Marco,
"Chinese and Taiwanese continue to get hammered with these tariffs."
In any game, if you're not playing fair, you get penalized.
Yes, I too thank SolarWorld for producing a very high quality product
here in the USA at a reasonable cost, less polluting production methods and
being there for me to back up their panels in the long run. For myself and my
customers, it feels good to know that our dollars are staying here in the
states, boosting our economy. Some Chinese PV companies have already come and
gone in the rush to the bottom we saw a couple years ago. There are not doubt
some Chinese PVs that are quality built but many will follow the same path of
anything else purchased from Walmart mentality...low upfront cost, early
failure and a bad name for solar.
And its not just SolarWorld that should take the credit for the tariff
bashing comments, though they have been willing to be the target for the few
survivors here in the US. My understanding is now there is an increase in
production (and producers) domestically due to a leveling of the PV playing
field.
Bill
Taylorsville, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: Marco Mangelsdorf
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] module testing
Thanks, Jarmo. Sounds important to know.
India-based Tata Power Solar (yes, Power Solar not Solar Power) is looking
into getting into the U.S. market in a bigger way and they’re working with TUV
in Arizona.
Be interesting to see who fills the increasing void as far as module
suppliers as the Chinese and Taiwanese continue to get hammered with these
tariffs. Thank you, SolarWorld!
marco
From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On
Behalf Of jarmo.venalai...@schneider-electric.com
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 7:43 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] module testing
Hi:
The "cTUVus" mark is accredited by OSHA (NRTL), and considered equivalent to
UL and CSA by city , county and state regulators throughout the US.
The thing to check is that the applicable "cTUVus" standard was applied. In
this case the test needs to be the cTUVus equivalent of UL1703.
Here's a link to the TUV doc which outlines the above.
http://www.tuv.com/media/usa/nabrochures/Product_Safety.pdf
As always, the AJH has the final say.
JARMO
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Date:
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Hola.
Does anyone know….For the U.S. market, is TUV certification to UL 1703
considered adequate?
I’ve always thought that modules sold in the U.S. had to have actual testing
and certification by U.L. directly or another nationally recognized test lab.
Thanks,
marco
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