<p dir="ltr">Kyocera had a batch of 120s and 85s that had bad solder connections from a certain year. I'm not remembering the year at the moment but we are still finding them.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Kyocera has been really amazing about honoring the warranty.</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 2, 2016 2:52 PM, "Jerry Shafer" <<a href="mailto:jerrysgarage01@gmail.com" target="_blank">jerrysgarage01@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Wrenches<br>
Bypass diods fail and may short <br>
Jerry</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 2, 2016 1:49 PM, "frenergy" <<a href="mailto:frenergy@psln.com" target="_blank">frenergy@psln.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I just came upon a small off-grid system: 12 volt, 4, Kyo 120's (I,mppt= 7.1A; Voc = 21.7 or so), Trace C40 with display, etc.   The combiner has fuses for each PV/landing.  At noon, output of the array is 10.5 amps.  Clamping the 4 pvs I get 5.5 amps on 2 PVs and 0.0 on 2 others.  I disconnect leads from terminals in PV j-box of the 'dead' PVs and I get Voc=18.5 (pretty hot day) and Isc= 6 amps. However when I reconnect these same PVs to the combiner there is no change in combined amps.  Fronts and backs of PVs look good, no burns, browns, bubbles in backsheet, under the glass looks fine, its all good.  Inside the J-boxes look perfect/new.<br>
Ideas?<br>
Thx,<br>
Bill<br>
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Feather River Solar Electric<br>
Bill Battagin, Owner<br>
4291 Nelson St.<br>
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