What is the secret to keeping your solar panels clean? The answer is really very simple. Don’t let them get dirty. Heliotex designs automatic solar panel cleaning systems which have independent wash and rinse cycles. Depending on the specific conditions at your area, you can adjust the wash and rinse cycles. Our normal factory default setting is to schedule a wash cycle once every two weeks for two minutes on each zone. However we would recommend a rinse cycle for two minutes, two or three times a week depending on your site.
The automatic controller can easily be changed to adjust to seasonal changes or temporary conditions. Of course a manual cleaning or rinsing cycle can also be activated by pushing a few buttons at any time you feel an additional cycle is needed.
Residential or commercial systems
Heliotex has two types of automatic solar panel cleaning systems. The first one is designed for “homeowner” or small business applications up to 300 panels. For the commercial client, Heliotex provides custom designed systems for commercial arrays of any size. Each commercial system is different and requires the correct design after factoring in customer requirements.
The key requirement for us is access to water. As long as we have water we can install a system. If the water pressure and volume are inadequate for the installation, we can provide holding tanks and surface pumps to create our own pressurized systems. System prices are lower where water supply is good. This allows us to avoid tanks and pumps as well as allowing more nozzles per zone valve; thus less zone valves and the fewer the zone valves; the smaller or less automatic programmable controllers. For commercial installations we provide system design, material supply, plans and installation manuals. We can install in California or Arizona or can provide an onsite consultant for your installation personnel.