Cooling And Cleaning Solar Panels

The most effective way to clean your solar panels is with a hose and a bucket of soapy water.

Cooling and cleaning solar panels.

Firstly cleaning panels will cool them down and cause them to operate more efficiently. And snow actually cleans your panels as it melts taking any dust and dirt with it as it slides off the slick module surface. It is best to clean your solar panels using ambient temperature water during early mornings 6 7 am when the modules temperatures will be low after cooling down overnight and when the solar generation has not started. Just like going to a car wash there are professional options for cleaning solar panels your solar installer may even do it for you for a fee.

A solar panel cleaning brush features extension poles that allow you to effectively clean the modules from a safe distance either on the ground or on. Read more about solar and snow here. Most snow will melt fairly quickly as the dark solar panels attract heat and sunlight. Essentially in the same manner you would wash your car at home.

Never use an abrasive material to clean the solar panels. If someone cleans hot panels when and immediately checks their performance and sees it has increased by 10 that could be entirely due to the fact they are now 40 degrees cooler. If you have a rooftop system it may be a good idea to enlist a cleaning service if only for safety reasons. Some of the sunniest places also don t get much rain which does a good job cleaning panels.