[RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera?

2010-05-17 Thread i2p
Without any word, they have stopped taking orders.! Not only could they not fulfill an immediate need, they refused to even take a pretty nice order for future delivery. Who is still getting Kyocera? Whats the deal.? Are they dumping the small accounts?  If you are still doing business w

[RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-18 Thread Steven Lawrence
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera? Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Without any word, they have stopped taking orders.! Not only could they not fulfill an immediate need, they refused to even take a pretty nice order for

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera?

2010-05-17 Thread frenergy
: Monday, May 17, 2010 6:22 PM Subject: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera? Without any word, they have stopped taking orders.! Not only could they not fulfill an immediate need, they refused to even take a pretty nice order for future delivery. Who is still getting Kyocera? Whats the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera?

2010-05-18 Thread i2p
On May 17, 2010, at 8:23:04 PM, frenergy wrote:  AEE has been good to me over the years.  They have several flavors of PVs, though I believe no Kyo.   Bill Feather River Solar Electric Thanks Bill, and indeed AEE are champs and have helped me get ove\r the hump and are supplying  what I need

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera?

2010-05-18 Thread Peter Parrish
frenergy Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:23 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera? Don, AEE has been good to me over the years. They have several flavors of PVs, though I believe no Kyo. Bill Feather River Solar Electric - Original Message - From: i2p

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera?

2010-05-18 Thread wes kennedy
Prolly the huge sucking sound of Germany pulling in all available glass before the FIT cuts hit soon. -Wes Kennedy 303-653-3073 --- On Tue, 5/18/10, Peter Parrish wrote: From: Peter Parrish Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera? To: "'RE-wrenches'" Date: Tues

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-18 Thread Keith Cronin
uot; Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 7:51:51 AM Subject: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera It's the same thing here. They aren't taking any large orders from us. Steven Lawrence NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer(tm) -- Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 18:22:27

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-18 Thread Joel Davidson
round 60%. See slide 2 http://www.luthcommunications.com/uploads/Paula_Mints_presentation.pdf From: Keith Cronin To: RE-wrenches Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 10:59:04 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera I've heard alot of manu's are strugg

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-18 Thread R Ray Walters
/www.luthcommunications.com/uploads/Paula_Mints_presentation.pdf > > From: Keith Cronin > To: RE-wrenches > Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 10:59:04 AM > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera > > I've heard alot of manu's are struggling or will be struggling to meet

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-19 Thread Bill Loesch
- From: R Ray Walters To: RE-wrenches Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera Interesting, because we quit working with all three Manufacturers mentioned for the following reasons: Kyocera had that 1999 bad batch that is still giving them a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-19 Thread i2p
On May 18, 2010, at 1:56:14 PM, "Joel Davidson" wrote: From: "Joel Davidson" Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera Date: May 18, 2010 1:56:14 PM PDT To: RE-wrenches In 2002, Kyocera cut off American distributors shortly after hosting their distributor vis

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-19 Thread Jeff Yago
Same here.  We have a bunch of solar powered DC sign lighting comming up and due to long lead time on quality top-of-pole mounting hardware we ordered some nice custom mounts for 40 to 80 watt Kyocera modules at same time we ordered the modules.   They never called back, never responded to our orde

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-19 Thread Jeff Yago
Same here.  We have a bunch of solar powered DC sign lighting comming up and due to long lead time on quality top-of-pole mounting hardware we ordered some nice custom mounts for 40 to 80 watt Kyocera modules at same time we ordered the modules.   They never called back, never responded to our orde

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-19 Thread Chris Daum
Yago Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 6:08 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera Same here. We have a bunch of solar powered DC sign lighting comming up and due to long lead time on quality top-of-pole mounting hardware we ordered some nice custom mounts for 40 to 80 watt

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-19 Thread Dan Fink
Chris and other Wrenches; Have any of you tried the smaller (<100 watt) PV modules from Sunwize? I believe the brand name is Yingli and they are from China. Same question with the small modules from AEE Solar under their brand name. Because I work only with off-grid systems in very remote loc

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-19 Thread Roy Butler
Dan, I had to resort to Yingli modules on several of my Regretta pump systems a while back and they're working just fine. Over all, they exceeded my (rather low) expectations. I can't speak for any changes in quality since 2006 though. Roy Butler NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® NYSERDA el

Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera

2010-05-20 Thread Blair May
renches.org] On Behalf Of Chris Daum Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:15 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera Sunwize may not be the cheapest but their service runs from good to doggone excellent. And they stock quite the variety of module sizes. Chri