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Wrenches will especially enjoy the IMP and ISC values, pictured in
the final image of the UL notice. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2013/4/16 13:29, Jason Szumlanski
wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Ray Johnson in Florida
has done an excellent job documenting this fiasco on his blow
in the article below and several other articles.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/04/solar-contractors-installers-beware-of-the-panel-warranty-bait-switch">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/04/solar-contractors-installers-beware-of-the-panel-warranty-bait-switch</a><br>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"
class="gmail_default">e lost several jobs to this company in
the past due to unsustainable low competitive prices. I was
sounding the alarm on this a couple of years ago - I thought
they were dumping product on the market to establish their
contracting/sales arm. It seems they were up to much more than
that.</div>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span
style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"><strong>Jason
Szumlanski</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><span
style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"><em>Fafco Solar</em></span><span
style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"><span><span
style="text-decoration:underline"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:16 AM,
Nik Ponzio <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nponzio@buildingenergyus.com"
target="_blank">nponzio@buildingenergyus.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/newsroom/publicnotices/detail/index.jsp?cpath=/global/eng/pages/newsroom/publicnotices/detail/data/ul-warns-of-counterfeit-ul-mark-on-photovoltaic_20130415070000.xml"
target="_blank">http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/newsroom/publicnotices/detail/index.jsp?cpath=/global/eng/pages/newsroom/publicnotices/detail/data/ul-warns-of-counterfeit-ul-mark-on-photovoltaic_20130415070000.xml</a><br>
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style="color:rgb(89,89,89);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;line-height:18px"><br>
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<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px
20px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);width:680px;line-height:30px">
<h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px
15px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:22px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:normal;width:680px;color:rgb(0,1,0)">UL
warns of counterfeit UL Mark on photovoltaic
panels (Release 13PN-20)</h1>
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style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;width:448px;float:left;line-height:16px;color:rgb(89,89,89)">
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30px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden">
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><b>NORTHBROOK,
IL - April 15, 2013 -</b> The following is a
notification from UL to Authorities Having
Jurisdiction, distributors, installers and
users that the photovoltaic panels identified
below bear counterfeit UL Marks for the United
States and Canada . The photovoltaic (solar)
panels have not been evaluated by UL to the
appropriate Standards for Safety and it is
unknown if these photovoltaic panels comply
with UL's safety requirements for the United
States or Canada. </p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><b>Name
of Product:</b> </p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px">ASP
- Advanced Solar Photonics (also known as
Bluechip Energy)<br>
Models AP-240PK, AP-245MK and ASP-390M<br>
<br>
Note that ASP is a tradename for the parent
company Bluechip Energy LLC</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><b>Identification:
</b><i>On the product:</i> The products
bear a counterfeit UL Mark and one of the
markings shown below:</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><img
moz-do-not-send="true"
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><img
moz-do-not-send="true"
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><img
moz-do-not-send="true"
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px">Note
that the labels include additional electrical
rating information, but the values may differ
from that shown in the photographs below. </p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><b>Photos
of Product: </b></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><b>
Photo of typical installation</b></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><b><img
moz-do-not-send="true"
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><b>Counterfeit
nameplate from Model AP-240PK</b></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><img
moz-do-not-send="true"
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px">The
nameplate label for Model AP-245MK is
identical to the label above except for Model
number and electrical ratings.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><strong
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><strong
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Counterfeit
nameplate from Model ASP-390M</strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><b><img
moz-do-not-send="true"
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px
10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:18px"><b>Sold
at: </b>Known to be sold by SunWorks Solar
and may be sold by other distributors</p>
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