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Solar panel installation

  • 10-11-2008 11:05am
    #1
    Slates
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭


    How long can flat panal collectors be left in place on a roof exposed to the sun before the rest of the system is put in place I.E liquid flowing through the panel ??


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  • #2
    copper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 680 ✭✭✭copper12


    Slates I am just back from Puerto Rico; there was a hotel there’ that was just coming to the end’ of installing 180 flat plate panels’ I was there a week; and looking at the boys work’ they were not exactly killing themselves’ so I would think they were at least a month, if not more, set up’ without any cover on them or water in the system


  • #3
    AJL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭AJL


    Hi

    I had my panels installed and they were weeks before anything was doen .Because they were integrated they were installed early on in the build. The plumbing ofthem did not happen until utility was tiled. Maybe 4-5 months?


  • #4
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,555 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    It depends on the panel and the best person to tell you is the supplier


    Some recommend you cover the panels in black polythene if they are going to be left unconnected for a prolonged period of time.

    It is very important that the panels are cool when the glycol is about to be filled but thats a separate issue.


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