[RE-wrenches] Canadian Solar

[Bill Loesch]

Bill,
Thanks for the real world confirmation of the Solarworld warranty 
covering the Siemens product. I had heard the promise but had not yet 
had to experience the real world scenario.

My compliments for seeing the big picture and also continuing to support 
the US manufactured product (and quality workmanship) rather than join 
in the race to the bottom.

Bill Loesch
Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar
314 631 1094

On 13-Jul-14 8:45 AM, frenergy wrote:
> Well, just to be fair, many Chinese Co.s are propped up by the Chinese 
> gov't...favorable tax structures, free land, zero interest loans.  
> Solarworld seems to be somewhat of a target for failing US 
> manufacturers, however let's not forget the others here that have 
> failed or may soon thanks to installers not willing to hang in there 
> for domestic manufacturers.  I actually take a small hit on my mark-up 
> and try my best to sell the virtues of keeping jobs here, producing 
> PVs with less environmental impact and keeping dollars in the US, to 
> my customers.  Any wonder where all that $$ comes from that is 
> propping up the US debt.
>         As a side note, SW replaced an entire array (residential) I 
> could not pinpoint a reduction in output in after troubleshooting for 
> a couple days.  Rather remarkable in itself, the real story though is 
> they were Siemens PVs.  THAT is a warranty....they even paid the freight.
>         I've been in this biz for about 20 years and am competing with 
> a couple new local start-ups and the likes of Solar Universe and Solar 
> City.... selling USA made PVs.
> Bill Battagin
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Kirk <mailto:kirk at vtsolar.com>
>     *To:* RE-wrenches <mailto:re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>     *Sent:* Sunday, July 13, 2014 4:25 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Canadian Solar
>
>     Solarworld is now propped up by Middle East investors (Quatar) or
>     so I've been told.
>
>     Kirk Herander
>     VSE
>
>     On Jul 12, 2014, at 6:49 PM, "Marco Mangelsdorf"
>     <marco at pvthawaii.com <mailto:marco at pvthawaii.com>> wrote:
>
>>     A  not so large German company that’s been bleeding money for the
>>     past three years and whose stock value is in the toilet.  Caveat
>>     emptor.
>>
>>     *From:*RE-wrenches
>>     [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of
>>     *Kristopher Schmid
>>     *Sent:* Saturday, July 12, 2014 10:26 AM
>>     *To:* RE-wrenches
>>     *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Canadian Solar
>>
>>     I have been to the factory, Jerry and was very impressed.  That's
>>     why i use them whenever possible.
>>
>>     On Jul 12, 2014 11:27 AM, "Jerry Shafer"
>>     <jerrysgarage01 at gmail.com <mailto:jerrysgarage01 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Solar world is backed by a very large German company and is
>>     investigating expanding the manufacturing foot print they have,
>>     have you been to the factory, If not you need to go, in some
>>     cases you can take your customer too. They sell low output cells
>>     that they will not use to other manufactures. You never know with
>>     manufactures look at Sharp, I prefer US over SEA
>>
>>     On Jul 12, 2014 9:08 AM, "Kristopher Schmid"
>>     <solman at legacysolar.com <mailto:solman at legacysolar.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Thanks for the input, folks.  My client is very concerned about
>>     warranty disappearing if the company goes under and was attracted
>>     by their third party warranty.  Solarworld is my usual go to
>>     module, but my client was not impressed with their stock
>>     history.  Canadian Solar are Chinese? WTF?
>>
>>     On Jul 11, 2014 5:40 PM, "jay peltz" <jay at asis.com
>>     <mailto:jay at asis.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I'm always curious why they are interested in a particular
>>     product, any idea Kris?
>>
>>     ( especially with canadian solar as usually people think they are
>>     canadian not chinese)
>>
>>     jay
>>
>>     peltz power
>>
>>         On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Kristopher Schmid
>>         <solman at legacysolar.com <mailto:solman at legacysolar.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi All,
>>
>>         I have a client interested in using Canadian Solar modules.
>>         Anyone that can share their experience with them good, bad,
>>         or otherwise would be greatly appreciated.  Also, a
>>         recommended distributor?
>>
>>         Thanks,
>>
>>         Kris
>>
>>
>>         -- 
>>
>>         Shine On!
>>
>>         Kris Schmid
>>         Legacy Solar, LLC
>>         864 Clam Falls Trail
>>         Frederic, WI 54837
>>         www.legacysolar.com <http://www.legacysolar.com/>
>>         715-653-4295 <tel:715-653-4295>
>>         NABCEP Certified PV Installer
>>         Licensed Wisconsin Master Electrician
>>         BSEE
>>
>>         _
>>
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