tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post6129763033462259561..comments2009-08-25T11:24:37.748-05:00Dustin Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-57159069226079097362009-08-25T11:24:37.748-05:002009-08-25T11:24:37.748-05:00D-<br /><br />I&#39;m hoping that it provides a little over half of our power consumption. I&#39;ll try to report back here once I have a few months worth of data.<br /><br />:-DustinDustin Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-36450947569040253532009-08-25T11:23:35.340-05:002009-08-25T11:23:35.340-05:00@darwinsurvivor-<br /><br />The plan is to get on the roof with a hose and clean it if its dirty.<br /><br />That said, it doesn&#39;t snow in Austin, there&#39;s no trees overhead to drop leaves, we get rain occasionally which should clean off the dust.<br /><br />I don&#39;t foresee this as being a problem.<br /><br />:-DustinDustin Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-51217004354435679582009-08-25T09:32:16.446-05:002009-08-25T09:32:16.446-05:00So how much power will this generate and how much as a percentage of your total usage? My wife and I have been talking about this for awhile and I would be interested in any details you have.<br /><br />Thanks!Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12613838683053891011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-59916872426008005302009-08-24T14:54:38.301-05:002009-08-24T14:54:38.301-05:00I hope you have a plan for cleaning all those panels. Solar panels collect a lot of dirt from rain, dust, leaves, etc and their efficiency drops dramatically when that happens. From your photos it appears that some of those panels may be a little tricky to reach...darwinsurvivorhttp://darwinsurvivor.myopenid.com/noreply@blogger.com