ventilation in solar panels

[guruji]

Any ventilation has to be done to solar panels to solar cells?
Thanks

[nievesoliveras]

I have never seen ventilation on a solar panel setup.
Maybe with it, it would last longer.

Jesus

[Cherryman]

I have read that when the heat up they loose efficiency.

I would suggest cooling it wit waterpanels at the back, that way you harness also heat!

[DreamThinkBuild]

Hi Guruji,

Most store bought panels are vacuum sealed between tempered glass.

If your making your own panels then it's a different story, you want to minimize moisture in between your panels and glass as much as possible. Moisture causes all kinds of problems, shorts, algae, dry rot, fogged glass, corrosion, weakening glue, etc... If your worried about it you could run a small computer fan off a smaller external panel to create ventilation through your larger one, this would also help in cooling the panels.

@Cherryman,

I would suggest cooling it wit waterpanels at the back, that way you harness also heat!

Actually that sounds like a pretty good idea, if you cycle the hot water away with a solar powered pump to a hot water storage tank.

[guruji]

Hi guys thanks for response. Dream yes I made it but the temperature is getting alot high in it that it's melting the stun of the cells and I'm losing it.
So surely I have to do a sort of ventilation and yes maybe another problem would arise regarding moisture but I have to do something.
Thanks