[RE-wrenches] Evergreen goes down

[Jason Szumlanski]

Pretty soon I believe warranty coverage will become a virtual non-issue.
At well under $2/watt, does it matter much anymore? Is there really that
much risk of product or performance failure with most reputable
manufacturers?

 

Yes, I paid $10+/w for Astropower modules over a decade ago, and
warranty definitely mattered at that time.

 

Anyway... sad to see them go. We were a big fan for a while.

 

Jason Szumlanski

Fafco Solar 

 

 

From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of boB
Gudgel
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 2:23 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Evergreen goes down

 

On 8/18/2011 11:10 AM, Marco Mangelsdorf wrote: 

Evergreen Solar, one of the last remaining independent U.S. module
manufacturers, announced their plan to file for bankruptcy protection
this week.

 

Done in by plummeting module pricing no doubt.

 

I'm sure you all are getting the same kind of solicitation emails that I
get from mod manufacturers and wholesalers from across the globe
peddling mods at low, low prices, including Evergreen.

 

Anyone have any idea what's going to happen to the warranty coverage for
Evergreen mods?  Will they become unwanted, unwarrantied orphans, a la
Astropower?

 

Sad, sad....

 

marco

 




I'd beware of newer companies offering say,   50 year warranties !

Hopefully NOT the new business model  !

boB






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