Many manufacturers give a 90 output warranty for the 1st 10 years and an 80 output warranty for 25 years.
25 yr guarantee on solar panels.
A solar panel s product warranty insurance covers the integrity of the panel itself and protects you against problems such as manufacturing defects environmental issues premature wear and tear etc.
Your system will still be outputting at least 80 yield a full 25 years after your system was installed.
Q cells the number one solar panel market leader in the eu us japan and south korea is set to shake up the australian solar industry with the introduction of 25 year product warranties on its most powerful modules the new australian exclusive q peak duo g5 and q peak duo g6 the latest panel in q cells award winning q antum duo range.
Performance warranties are all either 25 or 30 years regardless of the quality of the solar panel and generally cover bugger all once you read the small print.
Product warranties range from a minimum of 10 years all the way to 30 years and cover defects in manufacturing.
2 solar panel product warranty.
In the past to make the numbers work you needed to extend the performance life of the system for 25 to 30 years.
I come from the roofing industry where most roofs rarely make it to the 25 or 30 year roof warranty end.
An equipment warranty will typically guarantee 10 12 years without failing.
Imagine a customer looks at a solar panel datasheet and sees the words 25 years linear power output warranty on the first page.
The product warranty is to cover defective materials or workmanship in the manufacture of the panel.
A solar panel has two warranties.
This now means that all lg solar panels installed by solaray energy will come with a 25 year product warranty including the neon r 365 module and the neon 2 range.
The lg linear performance warranty of 25 years gives customers peace of mind.
Lg solar has once again shaken up the solar industry in australia by announcing a new 25 year product warranty on the award winning neon 2 range.
A performance and equipment guarantee.
Solar panels come with two warranties product and performance.
Consequent years are expected to drop by less than 0 7 each year up until 25 years.
It is provided by the manufacturer of the panel not the solar installation company.
This may be in the form of a limited power warranty which will state that after 10 years and then 25 years a solar panel manufacturer will guarantee that their solar panel will produce x amount of power as a percentage of peak minimum or a linear power warranty which plots a linear curve of power loss over 25 years.
It is very important that your panels product warranty is at least 10 years.
Therefore you can expect the efficiency of lower quality panels to fall after the first 10 years reducing the power generation capacity of the panel.
The lg solar product warranty is now a full 15 years longer than nearly all other.
It is quite reasonable for them to conclude that if a panel stops working or its performance falls below the specified level they will receive a repair replacement or refund for a period of 25 years.