Were you able to do a warranty replacement, or did you just replace them
outside the warranty?
Thanks,
Ray
On 7/15/2026 12:05 PM, Todd Cory via RE-wrenches wrote:
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
>
>
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