Wallace,
Can you describe what your x v test is? Something more sophisticated
than a DayStar meter?
Anyone have any info about KC70 modules not being up to strength?
TIA,
Bill Loesch
Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar
On 27-Jun-12 4:00 PM, Wallace Stahle wrote:
On Jun 26, 2012, at 2:59 PM, SunHarvest wrote:
The KC120's turned out to be faulty. Kyocera replaced all 12 of the
bad KC120's with refurbished KC120's and requested an invoice for my
labor to complete the exchange. I tested the new and old modules side
by side and both registered the same voltage and amperage. It's only
under load when the power failure is apparent. This is why I
initially ruled out the modules as being the problem. Thanks for all
your help wrenchers!
Eric Stikes
Owner
Eric, You might want to look at the module label and confirm output.
Just this Monday I opened an unused, 3 year old box of two of those
replacement Kyocera 120-1Rs and while doing a x v discovered it was
only 102 watts.
I arranged the replacement of 10 these 3 years ago and don't think I
actually looked then, What more need ye know than KC120 right? But
suspect I had the wool pulled over my eyes by Kyocera. A net loss of
replacement watts.
Even though Kyocera will replace them with pleasure, it seems strange
for them to allow a whole class of customers to absorb the cost of
faulty modules with prematurely failed batteries and/or excess
generator use, so that Kyocera can absorb the cost slowly over years
while thousands of customers pay the consequence$ until the swap happens.
Why not a recall? $$$ of course.
Then the pleasantly supplied replacements come in 15% smaller.
Ouch
Anyone else out there with 120-1R Kyocera modules that label 6.08
I-pk and 16.8V-pk. Kyocera needs to "amp up" the replacements in my view.
-
Wallace Stahle
Future Electric Energy Co
P O Box 236
Willits, CA 95490
fut...@pacific.net <mailto:fut...@pacific.net>
CA Lic.# C10-762093
707-459-0474
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