Keeping solar panels clean

[peterc10]

Don't you have a fixed ladder to get on the roof ?

Nope.

 

[SuperMike]

A couple of times a year I wander around on the roof with a mop and a bucket of suds and do the roof as well at the same time.

 

[peterc10]

A couple of times a year I wander around on the roof with a mop and a bucket of suds and do the roof as well at the same time.

Yep, me too. But that won't stop them getting dirty in between times.

 

[Robert Clark]

Don't worry too much about it, Peter. Just clean it at home when you are there. Life is too short........

I'd second that - so long as you clean them as part of your regular roof washing, you're only going to be removing minor dust deposits.

 

[Robert Clark]

@DBK I realised it was in fun. But a couple of large blobs from an incontinent seagull could cause considerable loss of power I would have thought

An interesting thought, but when I cleaned my roof (and panels) yesterday there was not a single 'poop' on there.

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[Popeye]

I carry one of those telescopic ladders though when I'm at home I use my single ladder with a blanket on the awning case but I have found that I can also climb out through the largest hatch.........

 

[SuperMike]

Yep, me too. But that won't stop them getting dirty in between times.

True but if they do between washes, then so be it.

 

[peterc10]

I carry one of those telescopic ladders though when I'm at home I use my single ladder with a blanket on the awning case but I have found that I can also climb out through the largest hatch.........


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Next time you are in Kent, please stop by as I have a little job for you.

Interesting about putting it on the awning case though. So that is strong enough then?

 

[peterc10]

An interesting thought, but when I cleaned my roof (and panels) yesterday there was not a single 'poop' on there.

But you landed gentry up on the forest can get your gamekeeper to keep the pheasants (and peasants) away from the house and motorhome.

BTW when are you are off on your jaunt up to bonnie Scotland?

 

[Lenny HB]

An interesting thought, but when I cleaned my roof (and panels) yesterday there was not a single 'poop' on there.

We have posh seagulls in Sussex don't we, they only aim for my car and the bright white bits on the van not interested in dull black panels.

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[Robert Clark]

But you landed gentry up on the forest can get your gamekeeper to keep the pheasants (and peasants) away from the house and motorhome.

BTW when are you are off on your jaunt up to bonnie Scotland?

We head Up North on Friday - picking up my sister and brother in law (you met them in Cornwall) en route.

 

[peterc10]

We head Up North on Friday - picking up my sister and brother in law (you met them in Cornwall) en route.

If you are anywhere near Falkirk between 20th and 23rd pop in to see us all at the wheel. Probably still be in the wilds of the North though I suspect.

 

[Robert Clark]

If you are anywhere near Falkirk between 20th and 23rd pop in to see us all at the wheel. Probably still be in the wilds of the North though I suspect.

We've only got 2 weeks for this trip, and are therefore only going to Skye, Harris and Lewis (stearing clear of NC500 as I suspect its going to be very busy, having been widely publicised)- Falkirk is the opposite side of the country, so not really feasible.

 

[Baldeagle7470]

How will you clean the panels with your leg in plaster after falling off the ladder? Just leave it to the British weather to clean it when out and about.

Agree,much better to lose a tiny bit of power than to have a broken leg!!
Luckily near where I live there is a jetwash with a gantry,however I learned the hard way to keep the wand well away from the roof windows.
However some of the rain we get in Portugal is plenty enough to get the dust off!

 

[Geo]

All of this so far is Ok for just dirt and dust, but what about getting bird shit off?

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