<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I just wrote a scathing blog post, notified my staff not to take on new SolarEdge service clients, and blasted out messages and DMs on social media about this despicable new move by SolarEdge. Imagine being one of the many system owners impacted by solar contractors going out of business, only to find out that the manufacturer of your equipment wants to charge you to have a new willing contractor authorized to monitor and service your system.</span><br clear="all"></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">By contrast, Enphase owners can have as many contractors monitor their systems as they want, and they can initiate it themselves and for free, 24 hours a day without delay.</span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br>Jason Szumlanski<div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956</span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208</font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM Jason Szumlanski <<a href="mailto:jason@floridasolardesigngroup.com">jason@floridasolardesigngroup.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When I fill out the online form to transfer an existing SolarEdge system to my company for monitoring, the site now takes me to a payment form demanding $99 to transfer the site monitoring. </span><br clear="all"></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I have been told that as of 2/17/2025, SolarEdge has a new policy, and now changes for transferring a site to a new installer. </span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">WOW. Nobody wants to touch their hardware around here, and I must be the last one because SolarEdge tech support is literally giving customers my name when they can't find help.</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">SolarEdge is done. Dead to me. They can find someone else to cover their warranty obligations.</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Jason Szumlanski</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Florida Solar Desing Group</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"></div></div></div>
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