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royable

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2. What if you put a roof over the solar panels to protect them from hail?

Reply to efhmc (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2019, 06:13 PM

Mar 2019

Ha ha. I joke.

But seriously, are there souped-up solar panels with an extra-durable top layer, something that could stand up to the worst of hail and still let light through within the necessary wavelength range? Even if the light transmission were slightly reduced, if you're only powering a water pump, it's not as though you'd need a huge number of square feet of panels.

This from someone with no experience in the field.

Glancing online quickly with a google search of "solar panel hail damage" I see no mention of such an extra-durable variety of panel, but I would think someone would manufacture them. Or perhaps you could install your own plexiglass over the panels...

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Feedback on changing from wind power to solar for a very old [View all] efhmc Mar 2019 OP

for a well? how deep? Kali Mar 2019 #1

That well is probably over 50 years old, perhaps even 70. efhmc Mar 2019 #3

What if you put a roof over the solar panels to protect them from hail? royable Mar 2019 #2

The well man has suggested solar instead of an electic pump. efhmc Mar 2019 #4