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egarant's avatar
egarant
Explorer III
Aug 22, 2016

Alien Life in my SOLAR PANELS?

Maybe too many X-Files in my past but...

I was cleaning my solar panels yesterday when I came across these green lines. Some are interconnected, branching off each other and are definitely green in color.

Are the ALIVE?

:B


  • I've never seen that in a solar panel and I've seen a lot of them in my time.

    What brand again?
  • Naio's avatar
    Naio
    Explorer II
    Hmm... nobody knows what this is yet?

    I'm going with aliens.
  • I had the same thing happen to one of my solar panels after washing it. I thought I had destroyed the panel by hosing it off while it was too hot from the sun and cracked the glass.

    Well, the glass isn't broken and the panel still has it's original output power, so I guess I didn't harm it after all.

    But what it is, I don't know. Just know it doesn't affect the solar output.
  • Those panels are telling you that you need to take your Truck Camper and head to Devil's Tower campground, where all the mysteries of the universe will be revealed! :)
  • It looks like corrosion on copper which usually turns green. Have you checked the output of the panel?