[RE-wrenches] Blue Ion BMU issue request

[Sindelar Solar]

Esteemed Wrenches,
Following up on this thread that I started in early December: I sent an 
email to my seven former Blue Planet customers, that included the texts 
of BPE's website homepage announcement of shutting down operations and 
the letter offering spare BMUs on closeout. I remained neutral, equating 
the offer to buying insurance that you hope never to need. Three 
customers responded, and I spoke with three more by phone, with one yet 
to reply. All six are fully satisfied with their BPE batteries, except 
for one client's expressed difficulty with the loss of the online portal 
interpreting the E-Gauge information. None has had any failures or 
issues since installation.
Three of the six chose to order a spare BMU, each of whom has the 
financial means to buy it. I'll act as a pass-through, with no markup.

I expected more response on this list, given all of the discussions 
regarding LiFP suppliers and results with other brands. The dearth of 
discussion suggests to me that there have been very few issues with the 
products and with the support while BPE was still in operation.

The only contact I have at what's left of BPE is my former Regional 
Sales Manager, Lori Ann Saunders, lori at blueplanetenergy.com.
Allan

On 12/20/2025 8:01 AM, Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches wrote:
> To all the blue planet installers and to the wrenches too,
> Blue planet is not the first nor will it be the last to terminate a 
> product line.
> I personally have been installing blue planet from befor the 16 was 
> released. I have only one issue with a system we had 6 16 k and one 
> had a battery issue, quickly resolved and back up, no BMU issues so 
> far ever so its a difficult call to drop the cash to sit on your shelf 
> or not. It may be very valuable to have one down the road, look at 
> Apple, Microsoft or maybe a Saab or Desoto. To invest or not to and 
> that's the bottom line. For me as much as would like to have a spare l 
> don't think l can right now.
> Fun times
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2025, 12:22 AM Mark Downing via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>     All detailed in here
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org> on
>     behalf of Sam Haraldson via RE-wrenches
>     <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>     *Sent:* Monday, December 8, 2025 10:33 AM
>     Good Morning, Allan,
>     I'll share my limited insight in hopes it proves valuable to you.
>
>         Have you had any Blue Ion battery or BMU failures?  If so, how
>         many systems have you installed, and how many failures have
>         you had? What failed, and what did you do to resolve the
>         issue? If you replaced a BMU, was the process straightforward,
>         and were you given a complete set of documentation with the
>         unit? Was the factory warranty process honored?
>
>     We have nine sites with Blue Ion installed. These range in size
>     from a single battery module up to 48 modules.  They are mated to
>     a range of chargers and inverters from Outback, Magnum, Midnite,
>     Schneider, and Sol-Ark.  We have only experienced an issue at a
>     single site and that was a battery module.  Blue Ion was extremely
>     attentive from a customer service perspective.  They mailed
>     problem-specific testing equipment along with the RMA'ed parts,
>     provided live customer-support during the testing, and provided
>     return shipping. All was covered by warranty (I do not know if
>     there was a labor reimbursement).
>
>         On a related track, how have you responded to Blue Planet's
>         offer? Does it come across as a valid solution? Have you
>         bought one or more spare BMUs? How are you supporting your
>         Blue Ion customers going forward? Have you received support of
>         any kind from Blue Planet?
>
>     Our company took the same approach you did, sending an email to
>     our customer base informing them to consider purchasing a back up
>     BMU.  To the best of my knowledge only one of our customers has
>     opted to purchase a back-up and they are an energy utility with
>     two large, high-consequence systems that easily warrants the ROI. 
>     We as a company are leaning toward not purchasing one to "have in
>     stock".
>     Sincerely,
>     Sam
>
>     OnSite Energy <https://onsiteenergyinc.com/> 	
>     Sam Haraldson
>     Operations Specialist
>     (406) 551-6135
>     1515 N. Rouse Ave Bozeman, MT 59715
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