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\"ASigenergy has spent the year talking big. Fast growth. Innovative tech. A cheer squad of consumers and industry commentators that treats any doubt as a personal slight.<\/a> That mood set the stage for what we are seeing now.<\/p>\n

Burnt plugs. Throttled inverters.<\/a> Real faults in real homes. To their credit, Sigenergy is swapping out the affected units and paying installers a reasonable rate to do the work. That part is solid.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this is the worst time of the year to pull installers off new jobs. Everyone is flat out. The phones never stop. Pulling crews away to replace hardware means real money lost and real stress added. It is a huge hit in what is one of the busiest months before the rebates reduce on January 1.<\/a><\/p>\n

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In one incident, a Sigenergy inverter actually caught fire<\/a> – the blue residue is fire extinguisher powder, but the blackening shows where flames emanated from the fan grille.<\/p><\/div>\n

Open Talk Is Not The Enemy<\/h2>\n

There is more. Allegedly deleting posts in company-run Facebook groups when people ask about serious issues is unacceptable if true. The quickest way to wreck trust is to act like open talk is the enemy. If the gear is good and the company proactive, it can stand up to questions.<\/p>\n

And blaming installers is not cool either. Yes, some issues will always come back to poor work. But hardware makers have a duty to build parts that make good work easy and bad work hard. If a plug is such that it begs for a tightly bent cable, I don’t think that is only on the installer. Clear design helps everyone.<\/p>\n

It Didn’t Have To Be This Way<\/h2>\n

I have to wonder if this issue would have been picked up and resolved sooner if the mood around the brand was more ears-open rather than chest-out.<\/p>\n

Sigenergy is doing the right thing by the consumer, and that’s to be commended. But the lesson is simple. Openness beats spin. Listening early beats scrambling late. And treating the trade with respect is worth more than any launch event or flying installers to China.<\/p>\n

We all want SigEnergy to prosper with its great value, innovative, high-power stackable tech. Let’s hope that feedback from seasoned professionals is welcomed by both Sigenergy and its vocal fan base going forward. Those old hands were trying to help before the plugs got hot.<\/p>\n

Phase Shift is a weekly opinion column by SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock. Subscribe to SolarQuotes\u2019 free newsletter<\/a> to get it emailed to your inbox each week along with our other home electrification coverage. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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