I am sitting for the NABCEP test next month, but resisted for many years, because I did not want to endorse an additional layer of bureaucracy and expense for solar installers. It costs as much as the state contractor's license! Most of the competent installers have become certified now, so there is not much we can do about it. NABCEP is too much money, and adding additional certifications should be at a reduced cost.
Nick Soleil Project Manager Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC PO Box 657 Petaluma, CA 94953 Cell: 707-321-2937 Office: 707-789-9537 Fax: 707-769-9037 ________________________________ From: Aram Alexander <a...@aramsolar.com> To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Sent: Sun, February 6, 2011 10:11:20 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Problem with NABCEP ad No you are not. I have been installing grid tied PV for 10 years in ca. Nabcep is union based and all though it is good but it does not mean by any means the best as we have to fix several nabcep installed systems. I personally don't like there advertising either Aram On Feb 6, 2011, at 9:13 AM, wire...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello Wrenches, > > NABCEP has a full page ad in Home Power magazine that tells potential PV > buyers >to "Insist on a NABCEP Certified Installer". That's a great ad if you are >certified but not so good if you are not. I know many of you are but lots of >us >are not yet certified. > > > NABCEP is doing a great job to ensure that PV is installed by qualified >personal but is it their job to unintentionally cause non NABCEP certified >installers who are otherwise very qualified to lose business. I don't think >so. > > > I contacted NABCEP about the consequences of this ad and actually asked them > to >stop running it or at least tone it down so it doesn't cause installers like >to >me to lose business. They disagreed with me. > > Am I being too sensitive here? > > Thank you. > > Larry Liesner > Wirewiz > Westport, CT > Phone: 203-644-2404 > Fax: 203-557-0556 > wire...@gmail.com > www.wire-wiz.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: >http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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