Again, with all due respect, the don't talk to anyone with less than 50 installs is a bit extreme and quite frankly a little arrogant.
Larry Liesner Wirewiz 31 Lincoln St Westport, CT 06880 Phone: 203-644-2404 wire...@gmail.com www.wire-wiz.com On Oct 9, 2011, at 12:31 PM, North Texas Renewable Energy Inc wrote: > With all due respect to your experience in California Joel, total > installations is not a very accurate indicator of ability in todays PV > industry imho. A good start is how many years have you been in the business, > really in the business. This does not include the PV pump in your koi pond > but real verifiable, green-tagged installs. 20+ year electrical contractors > with a half-dozen installs don't count either. NABCEP certification is > another excellent filter but several ECs around here simply hired a NABCEP > cert to be able to fly the logo. > > I have sat through Bill Brooks classes almost as many times as John Wiles > classes. Just spent 8 hours in a James Stallcup Sr. class in Austin Friday > and had lunch Saturday with the 25 year Exec. Dir. of treia.org. My www site > doesn't emphasize the number of installs but it does show a list of training > classes, and conferences etc I have attended over the last 18 years. > > I won't go into the politics of why Texas is a decade behind the leading edge > of PV in the US but I probably don't have to when you consider our political > situation here. And our working with TREIA at the state capitol for the last > 6 years "greasing the skids" in favor of pro-RE legislation gives a whole new > perspective on those politics. There's a reason SEIA & SEPA brought SPI to > Dallas. > > And since you mentioned it, I don't know how many Wrenches will be at SPI in > Dallas but be sure to check out the pulled pork sandwiches and > "first-drink-free" meetup at Poor Davids Pub on the 19th from 6-9. It's > sponsored by the Texas Solar Energy Society and it's just a couple of blocks > from the big show. We'll be looking for NABCEP shirts. > > Jim Duncan > North Texas Renewable Energy > NABCEP Certified Solar PV > Installer No.031310-57 > TECL 27398 > nt...@1scom.net > 817.917.0527 > www.ntrei.com > > > Dear Jesse, > > 1. Go to the Dallas solar exhibition and spend a lot of time on the floor > talking to real engineers with field experience (not salespeople). First > question to ask is "How many PV systems have you installed?" Anyone with > less than 50 systems under their belt is either reading from the book or > still in training. > > 2. Attend a Bill Brooks training session. Bill has strong opinions that some > wrenches disagree with but has seen more PV installations than over 99% of > the people on Earth and has spend decades thinking about what is good and > bad PV. > > 3. Meet with and walk the exhibit floor with and talk shop day and night > with as many wrenches as you can (at least 3 a day). > > 4. Go to the exhibits all the time they are open and keep your ears open. > Wrenching is parts and the people who put parts together. Only go to > sessions and workshops when the exhibits are closed. > > 5. Don't become a true believer in any one part or one way to put parts > together. There are many good and bad parts and techniques. The quest is > finding something better. > > Have fun. > Joel Davidson > "Not all change is for the better, but nothing gets better without change." > > > > <North Texas Renewable Energy > Inc.vcf>_______________________________________________ > 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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