dnix71
I noticed the same thing after the down pour we had late this afternoon.
As luck would have it I am covering 3rd shift and was home & awake when the shower came through. Heavy enough to clean off the dust and cool them off. temp just before the winds came was 92F with a humidity index of wearing the air
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Even with the back ground painted a flat white to keep reflective heat to a minimum the backs of the HF panels still get hot.
There have been others posting here who own or owned the HF panels with observation that the HF panels loose output much quicker than higher quality panels. I can see where the heat will do it for sure.
I have noticed that as other people begin to realize prices aren't going to come down they are finding ways to save.
I agree there should & can be ways to not becoming cave dwellers once again.
Except that caves can pretty nice places to be unless Momma bear gets there first
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Reading how, people copped during the first one, gives pretty good insight how people just figured things out without too much outside help.
I'm finding it as others do these things, they figure out 1/2 the crap they were led to believe they needed they can just do without.
BUT there should be a minimum level of comfort, otherwise there's the government to turn to and I
really do not want the Socialist side to become the dominant side.
Doing this that we do, Solar, wind, hydro, Bio-??, dog/human etc; also gives us a little more freedom & it is not too bad for getting up off the duff and finding a new source of fun too
Cheers
Bruce S