{"id":6726,"date":"2017-02-24T15:21:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T15:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6726"},"modified":"2017-02-24T15:21:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T15:21:55","slug":"my-house-first-time-cleaning-my-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/my-house-first-time-cleaning-my-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"My House: First Time Cleaning my Solar Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3291,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/32963056481&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104034440\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/32963056481&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-12 14:08:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-28 05:23:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-09 03:14:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 16:06:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-26 04:26:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 13:26:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-26 22:34:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-16 18:27:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 05:33:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 03:16:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 03:16:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3292,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/32274865813&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104034457\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/32274865813&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-12 14:08:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-28 05:23:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-09 03:14:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 16:06:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 13:26:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-26 22:34:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-26 22:34:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3293,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/33090013015&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104034359\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/33090013015&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-12 14:08:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-28 05:23:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-09 03:14:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 16:06:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 13:26:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 13:26:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>We received a lot of snow so I wanted the panels to have a fighting chance at production. These photos were taken a week later:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Cleaning Solar Panels&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/32963056481\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Cleaning Solar Panels\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2135\/32963056481_5501cc444e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Cleaning Solar Panels&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/32274865813\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; 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