Re: [RE-wrenches] Discover battery RMA costs

[Jay via RE-wrenches]

The most powerful statement we as people and companies/installers is who we give our money to.  Talking to tech support and bitching at them over their rma process or fees or sending a referb just isn’t going to make any impact, it should but probably won’t.  If enough people tell these companies I’m not buying your products untill you fix X ,Y,Z that will get their attention  Jay On Feb 28, 2026, at 2:07 AM, Andrew Perkins via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:  My first message failed to send for some reason but here you go. Ask you shall receive!  Google form link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTTBKkHSf6sR0d9YxgSL-1uuZwpuY0VNJFwDt0SIt0lr0vNg/viewform?usp=publish-editor Google sheet responses: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zE3ZKmEN96xTsRSB735FVPCPMdlnAq4cdTYVKKehfsc/edit?usp=sharing Open for suggestions.  Andrew Perkins Greenwired Purchasing Manger | Technical sales P: 707-923-2001 ext. 100 M: 707-932-5595 1150 #1 Evergreen Rd P.O. Box 1686 Redway, CA 95560 www.greenwired.com <GreenWired_-_Badge_Logo_-_Color_1.png> From: Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> To: "RE-wrenches"<re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Cc: "Jason Szumlanski"<ja...@floridasolardesigngroup.com> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 04:47:09 -0800 Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Discover battery RMA costs Maybe just a Google Form survey??? Jason Szumlanski Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP) Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956 Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208 On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 6:11 PM Ray Walters via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://www.members.re-wrenches.org I was thinking it would just be a list, we'd all upload our reviews, but it wouldn't be separate emails pinging the IN box every time someone gave a rating.   It would just be available when anyone wanted to look at reviews of the products. Is that the sort of thing that might need to be on a separate server?  I've wanted to do a comprehensive product review list for a long time. Ray On 2/26/2026 3:21 PM, Michael Welch via RE-wrenches wrote: > Various thoughts: > > I like any idea that would make things better for Wrenches and the industry as a whole. That's been a major thing for me since my early days at Home Power. > > I don't think I could ride herd on this, but I'd be pleased to help grease the skids. > > I can see using one of the many free polling sites out there to gather the info and comments. > > Oh how I wish that the old IPP was up and running. This would be a perfect project for an organization of Wrenches. > > A concern would be hundreds of responses on the list. Some of you already think the list traffic is too heavy. > > Maybe it DOES make sense to use a separate list. That way you all could choose to participate or not. The RE-Bitching list already exists and might be the best place to do this. > > Ray Walters via RE-wrenches wrote at 12:34 PM 2/26/2026: >    >> What I think we need is a Wrenches Vote list; a compiled list of all the products, and manus we use, and all of our combined experiences.  Each of us individually is probably not enough buying power to be a blip on the radar screen, but all of us combined is a force to be reckoned with.  Each of us are confirmed installers, or we are not on the RE Wrenches. That means we each get a vote to rate these products, and we should be able to vote anonymously to avoid fear of reprisals from manus. >> >> What do you think oh grand poobah list administrator, Michael Welch?  I would start the product/ manufacturer list.  I'm not saying a separate email list, just a compiled list of products that would live on RE Wrenches area. > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org There are two list archives for searching. 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