Electrolytic capacitors are an incredible electronic component that really have no business on a hot roof unless designed to be! There are huge long term design factors that go into their use. We went to the Moon, anything can be done, but I question why a string inverter is not the best choice for longevity, or even a 600V mppt charge controller like I use offgrid. --Dave
> The other argument, Tom, is that it is easy for someone like BP to drop > one of its many product lines and keep all of its others. With no > history, any new hardware will have to generalize on âmean time > between failure.â I donât know what the future holds for Enphase in > particular, but someone will move module level power electronics into > far more reliability. There are just too many advantages to bypass. > > Itâs hard to imagine that LG, Jinko and SolarWorld would choose > Enphase for their AC modules, without confidence in their reliability. > Westinghouse was early on in that choice, and Siemens markets rebranded > versions up through at least M250 so their electronics have been > evaluated by competent engineers. Siemens charges about $10 > more/inverter so if you are more comfortable with a Siemens warranty > that is maybe worth it. It will be telling if these companies follow > beyond into the S and IQ series. Iâm not sure that youâd want to > trust the first inverter from any manufacturer and it gives me some > assurance that Enphase is into its sixth version. Weâll give IQâs > a trial run before dropping. I think it is a gutsy company which has > made a remarkable run at it. > > > > I am disappointed with their going back on their 15 year warranty and the > lack of reimbursement that was initially promised. > > > > Bill Dorsett > > Manhattan, KS > > > > From: RE-wrenches [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tom Lane > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 2:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [RE-wrenches] Emphase and Warranties and Contractor Liability > > > > All companies on the stock market exchange MUST live up to their written > warranties AND it is illegal for a contractor to give a longer or better > warranty on THE manufacturers product Than the manufacturer gives . Also > in many states you and the distributor or whoever is left must replace > the product IF the manufacturer goes belly up . Case in point the Chinese > Sheet Rock fiasco. Noe Especially if you KNOW s company is in financial > trouble AND sell their product, you can be liable because you are " in the > swim " as an expert in your field and SHOULD know . That is why I advise > contractors to use products like LG , Panasonic, Hyundai , etc that have > more than one iron in the fire . Unfortunately some contractors in Florida > are selling Suniva , old Sun Edison after they went kaput. Which is > illegal since they have no warranty and a few were caught and had to take > them down and then skeddale from a mad ð¡ homeowner who of course wanted > his money back and would not pay the final . It is tough being a > contractor but when you are selling HIGH dollar contracts the owner will > no doubt look for legal beagles or lawyer sharks ð¦ who love high dollar > recoveries . Just be cautious in today's world . GatorTom > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail [email protected] text 209 813 0060 _______________________________________________ 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
