{"id":2849,"date":"2013-09-18T00:03:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T14:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=2849"},"modified":"2014-01-05T18:11:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T08:41:39","slug":"munchen-solar-panels-ningbo-qixin-panels-disguise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/munchen-solar-panels-ningbo-qixin-panels-disguise\/","title":{"rendered":"Are “Munchen Solar Panels” Actually German? And Are They Any Good?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are Munchen Panels German or Chinese or Both?<\/p><\/div>\n

Recently I’ve been getting a lot of emails along the lines of:<\/p>\n

Hey Finn, Have you ever heard of Munchen Solar Panels? Are they any good? I really want “German Engineered” Panels and these look better than any of that Chinese engineered rubbish!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, the short answer is this: “Munchen Solar? Never heard of them. (and btw there are some great Chinese panels out there..)”<\/p>\n

But after the quadzillionth email asking the same thing, I thought I’d do some digging to try and discover why there is a sudden spike in interest for these I’ve-never-heard-of-them-before German sounding solar panels.<\/p>\n

The first thing I discovered was that there are some jolly cheap solar systems being advertised with these panels in them.<\/p>\n

Achtung! Achtung!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then I discovered the Munchen Solar website. Funnily enough, the design of the site is more German than Oktoberfest!<\/p>\n

\"munchen<\/a>

Ja – Das Ist Richtig!<\/p><\/div>\n

Now “where are these solar panels made?”, I asked myself. But try as I might, the website refuses to tell me!<\/p>\n

So I click on their Facebook link. They have all of 7 friends. (Some may say that’s pretty good for a German! \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n

So I Google the German street address on their “contact us” page. One of the top results is for<\/p>\n

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\u6d59\u6c5f\u542f\u946b\u65b0\u80fd\u6e90\u79d1\u6280\u80a1\u4efd\u6709\u9650\u516c\u53f8 Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Achtung, Achtung!<\/strong><\/p>\n
Could “Munchen Solar” and “Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd” be one and the same company?<\/p>\n
Why do they share an office in Deutschland?<\/p>\n
How German are Munchen Solar Panels really? Where did they come from, and how long will they be around?<\/p>\n
I honestly don’t know.<\/p>\n
All I ask is this. Solar companies: if you are going to introduce a new panel brand into Australia, then please put as much effort in to putting useful information on your website as you do making the logos look German. Telling us the factories that your panels are made in would be a start. Your Australian office address and contact people would be good too. Perhaps you could also publish the certificates that prove you have met all the international standards, and provide some third party testing that verifies the specs on your data sheets. And what does “German Inspiration” actually mean? How many German blokes\/ladies are on the payroll? And how many of those have engineering degrees? And finally, don’t be ashamed of any links you may have with China!<\/p>\n
Then Aussie consumers can judge for themselves if they will do you the honour of buying your panels.<\/p>\n
If anyone from Munchen Solar is reading this, then after you’ve finished the Bratwurst, perhaps you could let us know some of these details in the comments. Cheers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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