Hence the need to be able to present objective, 3rd party-collected performance data demonstrably showing the superior performance of one brand over another.
marco Marco: Good point, but how does a consumer quantify the expected long term harvest and reliability of a solar electric system? Smooth talking sales people will assure customers that the lower priced system is of equal value as the name brand system offered by an established installer. William Miller PS: Our best customers are working or retired trades people or engineers. They know the difference. Wm At 09:50 AM 11/10/2009, you wrote: But when it comes down it, what really matters to the consumer is not the $/watt installed cost but the kWhs produced by the system over time. For what good is a cheap PV system if its output is poor? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.58/2493 - Release Date: 11/09/09 19:40:00
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