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Originally Posted by erick
Are there any maintenance requirements? Eg, clean the panels occasionally?
Is it worthwhile to consider any form of storage from which to recover power at night? Or that isn't economic?
I have a house to build in NSW sometime in years to come. There is another thought - what can be done with a new build - eg. integrate into roofing which is already oriented appropriately, and with cooling of panels designed in? OK, I'd better do my own research!
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Gooday there young Eric,
My system is "Grid Connect" so any recovery of power at night is irrelevant.
Due to the number of dust storm we have been having out here, I occasionally give them a bit of a squirt with the hose. The thing that I really love, is when we go away on holidays the entire output of my system is being exported to the grid, making money for me. Mind you, following the NSW Govt decision to bring in a gross feed in tariff from Jan 2010, ounce the new meters become available the entire output will be earning 60c / KW/ hr.
If you were considering the integration of such a system from the design level of a building then things to consider would be the provision of a large enough surface area facing north and aligned east west . Also of great importance is the consideration of the placement of such thinks as vent pipes for the sewer and yard sink along with antennas etc with much consideration given to the shadows they will cast.
Cheers
Trevor