[RE-wrenches] Out of Warranty Inverter Replacements

[Mark Frye]

Folks,

Yesterday I took a trip through my service area and initated 3 inverter
replacement actions:

- A 6 year old Sunnyboy 1100W, 5 year warranty expired, $360 for a
refurbished unit w/ 1 year warranty, new replacement not available
- A 2 year old Fronius IG4000 refurbished, sent as warranty replacement for
unit failed at 4 years under 5 year warranty, now out of warranty, est. $
600 to refurbish with 1 year warranty
- A 4 year old Fronius IG3000, under 10 year warranty, warranty replacement
and service fee provided by Fronius

I have to decide, what is best for my out of warranty customers:

- Buy the refurbished units w/ 1 year warranty
- Buy new replacement units with 10 or 20 year warrranties
- Buy entirely new equipment such as Enphase or SolarEdge

What are other folks experiencing as we move well past the 5 year warranty
horizon for many of our earlier customers?

Mark Frye
Berkeley Solar Electric Systems
303 Redbud Way
Nevada City,  CA 95959
(530) 401-8024
www.berkeleysolar.com 

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