Small Chip inside panel, does this affect anything?

[otterslide]

I'm assuming the black part of the panel is what generates the electricity, is a little chip like this anything to worry about?
There's also a small blue dot, I have no idea what the would be..
Thanks.

[Mike90250]

Looks like sub-prime wafers used in those panels. Chips are not allowed in prime wafers, and the light blue area is incompletely coated, a QA failure.

Hope the panels were not sold as first rate panels.

[otterslide]

Looks like sub-prime wafers used in those panels. Chips are not allowed in prime wafers, and the light blue area is incompletely coated, a QA failure.

Hope the panels were not sold as first rate panels.

Sold as brand new on Amazon, nothing mentioned about sub-standard quality. I'm new to solar panel quality, but I can see defects at least...
There is even rust on the junction box leads. I'll be returning it. It has some scratches too..

[otterslide]

There are 3 wafers that have a blue tinge as well on the one with chips. Is this also an incomplete coating?

blue.jpg

[Mike90250]

Variations in shade is not as bad, and could be slight process difference over a large area as you show here. That first pic though, did not look good.