{"id":9262,"date":"2017-02-01T14:47:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T04:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=9262"},"modified":"2024-10-04T06:29:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T20:59:05","slug":"apology-australian-premium-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/apology-australian-premium-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"An Apology To Australian Premium Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9346\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9346\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sorry-universal-solar-group-are-worse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sorry-universal-solar-group-are-worse.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sorry-universal-solar-group-are-worse-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sorry-universal-solar-group-are-worse-768x489.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sorry can be the hardest word.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am writing this article to apologize to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/australian-premium-solar-review.html\">Australian Premium Solar<\/a>, also known as APS.<\/p>\n<p>On the 20th of January this year I wrote an article entitled, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australian-premium-solar-turn-30-year-warranty-one-year-warranty\/\">Australian Premium Solar Turn A 30 Year Warranty Into A One Year Warranty<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the article I did the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I described the APS warranty as &#8220;horrible&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>I said that unnecessary and expensive inspections are required to maintain the APS warranty.<\/li>\n<li>I advised people not to use APS panels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I of course apologize for none of that, as I still believe it all to be true.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The APS warranty is horrible, it would\u00a0cost a small fortune in unnecessary inspections to maintain, and I sure as hell advise people not to buy them.\u00a0 If you read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australian-premium-solar-turn-30-year-warranty-one-year-warranty\/\">my article<\/a> and have enough brain cells to rub against each other you&#8217;ll see why it&#8217;s a bad idea.<\/p>\n<p>But, what I did do in my article, and which I fully and unreservedly apologize for, is for saying\u00a0that APS is\u00a0the worst solar panel warranty in Australia that I&#8217;ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>I obviously did not look hard enough, because a reader has since tipped me off about\u00a0an even worse warranty.<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/apology-australian-premium-solar\/#en-9262-1' id='enref-9262-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(9262)'>1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0&#8216;worst warranty&#8217; gong should actually go to the very closely related company, Universal Solar Group or USG.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9347\" style=\"width: 1133px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9347\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/universal-solar-group-usp-60.png\" alt=\"universal solar group solar panels\" width=\"1123\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/universal-solar-group-usp-60.png 1123w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/universal-solar-group-usp-60-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/universal-solar-group-usp-60-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/universal-solar-group-usp-60-1024x615.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1123px) 100vw, 1123px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of universalsolargroup.com.au: 1 Feb 2017<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yes folks, the people at USG have really gone the extra distance and managed to make their warranty even worse than that of Australian Premium Solar.\u00a0 While APS can declare their warranty void if their panels don&#8217;t receive maintenance every year, USG can declare their 30 year performance warranty and potentially their 12 year product warranty void if their panels aren&#8217;t serviced every <em>3 months<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>USG Does Not Seem Confident About Their Product<\/h2>\n<p>USG&#8217;s warranty makes it look as though they have no faith in their product at all.\u00a0 They appear to believe their panels are so fragile there is no point in covering them with a warranty unless they receive quarterly servicing.<\/p>\n<p>I find the very idea they need to be serviced every three months bizarre.\u00a0 After all, they have no moving parts. \u00a0I can&#8217;t think of anything that can go wrong with them in that period of time which maintenance will prevent.<\/p>\n<p>After all, my car is powered by a series of controlled explosions, has thousands of moving parts, and my life depends on it working properly, but even it only needs to be serviced around once a year.<\/p>\n<p>But maybe USG is fully aware that quarterly servicing makes no sense and they just don&#8217;t want to pay for panels that stop working.\u00a0 That hypothesis also fits the facts.<\/p>\n<h2>The USG Maintenance Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>Here is the start of the USG maintenance schedule:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9293 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/usg1.jpg\" alt=\"USG Maintenance Schedule\" width=\"645\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/usg1.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/usg1-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, they start off by saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Regular maintenance of your installed solar panels is an essential term of you product warranties.