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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>We are seeing far more of this in the past 2-3
years, especially for off grid systems.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>It seems like very few of these new startup
bandwagon places have even a remote clue as to how to size battery based
systems. I would guess that half of our tech support calls come from people that
bought systems from someone "cheaper" than us.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>A couple days ago a cell phone company that has a
few small sites called us about how the sites were all going dead. They sent us
a copy of what they bought, and the <unnamed> company based their battery
system on the yearly average insolation. DUH!</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jryago@netscape.com href="mailto:jryago@netscape.com">Jeff Yago</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:50
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Professional
conduct</DIV>
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<DIV>We are seeing more and more installers entering the local solar market
with little or no experience. Yes, they may have attended some kind of
2-day dealer training in order to set up an account to purchase solar
hardware, but believe me, most could not design or size
anything....</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>