Thanks Allan, I was wondering about the lack of response as this group is 
always very helpful. One begins to suspect the phantom cause, i.e. the rest of 
the story that wasn’t told to us by the customer. It happens from time to time 
;-)

Ron

> On Sep 15, 2015, at 9:07 PM, Allan Sindelar <al...@sindelarsolar.com> wrote:
> 
> Ron, 
> The lack of response may indeed be your answer. I didn't reply because it 
> hasn't happened on my watch and I have no idea what would cause what you 
> describe. 
> Allan
> 
>> On Sep 15, 2015, at 8:30 PM, RM You <solarea...@solareagle.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Just wondering if any esteemed wrenches have an idea what could cause this 
>> problem? Customer says nothing unusual happened that he is aware of and the 
>> panels had been working fine for many years but now 4 of 6 panels just quit. 
>> Doesn’t appear to be a diode failure.
>> 
>> Ron
>> 
>>> On Sep 11, 2015, at 4:58 PM, RM You <solarea...@solareagle.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have a customer who has 6 siemens 48w panels that are 20 years old 
>>> (hooked in parallel to a 12v battery). He says that 4 of them have failed 
>>> in that there is no output unless he bypasses the diodes. However he pulled 
>>> the diodes and checked them on a diode check and separately on a battery 
>>> with a light bulb and they appear to be functioning correctly. Any ideas 
>>> what could be causing this anomaly?
>>> 
>>> Ron Young
>>> 
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