[RE-wrenches] Bad Diodes in QCells?

2020-11-05 Thread AE Solar
Wrenchers, Wondering if anyone has had any experience with bad diodes in QCell panels. Two of our projects this summer had panels that were putting out half of their rated voltage. At first it seemed like it was a defect from the factory, and it was caught upon commissioning the system, but I'm now

Re: [RE-wrenches] factory module damage, has anyone seen this?

2020-11-05 Thread frenergy
I think I'm going to have to side with Jason.  Many times my distributor has eaten crow for stuff like this and of course there has been times months after a delivery where I've found damage that I've had to eat.  Its the cost of doing business but if these were a fairly recent delivery, the di

Re: [RE-wrenches] factory module damage, has anyone seen this?

2020-11-05 Thread Jason Szumlanski
I would never accept this from my distributor. It would be going back with a full refund or I'd take my business elsewhere. My distributor would never accept this from a manufacturer I would think. That's the whole benefit of having a middleman - they are paid to deal with these kinds of issue! Ja

Re: [RE-wrenches] factory module damage, has anyone seen this?

2020-11-05 Thread Jay
I wanted to give a final update as to this issue Canadian solar drew the line with “ it’s within tolerance, not a warranty issue” So I’m out of options from them. Quite disappointed and I won’t buy them again. My distributor was great and with their discount I feel a bit better. But any kind