Hello,
I purchased my home about four years ago and assumed the solar lease at that time. The lease expired at the end of last year (10 year lease) and I have been trying to either renew it, buy the system, or have it removed. I have played phone tag with SunPower for several weeks and finally this last Friday talked to "my" rep. The current buyout amount is just over $12,000, they asked me "what price would I be willing to purchase the system for right now?" I shot out $5,000, which the rep said "he would run it by management for approval." After lots of reading here it looks like SunPower:
1. Doesn't want the liability of extending the lease and having to cover warranty work.
2. They dodged my question about renewing and kept asking for a buyout offer.
3. Already deprecated the systems value and took all of the incentives.
4. Doesn't want to remove the system and deal with the costs of removing it or having to sell it to a third party for removal.
My SunPower account has spotty data at best, it will show for example a net kwh of .43 for a one hour time frame but not what I produced just what I put back into the grid. It will also show that some days I don't generate at all and then have peaks of 7 kwh with an average of 4.5 kwh. SunPower and the builder have zero information on my system (number of panels, panel rating, invert, etc.). I did look at my inverter and its a SPR-4000m but the panels are the roof tile type that are set into my roof and I cannot get a good angle from the street for a count. I am located in So Cal and the roof with the panels is not blocked or covered by shadows from other houses or trees and faces south. There are 10 rows that are ~15' long and one row that is ~12' long.
With that said:
1. Has anyone else had this happen where SunPower is willing to let the system go for 40% of the estimated value?
2. How do I know if my system is performing properly?
3. Will the invert actually convert 4 kw from the panel at peak?
I just want to make sure I'm not buying a broken system. Anyways, any feedback or suggestions you have is greatly apricated, along with any recommendations for inspection services.
Thank you for reading this far!
I purchased my home about four years ago and assumed the solar lease at that time. The lease expired at the end of last year (10 year lease) and I have been trying to either renew it, buy the system, or have it removed. I have played phone tag with SunPower for several weeks and finally this last Friday talked to "my" rep. The current buyout amount is just over $12,000, they asked me "what price would I be willing to purchase the system for right now?" I shot out $5,000, which the rep said "he would run it by management for approval." After lots of reading here it looks like SunPower:
1. Doesn't want the liability of extending the lease and having to cover warranty work.
2. They dodged my question about renewing and kept asking for a buyout offer.
3. Already deprecated the systems value and took all of the incentives.
4. Doesn't want to remove the system and deal with the costs of removing it or having to sell it to a third party for removal.
My SunPower account has spotty data at best, it will show for example a net kwh of .43 for a one hour time frame but not what I produced just what I put back into the grid. It will also show that some days I don't generate at all and then have peaks of 7 kwh with an average of 4.5 kwh. SunPower and the builder have zero information on my system (number of panels, panel rating, invert, etc.). I did look at my inverter and its a SPR-4000m but the panels are the roof tile type that are set into my roof and I cannot get a good angle from the street for a count. I am located in So Cal and the roof with the panels is not blocked or covered by shadows from other houses or trees and faces south. There are 10 rows that are ~15' long and one row that is ~12' long.
With that said:
1. Has anyone else had this happen where SunPower is willing to let the system go for 40% of the estimated value?
2. How do I know if my system is performing properly?
3. Will the invert actually convert 4 kw from the panel at peak?
I just want to make sure I'm not buying a broken system. Anyways, any feedback or suggestions you have is greatly apricated, along with any recommendations for inspection services.
Thank you for reading this far!
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