Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mjm on February 18, 2019, 10:28:37 pm
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how do you clean them
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small domestic arrays - WFP
large commercial arrays are either WFP or pressure washing
Darran
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ok thanks obviously they have to be switched off first
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ok thanks obviously they have to be switched off first
You can't switch a solar panel off. It makes electricity by absorbing sunlight. There is therefore always electricity in the thing.
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ok thanks so you just clean them with no danger off shock sorry I have never touched one and been asked to clean them
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just be careful.....i cleaned some panels a few years ago and i kept getting little electric shocks down my right arm as i was poling them,it was a rainy day and i had showa 377 gloves on.......
im still here to tell the tale but it unnerved me a bit.....ive cleaned a fair few other panels over the years and not experienced this before....
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ok thanks appreciated
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as said - can't turn them off - never been shocked - check to make sure the panels are intact before starting
unfortunately there has been loads of threads on here mostly scare mongering by certain parties, I did lots of research and talked to my local solar panel company and happy to clean the way we do
I don't fancy going over all that again so if in doubt don't do them
Darran
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ok thank you
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We’ve cleaned 100,000 since Christmas. Nobody electrocuted.
I’d be considering overhead cables if they are on a roof. Probably far more of a risk than the modules themselves.