[RE-wrenches] What would you do/say?

[Ray]

I concur with Dave: Delete and start over.  Its actually faster and 
cheaper than trying to figure out why they did things the way they did, 
and having callbacks where you discover more problems you didn't see the 
first time, etc.  I'll reuse as much of the stuff as I can, even cable, 
but that needs a full DC load center like an E Panel.

Also as Dave said, once you touch it, you own it.  If they can't afford 
to have you redo it, then you can't afford to take it under your wing.  
Time and materials is the way I do these, because you never know what 
else you might find on day 3 of the rebuild.  I've gotten to the point 
now, that I won't even take these on, unless we are providing a majority 
of new equipment:  Adding to the array, replacing the batteries, new 
inverter, switching to 48v, etc.

Every compromise you get talked into now, you will regret later. I've 
come back 10 years after, and had my techs say: " Who did this$#@%!"  
and I had to hang my head in shame and explain how we were trying to 
work with what was there, blah, blah.  I will repeat: once you touch it, 
you own it.  Your local reputation is represented in the work that you 
leave behind.

Ray Walters
Remote Solar
303 505-8760

On 2/24/21 1:43 PM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar wrote:
>
> Since it would not pass a home insurance or building department 
> inspection, it would have to be start fresh. Once you get your hands 
> on it, it is yours. Good Luck!
>
>   
> *Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" 
> http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ 
> <http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/> e-mail offgridsolar at sti.net 
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>
> On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:13:57 -0500, Jeremy Coxon 
> <jcoxon at sunwindpowerinc.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I'm sure we're not alone in this so I thought I'd find out what you 
>> all do in these situations:  We were contacted by a person that wants 
>> us to repair their system.  I ask the standard questions you'd expect 
>> and also for pictures of their system.  Here's the pic (below).  My 
>> question is what would you say to this person?
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Jeremy Coxon NABCEP # 091308-21
>> Vice President
>> MWBE Certified
>
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