58 Australian warranty records. Only 3 state labour or service cover without a condition.
Warranty years are easy to compare and easy to misunderstand. The current register reads the governing Australian instrument for 58 exact products, then keeps product term, labour, freight, registration, transfer and explicit unknowns as separate facts.
What the headline duration does not answer
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01
Parts term
How long the voluntary product or parts promise runs, and when its clock starts.
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02
Labour and service
24 records are conditional and 18 expressly exclude the relevant cost or service.
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03
Transport and freight
13 records state cover and 35 make it conditional, often through caps, approved modes or selected remedies.
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04
Registration
34 records make registration, connectivity, installer status or another documented step material to the recorded condition.
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Transfer
24 records state a transfer pathway. Other records can be conditional, excluded or silent.
Read the differences behind the headline
The same long promise can hide different conditions
AIKO Neostar 3P 54-cellLabourNot statedFreightConditionalRegistrationConditionalTransferConditional
AIKO-Axxx-MCE54Mw, including AIKO-A475-MCE54Mw through AIKO-A500-MCE54Mw
- Labour
- AIKO may perform its selected repair, but the document does not promise reimbursement of independent site labour. Clause 4.1 and clause 4.4.3
- Freight
- Inspection freight is borne by AIKO only if AIKO is responsible. Remedy freight follows the original sales-contract destination and Incoterms. Clauses 4.4.2 and 4.4.3
- Registration
- No baseline pre-registration requirement is stated. A paid 20- or 25-year extension must be recorded when the sales contract is signed and requires a paid warranty agreement. Clause 2.3.2
- Transfer
- Transfer requires AIKO approval and a tripartite agreement while the modules remain at the original site and all amounts are paid. Clause 7
Jinko Solar Tiger Neo 48HL4M-DBLabourExcludedFreightStatedRegistrationNot statedTransferConditional
JKMxxxN-48HL4M-DB, including JKM475N-48HL4M-DB
- Labour
- Performance analysis, inspection, diagnosis, removal and reinstallation costs are expressly excluded. Clause 3 limitation block
- Freight
- Jinko bears shipping for additional, repaired or replacement modules. Unauthorised returns remain at the customer's risk and cost. Clause 2.2 remedies
- Registration
- No product pre-registration requirement is stated. Claim notice and evidence are due through the after-sales platform within 30 days after knowledge. Clause 2.1
- Transfer
- The entire warranty may be assigned after written notice and full payment; Jinko may require an assignment agreement. Clause 4
Trina Solar Vertex S+ NEG18R.25LabourConditionalFreightConditionalRegistrationNot statedTransferStated
TSM-xxxNEG18R.25, including TSM-NEG18R.25 490-515 W
- Labour
- Trina bears direct material and labour cost only when it chooses repair. Separate site labour and installation reimbursement are not promised. Section 6
- Freight
- Delivery transport for a selected repair, replacement or additional-product remedy is covered, excluding insurance, air freight, customs clearance, duties and buyer-caused costs. Section 6
- Registration
- No product pre-registration requirement is stated. Australian products must be bought through an authorised reseller and claims use the service portal. Sections 2 and 8
- Transfer
- The warranty transfers while products remain installed at the original location and have not been moved or disassembled. Section 10
REC Alpha Pure-RX 44-cellLabourExcludedFreightConditionalRegistrationConditionalTransferStated
REC Alpha Pure-RX family, including REC450AA Pure-RX through REC475AA Pure-RX
- Labour
- The standard warranty excludes on-site labour, de-installation, removal and reinstallation. Separate ProTrust conditions may add a fixed benefit. APMEA section III.3 and footnote 8
- Freight
- REC covers non-air transport to a REC-designated facility. Transport beyond that facility is discretionary case by case. APMEA section III.3
- Registration
- No standard pre-registration requirement is stated. The optional five-year extension depends on the prevailing REC Certified Solar Professional program and registration conditions. APMEA footnotes 4 and 8
- Transfer
- Transfers to a later owner of the same unaltered solar facility while the panels remain at the original property, with proof of sale. APMEA section III.1 and section IV
Canadian Solar TOPHiKu6 48TDLabourConditionalFreightConditionalRegistrationNot statedTransferStated
CS6.2-48TD black-frame and all-black variants, including CS6.2-48TD-440 through CS6.2-48TD-470
- Labour
- Reasonable material and labour are covered only if CSI Solar chooses repair. Removal, installation and reinstallation remain excluded. Remedies section
- Freight
- CSI Solar covers reasonable authorised return and remedy transport, excluding insurance, taxes, duties, demurrage, customs-clearance and buyer-cooperation costs. Remedies section
- Registration
- No product registration requirement is stated. Claims require prompt written notice, serial numbers and purchase evidence. Claim Process section
- Transfer
- Transfers to a party taking legal title while the modules remain at the original installation location. Warranty Assignment section
LONGi Hi-MO X10 Explorer 54HVHLabourNot statedFreightConditionalRegistrationNot statedTransferConditional
LR7-54HVH-xxxM Explorer, including LR7-54HVH-490M
- Labour
- LONGi may carry out a selected repair or site investigation, but the document does not promise reimbursement of customer or installer labour. Clauses 2 and 3
- Freight
- Approved documented claim shipping may be compensated. Remedy delivery and related costs otherwise follow the original supply-contract Incoterms. Clauses 2 and 3 special note 1
- Registration
- No pre-registration requirement is stated. Written or email notice is due within 30 days after identifying a claim. Clause 2
- Transfer
- Transfer requires written notice, original-site retention, full payment and acceptance of the complete warranty terms. Clause 6
Wave 5 shows the publication gate working
The latest research pass reviewed 5 demand-priority products. 4 entered the register because the governing instrument expressly named the exact family. 1 remained outside it because a duration headline did not establish the Australian responsible entity, remedy, labour, freight, transfer and claim route.
That held product is not treated as having a bad warranty. It is treated as not yet having a complete, exact Australian conditions record. The distinction matters: evidence absence and product quality are different questions.
The conditions now travel with the decision
The structured fields are no longer confined to a methodology file. They appear in Compare, the Quote Check result and the editable Decision Case. A reader can match an exact model, see the current terms, retain the unknowns and then create an immutable evidence record when the decision reaches a checkpoint.
Approval history remains separate. Approval Watch records reviewed changes in the Australian authority source; it does not turn a warranty condition into an approval claim or a global score change.
Sources and method58 products
- Australian warranty comparison, with exact source documents and product scope.
- Published methodology, including explicit unknown and source-supersession treatment.
- Australian market evidence register, kept separate from the global product score.
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