How much do you estimate they were tilted towards the ground, beyond vertical? 100 degree? 115-120?
On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > It was accidental. We had a strong wind storm one night, next morning the > telemetry indicated one set of panels only putting out about half power. > Then we got a snow storm and the next day that one set was still putting > out half power but the formerly good set was putting out almost nothing. > > So jumped in the 210 and took a flight down to that particular mountain > top. Clouds obscured the tower but there were holes now and then. I > circled a bunch of times and shot a bunch of photos. Got the film > processed and one of the prints told the tale. The set of panels that were > producing half power had been blown forward (these were all mounted on a > tower). They were facing the ground and the sunlight bouncing off the snow > up into them kept them running at about half power. > > I always figured that if I had a site where I needed super high > availability like if the power went out nuclear missiles would launch or > somebodies iron lung would shut down I would put up an array like that and > I would cover the ground with white gravel or white panels of some sort. > > *From:* Bill Prince <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, January 08, 2016 7:32 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Expanding foam or styrofoam glued to rear of > solarpanels > > Chuck, > > Didn't you try mounting the panels upside down one time? > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 1/8/2016 3:20 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > 20 years. > Styrofoam glued did not last long. Maybe a year or two. But the > frothpak foam has been there for years and years. > > *From:* Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, January 08, 2016 3:43 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Expanding foam or styrofoam glued to rear of solar > panels > > Those of you who have done this for snow/ice buildup reasons, how are your > panel temperatures in mid summer, and how are the panels holding up? How > many years has the insulation been in place? > > >
