warranty issues [RE-wrenches]

[Marco Mangelsdorf]

Jay,

I wouldn't give a 10-year warranty for any battery-based system.  Even
though there's no system warranty requirement out here in Hawai'i--as we
don't have any kind of buydown program--I'm being asked to provide a 10-year
warranty for the three-phase commercial PV systems we're doing and am trying
to get a better handle on the costs/risks incurred with such a long
warranty.

Cheers,
marco
Hi Marco,

I'm curious about how you install a battery based system with a 10 yr
warranty?

jay

peltz power
On Jun 5, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf wrote:

>
> With the California Solar Initiative requiring bumper-to-bumper 10- 
> year warranties from the PV system provider, what are you CA. wrenches 
> doing to calculate the cost of that warranty?  That is, what are you 
> charging your
> customers to cover your popos for being on the hook for ten years?   
> Warranty
> issues are a huge unknown in my opinion as more and more PV systems go 
> in across our land.  I mean, what if our inverter and module 
> manufacturer friends decide to play hardball with this or that type of 
> warranty claim?
> That means that the integrator is ultimately responsible, right?  I 
> don't know about you all, but even five-year warranties scare me and a 
> ten-year warranty makes want to head to beach and hang in hammock....
>
> Thanks,
> Marco
>
> Marco Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., President
> Electrical Contractor License C-26351
> 69 Railroad Avenue, Suite A-7
> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 USA
> (808) 969-3281, fax 934-7462


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