Solar Panels Hail Storms
Do roof solar panels and hail mix?
Live in Texas and would like to consider solar, but why invest lots of $$ if the first hail storm would destroy it? Would a typical solar panel stand up to softball size hail? Would insurance cover?
There is little … Let me change that .. there is no chance that anything could stand up to a softball size hail ball. However I have 8 solar modules in my back yard and they went through a hail storm that did over $10,000 damage to my home and almost $8,000 to my truck. These modules have a 4 pound hail impact rating. I did have one small cheapie module that that was not hail rated and broke which the Ins. paid me $900.00 for.
This link shows my setup and notice the small module setting on top of the metal barn has a dent in the glass on the left side. It still works and later gave it to a friend and he still uses it. The 8 modules in the array did not even get a scrach. The top two are Shell 85 watt. the next two down are Sunwize 90 watt and the 4 on the bottom are Ever Green 115 watt.
http://www.oynot.com/solar-panels.html
So they are covered and you should get paid for damage depending on if you have home owners insurance or not. I don’t know of any that excludes solar.
Hail Storm in Northeastern Colorado