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That really depends on how dusty it is where you live

For the most part I wash my arrays once a year. That's pretty much it. Although I do have a battery system as well, so I have my own maintenance schedule for them (blame it on the Navy!) although they are pretty much maintenance free.

Short answer is very little maintenance is required. No moving parts to wear out like a reactor... which needs mechanical pumps, which means bearings, impellers, seals and shafts that all are potential failure points that require regular maintenance and in nuke plants, certification and testing.

Install the system and use it. Clean and inspect it once a year. Here [url=http://www.akeena.net/cm/About_Solar_Power/Solar_Power_Systems/Operations_and_Maintenance.html]Read up...[/url] why more people won't get on board and start driving the cost down still baffles me!

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