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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;line-break:after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We did a number of Sanyo HIP195, 200, and 210 installs, so far we\u2019ve had a few failures showing up as backsheet bubbles. Some of the bubbles were so big that the wafer fell away from the glass! Here\u2019s a couple photos. Didn\u2019t think Panasonic would take care of this, after an exhausting warranty procedure that drew on for months on one system\u2026 their Japanese engineering dept said no to our request for replacements on that one eventually. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chris Worcester<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Solar Wind Works<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>NABCEP Certified PV Installer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Office 530-582-4503<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cell 530-448-9692<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fax 530-582-4603<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.solarwindworks.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>chris@solarwindworks.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Young<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 14, 2018 12:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] old sanyos failing Iso test<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have several dozen older Sanyo\u2019s installed from that period. Are there any obvious physical degradations to look for or specific tests that can show issues? I don\u2019t have a megger but have two systems installed in grid tied systems and a couple off-grid. No performance complaints as yet.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ron<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 13, 2018, at 11:51 AM, Jerry Shafer <<a href="mailto:jerrysgarage01@gmail.com">jerrysgarage01@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kirk<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I dont know if you know this but Panisonic will warranty the old Sanyos, just got this from a rep last week.the issue you are having may be due to the failing of the back sheet under the frame edge.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jerry<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, May 13, 2018, 6:04 AM Kirk Herander <<a href="mailto:vtsolar@icloud.com">vtsolar@icloud.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I now have two systems with older Sanyos(Panasonic), circa 2004, which consistently fail the inverter (Solaredge) startup Insolation test in wet weather. Usually 200 \u2013 550 kohms, just below the inverters 600k limit. Confirmed by my meggering. I discovered this after convincing the owners to upgrade the inverters from old SMA\u2019s which don\u2019t test for it. 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