<div dir="auto">Todd, <div dir="auto">In general that had been my philosophy, but sometimes pole mounts are just logistically to difficult/ expensive - especially large ones. In general, if it is a windy location, the snow doesn't stick around that long. However, even pole mounts at a steep angle can get encrusted and if it doesn't get warm enough or sunny, that can stick on the panels for a week or more. I've never considered anything like heat panels or tape, but if there is something that works that doesn't harm the panels, then it might be a decent option in some cases. </div><div dir="auto">Howie</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 5:15 PM Todd Cory via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font face="georgia" size="2"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:georgia;font-size:10pt">Passive works best. In big snow country here, I learned the hard way to only do pole mounts... and set the angle steep in the winter. The snow slides off and all is fine.<br><br>Todd<br><br><br><br><br></p>
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I’ve never tried it but just heard about these people. From the bio they are the original makers of rain X, but they customized a product, several of them, to clean Pv panels and they also mentioned it can help to shed rain and snow.</div>
<div>By the way, Rainx is not approved for such an application.</div>
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