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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Folks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Yesterday I took a trip through my service area and initated 3 inverter replacement actions:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- A 6 year old Sunnyboy 1100W, 5 year warranty expired, $360 for a refurbished unit w/ 1 year warranty, new replacement not available</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- A 2 year old Fronius IG4000 refurbished, sent as warranty replacement for unit failed at 4 years under 5 year warranty, now out of warranty, est. $ 600 to refurbish with 1 year warranty</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- A 4 year old Fronius IG3000, under 10 year warranty, warranty replacement and service fee provided by Fronius</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have to decide, what is best for my out of warranty customers:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Buy the refurbished units w/ 1 year warranty</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Buy new replacement units with 10 or 20 year warrranties</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Buy entirely new equipment such as Enphase or SolarEdge</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What are other folks experiencing as we move well past the 5 year warranty horizon for many of our earlier customers?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mark Frye</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Berkeley Solar Electric Systems</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">303 Redbud Way</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Nevada City, CA 95959</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(530) 401-8024</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.berkeleysolar.com"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">www.berkeleysolar.com</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT>
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