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How To Increase The Efficiency Of Solar Panels

March 31st, 2011 by admin

Several people think of solar panel as a sort of investment. However, getting the right components and product will not be sufficient for you to make good profit from your investment.

We are listing below five ways to improve the efficiency of your solar panel:

1. You should install your solar panels at the right place and at proper tilt angle as this helps the panel in getting maximum exposure to sunlight during the day. You can use solar pathfinder to search for the best location that receives maximum amount of sunlight.

2. Any type of shading adversely affects the efficiency of solar panels. The efficiency of solar panel climbs down dramatically even when just one solar cell comes under shade. Therefore, you need to search a place good place without shade to install your solar panel.

3. Remove any dust from the glass surface of the solar panel. You can achieve this by wiping the surface using a piece of cloth at regular intervals.

4. The solar panel efficiency drops with the increase in its temperature. Therefore, you must install panels far away from the roof shingles. There should be some gap between the roof and panels for proper air circulation to remove any trapped heat.

You may be really surprised to know that we can do just little to increase the efficiency of our solar panels.

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