I had a 17 year old rack of 80 watt Shell modules fail. They were in 4 module series strings and each string had 1 or 2 modules fail taking out the entire array.
Todd On Wednesday, July 15, 2026 10:47am, "Ray Walters via RE-wrenches" <[email protected]> said: > Greetings Fellow Installers; > > I have an old system with 24 Shell SP 140 modules from the mid 2000s > that are at 30% rated output. I have 2 questions: > 1) Has anyone else seen failures of the Shell modules? They do not > appear to otherwise have any visible issues. I have even older Arco and > Siemens modules that look terrible, but are still at 80% or better output. > > 2) I know that Solarworld bought Shell Solar, and that they are now also > out of business, is there any warranty still available, or was the 25 > year warranty just blowing smoke? > > Thanks in advance for your replies, > > Ray Walters > Remote Solar > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: [email protected] > > 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/[email protected]/ > 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 > > Sent from Finest Planet WebMail.
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