Perlight Solar solar panels reviews

China's Perlight Solar was established in 2006 as a subsidiary of the Baolite Group.

Contact Details

Address: 48 Oufeng Rd, Wen Ling Shi, Tai Zhou Shi, Zhe Jiang Sheng, China, 317521
Telephone: +86 0576 8647 7290
Email: [email protected]
Website

Company Info

After 20 years in the solar manufacturing game, Perlight says it has sold more than 13 gigawatts of panel capacity. That's a lot of solar panels, but some of the really big Chinese manufacturers achieve that in months these days.

Still, two decades on and continuing to operate in what is a cut-throat sector says something about the company. While Perlight's panels aren't approved for use here any more, the company claims to have customers in more than 100 countries.

The firm continues to manufacture panels for residential, commercial, large-scale and BIPV applications.

Perlight Solar Panels In Australia

While none of Perlight's solar panels are Clean Energy Council approved for use in Australia currently, some years back quite a few were. These were from Perlight's PLM series in wattages ranging from 175 Watts to 300 Watts, in 60-cell and 72-cell formats.

It's not clear when Perlight panels stopped being CEC- approved, but we found a reference to a listing expiration of August 2021 for dozens of its modules with nothing to suggest those listings were renewed past that time.

Warranty Details

Back in 2015, Perlight solar panels had a 12 year product warranty and 25 year performance warranty. More recently that was boosted to 30 years for both. Regardless of when they were purchased and which warranty periods apply, it means Perlight panels installed in Australia would still be covered by both or just the performance warranty. 

However, making a warranty claim may be tricky given the company doesn't have an office here. But instead of trying to make a claim via Perlight's headquarters in China, first contact the firm that supplied/installed your panels as they have warranty responsibility too.

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