Installation details [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

Pat,
Call me when you get more info.
Joel Davidson
310-202-7882

Pat Redgate wrote:

> In a message dated 11/25/2002 3:51:51 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> joeldavidson at earthlink.net writes:
>
> > I think it is a good idea for you or Graham or anyone else who is concerned
> > about this installation at the corner of E. Deborah Street and Los Coyotes
> > Diagonal in the City of Long Beach (Los Angeles Thomas Map Book page
> > 796-C2) in
> > LADWP territory (not CEC) talk to the homeowner and LADWP solar program
> > personnel before making more CEC restrictions.
> >
>
> Dear Wrenches:
>
> I feel compelled to let you know that we DID NOT install the system in the
> photo that Graham posted.  Since I am (to my knowledge) the only Long Beach
> (CA) PV installer on the Wrench List I thought it would be natural for some
> of you to wonder whether AMECO had done the work!
>
> Joel:
>
> This system is NOT IN LADWP territory, it IS CEC, and I hope that I can find
> out more about the system without creating any issues (legal mostly).
>
> In a posting dated 11/16 you asked (rhetorically?):
>
> "I have asked legitimate solar guys why the did not report the bad guys
> to the contractors' license board or the district attorney during in the
> 40% federal tax credit days and was told (a) we did not want to get
> involved; (b) we were too busy; (c) we were afraid of the gangsters
> involved; (d) we did not know it was happening; (e) we did not care; (f)
> some of above; (g) all of above. Are there any other reasons?"
>
> I suppose this falls under a, b, and d.  WHO do I "report" this one to?
>
> This homeowner may actually be aware of the fact that his system is
> compromised.  He might even be proud of the fact that it is hideous and
> qualifies as a solar eyesore.  In fact, the "customer" may even have
> installed it himself!  It would be difficult for me to imagine that any
> "practitioner" would not know that the inverter(s) are going to be confused,
> especially so on sunny days.  It is also sad to see the lower section of the
> modules shaded by the upper section of the front rows.  Maybe we should make
> sure people are certified in trigonometry before they are allowed to install
> PV?
>
> Graham:
>
> Thanks for posting the photo I sent you!
>
>
>
> Patrick A. Redgate
> AMECO
> Long Beach, CA
> (562) 595-9570
> www.amecosolar.com
>
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