Snow

January 24, 2005 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Solar Energy 

One of the questions that we’ve had about solar panels was:  “What happens when it snows?”

We learned the answer yesterday.  We got 15 inches of snow between 10am Saturday and 10am Sunday.  The inverters produced nothing on Saturday (not a surprise – the sun was hard to see).  On Sunday, the panels were 90% covered with an inch to 4 inches of snow (guestimated from the ground).  We got nothing.

Today, the skies are brighter but it’s STILL cold (it was 5 degrees F at 7am this morning), so I don’t expect the panels to be uncovered today.  Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and above freezing.