Pink Energy, aka Power Home Solar, troubles mount

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Published 2022-09-14
The self-proclaimed billion-dollar CEO said he's not the villain in the story but he may think Rob Wolchek is. But ever since the company was exposed when people started calling Wolcheck to complain, Waller says his company's outlook is dark, to say the least.



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All Comments (21)
  • @lhunter9929
    I worked there a short time and I couldn’t wait until I found another job! The owner and his sister talked to the employees like crap. It was so stressful. I feel bad for the employees who stayed and lost their jobs with no backup plan. This company was horrible.
  • @2Kleen_Moto
    Thank you Fox Detroit for increasing consumer awareness about this company, as someone who used to work there and to all the people considering going solar with them RUN as far away as you can!!!! There is evil in this world and there is Jayson Waller and Pink Energy, they are even worse.
  • If you have ever been employed by this company in any capacity, you need to be looking at an attorney for yourself. This less than a man will scapegoat anyone he can to protect himself.
  • I was so close to getting a system from them. I really didn't because the sales guy was a joke and didn't know his shit .. thank God.. I'm also in Michigan
  • I ran the crew that installed the solar panels on the so called "Ford field" in actuality it was on one of the parking structures and it really offsetting nothing to mention publicly. It was all a publicity stunt, I was told not to disclose the KW or size of the solar system. But in reality, the Ford field would be an engineering nightmare to have it run on all solar. So we did the next best thing claimed that Ford field has gone solar!!!in little print but it will not be offsetting anything energywise that would be worth mentioning. I knew this was coming down the line the sales people are sleaz bags. Promise the world to sign on dotted line. I'll get off my soap box now...
  • Oh they changed up tactics...until they get caught again. If this guy wanted to get away with this criminal behavior he should have gone into politics.
  • @A3Kr0n
    Our society rewards people who scam people and flaunt it.
  • Remember, if you've had a podcast at any point you can't possibly be a villain.
  • If anything seems to good to be true, it probably is!! Do some research people!
  • You can't deny that he's a really smooth talker and it's no surprise he's doing so well doing what he's doing.
  • @qadriharris
    This man has the ultimate escape plan by blaming the Generac company lol
  • @sarahdell4042
    This guy is well known as shady in the Charlotte area. Used to see him daily drive a green Lamborghini past one of my businesses daily. Goon
  • 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I use to work for power home I’m happy to see them tank they treated their employees like shit never has any days off
  • @sarevok6
    As someone who worked for that company at one point - even if they werent doing the lie, cheat, and steal scheme, its still gross negligence. As an installer id call multiple people from management on days in the middle of summer with no clouds in the sky to let them know the system was producing a third of what it should be. The response was always to "shut up and finish my job. " that's completely ignoring the predatory sales tactics they used. My guess is that the main reason this is coming crashing down is interest rates rising. They cant find as many suckers anymore to sell on the cheap monthly payment the way car dealers do. If anyone ever talks to people who wprked there, this dipshit ceo would probably have a hard time lying his way out and pretending this was anyone else's fault. And now that ive finished watching this video - the generac system would tell you if any of those parts had failed. Which was why i was calling and asking in the first place. How is everything fine but production numbers are so far off the mark? Managements response waa stop asking about it, if its all fine then wrap it up and get out of there.
  • @paulsiegel2915
    thank you so much for all the advertisement interruptions, they are so awesome. can we get more? how bout a video with more ads than content? that would be heaven
  • This surprise that he did interview to blame on his supplier; and his sale team
  • Hahahaha nah fuck Powerhome/Pink Energy. I've been calling them out on their systems for YEARS now. I'm a solar installer full time and some of the shit I've seen them do is embarrassing for the industry. Even their damn YouTube ads would show panels on the north sides of roofs, clamped wrong on the rails, don't work, and charged the customer 85k for a 25k system. I also install plenty of Generac and Solaredge systems and it's usually never the inverters that are bad, but the electricians. Granted, I know that rapid shutdown shit and arc fault detection is finicky, but any installer know that's the equivalent of a compactor going out on an AC unit, or a solenoid on a starter. It's not hard at all to fix. So upper management just sold a bunch of high priced systems, contracted the cheapest residential sparkies to do it ( which my previous work experience was an industrial service electrician, so I know my shit and let me tell you anyone can learn to do residential electrical work. Shits easy) who don't even know what hemisphere they're in, and made a lot of money. Now, they are shifting the blame and trying to duck out scot free. Sucks to be one of the homeowners that fell for their bullshit. Anyone reading this, if you are interested in basically any home improvements, call your county inspector for suggestions and references. They see everyone's work.
  • As a person who has worked at multiple solar companies: 1: It makes me mad that companies like this ruin the reputation solar has, which already isn't great. 2: There are definitely other companies out there like PinkEnergy that screw over customers daily and for extreme amounts of money 3. There is also a lag when it comes to the solar technology. A good system that works properly is great, however there are a lot of systems, brands, and parts (such as the snap RS) which can be prone to failure, just another reason why solar has a bad name