Pretty soon I believe warranty coverage will become a virtual non-issue. At well under $2/watt, does it matter much anymore? Is there really that much risk of product or performance failure with most reputable manufacturers?
Yes, I paid $10+/w for Astropower modules over a decade ago, and warranty definitely mattered at that time. Anyway... sad to see them go. We were a big fan for a while. Jason Szumlanski Fafco Solar From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of boB Gudgel Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 2:23 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Evergreen goes down On 8/18/2011 11:10 AM, Marco Mangelsdorf wrote: Evergreen Solar, one of the last remaining independent U.S. module manufacturers, announced their plan to file for bankruptcy protection this week. Done in by plummeting module pricing no doubt. I'm sure you all are getting the same kind of solicitation emails that I get from mod manufacturers and wholesalers from across the globe peddling mods at low, low prices, including Evergreen. Anyone have any idea what's going to happen to the warranty coverage for Evergreen mods? Will they become unwanted, unwarrantied orphans, a la Astropower? Sad, sad.... marco I'd beware of newer companies offering say, 50 year warranties ! Hopefully NOT the new business model ! boB
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