[RE-wrenches] REC modules - review?

[Daryl DeJoy]

I have to chime in with my experiences with REC as well. One of the reasons
we continue to sell their modules is their high marine salt spray rating.
Short term, installing any module in the Caribbean or the coast of Maine
can be successful, but the longevity of highly rated modules like the ones
REC manufactures guarantees success for the long run.
We installed a 32 module REC array on Cat Island in the Bahamas about 18
years ago. The system performed as expected but REC found there was a
defect in the sealing of the junction boxes and put out a recall on them.
After discussions about the reality of removing and shipping back 32
modules to California from Cat Island they suggested we work with them to
do the recall work in the field. Here my memory might be a bit weak, but I
remember two techs coming down to do the work as we removed modules. It was
a day or twos work but the work was completed successfully. If my memory
serves me correctly Tom Donkin was one of the techs and the other tech was
George McClellan. Correct me if I'm wrong, George, it seems like a lifetime
ago.
REC also stepped up another time in my career in 2010 while I was doing
relief work in Haiti after the earthquake. The town of Leogane, where we
were working, had it's entire infrastructure(water/electric/sewer)
destroyed. I asked different manufacturers I had been buying from for years
if they would donate equipment so I could put together a system to provide
water to relief workers and townspeople. REC stepped up in a big way to
help, donating a pallet of modules. They made a difference and I am happy
to say except for that one recall years ago we have never had a single
warranty claim with them.
Just one man's experience.....

Daryl DeJoy
NABCEP Certified PVIP since 2006
Island Energy Storage

On Fri, May 17, 2024, 2:57 PM Lou Russo via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> We have installing REC for 15 years with no issues. George and his team
> have been nothing but awesome to work with. We have never had to file a
> warranty claims.
>
> As a certified installer the improved warranty and labor credit if there
> is a claim has been a great selling point for us as well.
>
> Their app for registering panels is easy.
>
>
> On Fri, May 17, 2024, 6:54 AM david quattro via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>   Does anyone have positive or negative experience with REC modules?
>> Specifically failure rate, and how the company acts when an RMA is
>> necessary. Thank you
>>
>> David Quattro
>>
>> CA License # 954020. C-10, C-46
>> ph (415) 312-2661
>> www.quattrosolar.com
>>
>>
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