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And it goes on to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;maintenance of solar panels must be done by a Clean Energy Council Accredited Installer.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How often does this maintenance need to be done?\u00a0 Well, according to the rest of the maintenance schedule it needs to be done every three months with extra maintenance annually and every 5 years:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/usg2.jpg\" alt=\"USG Maintenance Schedule\" width=\"643\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/usg2.jpg 643w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/usg2-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>The Quarterly Maintenance Is Bullshit<\/h2>\n<p>According to the schedule, the quarterly maintenance that is, &#8220;&#8230;an essential term of you product warranties,&#8221; consists of cleaning the panels because apparently not being cleaned for more than three months damages USG panels.\u00a0 It is also necessary to remove anything shading the panels because it seems that shade can also harm them<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/apology-australian-premium-solar\/#en-9262-2' id='enref-9262-2' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(9262)'>2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>I also have to wonder what is meant by, &#8220;&#8230;remove anything that could cause shading or loss of sunlight falling onto the panels.&#8221;\u00a0 Is the, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clean Energy Council<\/a> Accredited Installer&#8221; who is required to do the work expected to cut down trees or possibly demolish your neighbor&#8217;s house?<\/p>\n<p>But what I find most interesting about the quarterly maintenance is that it requires paying an accredited solar installer to clean your panels.\u00a0 Panels are not normally cleaned by accredited solar installers.\u00a0 They usually have better things to do with their time.\u00a0 So according to the maintenance schedule, you will have to pay a person with qualifications that a professional solar panel cleaner does not require to clean your panels.<\/p>\n<h2>The Cost Of Unnecessary Maintenance<\/h2>\n<p>Solar panels do not need yearly maintenance.\u00a0 Maintenance every 5 years can be a good idea just to make sure everything is working fine and the system hasn&#8217;t developed a hazardous fault.\u00a0 So if we allow for one inspection every five years, then if you want to keep your USG performance warranty for its full 30 years you will have to pay for 114 superfluous acts of maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>The going rate to have an accredited installer inspect your system, without cleaning, is around $200 to $300.\u00a0 If you can find an accredited installer who is happy to inspect and clean your panels for $250 a visit, then after just 5 years you will have wasted $4,750 which is probably a lot more than the panels are worth.\u00a0 By the end of their 30 year performance warranty you will have wasted a total of $28,500 in today&#8217;s money on unnecessary maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>With that money you could afford to buy multiple new rooftop solar systems.<\/p>\n<p>Or alternatively, you could get just one rooftop solar system with a warranty that isn&#8217;t shit.<\/p>\n<h2>Which Warranties Are Quarterly Maintenance Required For?<\/h2>\n<p>At the top the USG maintenance schedule it clearly says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Regular maintenance of your installed solar panels is an essential term of you product warranties.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This clearly makes it sound as though four times a year maintenance is required for both the product and the performance warranties.\u00a0 And the first thing the warranty states under &#8220;Exclusions and Limitations&#8221; is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8221; The warranties provided herein shall apply strictly to the normal use and servicing of the Panel. It does not apply to Panels that have been tampered with, maintained or worked on by an unaccredited installer or outside the guidelines of the USP User Manual.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But the USG warranty states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The warranties in PART B are subject to proof of regular or periodic maintenance being carried out to achieve the optimum performance of the Panels. The minimum recommended maintenance requirements for USP Panels are detailed in the USP Maintenance Schedule. Failure to conduct regular or periodic maintenance may void the warranties in PART B.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And &#8220;PART B&#8221; refers specifically to the 30 year performance warranty.\u00a0 But, the warranty also states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The warranties provided herein ceases to apply or become void if a Panel is damaged or found to be defective as a consequence of <i>inter alia<\/i><sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/apology-australian-premium-solar\/#en-9262-3' id='enref-9262-3' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(9262)'>3<\/a><\/sup>, any of the following events.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;following events&#8221; include:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Failure or a lack of proper maintenance as provided for in the User Manual or the USP Maintenance Schedule.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So it looks like they can also attempt to void the 12 year product warranty for failing to do quarterly maintenance.\u00a0 I imagine you could fight them on this, because I can&#8217;t think of anything that would realistically result in a panel failing under normal use within 12 years due to a lack of maintenance.