Another bad solarex story [RE-wrenches]

[allan]

Wrenches,
There have been a whole bunch of Solarex horror stories lately about Solarex
modules.  Perhaps Solarex needs to be the first test recipient of our
collective infant muscle as a group.  We at Positive Energy have no
partiicular need to recommend or specify Solarex modules in any of our
systems unless and until they issue a recall and public (Home Power?)
apology.  What about the rest of you (us)?
Allan at Positive Energy

-----Original Message-----
From: carl reuter <creuter at rocketmail.com>
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Date: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:28 PM
Subject: Another bad solarex story [RE-wrenches]


> I personally have had to return 12 solarex 60s about four years ago
>after they began going intermittent. The problem was that as the
>array indicated low current and Id test the modules individually for
>short circuit current ,the act of shorting the module would seem to
>strengthen the internal connection and it would go back into hiding.
>I sent the first suspect module to solarex and the problem hid from
>them and was a waste of time. Months later it was obvious that most
>of the array was doing it and I basically told Solarex that they
>needed to take them  and give us new ones. I must have sounded
>persuasive because they sent the new ones but what a hassle to box
>and ship the old(1992) modules off. These I had culled out of a total
>of two arrays(24) and the other twelve worked for a few more years
>and then began the same problem .At this point I was adamant that all
>were or would become defective and Solarex requested that I send in
>the tag off the back of the modules(they suggested chiseling the tag
>off) and then were nice enough to send the new ones. My understanding
>was that they had some bad solder joints during part of 91-92 but it
>seems the problem went beyond that.I think if you're persuasive
>enough they will exchange modules without too much grief. Carl Reuter


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