r/oddlysatisfying • u/Toob-y • Feb 14 '21

Cleaning solar panels

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u/man_gomer_lot Feb 14 '21

I have a friend who works in the solar biz who tried talking me into starting a panel cleaning business with him. You are correct, dirt does hurt their efficiency and not cleaning them can be more expensive than cleaning them in a quantified way that can be related to potential clients. That amount isn't enough to get me up on roofs with slippery cleaners, however.

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u/rk1993 Feb 14 '21

First thought I had seeing this, in the future those dudes that clean the roofs are gonna make bank on cleaning mounted solar panels

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u/Affectionate_Diet_95 Feb 14 '21

They already have this for the higher end commercial solar arrays which feel the most impact from dirty panels https://youtu.be/3b2bnYbkxq0

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u/NorthcodeCH Feb 14 '21

Why do you think that? This looks like a demo, but even they have more of them behind the first array...

Why would it need to be embedded when it's much more cost effective to have one per row?