\u00a0 But the best solution is just to avoid using these panels in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>If USG panels are already on your roof then you have my condolences.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Tested For Hash Conditions&#8221; And Apparently Failed<\/h2>\n<p>I downloaded all the datasheets for all five USG panels off their website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>USG Poly P6-60 Series<\/li>\n<li>USP Mono M6-60 Series<\/li>\n<li>USP Mono M6-72 Series<\/li>\n<li>USP Poly P6-60 Series<\/li>\n<li>USP Poly P6-72 Series<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or at least I tried to.\u00a0 Only three of the links actually worked, so there are two panels for which there are either no links, no datasheets, or no actual panels.\u00a0 And I really don&#8217;t know which of those options is more likely to be correct.<\/p>\n<p>But every one of the three datasheets I was able to download, states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Tested for harsh conditions&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well that makes them sound tough, doesn&#8217;t it?\u00a0 Unfortunately none of them appear to have actually passed this test.\u00a0 This is because the warranty states that it becomes void if the panels are:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Installed in a marine environment or in a harsh environment containing high levels of acid, salt or pollutants.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just to be clear, &#8220;a marine environment&#8221; doesn&#8217;t mean under the sea, it means near the sea.\u00a0 In other words you shouldn&#8217;t be installing these within a couple hundred meters of the beach or anywhere they might regularly be exposed to salt mist.\u00a0 But just what USG considers to be a marine environment is not known as they don&#8217;t provide a definition.<\/p>\n<h2>Avoid Exposing USG Panels to Heat Or Weather<\/h2>\n<p>Another thing that will void their warranties is if they are:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Damaged by heat, fire, explosion, lighting, weather, natural or other disaster or extreme conditions.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That sentence might seem okay at first, but when you break it down, they are saying the warranty is void if the panels are damaged by heat.\u00a0 This is a worry because when exposed to the summer sun, solar panels have a definite tendency to become ever so slightly frickin hot.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a rather unavoidable fact of life for solar panels in Australia and if heat alone can void their warranty they are not suitable for use in this country.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s not just heat you have to worry about voiding their warranties.\u00a0 If you look at the exclusion above you&#8217;ll see they consider weather alone to be enough.\u00a0 This makes me wonder if USG has developed the world&#8217;s first indoor solar panel or if they don&#8217;t understand that in order to function their panels will have to withstand this phenomena known as &#8220;weather&#8221; for decades without breaking.\u00a0 This is because they normally go on roofs and not under beds or in cupboards.\u00a0 A solar panel warranty that excludes damage caused by weather is pretty goddamn useless.<\/p>\n<h2>USG Panels Are Used By Euro Solar<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installer-review\/euro-solar\/\">Euro Solar<\/a> is an installer that uses USG panels.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t recommend getting a Euro Solar installed system for a number of reasons, but for now I&#8217;ll just mention two:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Euro Solar created 15,044 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/glossary.html#stc\">STCs<\/a> worth approximately $550,000 they were not entitled to and were hit with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com.au\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj5--_6hubRAhXGqJQKHQZxDwwQFggxMAE&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au%2FDocumentAssets%2FDocuments%2FP%2520and%2520N%2520Pty%2520Ltd%2520-%2520Enforceable%2520undertaking.pdf&amp;usg=AFQjCNFLq31brlZ-S6OkPrZ3pv494U86BQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enforceable undertaking<\/a> from the Clean Energy Regulator as a result.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accc.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Competition and Consumer Commission<\/a> fined them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accc.gov.au\/media-release\/145000-penalty-for-fake-testimonials-and-false-solar-energy-country-of-origin-representations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a total of $145,000<\/a> for fake customer testimonials and lying about where their panels were made.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I guess the most positive thing I can say about Euro Solar is it&#8217;s a &#8220;fine&#8221; company.<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/ToMjGplQBnlX0cktDt6\" width=\"462\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/editingandlayout-will-smith-not-men-in-black-ToMjGplQBnlX0cktDt6\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>USG, APS, And Euro Solar Are All Related<\/h2>\n<p>It is no real secret that Universal Solar Group (USG), Australian Premium Solar (APS), and Euro Solar are all basically the same mob.\u00a0 The similarity in their grammatical errors alone is a give away.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t bothered to go into the details of who owns what and just who is directing which parts of the operation because it is not necessary.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t use them you won&#8217;t have a problem with them.<\/p>\n<h2>You Have Protection Under Australian Consumer Law<\/h2>\n<p>The good news is, under <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerlaw.