Friends: I am a bit surprised at the responses I have gotten on this thread. I appreciate the technical advice and I don't mind the polite philosophical discussion like the one below. However, I received one reply, fortunately off-line, that was not very polite, to say the least.
I have been advised to abandon the clients that don't fit someone's criteria of green living. I don't think this is appropriate advice, especially if the adviser does not know what the whole story is. For example, one of the aforementioned clients was sold a bill of goods by a now defunct local installer. He retired, bought the property, moved in with a generator and then waited way too long for the scam artist to build a system that would "power everything with the rays of the sun." Tens of thousands of dollars later the client fired the scammer and asked me to help as best I could. He is on a fixed income, he lives with extended family, the daughter has severe health problems, the son in law is out of work, etc.. My client is in a tight situation, with no good choices. Yes, I could tell the guy f*** you, you don't meet my standards. But I am not that kind of person. I am trying to help the customer get by as best he can by working as a team. This, my friends, is the professional and humane thing to do, and I make no apologies. Have a nice weekend everyone. William Miller PS: the "good" customers are not necessarily the greenest people, they are the ones that reduce consumption as best they can, do their homework, trust me and pay on time. Wm -----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [ <mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of penobscotso...@midmaine.com Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 3:22 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] PV Assist Honestly, William, in these type of cases I usually walk away from the job if the customer isn't willing to reduce where possible. There is no such thing as a completely fool proof off grid PV system. Like a good lawyer, the best way to have a stellar record is to know which cases to take....just one man's opinion of course, but we get approached for many systems like this, particularly in the Caribbean and I have learned that there is such a thing as a good solar customer and also a bad solar customer. Daryl
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