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk
April 27, 201610 yr I had same. the last fires in CPT, I saw a reduction in production. After washing the panels, problem was solved.
April 27, 201610 yr I wash mine every month or so - much easier than for most folk, as it is a ground install. Bird shit is my main complaint.
April 28, 201610 yr A long handled glass washer (sqeegee) works well unless something really ingrained - Should be done every 3-6 months unless you really fanatical. I have a monthly maintenance schedule for checking all sorts of things on a dedicated maintenance day (3rd Sunday each month), my panel cleaning, battery testing, terminal checking and greasing +++ is all on that list. That way even if you find a repair takes you longer than the day, you'll get to the other regular stuff next month and at least every 2 months stuff gets checked.
April 28, 201610 yr Author Washing 45 panels is not a quick story especially with 9 months of grime. 17 done this evening. Quite aerobic actually.
April 28, 201610 yr A beautiful sight... I'm dreaming!! Can you give us some background the the projects and reasons for installation/benefits. Inverter details etc please...
April 28, 201610 yr 1 minute ago, Mark said: A beautiful sight... I'm dreaming!! Can you give us some background the the projects and reasons for installation/benefits. Inverter details etc please... Mark have a look here. I wonder where I learnt that nifty trick .
April 28, 201610 yr Author First time I've been up on the roof to look at it. Quite electrifying I must say.
April 28, 201610 yr Author Adding another 15 or so panels shortly. Just wanted to have a year of generation documented as I dont want to produce a negative electricity bill.
April 29, 201610 yr He he, from your pic and the background, I now know exactly where you live. Never noticed the panels before, will be more observant next up that way...
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