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Consumer Law<\/a> you have far more protection than what is offered in the USG written warranty.\u00a0 Because they offer a 30 year warranty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/warranty-and-law\/\">I am confident<\/a> that if their panels fail in that time and USG is taken to a consumer tribunal or small claims court they will be required to provide a repair, replacement, or refund<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/apology-australian-premium-solar\/#en-9262-4' id='enref-9262-4' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(9262)'>4<\/a><\/sup>.\u00a0 But I am also sure they know very few people will bother to do that.<\/p>\n<h2>Some Deficiencies In The USG Website<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve told you what&#8217;s important &#8211; it can cost over $28,000 in unnecessary inspections and cleaning to maintain the warranty on your USG panels for their full 30 years.\u00a0 My job here is done.\u00a0 So for the rest of this article I&#8217;m just going to be pointing out certain entertaining features of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalsolargroup.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USG website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>There Is No Link To The Maintenance Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>The USG warranty states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The minimum recommended maintenance requirements for USP Panels are detailed in the USP Maintenance Schedule.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So clearly this Maintenance Schedule is an important document.\u00a0 But despite it being so important, they don&#8217;t actually provide any link I can find on their website.\u00a0 I had to go and poke around on the internet to get one.\u00a0 You know, it&#8217;s almost as if they don&#8217;t want people to know they&#8217;ll have to spend tens of thousands of dollars on unnecessary inspections and cleaning to keep their warranty in spec.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;International Recognised&#8221; Company Appears To Have No Address<\/h2>\n<p>The USG website says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Universal Solar Group is an international recognised PV manufacturing company with headquarters located in Australia.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But if you check on the internet you&#8217;ll see that basically no one outside of Australia knows of them and not many people in Australia do either, so I don&#8217;t see how they can be, &#8220;international recognised&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As for their &#8220;headquarters located in Australia&#8221; they don&#8217;t actually give the address of their headquarters anywhere on their website.\u00a0 That seems a bit remiss of them, as Google Maps doesn&#8217;t know where it is either.\u00a0 But I&#8217;m sure Euro Solar could tell you that information if you asked them.<\/p>\n<h2>Vision Failure Suggests Blindness<\/h2>\n<p>But USG do tell you about their commitment and vision.\u00a0 They state:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Our commitment is responsible manufacturing &amp; Our vision is to become the leading solar components supplier in the Oceania and Asia-Pacific by the year 2016.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s now 2017, so epic fail there guys.\u00a0 I have to say your vision doesn&#8217;t seem very clear.\u00a0 Have you considered getting your eyes tested every three months?<\/p>\n<h2>My Recommendation<\/h2>\n<p>Surely if Universal Solar Group thought their panels were likely to last the full 30 years of their warranty without a problem, they would not require them to receive tens of thousands of dollars worth of unneeded maintenance in order for them to keep their warranty? \u00a0So I do not think they are likely to be reliable panels.<\/p>\n<p>My advice is simple and is the same as for Australian Premium Solar panels.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t use them.\u00a0 And if an installer attempts a bait and switch by saying the panels you wanted aren&#8217;t available so they will install USG or APS panels instead, tell them to go to hell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am writing this article to apologize to Australian Premium Solar, also known as APS. 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That means they're not cheap, but they are high quality.\u00a0 The company was Norwegian, but its headquarters are now in Singapore, along with its sole factory.\u00a0 This article will be a deep dive into REC solar panel warranties.\u00a0 I've already put on a wetsuit and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Panels&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Panels","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-panels-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A deep dive into the warranty for REC solar panels","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deep-dive-rec-warranty.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deep-dive-rec-warranty.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deep-dive-rec-warranty.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deep-dive-rec-warranty.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/deep-dive-rec-warranty.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":58697,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-maxeon-warranty-boost-mb2344\/","url_meta":{"origin":9262,"position":5},"title":"SunPower Maxeon Solar Panels May Outlive You","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"February 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Premium solar panel manufacturer Maxeon is very confident its modules will last a very long time. So much so, the company has beefed up the warranty on its flagship SunPower Maxeon product line. Solar panels come with two warranties - product and performance. 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