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Mikesolar · 09-28-12, 05:18 PM

NRCan has/had them on the list of tested and approved panels since 2005 and that was all they needed at the time to qualify for EcoEnergy programs. Most of us have no use for CSA/UL as the market here is not big enough to afford to pay the CSA fees and the testing costs $50,000+. At the time, NRCan took the European test data (TUV, Frunhofer, etc) and approved it.

I haven't looked for a while but I think there are only 8 package systems CSA approved and maybe 30 panels CSA approved.

09-28-12, 05:18 PM	#3
Mikesolar Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Toronto Posts: 958 Thanks: 40 Thanked 158 Times in 150 Posts	NRCan has/had them on the list of tested and approved panels since 2005 and that was all they needed at the time to qualify for EcoEnergy programs. Most of us have no use for CSA/UL as the market here is not big enough to afford to pay the CSA fees and the testing costs $50,000+. At the time, NRCan took the European test data (TUV, Frunhofer, etc) and approved it. I haven't looked for a while but I think there are only 8 package systems CSA approved and maybe 30 panels CSA approved.