[RE-wrenches] UL warns of counterfeit UL Mark on photovoltaic panels

Dave Click daveclick at fsec.ucf.edu
Wed Apr 17 06:22:37 PDT 2013


Wrenches will especially enjoy the IMP and ISC values, pictured in the 
final image of the UL notice.


On 2013/4/16 13:29, Jason Szumlanski wrote:
> Ray Johnson in Florida has done an excellent job documenting this 
> fiasco on his blow in the article below and several other articles.
>
> http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/04/solar-contractors-installers-beware-of-the-panel-warranty-bait-switch
>
> W
> e lost several jobs to this company in the past due to unsustainable 
> low competitive prices. I was sounding the alarm on this a couple of 
> years ago - I thought they were dumping product on the market to 
> establish their contracting/sales arm. It seems they were up to much 
> more than that.
>
> *Jason Szumlanski*
>
> /Fafco Solar/
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Nik Ponzio 
> <nponzio at buildingenergyus.com <mailto:nponzio at buildingenergyus.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/newsroom/publicnotices/detail/index.jsp?cpath=/global/eng/pages/newsroom/publicnotices/detail/data/ul-warns-of-counterfeit-ul-mark-on-photovoltaic_20130415070000.xml
>
>
>       UL warns of counterfeit UL Mark on photovoltaic panels (Release
>       13PN-20)
>
>     *NORTHBROOK, IL - April 15, 2013 -* The following is a
>     notification from UL to Authorities Having Jurisdiction,
>     distributors, installers and users that the photovoltaic panels
>     identified below bear counterfeit UL Marks for the United States
>     and Canada . The photovoltaic (solar) panels have not been
>     evaluated by UL to the appropriate Standards for Safety and it is
>     unknown if these photovoltaic panels comply with UL's safety
>     requirements for the United States or Canada.
>
>     *Name of Product:*
>
>     ASP - Advanced Solar Photonics (also known as Bluechip Energy)
>     Models AP-240PK, AP-245MK and ASP-390M
>
>     Note that ASP is a tradename for the parent company Bluechip
>     Energy LLC
>
>     *Identification: */On the product:/   The products bear a
>     counterfeit UL Mark and one of the markings shown below:
>
>     Note that the labels include additional electrical rating
>     information, but the values may differ from that shown in the
>     photographs below.
>
>     *Photos of Product: *
>
>     *Photo of typical installation*
>
>     **
>
>     *Counterfeit nameplate from Model AP-240PK*
>
>     The nameplate label for Model AP-245MK is identical to the label
>     above except for Model number and electrical ratings.
>
>     **
>
>     *Counterfeit nameplate from Model ASP-390M*
>
>     **
>
>     *Sold at: *Known to be sold by SunWorks Solar and may be sold by
>     other distributors
>
>
>
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