[RE-wrenches] Kyocera followup

2011-06-08 Thread Allan Sindelar
Wrenches, A year ago there was a thread here about Kyocera suddenly canceling orders and dropping dealers. We weren't affected, as Kyocera has never been more than a minor supplier since Photocomm/Golden Genesis days. But I was recently cold-contacted by their new sales

Re: [RE-wrenches] Kyocera followup

2011-06-08 Thread Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems
Hi Allan, Personally I have never understood their business model. I have tried for 9 years to open an account with Kyocera and have always been told, "we are not accepting new dealers"... blah, blah, blah. Even though we have a retail store that sells dozens of items they stock and we are right

[RE-wrenches] Tigo to go?

2011-06-08 Thread Marco Mangelsdorf
What's the feedback on these Tigo buggers? I'm not talking about sites where shading is an issue, but a nice big commercial roof with no shading. Specifically, I'm talking about a 400-module system feeding into a single PV Powered 100 kW inverter. Anyone have an opinion whether spending an

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tigo to go?

2011-06-08 Thread Bill Brooks
Marco, The only argument you can make for a system like yours is to say that if the modules degrade at different rates, then the Tigo optimizers make sense. Otherwise, I can't see how it could be anything but a slight loss. Tough call for $15k. Other attributes like monitoring and shutting off