<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">To simplify the 25 year Power Warranty, which is different than the material, defect warranty: if the PV module is still functioning in year 25, it must produce 80% (if that is the number) of rated power. Anything that caused it to stop working is not covered by the power warranty. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Just FYI, Kyocera, 13 years after the 1 Year Limited Warranty expired, is STILL replacing the KC120 and 80 Watt modules with a rebuilt unit and they are STILL paying us labor to replace them. What a company!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Larry Crutcher<br class="">Starlight Solar Power Systems<br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div>
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<br class=""><div><div class="">On Jul 18, 2015, at 11:09 AM, <a href="mailto:boB@midnitesolar.com" class="">boB@midnitesolar.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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Hi Bill<br class="">
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From what I understand, and I have asked this question to
different<br class="">
people at different companies, the 25 year warranty people hear
about<br class="">
concerning PV is not for a broken panel within 25 years but the<br class="">
degradation in performance over the years.<br class="">
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If a PV module just plain old "breaks" (goes to zero output) in,
say<br class="">
20 years and it has a 25 year degradation warranty, the PV
manufacturer,<br class="">
(if still in business), is not obligated to replace the defective
module....<br class="">
...Even if it resulted from a factory defect.<br class="">
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I do not know what the warranty period is for manufacturing
defects.<br class="">
I hear warranty times of around 10 years. I am not exactly sure
on that<br class="">
though.<br class="">
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Having said all this, there are companies that do replace modules
after<br class="">
their short term memory is up due to manufacturing defects. <br class="">
Kyocera comes to mind immediately. These are typically larger<br class="">
companies from what I see.<br class="">
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I'm just repeating what I have heard over the years regarding PV.<br class="">
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It just seems to me somewhat misleading the words "25 year
warranty".<br class="">
There may be some companies that actually DO offer a full 25 yr.
warranty<br class="">
these days but what if they aren't around before then ?<br class="">
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I bet that Bill Hoffer could offer way better information than I
can<br class="">
about this.<br class="">
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boB<br class="">
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