Well Alan, all I remember about the Coors guys' efforts pretty much
matches your description. Except that everyone called them Golden
Genitals. ;-)
Matt T
Allan Sindelar wrote:
Old time Wrenches, I need a history lesson, please...
We removed a Y2K system installed by someone else, before a home was
put on the market. All equipment was resold.
The array consisted of ten Golden Genesis 12V 120W modules. Six were
sold with racks, but four went to one of our existing customers. I
ordered a DP&W pole-top rack for them.
When the time came to install them the rack didn't fit. We redrilled
holes and it all went together, but I was ready to rake DP&W over the
coals until I discovered that the mistake was mine: the terminal
circuit board inside a j-box showed that these were actually
Astropower AP120s. I had assumed that these were the common KC-120s of
that time, that had been private-labeled with Golden Genesis' name.
Golden Genesis was a Coors Brewing (of Golden, Colorado) spinoff that
got into PV for a few years around that time. My understanding is that
they bought the entire Photocomm name and distribution network, as
well as played with thin-film development for awhile (gallium
arsenide?). Photocomm had been the U.S. distributor for Kyocera for
years. Eventually GG sold out to Kyocera USA, which is what we have now.
Who can fill me in on all this? Joel?
Allan Sindelar
_allan_(at)_positiveenergysolar.com_
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
NABCEP certified solar PV installer
Positive Energy, Inc.
3225A Richards Lane
Santa Fe NM 87507
505 424-1112
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