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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sam Vanderhoof and Ron Kenedi owned Independent
Power Company. In 1982, they operated out of Tyler Foote Road, Nevada City,
CA. (still got their their old catalog). Then they moved to above the
old post office (I met Sam for the first time there but can't recall if it
was in Nevada City or North San Juan). For more history, see <A
href="http://www.californiasolarcenter.org/solareclips/2001.10/20011009-4.html">http://www.californiasolarcenter.org/solareclips/2001.10/20011009-4.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mick@abrahamsolar.com href="mailto:mick@abrahamsolar.com">mick
abraham</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=allan@positiveenergysolar.com
href="mailto:allan@positiveenergysolar.com">allan@positiveenergysolar.com</A>
; <A title=re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 23, 2008 1:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Golden Genesis
question</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Allan's history recounting is just about perfect. The first
gear I ever bought came from a California outfit called "Independent Power
Company", starring Ron Kenedi and his partner whose name escapes me.
<BR><BR>IPC got bought by PhotoComm...which is how I became a PhotoComm
dealer. PhotoComm was reselling Kyocera modules (along with Uni-Solar and some
other brands including private label items) and this continued after PC was
bought by some of the Coors family members. The Coors people changed the name
to Golden Genesis, but IIRC there were few other changes...which seemed like a
good thing. <BR><BR>When British Petroleum came strong into the US market (in
the late nineties) they started distributing "balance of systems" gear
alongside their BP solar modules. It was about that time when Kyocera bought
Golden Genesis and blended that into Kyocera Solar for one stop shopping.
<BR><BR>If Steve Bass happens to monitor the Wrench List, he would be
eminently qualified to write the history, because he was there through several
name changes. <BR><BR><FONT size=2>Mick Abraham, Proprietor <BR><A
href="http://www.abrahamsolar.com/" target=_blank>www.abrahamsolar.com</A>
<BR>Voice: 970-731-4675 <BR><BR><B>---------- Original Message -----------</B>
<BR>From: "Allan Sindelar" <allan@positiveenergysolar.com> <BR>To:
"'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> <BR>Sent: Sun, 23
Nov 2008 13:59:38 -0700 <BR>Subject: [RE-wrenches] Golden Genesis question
<BR><BR>> <FONT face="Times New Roman">Old time Wrenches, I need a history
lesson, please…</FONT> <BR>> <FONT face="Times New Roman">We removed a Y2K
system installed by someone else, before a home was put on the market. All
equipment was resold. </FONT><BR>> <FONT face="Times New Roman">The array
consisted of ten Golden Genesis 12V 120W modules. Six were sold with racks,
but four went to one of our existing customers. I ordered a DP&W pole-top
rack for them.</FONT> <BR>> <FONT face="Times New Roman">When the time came
to install them the rack didn't fit. We redrilled holes and it all went
together, but I was ready to rake DP&W over the coals until I discovered
that the mistake was mine: the terminal circuit board inside a j-box showed
that these were actually Astropower AP120s. I had assumed that these were the
common KC-120s of that time, that had been private-labeled with Golden
Genesis' name. </FONT><BR>> <FONT face="Times New Roman">Golden Genesis was
a Coors Brewing (of Golden, Colorado) spinoff that got into PV for a few years
around that time. My understanding is that they bought the entire Photocomm
name and distribution network, as well as played with thin-film development
for awhile (gallium arsenide?). Photocomm had been the U.S. distributor for
Kyocera for years. Eventually GG sold out to Kyocera USA, which is what we
have now.</FONT> <BR>> <FONT face="Times New Roman">Who can fill me in on
all this? Joel?</FONT> <BR>> <FONT face=g>Allan Sindelar</FONT> <BR>> <A
href="mailto:allan@positiveenergysolar.com"><U><FONT face=g color=#0000ff
size=2>allan_(at)_positiveenergysolar.com</FONT></U></A> <BR>> <FONT face=g
size=2>NABCEP certified solar PV installer</FONT> <BR>> <FONT face=g
size=2>Positive Energy, Inc.</FONT> <BR>> <FONT face=g size=2>3225A
Richards Lane</FONT> <BR>> <FONT face=g size=2>Santa Fe NM 87507</FONT>
<BR>> <FONT face=g size=2>505 424-1112</FONT> <BR><B>------- End of
Original Message -------</B> <BR></FONT>
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