<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Bill and Marco,<br><br>I know both companies. They're legit. Made in the USA. I've visited<br>1Soltech's plant, and will probably be at the Helios facilities later this<br>year. Both impress me as very good companies -- and truly made in<br>America.<br><br>Dan<br><br><br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 7/23/12, Bill Loesch <i><solar1online@charter.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Bill Loesch <solar1online@charter.net><br>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] American modcos<br>To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br>Date: Monday, July 23, 2012, 6:36 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1148770758">
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<div class="yiv1148770758moz-cite-prefix">Hi Marco,<br>
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Kudos for your decision to "Buy American". I hope the "Made in
USA" is legit and not some dumbed down, politically correct,
bureaucratic, legal speak.<br>
Care to provide any insight as to your decision?<br>
Thanks,<br>
<pre class="yiv1148770758moz-signature">Bill Loesch
Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar
314 631 1094</pre>
On 22-Jul-12 11:48 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf wrote:<br>
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<p class="yiv1148770758MsoNormal">I’m going to make a choice between two U.S.
module manufacturers—Helios
out of Wisconsin and 1SolTech out of Texas—for one of the
module brands
that I’m going to carry.</p>
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<p class="yiv1148770758MsoNormal">Any of you have experience with either one
that you’d
care to share?</p>
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<p class="yiv1148770758MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
<p class="yiv1148770758MsoNormal">marco</p>
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