Any Info or Experince with this company?

BilljustBill
BilljustBill Solar Expert Posts: 219 ✭✭✭
in Solar Beginners Corner #1
Any dealings or information about quality of panels sold from this company??


LaVie Solar
U.S. BASE WHOLESALER

5 YEARS POWER AND 25YEARS 80% POWER WARRANTY

WWW.LAVIESOLAR.COM

Here's an example of their Ebay inventory:

http://cgi.ebay.com/4pcs-100-watt-solar-panel-charing-for-12v-dc-400watt_W0QQitemZ270497758631QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3efaec3da7

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  • icarus
    icarus Solar Expert Posts: 5,436 ✭✭✭✭
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    Why would you spend ~$2.72/watt for some no name brand, from some no named seller, no UL listing panel etc when for even less money you can buy from a reputable retailer, including our site host, amongst others? My answer would be,, not on a bet thank you very much?

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  • Windsun
    Windsun Solar Expert Posts: 1,164 ✭✭
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    Hmm... "US based". I guess that is why the domain is listed in China:
    Registrant:
    Organization : liuyang
    Name : liu yang
    Address : Zhengzhoushi jing san lu
    City : Zhengzhou
    Province/State : Zhejiang
    Country : cn
    Postal Code : 450008
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,631 admin
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    What made you think that they might not be a US based wholesaler?
    PUT THE SUN IS CONVERTED TO WEALTH BUILDING RICH HUMANITY IS OUR PURPOSE! - solar panel
    Hmm... Translate to Chinese through Babel Fish:

    投入太陽被轉換成建立富有的人類的財富是我們的目的

    And translate back to English:

    Invests the sun to transform the establishment rich humanity's wealth is our goal

    Hmm... Even Babel Fish does better.

    -Bill

    By the way, there is no listing for Lavie Solar at the contact address on their website. Lavie Solar does have a business license listed to, what appears to be, a home address in the Texas Taxable Entity data base.
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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Re: Any Info or Experince with this company?

    Yep. We are all skeptics. A good healthy dose with my _ _

    I'm giving up on learning Spanish, and guess I'll have to learn Mandarin.

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  • icarus
    icarus Solar Expert Posts: 5,436 ✭✭✭✭
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    Personally, I wouldn't beat up the the chinese as they have prove that they can come up to par with manufacturing quite quickly. The sad part is we have let them.

    I also would cool it a bit with the rhetoric that sounds a bit racist to me.

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  • GreenPowerManiac
    GreenPowerManiac Solar Expert Posts: 453 ✭✭✭
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    Look at the cells closer. Looks like 3x6 cells. 9 by 4 = 36 times about 1.98v per cell = 72 watts.... Thought they said 100 watts per panel. Now it's $3.82 per watt and false advertising. I'll bet that Evergreen makes these cells..... Where are they getting 100 watts ? All 17 of my panels have 4x4 x 36 cells @ 72 watts or 2 watts per cell. What are my panels rated then for wattage ?
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  • System2
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    Re: Any Info or Experince with this company?
    GreenPowerManiac wrote: »
    Look at the cells closer. Looks like 3x6 cells. 9 by 4 = 36 times about 1.98v per cell = 72 watts.... Thought they said 100 watts per panel. Now it's $3.82 per watt and false advertising. I'll bet that Evergreen makes these cells..... Where are they getting 100 watts ? All 17 of my panels have 4x4 x 36 cells @ 72 watts or 2 watts per cell. What are my panels rated then for wattage ?
    alright I no this post is old but I figure I would give some info on these panels Since I own a 1.2 KWH array made out of these panels And have no issues with performance
    Actully... They are 100 Watt panels I no because I own a few and got them at the right price so I bought them size of the cells dont mean anything its the effiency of them you can have a 2x2 out perform a 3x6 its how its made that makes it worth while ... I am from ILLinios also I have a 2000Ah battery bank xantrex prosine 1800 inverter and a Xantrex XW Mppt 150 charge controller the ratings dont lie on my History log and im hitting around 6.2kwh a day on a nice sunny day
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