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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: sunshine windies on March 04, 2015, 08:22:27 pm
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Hi
Have got to clean some solar panels for the first time tomorrow any useful tips ? Do I need to get the custy to turn them off or anything before cleaning ?
Thanks
Scott
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Just normal like windows- I think! ;D
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That's what I'm hoping , just wondered whether there are any safety issues like do they need to be turned off ?
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Watch out for wind.
I'm serious. Lost a 47ft extreme off a roof!
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I think you need one of them certificate thingys.
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It's only a bungalow so no height / wind issue ,
certificate thingy sounds like something I'll never be getting
anyone know about turning them off ?
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Just clean them like windows they are easy :D
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It's only a bungalow so no height / wind issue ,
certificate thingy sounds like something I'll never be getting
anyone know about turning them off ?
You can't turn them off. You can only stop the power going into the grid/house. To turn them off would mean going up there and disconnecting.
If only we had somebody who knew what they were doing ;)
Lots of flow, fan jets, rubber gloves (if you wanna feel safer) gooseneck and get the brush at the right angle. Ideally you want a nice soft brush as well.
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i just clean them as if they were skylight windows.
i use a 90 degree carbon gooseneck with a standard SL flocked brush on the end.the bristles are then flat on the panels.i also use an extreme 47 extending all the sections half way(if their not too high up)to maximise rigidity.
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Solar panels are waterproof....... in case it rains.....
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I could say something, but I don't want the website to crash...
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We stopped offering solar panel cleaning due to one of our guys being electrocuted - badly!
We are now off into gardening instead
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I was told by a electrician that does the electrical work for a panel installer that its safer to get customer to turn it off in case there is a fault or badly wired that way you only get a shock from panel not from inverter
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We stopped offering solar panel cleaning due to one of our guys being electrocuted - badly!
We are now off into gardening instead
When is being electrocuted ever nice?
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We stopped offering solar panel cleaning due to one of our guys being electrocuted - badly!
We are now off into gardening instead
Are you sure, Daz?
It's just that if your guy was electrocuted, and it was recorded, it'd be the first ever electrocution, from solar panel cleaning, recorded.
Modified
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He was in hospital 3 weeks
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See other evidence here http://robinson-solutions.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/water-fed-pole-electrocution-new-york.html (http://robinson-solutions.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/water-fed-pole-electrocution-new-york.html)
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We are moving on to grass cutting - it is safer and better paid!
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You cover New York now?
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I could say something, but I don't want the website to crash...
;D
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I could say something, but I don't want the website to crash...
You could say something useful but it's never happened in the past.
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You cover New York now?
Not yet!
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(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1425540932_VAN.jpg)
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See other evidence here http://robinson-solutions.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/water-fed-pole-electrocution-new-york.html (http://robinson-solutions.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/water-fed-pole-electrocution-new-york.html)
see my modified post
no one has ever been electrocuted from cleaning a solar panel.
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I could say something, but I don't want the website to crash...
Either say it or don't what's the point in writing that ?
are you that desperate for attention ?
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I could say something, but I don't want the website to crash...
Either say it or don't what's the point in writing that ?
are you that desperate for attention ?
Because solar panel cleaning is a big secret that only dodgy Steve knows :D
You can go on a course to learn how to clean solar panels; only £199 + VAT ::)roll
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Hi
Have got to clean some solar panels for the first time tomorrow any useful tips ? Do I need to get the custy to turn them off or anything before cleaning ?
Thanks
Scott
Turn them off? Good luck with that mate.
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Remember to charge 3 x the price you charge for the windows
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Hi
Have got to clean some solar panels for the first time tomorrow any useful tips ? Do I need to get the custy to turn them off or anything before cleaning ?
Thanks
Scott
Turn them off? Good luck with that mate.
Helpful insight that. Thanks
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You can electrocute yourself cleaning solar panels - here's how you do it ........ crawl under the one inch gap between the panel and the tiles, next locate the wires that come out of the back of the panel and disconnect, next reach into your pocket for some handy wire strippers and peel back the insulated coating. Once you've done this it should be safe to grasp the bare wires with your hands and try to electrocute yourself - good luck.
Don't forget to post how you got on!
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Is Solar steve advertiseing on this forum as well. i see he has paid advertiseing on another forum/
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You can electrocute yourself cleaning solar panels - here's how you do it ........ crawl under the one inch gap between the panel and the tiles, next locate the wires that come out of the back of the panel and disconnect, next reach into your pocket for some handy wire strippers and peel back the insulated coating. Once you've done this it should be safe to grasp the bare wires with your hands and try to electrocute yourself - good luck.
Don't forget to post how you got on!
;D
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That'll be £200 please for that advice.
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stand on a old rubber tyre you`ll be fine
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We stopped offering solar panel cleaning due to one of our guys being electrocuted - badly!
We are now off into gardening instead
Sorry to hear this mate. Is he ok now?
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Take it OP Is now dead?
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MAN DOWN >:(
YOU LOT A MAN IS IN HOSPITAL ....................IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY ONE OF YOU.
WAS IN HOSPITAL FOR THREE YES THREE WEEKS AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS SNIPE AND JOKE
THREE WEEKS GOD FORBID >:( >:( >:( ITS EVER ONE OF YOU
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;D ;D ;D
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MAN DOWN >:(
YOU LOT A MAN IS IN HOSPITAL ....................IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY ONE OF YOU.
WAS IN HOSPITAL FOR THREE YES THREE WEEKS AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS SNIPE AND JOKE
THREE WEEKS GOD FORBID >:( >:( >:( ITS EVER ONE OF YOU
What are you on about?
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pole king
I am on about another cleaner being injured at work.
when he left for work in the morning he never thought he would end his day in hospital.
regardless of this it could affect you in the future we all learn from others mistakes and misfortunes.
if all you can do is take the micky just hope it isn't you next time.
think of the human angle for once and try to show some a little compassion and sympathy three weeks in hospital not knowing what psychological damage or long term ill effects the poor man has suffered.
that's what I am on about
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errm, I think you'll find it was Rhinomans joke ;)
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pole king
I am on about another cleaner being injured at work.
when he left for work in the morning he never thought he would end his day in hospital.
regardless of this it could affect you in the future we all learn from others mistakes and misfortunes.
if all you can do is take the micky just hope it isn't you next time.
think of the human angle for once and try to show some a little compassion and sympathy three weeks in hospital not knowing what psychological damage or long term ill effects the poor man has suffered.
that's what I am on about
No-one has been injured. ???
As Hozier says: "that's a fine looking high horse" ::)roll
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pole king
I am on about another cleaner being injured at work.
when he left for work in the morning he never thought he would end his day in hospital.
regardless of this it could affect you in the future we all learn from others mistakes and misfortunes.
if all you can do is take the micky just hope it isn't you next time.
think of the human angle for once and try to show some a little compassion and sympathy three weeks in hospital not knowing what psychological damage or long term ill effects the poor man has suffered.
that's what I am on about
But it wasn't cleaning solar panels that he was injured.