[RE-wrenches] Shell Solar Warranty?

[Todd Cory]

I just replaced them with new modules which increased the output by 50%!

On 15 July 2026 20:31:46 Ray Walters via RE-wrenches 
<re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> Were you able to do a warranty replacement, or did you just replace them 
> outside the warranty?
> Thanks,
> Ray
> On 7/15/2026 12:05 PM, Todd Cory via RE-wrenches wrote:
>> I had a 17 year old rack of 80 watt Shell modules fail. They were in 4 
>> module series strings and each string had 1 or 2 modules fail taking out 
>> the entire array.
>>
>> Todd
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 15, 2026 10:47am, "Ray Walters via RE-wrenches" 
>> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> said:
>>
>>> Greetings Fellow Installers;
>>>
>>> I have an old system with 24 Shell SP 140 modules from the mid 2000s
>>> that are at 30% rated output.  I have 2 questions:
>>> 1) Has anyone else seen failures of the Shell modules?  They do not
>>> appear to otherwise have any visible issues.  I have even older Arco and
>>> Siemens modules that look terrible, but are still at 80% or better output.
>>>
>>> 2) I know that Solarworld bought Shell Solar, and that they are now also
>>> out of business, is there any warranty still available, or was the 25
>>> year warranty just blowing smoke?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your replies,
>>>
>>> Ray Walters
>>> Remote Solar
>>>
>>>
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