Way back in my more Liberal days, I was a union member and supporter. But
over the past 20-25 years I have done a 180, and one of the main reasons was
the giant unions attempts at taking over the solar installation business.
Somehow NABCEP got itself associated with the IBEW, at least in
Kinda reminds me of a remote site problem I had down south... Dead winter of course anyway -- new OB VFX7248 (w/ flexnet DC), new 5000 series Rolls (installed Inside) and a new Kohler 10K gen set.. system kept crashing on low battery cutout / gen start error (UU on the gen display)... same
Bob-O,
It sounds like you have some influence as to running this ad when you stated
NO FREAKIN' WAY! as a response to me asking NABCEP to either stop running it
or alter it so it doesn't have a negative effect on non-certificants.
Obviously, from the responses to my thread, the ad offends some
I can't believe that reputable installers are actually trying to have this ad
removed and have a problem with NABCEP's efforts to give this industry some
standards. I can't even count how many jobs I have fixed that were installed
by professionals 10 years ago. It is just scary what some
Hi Warren,
A couple of comments.
From my viewpoint, NABCEP wants to be all things to all solar people, at
least in those select solar areas where there is money to be made. As you
might surmise, making money is, IMHO, the key to all NABCEP interests,
witness the plethora of certifications that
Larry,
I was glad to read your post. It tells me that the effort to
establish NABCEP is proving to be worthwhile.
If NABCEP didn't matter, you wouldn't have written, as it wouldn't
have affected you. You have been doing RE work (likely with great
skill from the
Larry
My PE is not required for the majority of work I do either, but I get a
considerable edge over my competition because I have invested the time
energy and went through the stress of taking the exam. It is the same way
with NABCEP, I have shown that I am willing to take the time, energy and
I spent about $1500 for prep course, hotel, etc to pass the entry level exam,
so I have that.
I spent about $2000 for prep, hotel, plane fare for the certification but I
failed the test. I am taking it again in March. I'm studying harder this time.
I'm 62 and my memory is not what it used to
Larry,
It's easy to become frustrated browsing, or studying, anyone's marketing
these days. It's OK to squeak once in a while on topics like this (in my
opinion). NABCEP has not been discussed too much lately and your comment
brought some good discussion to the group. Sounds like you are doing
To become NABCEP certified, you only need to have installed 2 PV systems.
1
of those systems can be at a training class, and the other can be on your
brothers house. All that NABCEP Certified means is that I studied a list of
questions, and then passed the test. It is good to know that
Hi Larry,
Thanks for your hard dollar numbers (beyond the $400 fee, for one NABCEP test).
If you look back in the Wrench archives, the willingness of NABCEP to take
their exam to the users was also discussed. I can remember one very specific
example where the user was told the exam would be
HI All,
I'm curious if anyone can shed light on this one.
I've got a customer whos telling me their mate changes from USE to drop on its
own.
they say they set it on USE, come back and check it and its on Drop?
Ive never seen this one.
any thoughts other than user error?
system is 6 years
Do they have a PC connected to the Mate?
Thank you,
Maverick
Maverick Brown
BSEET, NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer ®
President CEO
Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc.
Office: 512-919-4493
Cell:512-460-9825
Sent from an iPhone.
On Feb 7, 2011, at 7:33 PM, jay peltz
Jay,
I've seen that happen. I concluded that it was associated with an AGS
fault status. I also reset the Mate to factory defaults and reprogrammed
all the AGS settings for the customer. No problem since then.
Kent Osterberg
Blue Mountain Solar, Inc.
jay peltz wrote:
HI All,
I'm curious
From what I see, NABCEP is heavily hardware oriented, with only a smidgen of
actual problem solving and/or theory. It totally falls apart with battery
based systems, generally way undersizing them.
The actual electrical knowledge required is minimal except for code and
wiring/hardware issues.
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