[RE-wrenches] Enphase installation details

[William Miller]

Jim:

We have spent considerable dollars pursuing patents pending and hope they 
provide future return.  Our little wiring techniques are not unique enough 
to patent and if Enphase really cared, they could figure out better 
techniques to hold wires in place, but I do not belive that is their 
focus.  Selling inverters is more likely their top priority.

Our best return on our investment in developing clean and reliable 
installation techniques is in our local market, peeling off some work from 
the competition.  There are now 17 solar installation contractors in our 
little county alone.  Every electrical contractor has gone from Joe Schmoe 
Electrical to Joe Schmoe Electrical and Solar.

Sincerely,

William Miller


At 06:56 AM 11/13/2009, you wrote:
>I see Friday the 13th has arrived all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed one 
>more time just like clockwork.  But now it is wearing horns as 
>well.  That's some conundrum you present about keeping your competitive 
>edge in a dicey business climate.  What if you "sold" your wiring concept 
>to Enphase on a royalty basis use arrangement?  Would that have some 
>appeal to you so that private knowledge doesn't totally go to waste vis a 
>vis the Enphase product in general?   One would think the manufacturer 
>might recognize the wisdom in your discovery and would want to show some 
>appreciation for sharing what you found lacking in their own product 
>concept.  I know I would.  You could call your idea the Miller 
>System.  Can you license/copyright the idea maybe?  If so, then you could 
>always sell the concept elsewhere when further occasions of similar use 
>came up.  Think man, think!  Then you could tell us more ... for a fair 
>price.  This reminds me of my solar thermal days back in the late 70s when 
>we discovered various clever ways of improving such systems but we kept 
>that knowledge strictly to ourselves for fear of benefitting our few 
>competitors.  That company eventually went belly up by 1985, partly in 
>result of not finding a workable arrangement for the profitable sharing of 
>valuable in-house knowledge we had developed earlier.  And such is life in 
>the slow lane sometimes.
>
>Jim Hartley
>Homestead Specialties
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