Wrenches will especially enjoy the IMP and ISC values, pictured in the
final image of the UL notice.
On 2013/4/16 13:29, Jason Szumlanski wrote:
Ray Johnson in Florida has done an excellent job documenting this
fiasco on his blow in the article below and several other articles.
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/04/solar-contractors-installers-beware-of-the-panel-warranty-bait-switch
W
e lost several jobs to this company in the past due to unsustainable
low competitive prices. I was sounding the alarm on this a couple of
years ago - I thought they were dumping product on the market to
establish their contracting/sales arm. It seems they were up to much
more than that.
*Jason Szumlanski*
/Fafco Solar/
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Nik Ponzio
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/newsroom/publicnotices/detail/index.jsp?cpath=/global/eng/pages/newsroom/publicnotices/detail/data/ul-warns-of-counterfeit-ul-mark-on-photovoltaic_20130415070000.xml
UL warns of counterfeit UL Mark on photovoltaic panels (Release
13PN-20)
*NORTHBROOK, IL - April 15, 2013 -* The following is a
notification from UL to Authorities Having Jurisdiction,
distributors, installers and users that the photovoltaic panels
identified below bear counterfeit UL Marks for the United States
and Canada . The photovoltaic (solar) panels have not been
evaluated by UL to the appropriate Standards for Safety and it is
unknown if these photovoltaic panels comply with UL's safety
requirements for the United States or Canada.
*Name of Product:*
ASP - Advanced Solar Photonics (also known as Bluechip Energy)
Models AP-240PK, AP-245MK and ASP-390M
Note that ASP is a tradename for the parent company Bluechip
Energy LLC
*Identification: */On the product:/ The products bear a
counterfeit UL Mark and one of the markings shown below:
Note that the labels include additional electrical rating
information, but the values may differ from that shown in the
photographs below.
*Photos of Product: *
*Photo of typical installation*
**
*Counterfeit nameplate from Model AP-240PK*
The nameplate label for Model AP-245MK is identical to the label
above except for Model number and electrical ratings.
**
*Counterfeit nameplate from Model ASP-390M*
**
*Sold at: *Known to be sold by SunWorks Solar and may be sold by
other distributors
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