[RE-wrenches] Roofers installing solar = creative, new installation methods

[toddcory at finestplanet.com]

I had a potential customer call me last week saying he had just bought a "bunch of panels and those micro chip things (enphase inverters) so he could get a end of the year tax break". He wanted me to come and install it for him. I told him my work includes a comprehensive energy audit to gather the low hanging fruit first. I also said I do not touch equipment I do not sell or install systems I do not design and that I was sorry but I could not help him. I wished him good luck in getting someone to touch that gear. Too bad the cheapestsolar.com folks don't warn their customers about these kinds of situations.

Just like the Carter gold rush days is correct.

Todd

On Friday, January 28, 2011 2:52pm, "Darryl Thayer" <daryl_solar at yahoo.com> said:

                  
Guys,                  
You're missing a                      business opportunity. Instead of complaining about                      roofers' bad work and competition, show the                      company owners photos of their screw-ups and your                      quality work. Tell him that he is a risk. Then                      offer to do their design and electrical                      installation (let them do the sales, roofing, and                      grunt work).                  
Joel Davidson                                      
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From:                      [http://us.mc318.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=warren@wind-sun.com] Warren                        Lauzon                     
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We have seen a lot of the roofing companies                          nibbling around the edges of solar installs                          lately. I have only seen a couple of installs                          personally, and they were far from what I                          would call professional or reliable. Not quite                          as bad as your example, but in one case they                          had used Romex to run the wiring down to the                          inverter, and not in conduit.                        
                         
                          
                            
                             
                              
From: [http://us.mc318.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nicksoleilsolar@yahoo.com] Nick                                  Soleil                               
Sent: Thursday, January 27,                                2011 8:11 PM                              
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Roofers                                installing solar = creative,new                                installation methods                                                                                
                                                 
                          
Hi wrenches:
                               Have you noticed that roofing companies                            have recently been trying to sell solar?                             One company thought of something that I had                            never considered.  Listen to this neat                            story.
                               I was servicing a job today, where a                            roofing company recently removed and                            re-installed a PV array on a 12 degree                            sloped roof.  The funny thing is that the                            roofer didn't want to penetrate his new                            roof, so he and the customer decided to                            leave the panels sitting on the composition                            roof without any attachments to the                            structure.  They didn't think it was                            necessary!  
                                Shortly afterward, the array slid down                            the roof, and a MultiContact connector came                            unplugged.  The customer noticed that his                            system was not operating, and called us to                            the site.  
                            
                             Nick Soleil
                            Project Manager
                            Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC
                            PO Box 657
                            Petaluma, CA 94953
                            Cell: 707-321-2937
                            Office: 707-789-9537
                            Fax: 707-769-9037                            
                                                     
                                                                                                                                                              
  
      


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