Post mortem:
Well, the Honda ran after drying overnight, so the immediate emergency was over pretty quick.
Next day, the near vertical panels had all nearly cleared themselves. Once that had happened, warm air from the lower ones quickly loosened and helped clear the ones above, though a few parts of them were resistant to getting fully cleared - that gap between the steep and shallow got clogged up. I actually *did* go up there with a broom, and with a swift kick on the snow on the horizontal ones, got it sliding fast enough to fully clear. Except at the very bottom.
Joe, I'd suggest leaving some room at the bottom of any panels you put up, since that's where the snow is going at some point.
- Now, if I could only find my shovel, but I left it out - it's under some snow somewhere.
Things cleared up pretty quick in the sun - all you really have to do is get a little of a panel clear and the sun will do the rest. It doesn't have to be above freezing, the sun's still pretty powerful when hitting something "black" and these are real thermally conductive.
- All clear now, and the snow/slush/refreeze pack on the roof actually made it safer than dry.
And of course, the bottom line, the Volt charger showing full operation before noon today (Sunday).
- The green lights are good - 3kw going to the car yet keeping the house batteries up too.
A big hat tip to all the emergency guys. I went out in the truck this AM, and must have seen over 60 trees down across the road they'd already cut lanes through - this was a 10 year event (at least), with little warning. The other two I've experienced here in nearly 40 years, we were warned, and it took 3 days to deposit the 6' of snow we got - nice light fluffy stuff that time, but we were also socked in then. When it gets that serious, they have to use trucks and loaders, since there is just no place to scrape it to, and that takes time.
The power is out for miles around me, except for me - I checked and all neighbors the backup generators are running, and there's one going at every fiber->dsl drop box for the phone companies. Pine trees were most affected, and some are still bent double under the weight around here. If I wanted some already on the ground pine wood, all I'd have to do is take the truck and saw to it - I saw enough to fill about 10-20 8 ton farm trucks just lying along the roads, or partly in them. But I hate cutting pine and it takes forever to cure, while being sticky, so I'll let someone else be that hero.
Posting as just me, not as the forum owner. Everything I say is "in my opinion" and YMMV -- which should go for everyone without saying.