[RE-wrenches] Golden Genesis question

[Matt Tritt]

Well Alan, all I remember about the Coors guys' efforts pretty much 
matches your description. Except that everyone called them Golden 
Genitals. ;-)

Matt T

Allan Sindelar wrote:

> Old time Wrenches, I need a history lesson, please...
>
> We removed a Y2K system installed by someone else, before a home was 
> put on the market. All equipment was resold.
>
> The array consisted of ten Golden Genesis 12V 120W modules. Six were 
> sold with racks, but four went to one of our existing customers. I 
> ordered a DP&W pole-top rack for them.
>
> When the time came to install them the rack didn't fit. We redrilled 
> holes and it all went together, but I was ready to rake DP&W over the 
> coals until I discovered that the mistake was mine: the terminal 
> circuit board inside a j-box showed that these were actually 
> Astropower AP120s. I had assumed that these were the common KC-120s of 
> that time, that had been private-labeled with Golden Genesis' name.
>
> Golden Genesis was a Coors Brewing (of Golden, Colorado) spinoff that 
> got into PV for a few years around that time. My understanding is that 
> they bought the entire Photocomm name and distribution network, as 
> well as played with thin-film development for awhile (gallium 
> arsenide?). Photocomm had been the U.S. distributor for Kyocera for 
> years. Eventually GG sold out to Kyocera USA, which is what we have now.
>
> Who can fill me in on all this? Joel?
>
> Allan Sindelar
> _allan_(at)_positiveenergysolar.com_ 
> <mailto:allan at positiveenergysolar.com>
> NABCEP certified solar PV installer
> Positive Energy, Inc.
> 3225A Richards Lane
> Santa Fe NM 87507
> 505 424-1112
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