Should be none, in 3 ish years I CT, no maintenance cost

Used to use solar panels to maintain charging for batteries used to power 24/7 remote engineering instrumentation (for ground vibration monitoring, instruments on buildings for measuring structural deflections, etc.) during construction. We could check the charge and the instrumentation data at any time back at the office on our computers. We would periodically have to wipe off the solar panel surfaces because accumulated dust/dirt would affect their performance. Was just wondering if that was still a problem.

In response to this post by Late 80s Hokie

Posted: 07/18/2018 at 10:51PM

Solar Installation started today. It won't be as lucrative as our -- Late 80s Hokie 07/18/2018 11:39AM

Is there much maintenance required on those solar panels? ** -- MikeVT85 07/18/2018 6:03PM

Should be none, in 3 ish years I CT, no maintenance cost -- Late 80s Hokie 07/18/2018 10:31PM

Should be none, in 3 ish years I CT, no maintenance cost -- MikeVT85 07/18/2018 10:51PM

They can and will get dirty, or up here, snow accumulation on them, -- Late 80s Hokie 07/19/2018 07:43AM

Did you add one of these too? -- EDGEMAN 07/18/2018 11:49AM

Rooftop installation? ** -- GretnaHokie 07/18/2018 11:47AM

They tried putting them in the basement but... ** -- HokieNoVA 07/18/2018 1:19PM

Yes, but we don't have as much south facing roof as we used to have. -- Late 80s Hokie 07/18/2018 12:10PM

Should be none, in 3 ish years I CT, no maintenance cost

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