We get some wind and no trees around so maybe that helps.
From: Bill Prince
Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 11:06 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Robot solar panel cleaners
A couple of our neighbors have their panels near our shared driveway, and their
panels seem to collect a lot of dust. The snow ting is not an issue out here.
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On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 5:54 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
I have never cleaned any of my panels.
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> On Aug 8, 2023, at 8:26 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> In short, it's a rechargeable thing that sits in it's docking station
during
> the day. At night it rolls out along a row of panels and brushes them all
> off, then moves from row to row and eventually returns to its docking
> station.
>
> That's a very slick system, but I think it could be a lot simpler. Get
> brush rolls for vacuum cleaners and put a row of them on an axle as long as
> the width of the panels. Have a machine roll along the panels and spin the
> brushes along the way. It could carry a reel of power cord along with it.
> A belt and pulley sets the speed of the cord reel to sync with the wheels
> moving the thing along the panel, or it could be a spring loaded reel and
> just have enough traction and torque to pay out the whole thing. Don't try
> to have it move from row to row, just install one on each row. No
> intelligence, no batteries, no charging station, no software. An IR sensor
> at the end of the panel row triggers it to reverse direction and go back to
> home. An IR sensor at the home position triggers it to stop. If motor is
> over current, shut down and set an alarm relay. Over current should cover
> most of the crises that might develop, like the cord being caught, stuck
> wheels, or something jamming the brushes. Put a simple 3-sided weather
> housing at the home position.
>
> In the deluxe model add sensors to detect broken belts or other problems and
> set more alarm relays.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Prince
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2023 5:01 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Robot solar panel cleaners
>
> Crappola. Wrong link. No idea how that got in there.
>
> https://electrek.co/2023/08/04/robot-cleans-solar-panels-without-water/
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>> On 8/7/2023 12:54 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>> Que?
>>
>> From: Bill Prince
>> Sent: Monday, August 7, 2023 12:33 PM
>> To: AFMUG
>> Subject: [AFMUG] Robot solar panel cleaners
>>
>> These are designed for dust, but maybe they might work for light snow
>> too?
>>
>> https://electrek.co/2023/08/04/robot-cleans-solar-panels-without-water
>> /
>>
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