{"id":184,"date":"2015-01-09T12:43:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T12:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarpanelcleaningsystems.com\/blog\/?p=184"},"modified":"2015-01-02T20:43:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T20:43:29","slug":"the-heliotex-system-at-fiesta-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.solarpanelcleaningsystems.com\/blog\/the-heliotex-system-at-fiesta-ford","title":{"rendered":"The Heliotex System at Fiesta Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_2078\"<\/a>\u00a0 \"IMG_2086\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"IMG_2108\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"20141113_104938\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Manual cleaning of elevated carports is difficult.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Normally a lift truck is required and water to wash the panels is difficult to get, as you either have to have a large tank to drag along in a vehicle or hundreds of feet of hose as well as a filtering system to clean the water.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Also, the seven degree mounting angle, coupled with seven rows of panels in a portrait layout, make it very difficult to reach out with long handle brushing equipment.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Often it is difficult to reach both sides of a carport array, as frequently one array may be placed next to a fence, prohibiting access from that side.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>This is the case at both Palm Springs Motors and Fiesta Ford.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>As noted in our last blog article, Heliotex completed the elevated carport system at Fiesta Ford in November.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Construction on the elevated carports began in October of 2014.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Just during the construction phase of the carport structures and solar panel installation, the solar panels got very dirty.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Note that there is a lot of wind coming through the pass area (hence all of the wind mills) to the west of Palm Springs.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>This wind can bring up a lot of dust and debris and make a manual cleaning option less productive.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>When we engaged our system for the first time, we set in on a rinse cycle only to wash off as much of the initial debris as possible.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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