tolerating 10% tolerance? [RE-wrenches]

[Warren Lauzon]

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Do any of the European countries or orgs list the actual tested measured 
power output of any modules that are also sold in the US?

If so, we can post some comparisons on our website and await reactions :P

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Brooks" <bill at brooksolar.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:56 AM
Subject: RE: tolerating 10% tolerance? [RE-wrenches]


Bob,

It's not the government rebates that are at fault. This is a good case (has
happened many times with several manufacturers) where a manufacture has
tried to do what Joel said and be more honest in their ratings, but all it
did was hurt profits--it did not improve sales (because $/STC Watt reported
by the manufacturere is still king--the CEC rating is simply an adjustment
made on the manufacturers STC data). It has become painfully obvious that if
you want the truth about module ratings, this will require an outside
influence to force the issue--all attempts by individual manufacturers over
the past 25 years have failed miserably. I'm not a big fan of government
regulation, but I am a big fan of truth--if it requires some regulation to
force truth I say bring it on. And all the neophytes out their that don't
know all the nuances of our crazy rating system will be better off--but so
will everyone else in the process.

Bill.

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