Yes — and it happens faster than most homeowners expect. If there’s new construction going on anywhere near your house, the dust it kicks up can settle on your solar panels and cut your power production enough that your monitoring app will actually flag it. A real example: new-build dust and a power warning that…
I was out doing a job for a homeowner recently who mentioned something that caught my attention. Their solar app had flagged a drop in power savings, and they had no idea why. So I got up on the roof to take a look, and the panels were covered in a fine layer of ash…
Utah gets over 222 sunny days a year, which is exactly why so many homeowners here have invested in solar. But a layer of dust, pollen, or bird droppings can quietly undo a chunk of that investment, and most people never realize it’s happening. How Much Efficiency Are You Actually Losing? Panels can lose 15…