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On Dec 23, 12:00*pm, Larry wrote:
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Solar panels have a long warranty period.....unless some idiot starts
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his drill to "fix" them, of course.....

Just swap it!

You are a wise man, it seems. Just got a note from the warranty
dept. They offered to swap all the panels I bought, not just the
defective one! We'll see what really happens and how the
international logistics work out, but that's a pretty nice opening
offer. They are closed for the holidays so it will takes some weeks
at the least.. Bummer about that. Too, ripping the rack out and then
re-glassing it is a major so I don't really want to replace the whole
array.

--Tom.


Swap out them all. They probably had a bad run of a few thousand panels
that are all coming apart and trying to save face. Congratulations!

Don't just replace the one....the warranty dept knows the others will come
apart soon enough and are offering you all new ones. Glassing them is of
no consequence. CHANGE THEM ALL!

Now you have the chance of putting the new ones back where you can service
them....not glassing them into some unserviceable place. Do a better job
of planning on replacing them, this time.