Washing solar panels here in California and may areas one\nhas to always be aware of hard water spotting. \nThe spotting is caused most times by higher levels of Magnesium and\nCalcium in the water. Continual use of\nhard water on solar panels can cause damage to the panels, in some extreme\ncases even destroying the output of the panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To overcome\nthis, most people install one or more water softeners. The problem with traditional water softeners is\nthe salt used in the softener. The salt\nis heavy and needs to be replaced frequently. \nAlso, there is the brine discharge that comes from the softener\nregenerating (flushing the minerals out of the water softener). Discharge lines have to be run somewhere to\ndump the salty discharge. Most water districts\nfrown on the discharge being put into the sewer lines. In some cases, water districts have attempted\nto limit or ban water softeners that use salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At\nHeliotex, we have been experimenting with different types of water softeners to\ndetermine which will perform the best. \nWe have found the using NUVO H2O water softener systems, we have been\nable to keep hard water spotting from happening on the panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heliotex\nwill now offer NUVO H2O Water Softener Systems on all its residential automatic\nsolar panel cleaning systems as well as light commercial systems up to several\nthousand panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If\nyou solar PV system has a traditional water softener that uses salt and would\nlike to retrofit that system with the new Citrus Cartridge Softener System from\nNUVO, please give us a call at 760-837-0390.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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