Ray Johnson in Florida has done an excellent job documenting this fiasco on his blow in the article below and several other articles.
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/04/solar-contractors-installers-beware-of-the-panel-warranty-bait-switch W e lost several jobs to this company in the past due to unsustainable low competitive prices. I was sounding the alarm on this a couple of years ago - I thought they were dumping product on the market to establish their contracting/sales arm. It seems they were up to much more than that. *Jason Szumlanski* *Fafco Solar* On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Nik Ponzio <npon...@buildingenergyus.com>wrote: > > http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/newsroom/publicnotices/detail/index.jsp?cpath=/global/eng/pages/newsroom/publicnotices/detail/data/ul-warns-of-counterfeit-ul-mark-on-photovoltaic_20130415070000.xml > > UL warns of counterfeit UL Mark on photovoltaic panels (Release 13PN-20) > > *NORTHBROOK, IL - April 15, 2013 -* The following is a notification from > UL to Authorities Having Jurisdiction, distributors, installers and users > that the photovoltaic panels identified below bear counterfeit UL Marks for > the United States and Canada . The photovoltaic (solar) panels have not > been evaluated by UL to the appropriate Standards for Safety and it is > unknown if these photovoltaic panels comply with UL's safety requirements > for the United States or Canada. > > *Name of Product:* > > ASP - Advanced Solar Photonics (also known as Bluechip Energy) > Models AP-240PK, AP-245MK and ASP-390M > > Note that ASP is a tradename for the parent company Bluechip Energy LLC > > *Identification: **On the product:* The products bear a counterfeit > UL Mark and one of the markings shown below: > > > > > > > > Note that the labels include additional electrical rating information, but > the values may differ from that shown in the photographs below. > > ** > > *Photos of Product: * > > * Photo of typical > installation* > > * * > > *Counterfeit nameplate from Model AP-240PK* > > > > The nameplate label for Model AP-245MK is identical to the label above > except for Model number and electrical ratings. > > ** > > *Counterfeit nameplate from Model ASP-390M* > > * * > > *Sold at: *Known to be sold by SunWorks Solar and may be sold by other > distributors >
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