Use of NABCEP Certification [RE-wrenches]

Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services toddcory at finestplanet.com
Tue Oct 24 07:15:40 PDT 2006


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Jeff,

I could not agree more. None of the local RE installers or licensed 
electricians will touch jobs they did not do the design or provide the 
materials for. I have gotten a few calls this year asking for me to 
install customer purchased equipment, and told them I won't touch their 
job and why this is the case (markup and liability). I then suggest they 
return the equipment to the cheapestsolarwhoresaler.com and that then I 
would be happy to do a design and install for them. That being said, I 
do feel a bit bad for the people that somehow figured they could get by 
on the cheap like this, only to end up with a pile of basically 
worthless materials. If we all behave like this, the internet wholesale 
to the public dealers will find their market drying up.

Todd


Jeff Yago wrote:

><snip> if our firm did not design, size, furnish all of the solar related equipment, and made several site visits during installation, then we do not get involved.  
>
>We turn down jobs every month from do-it-yourselfers who want to use some mis-match equipment they order at the lowest internet mail-order site, try to wire all the mess together, then they ask us to "just check it out to be sure its safe".  As far as we are concerned, if we even just drop by to look at it, regardless of getting any pay or not, you can bet we would be involved in a multi-party "shotgun" law suite if somebody gets shocked or a house burns down.  Anytime any attorney is called in after any death or property damage suite, they sue everyone that has ever had any part of the project as they know that allows them to make sure somebody can be found guilty and the others can spend thousands of dollars proving they were not the cause.   
>
>If we all agree to stay away from having any part of these type jobs and weed out anybody who is caught doing these "sign-offs", this problem will go away.
>
>Jeff Yago
>Dunimis Technology Inc.
>


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