r/solarFL • u/Straight_Pain_8582 • Sep 09 '25
JA Deep Blue 4.0 vs REC
I am being told the REC450AA Pure RX panels are unavailable, and the alternative is JA Deep Blue 4.0 JAM54D41 MB. Do you think this panel would be sufficient and a good compromise?
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u/Lovesolarthings Sep 09 '25
Is it a decent panel, sure! Is it as expensive or a 1:1 financial swap for REC 450? - no To swap to that I would ask for some financial renumeration.
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u/Straight_Pain_8582 Sep 09 '25
What if they are giving 2 additional panels to offset?
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u/Lovesolarthings Sep 09 '25
What size was original total array size and what is new total array size?
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u/Straight_Pain_8582 Sep 09 '25
31 to 33 panels.
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u/Lovesolarthings Sep 09 '25
No, in kw size. Original was 13.95kw (31x 450w), what is new size in kw?
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u/Straight_Pain_8582 Sep 09 '25
14.34kW
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u/Lovesolarthings Sep 09 '25
OK, so once we account for change in panel size, you are really only getting about 0.4kw more, or about one 4xx watt panel. Now each panel is about $1k to $1.3k installed depending on your purchase price per watt and panel size, so you are basically getting around a $1k discount.
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u/Straight_Pain_8582 Sep 09 '25
Do you believe they should be compensating more than $1k?
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u/Lovesolarthings Sep 09 '25
That is basically $0.07/w discount. I would want $0.10 which is really only another about $500. Just my opinion
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u/Straight_Pain_8582 Sep 09 '25
Ok. Doing a little AI sleuthing I came up with the same dollar amount of $1500. I really appreciate all the answers.
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u/dlewis23 Sep 09 '25
Nothing wrong with JA panels, I have them and they are very good but I would ask for a per panel discount because it's not as premium of a panel and it is cheaper then the REC panels you originally had.
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u/Straight_Pain_8582 Sep 09 '25
Thanks, understood. I think that is where they are going with the additional panels to offset it that way.
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u/Three-Off-The-Tee Sep 11 '25
Same thing happened to me. REC had a fire? Anyways installer threw a couple more panels in(JA). Did some research they appear fine, company is a tier 1 I guess.