No, they had a batch of the cascades delaminate last year. They were replaced. We will see if anymore blow apart after this winter. I only have a few modules out there of the old style and they have been installed for 3 years, so as for me personally I will be fairly safe. Some contractors had a cozy relationship with SiE and have many many modules out there, I hope for their sake the mods hold up. I haven't installed any of the newer modules that look very very similar to Solarworlds glass on glass. Maybe I can get a few of the newer style for my electrical class at a discount now.
Seems like Outback made a smart move all those years ago. Without the generous incentives these modules just weren't going to make a go of it. We lost 20 good IBEW manufacturing jobs at the plant too. Jesse Dahl NABCEP PV Installation Professional IBEW Local 292 - Electrician Electrical/Solar PV Instructor - HCC Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 18, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Bill Hoffer <[email protected]> wrote: > > WA Silicon Energy has been shut down for almost a year now, leaving behind a > lot of warranty claims for delaminated modules. Not a pretty picture at all. > Hope you have only the first generation modules, before they went to a > thinner lamination...... > > Bill > >> On Dec 18, 2015 3:51 PM, "Solar" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I just read in the paper that the SiE plant here in MN just got rid of all >> its top management and only has two people left in the plant. It has halted >> manufacturing and doesn't know if it will reopen. Not shocking, it also says >> the plant in WA shut down recently. Any WA wrenches have news from that >> plant? >> >> >> >> Jesse Dahl >> >> NABCEP PV Installation Professional >> IBEW Local 292 - Electrician >> Electrical/Solar PV Instructor - HCC >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: [email protected] >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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