tolerating 10% tolerance? [RE-wrenches]

[Bob Maynard, Energy Outfitters]

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Todd,

In all fairness to BP, they tried to take the US PV industry to a truth
in rating with their 160's but rebate programs penalized them for it and
rewarded those that stayed with higher ratings with wider tolerances.
Another fine example of how government rebates can keep this industry
from getting to where we need to be.  I didn't expect to see PV get this
far in my lifetime, I wonder now if I might see wide spread production
incentives!

Regards,
Bob Maynard
Energy Outfitters

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From: Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services
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Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:31 AM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: Re: tolerating 10% tolerance? [RE-wrenches]

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BP... these are the same folks that bought out Solarex, and who refused
to
recall the huge number of defective panels produced about 10 years
ago...
probably many of which are still on racks with their owners figuring
they are
still working.

Ever since that incident I have boycotted Solarex/BP products. Sounds
like that
is still a good policy in light of their ongoing corporate ethics, or
lack
thereof. We can vote with our choices of who we buy materials from.

Todd



Geoff Greenfield wrote:

>
> I just heard that BP is moving from a 5% power tolerance to 10% on
their
> "new" modules...  I sense a race to the bottom here.  It is
frustrating to
> read the European PV magazines and see companies touting 3% power
> tolerance - obviously the Kwh output driven feed in tariffs are making
> consumers and designers focus on real world performance.  Rather than
> bitchen... what suggestions do we have for reversing this "trend"...

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