Folks, Yesterday I took a trip through my service area and initated 3 inverter replacement actions:
- A 6 year old Sunnyboy 1100W, 5 year warranty expired, $360 for a refurbished unit w/ 1 year warranty, new replacement not available - A 2 year old Fronius IG4000 refurbished, sent as warranty replacement for unit failed at 4 years under 5 year warranty, now out of warranty, est. $ 600 to refurbish with 1 year warranty - A 4 year old Fronius IG3000, under 10 year warranty, warranty replacement and service fee provided by Fronius I have to decide, what is best for my out of warranty customers: - Buy the refurbished units w/ 1 year warranty - Buy new replacement units with 10 or 20 year warrranties - Buy entirely new equipment such as Enphase or SolarEdge What are other folks experiencing as we move well past the 5 year warranty horizon for many of our earlier customers? Mark Frye Berkeley Solar Electric Systems 303 Redbud Way Nevada City, CA 95959 (530) 401-8024 www.berkeleysolar.com
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