[RE-wrenches] ASP Inverters

[Jason Szumlanski]

Well, I finally got my answer. At first Eaton was very willing and able to
help. They offered to sell me an Eaton branded PV260 or PV270 inverter to
replace the ASP branded PV250, both of which I was told they had remaining
on the shelf. I got the run around for a couple of weeks, then was finally
told they don't have any remaining.

It turned out that this homeowner has the ASP solar modules that bear
fraudulent UL marks, so I didn't want to touch the system anyway. I have a
feeling I'm in for a flurry of calls in the next few years - Blue Chip
Energy (ASP's retail PV sales arm) crushed us on many contracts in the
area, selling installed systems below our material costs, and even beating
us on a large government contract.​

​Ugh. How do you explain to a homeowner that they now have 5kw worth of
fancy shingle protectors on their roof?​

Jason Szumlanski

​Fafco Solar​



On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Dave Click <daveclick at fsec.ucf.edu> wrote:

>  Jason, I think they were re-branded Eaton inverters. Unlike the modules,
> they were actually UL listed...
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>  On 2014/6/30, 16:13, Jason Szumlanski wrote:
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>  Does anyone know who manufactured the PV250 inverters from ASP before
> they went under? Are they private labeled inverters manufactured by others,
> or is ASP considered the OEM? I was able to find a manual online at least.
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>  Any experience out there with faults in these inverters? I have a
> feeling our first service call is going to be the first of many in our
> area. We're implementing a policy that we won't work on the inverters if
> the system has the fraudulent UL labels on the PV panels. That should be
> interesting...
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>   Jason Szumlanski
> ​ Fafco Solar​
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