I am at a complete loss to find information and pictures like the ones I have of my panels.
My company who installed the system and two of their engineers did not have any answers.
The installation is on my house on the pacific side of Costa Rica.
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I have a 21 panel Canadian Solar 310 Watt each. 18 are hooked in pairs to APS micro-inverters
What started the entire situation is that I had one micro-inverter fail during a time of abnormally high power line voltage. The voltage was in the 260 volt range with 262 V being the peak.
This was within what APX calls nominal range though.
After the Micro-inverter was replaced the technician and engineer on site said they heard some popping similar to an arc. They decided to shut the entire system down.
I was sent the picture that I have uploaded as solar defect.
The engineer said the panel and possibly more needed to be replaced and they would have to return at a later date.
Two weeks later they returned bringing 2 panels to attach to the Micro-inverter that they replaced.
I received a phone call during the repair process and was told that 19 of the panels have similar defects and they were going to need to replace all the panels.
The phone call(s) also told me that I would have to pay for the panels and install cost unless Canadian Solar decided the fault was covered under warranty, than I would just have to pay the install price. I told them NOT to install all new panels, to wait for the warranty decision.
Please have any of you seen similar defects?
I have spent 2 days researching defects via... WWW and have not found an answer.
Solar Defect.jpg
NTTI1853.jpgDIDS9279.jpg
My company who installed the system and two of their engineers did not have any answers.
The installation is on my house on the pacific side of Costa Rica.
IMAG0726.jpg
I have a 21 panel Canadian Solar 310 Watt each. 18 are hooked in pairs to APS micro-inverters
What started the entire situation is that I had one micro-inverter fail during a time of abnormally high power line voltage. The voltage was in the 260 volt range with 262 V being the peak.
This was within what APX calls nominal range though.
After the Micro-inverter was replaced the technician and engineer on site said they heard some popping similar to an arc. They decided to shut the entire system down.
I was sent the picture that I have uploaded as solar defect.
The engineer said the panel and possibly more needed to be replaced and they would have to return at a later date.
Two weeks later they returned bringing 2 panels to attach to the Micro-inverter that they replaced.
I received a phone call during the repair process and was told that 19 of the panels have similar defects and they were going to need to replace all the panels.
The phone call(s) also told me that I would have to pay for the panels and install cost unless Canadian Solar decided the fault was covered under warranty, than I would just have to pay the install price. I told them NOT to install all new panels, to wait for the warranty decision.
Please have any of you seen similar defects?
I have spent 2 days researching defects via... WWW and have not found an answer.
Solar Defect.jpg
NTTI1853.jpgDIDS9279.jpg
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