What company and what panels do you use and why?

[s18mcn]

As per title really? I have just secured my first pv install and was wondering what panels you guys prefer to use and why? The company near me is Marlec and the supply the bp 185's has any body else used these panel and Marlec? Whats your thoughts?

 

[grandfortune]

you haven't been on the ecoskies course by any chance have you?

 

[JD6400]

you haven't been on the ecoskies course by any chance have you?

And robbed your locall bank to fund the job , surly that one must have been at cost price because we would never get a job if we wanted to put a mark up on Marlec prices !

 

[whlphil]

Top end REC, Sunpower, Sanyo

Bottom end LDK, Yingli, Phono

Specialist Solyndra, and a CdTe module

 

[s18mcn]

no i went on the nicc course. Its a friend who wants it installed. Whlphil where do you buy your panels from? Fo you buy as a kit or sort it individually?

 

[pvsolaruk]

As per title really? I have just secured my first pv install and was wondering what panels you guys prefer to use and why? The company near me is Marlec and the supply the bp 185's has any body else used these panel and Marlec? Whats your thoughts?

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[whlphil]

no i went on the nicc course. Its a friend who wants it installed. Whlphil where do you buy your panels from? Fo you buy as a kit or sort it individually?

Mainly buy through a Dutch distributor Sunconnex - and IBC -generally buy individually as we only do commercial 10kw+ had thought about buying direct but I've enough on without dealing with the storage/distribution headache

In general I dont buy Chinese the insurance risk is too high but occasionally you have to compete on jobs where the end client cant see the security of a european supplier and the benefit of long term higher yields (potential increased savings on fuel offset costs) - when you calc out the yields on Yingli vs REC there's virtually nothing in it only about 0.2% on the IRR

 

[Surboy]

Samsung 247w (mono), Axitec 230w (poly) and Bosch 240w (mono), great warranties and value for money.

 

[whlphil]

Samsung and Bosch are good but do you know if the Axitec is warrantied from balance sheet or Independent? Having looked at the warranty do you know it only covers repair or replacement with no costs associated not even transport?