Three Years in the Sun: How UV Damage Wrecked a Farm Co-operative's Fogger
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Three Years in the Sun: How UV Damage Wrecked a Farm Co-operative's Fogger
Sunlight does not break a machine. It quietly degrades every plastic and rubber component until the day they all fail at once.
Almost every piece of fogger maintenance advice covers flushing, draining fuel and replacing parts. One thing is discussed far less often, despite mattering enormously.
That is where the machine is stored, particularly storage in direct sun or in a spot that receives strong reflected sunlight for hours every day.
This article tells the true story of a farming co-operative that stored its foggers under a store shed eave and found them degrading far faster than they should, and explains exactly what sunlight does.
