# Are there any costs to solar panels afer they have been installed?

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**Created:** [October 23, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-costs-to-solar-panels-afer-they-have-been-installed/735538 "2015-10-23T13:51:10Z")\
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As long as the panels are above the angle of repose for the snow it _should_ slide right off. We use panels on our remote sites and the ones that are greater than 40 degrees from horizontal don’t get snow accumulation.

Ideally, you want the panels to be [set](http://solarpaneltilt.com/) so that the sun hits them at roughly your degree of latitude (+ or -) for maximum gain.

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