Re: [RE-wrenches] Panel installation in snow country 0.02

2024-12-08 Thread Daryl DeJoy via RE-wrenches
On my own arrays in Maine, I always tilted the old Direct Power and Water top of pole mounts to the maximum 60 degrees and spent half an hour giving them a good coat of Rain-X in the late fall. They seemed to shed snow much better until the later snows in March when I was unwilling to get back up t

Re: [RE-wrenches] Panel installation in snow country 0.02

2024-12-08 Thread Garrison via RE-wrenches
Hi Howie,I have found one scenario where heat tape can help with snow on solar.As we know, solar panels warm up in the sun and melt snow even when ambient temperatures are below freezing. The water from this melting snow drips off the array and slush/snow can slide off the panels.On a cold day, in

Re: [RE-wrenches] Panel installation in snow country 0.02

2024-12-08 Thread Rebekah Hren via RE-wrenches
Interesting video! I can understand there will be sites and use cases where vertically mounted bifacial modules are a good solution. I just can't let it slide without saying that every single module install manual I have seen over the past 20 years says: "*do not focus or magnify sunlight with mirr

Re: [RE-wrenches] Panel installation in snow country 0.02

2024-12-08 Thread david quattro via RE-wrenches
Here is a very interesting video about vertically mounted bifacial modules - performing surprisingly well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD1MT-ek05w On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 4:36 PM John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > I'm starting to think that Vert