How to properly maintain the solar panels?

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How to properly maintain the solar panels?

The maintenance of the solar panels is closely related to how they are installed and the place of installation and also by the type of system that you have.

The solar panels are an investment that helps you to reduce costs, but once installed, they require a regular maintenance. The reason is simple: in order to your system to perform at maximum capacity and efficient it is required maintenance once at a certain time.

The cleaning

The panels have no moving parts, so that the main concern will be to keep them as clean as possible. It is recommended to check the panels especially during dry weather conditions, when the dust deposition is higher. The dirty panels can not absorb the sunlight as effectively and they will perform poorly. The main causes of dirt are the dust and the dirt caused by birds. They can either be removed using a dry cloth or with a detergent and hot water. Try to perform these tasks in the morning to reduce the sudden changes in temperature in the modules.

The maintenance of solar panels

When it is performed a cleaning operation, it is advisable to check the connection of the wires and to remove any things fallen on the panels. Do not focus your attention only on the panel itself, but also to the frames which fix your system. Check for cracks or holes appeared in the frame. This could allow the water to infiltrate and thus they will affect the cut-outs and connections.

Sources of dirt

Nature helps us to reduce the cost of electricity, but sometimes it could be the enemy of the panels. Although we love the squirrels and the birds, we must be careful not to nest under the panels or to chew the wires somehow. The periodic inspection will allow repairing any damage before permanent damages are done. Regarding deposits of snow in winter, you should not worry, because of the angle at which the panels are installed. If, instead, it is a period of rainfall a quick checkis indicated.

Check the cleanliness of the panels

The solar thermal panels

In the case of heating panels, the vacuum tubes are much easier to maintain than flat ones. They do not collect dirt or deposits of any kind (snow, for example) on their surface, which is formed by cylindrical tubes and the deposit slips through them.

The photovoltaic panels

In case of photovoltaic panels, a method of monitoring is to install special systems that you can see:

-The energy produced by modules

– How much you help the environment by reducing the carbon dioxide level (CO2) that you would have consumed using the energy network – this indicator can help you to get tax breaks;

– To diagnose the possible problems indicating the exact origin.

Another way to check, if you are an electrician, is to check the open circuit voltage, the amperage of the existing circuit and the regulator, with the help of your multimeter. If you have another profession, it is recommended for you to consult a professional team to help you with the maintenance as efficiently as possible of your photovoltaic panels system.

Call for professionals

Even if the cleaning, checking and monitoring operations of panels described above appear to be simple and achievable by anyone, they involve risk of injury from falls or electrocution in case of photovoltaic panels. We recommend you to call for a team of professionals who have specialty and experience in this field. Every year there are thousands of people which fall off from roofs or they get electrocuted, trying to make these checks by themselves.

If you call for a team to clean the panels at least 3 times a year between seasons, your panels will work at maximum efficiency for the next 25-30 years, the costs will remain low and you remove any risk of injuring yourself .

For your safety, call for a professional team.

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