<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Neat trick! Nice catch!</div><br><div id="WISESTAMP_SIG_gmail_session"><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<div style="margin:0 0 8px 0"><p style="margin:0"><span style="color:#808080"><strong>Jason Szumlanski</strong><em></em></span></p><p style="margin:0"><span style="color:#808080"><em>Fafco Solar</em></span><a href="http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/wordpress?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=email&utm_term=wordpress&utm_campaign=apps" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:80%;color:gray;text-decoration:none"></a><span style="color:gray;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:80%"></span><br>
</p></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Dave Click <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daveclick@fsec.ucf.edu" target="_blank">daveclick@fsec.ucf.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Wrenches will especially enjoy the IMP and ISC values, pictured in
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<div>On 2013/4/16 13:29, Jason Szumlanski
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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 href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/04/solar-contractors-installers-beware-of-the-panel-warranty-bait-switch" target="_blank">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>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:16 AM,
Nik Ponzio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nponzio@buildingenergyus.com" target="_blank">nponzio@buildingenergyus.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr"><a 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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<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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<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>
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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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