[sunshine windies]

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

[Marc Whitbread]

Just normal like windows- I think! 

[sunshine windies]

That's what I'm hoping , just wondered whether there are any safety issues like do they need to be turned off ?

[Clever Forum Name]

Watch out for wind.

I'm serious. Lost a 47ft extreme off a roof!

[alfie11]

I think you need one of them certificate thingys.

[sunshine windies]

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 ?

[SB Cleaning]

Just clean them like windows they are easy

[Clever Forum Name]

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.

[dazmond]

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.

[rosskesava]

Solar panels are waterproof....... in case it rains.....

[telfordwindowclnr]

I could say something, but I don't want the website to crash...

[Darranvps]

We stopped offering solar panel cleaning due to one of our guys being electrocuted - badly!

We are now off into gardening instead

[paulben]

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

[Clever Forum Name]

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?

[PoleKing]

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

[Darranvps]

He was in hospital 3 weeks

[Darranvps]

See other evidence here http://robinson-solutions.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/water-fed-pole-electrocution-new-york.html

[Darranvps]

We are moving on to grass cutting - it is safer and better paid!

[Dave Willis]

You cover New York now?

[Spruce]

I could say something, but I don't want the website to crash...