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  • samaberle
    Junior Member
    • Jul 2013
    • 2

    Cleaning

    I live in Haiti, where it is humid all the time. Our roofs suffer from black mold. Because of this, we pressure wash the steel roofs once a year.
    We plan to install around 25 kw of solar panels in the next year. I was planning on using Unisolar's laminate, to make the cleaning easy, but they went out of business. Does anyone know of a solar panel racking system that facilitates washing the roofing material under the panel easily?
    Thanks
  • russ
    Solar Fanatic
    • Jul 2009
    • 10360

    #2
    You sure got lucky on Unisolar - that was junk!
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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    • Mike90250
      Moderator
      • May 2009
      • 16020

      #3
      try a pole mount ? leaves the roof clear. You do NOT ever want to get pressure washer blast onto any part (front, back or sides) of a PV panel, they are not designed to hold up to that, and it will for sure peel the backside layers off in a jiffy.
      Powerfab top of pole PV mount (2) | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
      || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
      || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

      solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
      gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister

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