Wrenches, Warranty well that may be difficult but l recall the junction box held diodes that can fail, look there first, easy to tell, they like the seimens boxes behind the modules, these can be repaired/replaced. You can also look for cigarette burns on the back side, an indication of tracing failure not repairable Fun times
On Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 1:08 PM Todd Cory via RE-wrenches < [email protected]> wrote: > I just replaced them with new modules which increased the output by 50%! > > On 15 July 2026 20:31:46 Ray Walters via RE-wrenches < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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]> <[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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 with Aqua Mail for Android <https://link.aqua-mail.com/dl/signature> > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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