I had a potential customer call me last week saying he had just bought a "bunch
of panels and those micro chip things (enphase inverters) so he could get a end
of the year tax break". He wanted me to come and install it for him. I told him
my work includes a comprehensive energy audit to gather the low hanging fruit
first. I also said I do not touch equipment I do not sell or install systems I
do not design and that I was sorry but I could not help him. I wished him good
luck in getting someone to touch that gear. Too bad the cheapestsolar.com folks
don't warn their customers about these kinds of situations.
Just like the Carter gold rush days is correct.
Todd
On Friday, January 28, 2011 2:52pm, "Darryl Thayer" <daryl_so...@yahoo.com>
said:
Guys,
You're missing a business opportunity. Instead of
complaining about roofers' bad work and competition, show
the company owners photos of their screw-ups and your
quality work. Tell him that he is a risk. Then
offer to do their design and electrical installation
(let them do the sales, roofing, and grunt work).
Joel Davidson
----- Original Message -----
From:
[http://us.mc318.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=war...@wind-sun.com] Warren
Lauzon
To:
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RE-wrenches
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Roofers installing solar =
creative,new installation methods
We have seen a lot of the roofing companies nibbling
around the edges of solar installs lately. I have only
seen a couple of installs personally, and they were
far from what I would call professional or reliable.
Not quite as bad as your example, but in one case they
had used Romex to run the wiring down to the
inverter, and not in conduit.
From: [http://us.mc318.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nicksoleilso...@yahoo.com]
Nick Soleil
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:11 PM
To:
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Roofers installing solar
= creative,new installation methods
Hi wrenches:
Have you noticed that roofing companies
have recently been trying to sell solar?
One company thought of something that I had
never considered. Listen to this neat story.
I was servicing a job today, where a
roofing company recently removed and
re-installed a PV array on a 12 degree sloped roof.
The funny thing is that the roofer didn't want to
penetrate his new roof, so he and the customer
decided to leave the panels sitting on the
composition roof without any attachments to the
structure. They didn't think it was
necessary!
Shortly afterward, the array slid down
the roof, and a MultiContact connector came
unplugged. The customer noticed that his
system was not operating, and called us to the site.
Nick Soleil
Project Manager
Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC
PO Box 657
Petaluma, CA 94953
Cell: 707-321-2937
Office: 707-789-9537
Fax: 707-769-9037
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