It does not help the spread of solar if companies get so greedy that they resort to attacking each other with misinformation. For example spreading fear regarding non UL listed modules, blems or foreign module suppliers is ridiculous. Evergreen Solar (developed by the Massachusetts of Technology), Suntech (the largest solar manufacturer in the world), SunPower Solar (the most efficient solar modules in the world), Kyocera, BP, Sanyo, Solar World, ALL SELL EITHER NON UL LISTED, BLEMISHED MODULES/CELLS, OR, ARE FOREIGN COMPANIES. Do you believe that they would do that if this was true.

And the worst crime is saying that “these modules may burn your house down and your insurance will not cover you.” Even if this was a valid concern all these manufacturers have liability insurance as well as Sun Electronics Int., Inc. and if anyone wants up to a $10,000,000 liability policy just for their home it can be easily obtained for that buyer. Just ask us.

If you ask anyone who has been in the industry if they have ever heard of a house that burnt down because of a solar installation we would love to know who it is because no one we know has ever heard of a house burning down

We can’t help to notice why so many companies put the price of their modules they sell in the total$ cost per module. For instance: Kyocera 210 watt $578. They don’t tell you the $/watt cost. We know why, we believe. They are hoping new consumers will concentrate on other things besides the detailed price cost of the module, however, in most system the cost is usually 60 to 80% of the entire system cost.

We can’t help to notice why so many companies refuse to publish their inventory on hand, say they have it all in stock, but they have no warehouses? We sell the exact same modules, inverters, charge controllers, batteries, mounting structures but we have it in stock, in fact as much as $7,000,000.00 of inventory on both sides of the United States and Puerto Rico.

We can’t help but to notice how many companies brag about how they live with solar energy but their stores and office buildings don’t use it. At Sun Electronics we are totally 100% independent of the power company.

Great panels with back contact Sunpower cells $2.19/watt/pallet with 20 yr. warranty. All the 90’s and the 55’s were sold today. We have 800 SUN 130’s left.

(The second container in the story below was picked up and should sail for Haiti this week. Fritz will go down and install the solar system, We are working on container #3 now.)

Thank you to Carlos Abas and the girls on our staff who went out with a 30 ft. truck and filled it twice with donations from the warehouse district in Doral as well as a huge quantity from the City of Doral and their Fire Department. At least $200,000 of hospital testing and medical equipment, pallets of blankets, shoes and water, etc. They are doing a good job. Thank you City of Doral and the Doral Fire Department! Donations are really coming in fast now, even the neighborhood is still contributing supplies from their condo’s.

They will go back and pick up more loads tomorrow.  We have a new shipper that is cheaper and a new port that is closer to Mercy and Sharing.

Our first container cleared customs yesterday and is headed to Mercy and Sharing.

We placed an order for 10,000 Evergreen B modules. Beautiful modules, Great American Company, Full 25 Yr. warranty. Perfect Power, regular lifetime, 0 to +5% output guaranteed.

We cooked breakfast and lunch today for the staff in our solar oven, rolls, rib eye and sirloin steaks. Made the most delicious bacon ever yesterday, cake tomorrow.

Set up very cool display booth for the Miami International Sailboat Show at “our” Marina next to store. Sailboats are cool.

Sold 2,300 Kaneka’s at $1/W and dozens of SMA inverters to a very interesting guy.

Collected more donations for Haiti. Designing system for Mercy and  Sharing saw beautiful spot on CNN this morning about those wonderful kids, Happy is the expression on their faces. Wow are they beautiful people!. We got 6 broken generators (we will repair) , food, water more stuff. Mitsvah Day (Acts of Kindness Day March 14th for the Jewish People) will bring volunteers from Temple Beth Shalom. to help us load the next container.

Our 40 ft. container has arrived and is in customs but appears to be doing well. Found cheaper freight company that ships to a Port  closer to the Mercy and Sharing compound in Haiti.

Got great emails, phone calls, visits and photo’s from solar people from China, S.F., Northern Nevada, Colorado, Germany, Idaho, Arizona and Florida.

It’s great to see America work together. We are not forgetting Haiti. We are doing a good job. They really are special people, everyone in U.S. needs to meet these people. Man are they resilient and so nice. You can’t imagine if you’ve never met them. The kids are like all kids, the best things in life,  but better behaved, we think.

They come from: all over America and as far away as Cambodia, France, India, Panama, Colombia, The Lost Islands, Haiti and Vietnam. We have hired several of them. It’s great having these guys around although it’s difficult sometimes keeping them all busy.

If you would like to work with us an an intern we would like to hear from you. Miami is a great place. You can’t beat South Beach for the weather, beaches, the Caribbean, the people (from everywhere), sea food, art, music, etc. We have an excellent internship coordinator teddy@sunelec.com and you just have to contact him to get set up. We will help you find a place to stay and you’ll learn not only about solar and renewable energy but all aspects of the business.

Actually you don’t have to be an intern, just being motivated to help us is good enough. You can even work out of your home as an intern or rep.

23 years ago Kyocera sent me from San Diego to Miami and to work out of my home as Sales Engineer for Kyocera Solar in charge of the Eastern United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. No one visited me from Kyocera for 6 years but sales were $300K /mo. Anyone can do it, it’s easy.

We are now loading our second 40 ft. container with clothes, a generator, a pallet of solar panels.  shoes, clothes, towels, shampoo, aspirin, canned food, tents, more medical supplies, toys, etc. It’s easy anyone can do this.

What’s going too happen when it rains let alone the next hurricane comes, there are a million  kids and their families in tents. They are only 600 miles away about the distance from  Miami to Atlanta. An hour and a half flight.

We can get all the containers we can fill shipped to Haiti in 3 days. If you have anything you want to ship. Contact: www.monarchshipping.com and ask for R.J. Tell him we sent you.

Why don’t they drop thousands of small  parachutes with lighter weight packages of supplies (so they won’t crush people) down to numerous less densly populated areas, instead of in the center of town (to further reduce the risk of injury and rioting)? Remember the Berlin airlift drooping candy to the kids in WWII ? Next time this sort of thing happens they should try something different than trying to drive trucks right into the middle of town where they will be immediately surrounded with desperate people.

Fritz Blaize, a Haitian installer that works for us, went to Haiti, to meet the people at Mercy and Sharing, meet the ship, to get a truck and a driver to help deliver the medical supplies to Mercy and Sharing’s warehouse 35 miles outside of Haiti. It’s about a 3 hr. drive. Last time we talked to him he was in Port au Prince and his report was we should all pray not just for Haiti but for ourselves - that God will spare us from ever having to experience what he is seeing.

A friend of mine, Mr. Francisco Martinez, is giving us tons of stuff from the hotel storage from his 10 hotels on South Beach, blankets, sheets, beds, towels, etc. He’s a great guy (made 50 movies, Nat. Spanish gymnastics champion, etc.,) willing to help..

We came up with a new plan for getting a lot more donations. In Miami we have this huge warehouse district in Doral. Find the suppliers of the supplies we need and go see them. They are very likely willing to give you a pallet of stuff ready to go. They may even deliver it for you, if it is several pallets.. Much better than a bag of clothes. We are compiling a list now Beans, Coffee, Rice, medical, tents, water, etc. We have hired a coordinator who will oversee this plan. She and a couple other girls in the office will go to a mapped out section of the most relevant warehouses and ask for a whatever they can spare.

Adam Loucks, one of our electrical engineers, did the research, and I believe it.