The 'What have you cleaned today?' Thread

« **Reply #1420 on:** June 25, 2021, 11:57:52 am »

Nic job Slacky

« **Reply #1421 on:** June 25, 2021, 07:05:52 pm »

Yea, came up good in the end. I figured just water wouldn’t be adequate, so used a strong TFR mix which still wasn’t adequate. So bleached it. I’m not entirely happy about using bleach on solar panels because it doesn’t actually get rid of the debris, just makes it translucent. The crap that remained after the TFR was white after the bleach treatment, so that didn’t look good. A good scrub got rid of that.

« **Reply #1422 on:** June 25, 2021, 10:07:44 pm »

Quote from: Slacky on June 25, 2021, 07:05:52 pm

Yea, came up good in the end. I figured just water wouldn’t be adequate, so used a strong TFR mix which still wasn’t adequate. So bleached it. I’m not entirely happy about using bleach on solar panels because it doesn’t actually get rid of the debris, just makes it translucent. The crap that remained after the TFR was white after the bleach treatment, so that didn’t look good. A good scrub got rid of that.

What was it on the panels

Looks like general grime that should come off ok , but obviously not

« **Reply #1423 on:** June 26, 2021, 09:01:34 am »

There was general grime but something that water alone and then a strong TFR mix wouldn’t do much to it. So, in answer to your question the reality is I don’t actually know. They also had 8 panels on the other side of the house, these panels were only as dirty as any regularly cleaned array. A minimal amount of lichen spots and no residual grime.

No trees anywhere in the vicinity likely to be the cause for whatever reason.

« **Reply #1424 on:** July 06, 2021, 12:26:07 pm »

« **Reply #1425 on:** July 06, 2021, 12:26:34 pm »

Cladding clean only.

Just photos of the back, never took any of the front.

« **Reply #1426 on:** July 06, 2021, 12:29:32 pm »

Cladding & window clean.

« **Reply #1427 on:** July 06, 2021, 12:30:31 pm »

Window clean & sticker removal, before & after on the same window.

« **Reply #1428 on:** July 06, 2021, 12:34:57 pm »

New van with 200 watt solar, just about to add another 240 watt, goes onto three 110 amps batteries - total 440 watts of solar.

Goes against everything I said in one post.

I'm not trying to build a business, don't want any more work and am happy with what I get in.

Suspension on the van upgraded to two leaf springs @ 76mm - giving a 5 tonne load bearing, looks exactly the same height with a tonne of water and all kit in the back.