Future maintenance and cleaning of modules

[Jaycee]

So do I and I'm an ex window cleaner who could easily get myself set up again and go clean solar panels day in day out........the problem is convincing the customer they need cleaning, as installers have told them the panels are self cleaning!

 

[finchy]

We've got an annual maintainance plan (we dont push this on customers but customers want the reassurance), basically every April clean panels and hover inverters for dust. Ensure customers havent put all their xmas decorations infront of the inverter (which I found only last week !). Take Solar irrdiance reading compare this to what the system is pulling, download the system log data (sma only) analyse it. Eg compare to estimate, check no new shadding has occured (upgrade any firm ware...perhaps enable MPP Opti trac if yeilds aren't as expected if shadding it an issue) produce a nice report with graph summerising the output and savings.

If you guys are missing this please send your customers details to me, I cover the whole southeast ! Its no con, its protecting the customers investment !! Cleaning the panels is only a minor part....

 

[moggy1968]

sounds very comprehensive, I would imagine people going for this over a wipe over with a squeegee.
cherry picker would give the advantage of being able to do a physical check of the panels and mounting system, assuming they are accessable of course.

 

[finchy]

binoculers for visual check - unless you have 250 plus installs can't see the viability to buy a chery picker, plus majority of installs are in the rear for us it was bad enough to get the scaffolding let alone a cherry picker ........I recon a jetpack might be a better idea !

 

[cjapeterborough]

........I recon a jetpack might be a better idea !

I think one of these would do -just get in touch with Q

 

[JD6400]

Or a " Oil and steel , octopussy 1465 " tracked machine ( you will have to goggle it as a have no idea of how to attach a link ).
Got one before Christmas for this years up coming grain stores and it is the nutz !

 

[moggy1968]

I think one of these would do -just get in touch with Q
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could just eat more beanz.
Johnny fartpants to the rescue!!