<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446609610909327526</id><updated>2024-12-18T19:28:18.454-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Solar panel DIY</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://solarpanel-diy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7446609610909327526/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://solarpanel-diy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Commander T</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14723969734605275617</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozkYtjWQa064ctflneELec9lHu_OywxMv2EOEjfEVwsmwgMFB8DDvSHeCORsYQ5EYxp0domKsG9w0u96zHcDeOC3n7gDyAzx-plQvoqiceO8rIdLkyLk2IqWDt4SxEg/s220/Pirate.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446609610909327526.post-6329372769816971544</id><published>2010-02-11T19:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T19:31:19.815-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Solar Panels get winter blues......</title><content type='html'>This winter in the north east of the US my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;solar panel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; array has about 3 feet of snow on it.&amp;nbsp; This is not&lt;br /&gt;
the kind of snow you can broom off and a melting will not come soon.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In a normal winter snowfall here I just tarp the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;solar panels&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and when it stops, pull off the tarp.&amp;nbsp; This method works well with a couple of inches of snow but not with a couple of feet.&amp;nbsp; I mouted my panels on a pretty steep slope but they are not high enough above the roof deck to be out of the deep snow.&amp;nbsp; Some thought should be put into this when you are in the planning stage.......&lt;br /&gt;
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