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I am going solar

Discussion in 'Gen 1 Prius Plug-in 2012-2015' started by usbseawolf2000, Feb 16, 2015.

  1. Jan Treur

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    How can you avoid shading by cleaning of panels?? Maybe you mean cleaning your garden by cutting trees?
    Please tell us your secret, we all want to double our production.
     
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    Being prepared since last snow fall season, I bought a roof rake with a 24' extension pole. It does reach almost all my installed panels.
    Then, after snowing, I froze my but and expent few hours cleaning the panels little by little, trying to expose as much PV surface as I could.
    Then, I got a severe cold......The tell of the story is you have to invest sweat equity if you want more PV production.
    Right after spring time, I go to the roof, I wash the panels with a soft brush, to remove all existing pollen with a soapy solution and then I rinse the glass panels with a mix of water and rain-X.
     
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    really kicking myself for not going solar, i didn't know warren buffet was pushing legislation through our state.....