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Ours are dead south & 2018 technology with no high tress etc to block the light.
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Blimey Peter, there is something you have not cleaned ? I am terrified of heights and ladders! If they were mounted at ground level I'm sure they would have been washed and polished!
Peter,
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They have self cleaning glass. I am with Peter I am not going up there and anyway rain is free.
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Our neighbour has pigeons living under his panels......quite a family now.
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Had to get mine cleaned a couple of years ago. They are flat, on a flat roof. At suggestion of one of the guys doing the cleaning we removed the vhf FM broadcast aerial (wasn't using it anyway) as it was sturdy enough for large feathered things (pigeons being some of the worst) to sit comfortably up there.
When it eventually comes to replacing the invertor (I'm continually being told mine will only last around 5 years - it's now over 7 years old) the panels will be mounted slightly differently to put a bit of angle on them. Will probably also add a divertor so that any excess goes to warming the hot water tank (once a heating element has been added!).
Best April so far for me. But there have been better months for generation.
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Graham ...as a rule of thumb the angle from horizontal should be around the angle of your latitude ..... you could angle them or tow your house to the equator ...either would be fine  K
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Just barreling along Needs to Get Out More!
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Our neighbour has pigeons living under his panels......quite a family now. Yuk, nasty (pigeons that is) well to be honest, I don't like some of my neighbours either 
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Had to get mine cleaned a couple of years ago. They are flat, on a flat roof. At suggestion of one of the guys doing the cleaning we removed the vhf FM broadcast aerial (wasn't using it anyway) as it was sturdy enough for large feathered things (pigeons being some of the worst) to sit comfortably up there.
When it eventually comes to replacing the invertor (I'm continually being told mine will only last around 5 years - it's now over 7 years old) the panels will be mounted slightly differently to put a bit of angle on them. Will probably also add a divertor so that any excess goes to warming the hot water tank (once a heating element has been added!).
Best April so far for me. But there have been better months for generation. I have always wondered why someone can't develop a panel that tracks the sun to get the best yield. Even if just driven like on PIR valve controllers by thermal expansion.
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John ...you can get tracking frames but they tend to be costly and up the maintenance levels of what is pretty much a 'fit and forget' installation
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Yep. I am thinking real basic hydraulics. But I know what you mean.
JohnV6
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