[Discuss] Eclipses Re: Great talks last night, however...

[Richard Pieri]

On 7/23/2017 6:48 PM, Bill Ricker wrote:
> Experience on Mars with Rover was exactly the opposite,  a gustanado
> cleared accumulated dust OFF panels and restored system efficiency.

The Mars rovers' panels are constructed with electrostatic layers. Run a
charge through the ES layers and they repel dust. This works well in
arid environments like Mars and the deserts of Arizona, Nevada,
California and the UAE, but it does increase the cost and it saps some
of the power being generated so you need more capacity to offset.

ES repellers don't work well, or at all, in humid environments where
dust + moisture sticks like mud. For example, the high humidity that
generates terrestrial tornadoes.

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Rich P.