Possibility of lower PV prices this fall...Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicts a 34% fall...

Here's a link to the article.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2018/06/05/bnef-expects-34-fall-in-pv-module-prices-in-2018/
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2018/06/05/bnef-expects-34-fall-in-pv-module-prices-in-2018/
Home system 4000 watt (Evergreen) array standing, with 2 Midnite Classic Lites, Midnite E-panel, Magnum MS4024, Prosine 1800(now backup) and Exeltech 1100(former backup...lol), 660 ah 24v Forklift battery(now 10 years old). Off grid for 20 years (if I include 8 months on a bicycle).
- Assorted other systems, pieces and to many panels in the closet to not do more projects.
- Assorted other systems, pieces and to many panels in the closet to not do more projects.
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- Assorted other systems, pieces and to many panels in the closet to not do more projects.
The problem for a buyer of solar is that if the panel stops working after the typical 10 or less year product warranty the manufacturer of the panel does not have to help in any way. Some will help but it is a battle.
I think you are right Bill about the failing chinese panels from companies that I can't pronounce. They do make some very good panels also but unless I know the parent company I stay away. When I worked for HP in the 80's we opened China for business. We had some amazing products out of there but we always had a few parts that could not be copied embedded.
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Dis-mounting a panel, then testing its production capacity against its age, just never happens. The cost of all that testing, including shipping, is just too expensive.
Those production warranty promises are not worth the paper they are written on.
If one wants they can research how a Sunpower panel is made. Also Panasonic and LG with their 25 year product warranties. It can be a good learning experience.
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If I was a decent brand producing in a price war, warranty would certainly be an advantage I'd want to press. Making life difficult for claimants would negate my brand advantage, and force me to compete on price alone. Not a happy place in a price war.
Main daytime system ~4kw panels into 2xMNClassic150 370ah 48v bank 2xOutback 3548 inverter 120v + 240v autotransformer
Night system ~1kw panels into 1xMNClassic150 700ah 12v bank morningstar 300w inverter
And xantrex replaced one failed inverter and upgraded one (bad capacitors from mfg.) The bad one was outside the warrantee period.
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2.1 Kw Suntech 175 mono, Classic 200, Trace SW 4024 ( 15 years old but brand new out of sealed factory box Jan. 2015), Bogart Tri-metric, 460 Ah. 24 volt LiFePo4 battery bank. Plenty of Baja Sea of Cortez sunshine.
No time for research Cowrancher but I will give you a link to one of my buds in Australia. Really funny guy.
In the middle they explain how the panel is made. For decades it has allowed them to give more than twice the product warranty others did.
They are still right down the street where we lived in the silicon valley. Although panels are made in mexico, philippines and china, I think.
I have seen info on LG and Panasonic using the same techniques. In summer, in places where it cooks, all of these exceed max power weekly.
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