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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Old time Wrenches, I need a history lesson, please…</FONT>
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<P><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>
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<P><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></P>
<P><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></P>
<P><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></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Who can fill me in on all this? Joel?</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="g">Allan Sindelar</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="mailto:allan@positiveenergysolar.com"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="g">allan_(at)_positiveenergysolar.com</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="g">NABCEP certified solar PV installer</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="g">Positive Energy, Inc.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="g">3225A Richards Lane</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="g">Santa Fe NM 87507</FONT>
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