[RE-wrenches] CA CSI warranty interpretation

[Mark Frye]

August,
 
I don't have connections very high in the CSI groups, but last year I asked
a PG&E CSI Project Manager about this.
 
I asked what their position would be if water was leaking into the living
room but the meter was running backwards.
 
He replied that such a situation would not be the concern of PG&E.
 
Take with a grain of salt.
 
Mark Frye 
Berkeley Solar Electric Systems 
303 Redbud Way 
Nevada City,  CA 95959 
(530) 401-8024 
 <http://www.berkeleysolar.com/> www.berkeleysolar.com  
 

  _____  

From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of August Goers
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:01 AM
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Subject: [RE-wrenches] CA CSI warranty interpretation



Hi California based Wrenches,

 

I'm wondering how you folks are interpreting the CSI (California Solar
Initiative) warranty requirements (section 2.4 of the CSI handbook). Here is
a quote from section 2.4:

 

"Currently, all systems must have a minimum 10-year warranty provided in
combination by the manufacturer and installer to protect the purchaser
against defective workmanship, system or component breakdown, or degradation
in electrical output of more than fifteen percent from their originally
rated electrical output during the ten-year period. The warranty must cover
the solar generating system only, including PV modules (panels) and
inverters, solar collectors, tracking mechanisms, heat exchangers, pumps,
heat driven cooling systems associated with the solar system and provide for
no-cost repair or replacement of the system or system components, including
any associated labor during the warranty period."

 

I've heard that some companies may not include their roof penetrations and
any associated damage caused from leakage in this 10-year warranty.

 

How are you folks interpreting this warranty requirement, especially
relating to roof penetrations?

 

Best,

 

August

 

 

 

 

 

August Goers

VP, Engineering

 

Luminalt Energy Corporation

O:  415.564.7652

M:  415.559.1525

F:   650.244.9167

www.luminalt.com <http://www.luminalt.com/> 

august at luminalt.com

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org/attachments/20081119/ce0272d6/attachment-0004.html>