Solar roller shutters: easy maintenance and care!
Solar roller shutters are a practical and environmentally friendly solution for sun protection. With proper maintenance and care, you can extend the life of your shutters and ensure they function properly.
As experts in window installation, home automation and solar-powered roller shutters at Dosseff GmbH, we know how important it is to properly maintain and care for your solar roller shutters. This is the only way to ensure optimal performance and lifespan, avoid breakdowns and costly repairs and maintain the aesthetics and functionality of your roller shutters.
Why maintaining solar roller shutters is important
Regular maintenance and care of your solar roller shutters is important for several reasons:
- Optimal performance and lifespan: By regularly cleaning and checking the moving parts and solar cells, you can ensure that your roller shutters operate smoothly and perform at their optimal level. This extends your service life and saves you long-term repair costs.
- Avoiding failures: Failures of solar shutters can cause inconvenience and safety risks. Through regular maintenance, you can detect and correct such failures at an early stage.
- Maintaining aesthetics and functionality: Dirty and damaged solar roller shutters not only affect the performance but also the appearance of your home. Regular maintenance and care ensure that your roller shutters are always clean and in perfect condition.
Basic maintenance and care of solar roller shutters
Basic maintenance and care of your solar roller shutters is simple and can be done by anyone. Here are some important steps:
- Regular cleaning: Clean the outside and inside of the roller shutters at least once a year with a soft cloth and mild detergent. Be careful not to damage the solar cells.
- Checking the solar cells: Check the solar cells regularly for dirt. Remove light dirt with a soft cloth or a vacuum cleaner. If you have stubborn dirt, you can use a mild cleaning agent. Make sure that the cleaning agent does not damage the solar cells.
- Checking the drive mechanism: Check the drive mechanism of your solar roller shutters for wear and damage. Make sure the shutters move smoothly and that the drive mechanism connections are tight.
Advanced maintenance and care of solar roller shutters
For comprehensive maintenance and care of your solar roller shutters, you can also carry out the following steps:
- Checking the batteries: Check the batteries in your solar roller shutters regularly to ensure they are working properly. Replace the batteries if necessary.
- Lubrication of moving parts: Regularly lubricate the moving parts of your solar roller shutters with a suitable lubricant. This can help prevent wear and tear and extend the life of the shutters.
- Checking the control settings: Check the control settings of your solar roller shutters regularly to ensure that they meet your needs.
Tips and tricks for maintaining solar roller shutters
Here are some additional tips and tricks that can help you maintain your solar shutters:
- Avoid using abrasive substances or hard brushes when cleaning the roller shutters. These can damage the surface of the roller shutters.
- When cleaning the solar cells, be careful not to scratch them. Scratches can affect the performance of the solar cells.
- If you are unsure about maintaining your solar shutters, have them inspected and serviced by a professional.
Regular maintenance and care of your solar roller shutters is essential to ensure their optimal performance and lifespan and to avoid breakdowns and costly repairs. With the simple tips and tricks in this article, you can easily maintain and care for your solar roller shutters yourself.
We at Dosseff GmbH have advised and supported many customers in recent years who have regularly maintained and maintained their solar roller shutters. These customers repeatedly tell us that their roller shutters still work perfectly and look like new even after several years. This shows us how important regular maintenance and care are.
Contact information
Email: office@solar-sonnenschutz.com
Telephone: +43 660 6700600
Address:
Dosseff GmbH
Ebreichsdorfer Straße 9
2522 Oberwaltersdorf, Austria
We hope this article helps you keep your solar shutters in good condition. If you have any questions or concerns, we are happy to help you at any time.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
In our FAQ section you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions from our customers and users. We have carefully compiled this information to help you quickly and efficiently with your concerns.
The solar roller shutters use solar cells to charge a built-in battery that powers the roller shutter motor. This system is completely self-sufficient, requires no wiring and can therefore be installed without any problems. The roller shutters are equipped with intelligent functions that allow them to automatically adjust to the sunlight and outside temperature, which improves the indoor climate and contributes to energy efficiency.
Bubendorff iD-Zip is a sun protection system with a solar-powered or hybrid motor. It offers high wind stability and can be used in a variety of architectures. It can be mounted on windows, doors, pergolas or conservatories and has the ability to automatically adjust its opening based on sunlight and outside temperature.
Bubendorff ROLAX system is a roller shutter system for conservatories and glass roofs. In summer, ROLAX acts like a heat shield and can reduce the temperature in your conservatory by up to 20° when it is fully extended.
With Bubendorff solar motorised shutters, you can easily open and close your shutters without having to make any changes to your existing shutters. It uses no electricity and offers a 7-year warranty on all parts, including the battery and photovoltaic cell.
Bubendorff offers a 7-year guarantee on all parts of the solar motorization for folding shutters, including the battery and the photovoltaic cell.
