Clean your solar panels!
I knew my solar panels (and by extension, my trailer) were filthy from gazing down on them during a ferry passage at the beginning of the month. So this morning I cleaned the panels using windshield washer fluid and a squeegee on an extension pole, while standing on a ladder. I checked my battery monitor before and after and it appears that I'm getting 1/3 more amps coming in than when the panels were dirty.
I cleaned them quickly as to avoid attracting the attention of a park ranger, so the sun moved less than five degrees in the sky. I think most of the increase in charging amps was from the cleaning. So boondockers-- clean your panels!
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Mike Lewis
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie-- propane
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