Has anyone ever heard of Grape Solar????

[Sunking]

Yes I have. It is a Chi-Com Government company. What else do you need to know?

[inetdog]

but they know how to install and read the manuals.....that kind of gave me a bad indication to stay away!

I guess that is better than not reading, but if that is all they know, they are at the mercy of the person who writes (or translates) the manuals.

[mihzyd777]

So junk? I just called them to ask about finding installers in my area and the guy straight up told me ya we have a huge network of installers and then he said they are probably not Grade A installers but they know how to install and read the manuals.....that kind of gave me a bad indication to stay away!

Mike

[Naptown]

Grape is 2nd or third tier chinese manufacturer.
The one from lowes couple of hundred watts more and is a couple of hundred dollars lower but does not include racking. (how much is that )

[mihzyd777]

Ok all here's another for you,

In my neverending quest to find the perfect solar solution for our home, I did more research (Thanks again to this site) I found that Costco sells a 5170 watt Grape Solar panel system. Seems like the company has been around since 2009 and use to be called Centron Solar but was sued from a German company with a similar name and forced to change their name. They seem to be in all the big box stores and e-commerce and from Amazon reviews they seem like good panels.....

Costco price See here: http://www.costco.com/5170-Watt-Grid....11630267.html

I found the same system with 5.5kw at Lowes for a few hundred less see here: http://www.lowes.com/pd_182631-40683...lar&facetInfo=

So since there are no reviews from costco or anything here I'm looking to you all to hopefully give me some good insight. According to their site, there are installers all over the country etc...and they seem to have a good warranty.

Thanks,

Mike