Taking PV to the Next Level, was: Interesting installation [RE-wrenches]

[Jay Peltz, Peltz Power]

Hi Bob,

What about off grid things?

jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Maynard, Energy Outfitters" <bob at energyoutfitters.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 3:40 PM
Subject: Taking PV to the Next Level, was: Interesting installation
[RE-wrenches]


> Jay asked:
>
> Can you give me some examples of other manufactures who  "were more
closely
> tied to their  installations (as they should be) they would help insure
that
> their products are installed properly and working as designed"?
>
> Jay and All,
>
> Sounds like Sharp may be the first manufacturer to take an active role in
> trying to insure quality installations.  They are setting up training
> centers on both the East and West coast and starting in June will offer
> certification courses to contractors that want to install the new Sharp
> inverter and Sharp residential systems.  My understanding at this time is
to
> qualify for training, you must be a licensed contractor with PV
competency,
> insured, and sponsored by a Sharp distributor.  The training will be about
3
> days with classroom time, on the roof training, inverter installation and
> troubleshooting, followed by a pass/fail examination.  There will be a fee
> for the training to insure only those serious attend.
>
> Upon passing the exam, installers will be issued contractor numbers that
> will be required to register warranty on the inverter/system.  No
> registration number, no warranty!  There is hope to have some type of
> factory or distributor on site system inspections at some level to check
up
> on the contractors work.
>
> I'm not certain of all the details but it sounds like our industry might
be
> going up a notch.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Maynard
> Energy Outfitters
> 800-467-6527
>
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