panel poaching [RE-wrenches]

[Allan Sindelar]

Just my $.02...
It remains amazing to me how seldom our little business has had to deal in
any way with stolen stuff and theft. There are very few things that have as
much value, are as easy to get, are as seldom traceable (serial numbers
recorded, etc.) and are as easily disposed as solar equipment, yet I rarely
hear of it in our region. Sure, some never gets on our radar--we're not very
underground, and we make clear we won't touch a system with hot equipment,
if the question ever comes up--but I think it's less often than once a year
that anything comes to our attention, about stolen modules or other
equipment.
I'm not sure that there's this new epidemic of solar theft, and I'm not sure
whether an article on this topic would help or hurt.

Allan at +E

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Yago" <jryago at wwjv.net>
>
> I was considering writing an article related to the "poaching" of a
> client's pole mounted array which is why I first started this thread.
> I would like to know if any of you would allow me to include your
> experiences, many already given on this list(without your name or
> clients name if requested).
>
> I would also like to be sure no one on this list would have a problem
> with this being out in public.  I think we are seeing the start of
> something new to deal with after all the power outages, and maybe we
> need to alert installers to consider better attachment (tamper proof )
> in isolated areas.
>
> I know this only would keep honest people honest, but it would also
> alert all of us selling hardware to be careful if contacted by
> somebody with an array they do not know that much about, wanting to
> buy charge controllers, combiner boxes, and batteries.

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