I have never cleaned any of my panels. Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 8, 2023, at 8:26 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > In short, it's a rechargeable thing that sits in it's docking station during > the day. At night it rolls out along a row of panels and brushes them all > off, then moves from row to row and eventually returns to its docking > station. > > That's a very slick system, but I think it could be a lot simpler. Get > brush rolls for vacuum cleaners and put a row of them on an axle as long as > the width of the panels. Have a machine roll along the panels and spin the > brushes along the way. It could carry a reel of power cord along with it. > A belt and pulley sets the speed of the cord reel to sync with the wheels > moving the thing along the panel, or it could be a spring loaded reel and > just have enough traction and torque to pay out the whole thing. Don't try > to have it move from row to row, just install one on each row. No > intelligence, no batteries, no charging station, no software. An IR sensor > at the end of the panel row triggers it to reverse direction and go back to > home. An IR sensor at the home position triggers it to stop. If motor is > over current, shut down and set an alarm relay. Over current should cover > most of the crises that might develop, like the cord being caught, stuck > wheels, or something jamming the brushes. Put a simple 3-sided weather > housing at the home position. > > In the deluxe model add sensors to detect broken belts or other problems and > set more alarm relays. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Prince > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2023 5:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Robot solar panel cleaners > > Crappola. Wrong link. No idea how that got in there. > > https://electrek.co/2023/08/04/robot-cleans-solar-panels-without-water/ > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > >> On 8/7/2023 12:54 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >> Que? >> >> From: Bill Prince >> Sent: Monday, August 7, 2023 12:33 PM >> To: AFMUG >> Subject: [AFMUG] Robot solar panel cleaners >> >> These are designed for dust, but maybe they might work for light snow >> too? >> >> https://electrek.co/2023/08/04/robot-cleans-solar-panels-without-water >> / >> > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
