How to Protect Your Solar Panels from Birds and Squirrels

wire damage, even to the point of creating house fires due to electrical shorts.  Birds, especially pigeons, build large nests with lots of twigs and grassy materials.  They also like to nip on wires, and when they do so, can create electrical fires.  But their biggest problem is their feces.  They use their feces to…

Shield Your Solar Savings with Critter Guards

Protecting your solar panels is essential to keep them long-lasting and functioning at optimal levels. Panels are built to resist various weather situations, but are still at risk of damage from the surprisingly biggest threat - critters and birds nesting and raising their young under and around your solar system. Squirrels, pigeons, and other critters and birds…

The Dangers of Nesting Animals: Protect Your Solar Panels Now

Solar panels are a multifaceted investment offering financial savings and environmental benefits. However, this investment is vulnerable to unexpected threats from the natural world. Nesting animals such as squirrels, birds, and rodents can cause significant damage to your solar system, leading to costly repairs and reduced efficiency. In this blog, we’ll explore how nesting animals…

Snow and Ice Challenges for Utah Solar Panels

Welcome back to the Wash Me Solar blog! Today, we are excited to discuss a topic that’s particularly relevant for our fellow Utah residents: “Overcoming Snow and Ice Challenges for Utah Solar Panels.” Living in a state with cold climates and experiencing heavy snowfall during the winter months, maintaining the efficiency of your solar power…

Snow Guards for Solar Panels

Wash Me Solar’s Snow Guards are two different products that help protect you. Our Snow Dogs are 6 inch metal slats attached between your solar panels designed to break up the snow into smaller pieces as it falls down your panels, ensuring that any snow falling off your roof will fall in smaller chunks versus…

Pigeon Exclusions for Solar Panels

The underside of the solar panels is an excellent place for pigeons to hide from the elements and larger birds of prey, such as hawks, owls, falcons, and eagles, who like to hunt them. However, the number one reason they want solar panels has to do with their parental instincts to build a family. Solar…