You are absolutely right and that does help. However, if you live in a an area where it gets cold, like in the teens at night and the snow builds up thick enough that the sun won't make it through it will take some time for them to clear themselves. Much like our roads. I am fortunate enough that the times when they won't clear themselves are few. But, they are slippery, they do sit on an angle the there is no space between the panels on the top to bottom edges so it will slide off in one big sheet when it goes.
Do they "shed " the snow? You answered both of the questions I had in mind , it looks like you have a pole barn and they usually have engineered trusses that don't leave a lot of room for extra weight.
Right now there's still frost on them, so...if it had snowed it would still be there too. If and when snow happens I'll report how it goes. Engineers cyphered what the roof can handle and the township approved it, it is all part of the permit process. I asked what kind of road blocks they normally encountered with installations and he said that shade was the number 1 killer. He also said that there were a couple of roofs that had to be reinforced but that was it.
Good idea. ....less lawn to mow....loltoo bad, they couldn't have been installed on the ground. that way, no special roof bracing needed. and easier for you to brush away the snow.
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What I'm looking at by no means compares to what you have I'm just recharging a 12 volt battery that's it nothing more than that.... it would never generate any 110 ac power
None of them generate 110V AC, they generate DC and convert it to AC with an inverter. Just one vs the other for output comparison. It's all kind of jibberish to me and I'm trying to understand it.
They look fantastic and are quite possibly the way of the future. As time passes they will become cheaper and more efficient. This is the first I've heard of them.
The light layer of snow took a while to melt and dissipate and they barely produced anything while it was on there. If I remember correctly it was cloudy that day and overall production was low for the whole day. The system is supposed to interface with the internet and provide real time data in addition to accumulated data but for some reason it is failing to connect and I am not keeping written records so I cannot provide specifics on it at this point. Heavy frost is also common here for some reason and it takes a while for the frost to melt as well. That also curbs early AM production, which is actually nothing to write home about right now anyway. It is interesting to look at the graphs of production for specific days. The "curve" looks like a dunce cap with peak production in the vicinity of 11kWh at 12:30, which is peak production time. Each day it makes a little more and the 12:30 peak gets higher. On a 100% clear day right now I am making bout $6.00 worth of electricity.
