SolarCleano / M1
SolarCleano M1, the same technology in compact form
The compact version of the F1: same cleaning logic, same electroluminescence check for microcracks, same modular build. It fits in any car and works alone in tight spaces, on residential, commercial and industrial plants spread across a territory.
The logic
Making many small plants profitable
The M1 solves a precise problem: industrialising cleaning when the portfolio is made of many small and medium plants scattered over a territory, rather than a few large ones.
The typical case is an installer with 100 to 500 plants delivered who wants to grow after-sales. By hand, cleaning a residential plant 60 km away does not pay. With an M1 in the van alongside a water filtration system, the same job becomes profitable, and 4 or 5 nearby customers can be grouped in half a day.
The same goes for distributed portfolios: a retail chain with 30 to 80 rooftop plants across several regions can bring the service in house with one or two M1 units for its facility team.
Specifications
Manufacturer data
- Cleaning capacityup to 800 m²/h, about 0.8 MW a day with one operator
- Brushesinterchangeable helical 0.8 m, 170 mm diameter, double bristle in four grades (Soft, Standard, Hard, Very Hard)
- Pressure on panel3,500 Pa; no microcracks under electroluminescence
- Cleaningdry and wet, standard 13 mm hose, water flow regulation valves
- Runtimeabout 3 hours, Li-ion battery, full charge in 3 hours
- Remote control150 m range, 433 MHz, IP65
- Travel speedup to 30 m/min
- Maximum tilt22°
- Weight27 kg without brushes, 35 kg with brushes
- Transportdismantles into 3 parts under 12 kg each, assembled in 2 minutes; fits any car or light van
- ComplianceCE declaration of conformity, 12-month warranty
Like the F1, the M1 is covered by Canadian Solar's letter authorising its use on CS6W-MS modules without voiding the warranty.
Who it is for
When to choose the M1, and when not to
- Residential and commercial installers offering cleaning as a recurring service.
- Glass and window cleaning companies already using deionised water that want to move into PV.
- Small O&M firms with fragmented portfolios of plants below 100 kWp.
- Facility managers of retail, logistics or healthcare chains with distributed plants.
- F1 customers adding an M1 to cover smaller jobs in parallel.
The M1 is not the right machine if the typical job is large industrial roofs or ground parks: there the F1 has more than twice the daily capacity and pays back the difference in a few jobs. Sizing starts from your portfolio, together, on your numbers.
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