Kevcando
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Building a 10 x 30 Pergola in florida would you install regular panels or bifacials?
Yep 8' tallBecause it’s 8’ or so above the ground (am I correct?) I would go bi-facials. They will look cool.
Does anyone know if they will give a faint deep blue light to everything under them?
UV is absorbed by the GlassGiven it’s Florida, I wonder if they block enough of the UV for your purposes.
Also given it’s florida, there will be lots of power either way.
Also, panels on a pergola drip or have you found a way around that?
I’d like to do this one day.
I built a solar pergola a few years ago and wanted to use bifacial panels. When I started quoting it with local contractors, only one would do it. I found that most residential installers only want to install on the roof or a ground mount and did not want to accept the liability of a pergola. My ask was to use bifacial panels, but they couldn’t get a residential bifacial at that time. I went with white backed LG panels. My pergola has a 10 degree tilt to the south and the height is 10’+. If I used a bifacial panel it would have let too much light through, so I am happy with how it turned out.
you're gona need to update your signature block!Well bifacial have arrived in one piece so happy, now the fun starts.
I think I would still go with the bifacials you still get some light to the back side just not 100 %.I have a similar question. Except the existing structure is a greenhouse with corrugated roof panels already in place. The structure is sturdy enough for panels, but will the existing clear panels defeat all of the benefit of having bifacial?
The total area available is 16’ wide x 12’ deep…7’ tall at the low end. The lower end of the structure is clear panels with 90% transmission and the upper section has 35% transmission. The floor is white rock…when the plants are out of the greenhouse for 9 months of the year. I’d like to fill the lower section with 7 panels initially.
So, with the reduced transmission corrugated roof, should I still go with bifacial?
Thanks for any suggestions!