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You don't produce much in the winter anyway, you can brush it off the panels with an extendable broom but it will naturally melt and slide off. Unless you have
by micromacrofoot 4y ago
You don't produce much in the winter anyway, you can brush it off the panels with an extendable broom but it will naturally melt and slide off. Unless you have snow cover all winter you'd likely spend more on the extendable broom than you'd produce from the panels.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoMy brother-in-law's panels produce just as much electricity at noon in the winter time as they do in the summer time. Winter sun in the Canadian prairies is quite intense, and the panels are more efficient at -20C than they are at +20C.
- micromacrofoot 4y agosure but the sun is going down at 3pm, canada gets 1.5 hours of peak sunlight at best in the winter… on a lot of houses the cost of removing the snow is more than what’s gained during the short daily window of direct sunlight… eventually the sun solves the problem for free :)
- bryanlarsen 4y agoKeeping those panels clear is saving him almost $100/month.
- mnw21cam 4y agoBut they'll produce for less time each day in the winter.
- giantrobot 4y agoWhat the GP is saying is that with the losses from higher angle and shorter duration of insolation, the decreased temperatures increased efficiency such to match the summer's output. The heat in the summer reduces a panel's efficiency.