I'm interested to see how much dust and dirt affects solar panel. Can you post a video of you cleaning one and leaving the others "normal" and how much that affects it.
A soup can on the Panel at High Noon Places Them in Optimum Orientation to Produce Best Results - Southern California High Desert at 3,100 feet from Sea Level and minus 11° Degrees from True South WORKS BEST here.
15 degrees is not much of an angle. FOLLOWING the sun however is a dramatic improvement of the hours you can collect. I went from 3 to 6 hours in summer, which is a SIGNIFICANT improvement.
They were at 20 degrees which is the recommended angle for where I live and this time of year. I do agree that tracking would help in general but I still was surprised that the angle didn't make it any better than the arrays at the 3 degrees.
The 'ideal' angle is based on integrating your output over an entire day. I think that if you leave your panels at a better angle for a longer time, you will see more of a difference. Also, I don't think you said when you did your test. If it was the morning, then not so surprising, since neither 3 degrees nor 20 would be optimal.
I'm not surprised at this at all...... One of your panels is in the shade, and they're all dirty !!! It doesn't matter what angle you put these panels on, if you don't address those issues, you'll be disappointed at the results.
@@OurBlackCatCottage Dirt robs 10% of your Panel's output typically..... If just one cell is covered by a lot of dirt, it will drop the panel's output by 50%. Don't underestimate the power of dirt !!! lol.
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Very surprising results!
I'm interested to see how much dust and dirt affects solar panel.
Can you post a video of you cleaning one and leaving the others "normal" and how much that affects it.
Me too. LOL. I know the dirt and dust is a big factor for sure. This morning I cleaned that array off so I am going to see if that helps today.
@@OurBlackCatCottage cool. Let me know if you notice any difference.
A soup can on the Panel at High Noon Places Them in Optimum Orientation to Produce Best Results - Southern California High Desert at 3,100 feet from Sea Level and minus 11° Degrees from True South WORKS BEST here.
20 degrees is supposedly the best angle for where I live and this time of year so I was surprised that there wasn't much of an improvement.
15 degrees is not much of an angle. FOLLOWING the sun however is a dramatic improvement of the hours you can collect. I went from 3 to 6 hours in summer, which is a SIGNIFICANT improvement.
They were at 20 degrees which is the recommended angle for where I live and this time of year. I do agree that tracking would help in general but I still was surprised that the angle didn't make it any better than the arrays at the 3 degrees.
The 'ideal' angle is based on integrating your output over an entire day. I think that if you leave your panels at a better angle for a longer time, you will see more of a difference. Also, I don't think you said when you did your test. If it was the morning, then not so surprising, since neither 3 degrees nor 20 would be optimal.
When I filmed was the peak of the day for solar. And I checked it several times and never saw and improvement over the 3 degrees.
I'm not surprised at this at all...... One of your panels is in the shade, and they're all dirty !!! It doesn't matter what angle you put these panels on, if you don't address those issues, you'll be disappointed at the results.
None of the panels were in the shade when I did this and all of my arrays were the same level of dirty.
@@OurBlackCatCottage
Dirt robs 10% of your Panel's output typically..... If just one cell is covered by a lot of dirt, it will drop the panel's output by 50%.
Don't underestimate the power of dirt !!! lol.