more BAD solarex modules [RE-wrenches]

[Doug Pratt]

"Todd Cory, Bald Mt. Solar" wrote:

> <snip>I am curious if this is a unique "quality" of Solarex panels or
> if others have had similar failures of different manufacturers of
> PV's. I realize they do a whole lot of thermal cycling, but if my
> personal experience is anything close to a random sampling of what it
> normal for the industry... this is NOT good. <snip>

I remember a number of weak MSX 60s showing up in the mid-90s, we even
had a couple on one of our racks in front of the store. We ran into the
same lack of info that Cory describes. If you called Solarex, complained
about low output, and gave them the serial numbers, they'd get back and
say "oh yeah, those are in the problem range of serial numbers", but
they'd never tell us what the "problem range" was, and when they were
produced. If you have a "problem" it's in the "range"?
-Doug Pratt
Real Goods Technical Editor


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