Can I go through car wash with solar panels on my roofrack?
Can I install them in such a way that this would be ok? Very protected and secured wiring, controller indoors, etc.? Or is hand washing a sacrifice I would have to make?
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There are two types where I am, the ones that have the spinning, flopping foam rubber brushes, then the high pressure wash type that just use an arm that moves over/around the car and sprays it.
Brushes... no. They clean better than the "touchless" type... but I wouldn't risk my panels on it.
With solar panels, I'd be wary of the high pressure ones, just because they might force water in through a seal.
I'd just hand wash it. That way, I have control of where the water goes, and I can use some form of deflector on/near the top (a bucket for example) so I'm not stressing the seals on the roof.
Brushes... no. They clean better than the "touchless" type... but I wouldn't risk my panels on it.
With solar panels, I'd be wary of the high pressure ones, just because they might force water in through a seal.
I'd just hand wash it. That way, I have control of where the water goes, and I can use some form of deflector on/near the top (a bucket for example) so I'm not stressing the seals on the roof.
