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Solar Warranty Rescue Kit
Your solar warranties after Freedom Forever was liquidated
What survived, who honors it now, and exactly how to claim it.
1. The case converted, and that changed everything
If you read about Freedom Forever’s bankruptcy earlier this year, the situation has changed since.
It filed Chapter 11 on 4/15/2026. On 8/7/2026 the case converted to Chapter 7.
| Then | Chapter 11, from 4/15/2026 | Chapter 7, from 8/7/2026 |
|---|
What it meant |
Reorganization. The company continues in some form. |
Liquidation. The company is wound up and sold for parts. |
Your workmanship warranty |
A path existed, however unlikely, where a buyer assumed the obligation. |
That path closed. What remains is an unsecured claim — meaning you are last in line — against what is left of the company. |
What to do |
Wait and watch the docket. |
Stop waiting. Everything recoverable is on the equipment warranty side, and those clocks are running. |
Why this matters more than it sounds. Most of what is written online about Freedom
Forever predates 8/7/2026 and describes a Chapter 11 that no longer exists. Advice to sit tight and wait for
the reorganization is now advice to do nothing while your equipment warranty terms run down.
2. What happened to Freedom Forever
Freedom Forever filed Chapter 11 on 4/15/2026, and the case converted to Chapter 7 on 8/7/2026.
Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Temecula, California, Freedom Forever installed
through in-house crews and a nationwide dealer network, and by 2025 was the second largest residential
solar installer in the country. The case is 26-10522 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Delaware.
There is no reorganized company and no buyer who inherited the workmanship
obligation. In plain terms: any warranty Freedom Forever promised you is gone. Your manufacturer
warranties are valid, and that is most of the value in your system.
We could not confirm a single working channel for Freedom Forever.
Not a phone line, not a support form, not an email that resolves. That is the honest answer rather than a
gap in our research, and it is why this kit leans on your manufacturers — who are reachable, solvent,
and still owe you something.
3. Your coverage today
| Component | Term | Left | Now honored by |
|---|
Workmanship and labor Freedom Forever | Commonly a long term Your signed agreement governs | | Not covered Nobody. Unsecured claims against a liquidating estate commonly recover little. We checked the docket, the state registry and the corporate record, and we will not print a number that rings nowhere. |
Solar panel modules Your panel manufacturer | 12-yr product
25-yr performance |
6 yrs left of 12
19 yrs performance | Claimable Unaffected. Never was Freedom Forever’s promise to break, and the larger number in almost every case. |
Microinverters Your inverter manufacturer | 25-yr product | | Claimable Manufacturer obligation, unaffected. Replacement units shipped free on a valid claim. |
Monitoring and alerts Your monitoring platform | Platform survives | No fixed term | Action needed The platform did not die with Freedom Forever. Your account exists, but the installer likely still holds owner rights on it and can no longer correct them. Production drops, we alert you. |
You lost one of four, and it is the installer’s own. The three that survive are manufacturer promises, unaffected by the liquidation — and they are the only three that were ever going to be reachable.
4. Is your system actually producing?
With no installer to call and no successor watching, this is the coverage most likely to have failed unnoticed. Here is what that costs.
Healthy System
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Actual output
Normal production, typically goes up with summer.
Problem System
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As expected
Below expected
Lost production
Production drops, we alert you.
5. What can go wrong, and what to do about it
1
Production and monitoring
Problem
- You cannot see your production data
- You do not know whether your system is producing at all
- You get an error saying you do not own any system
None of these are your fault.
Solution
- Take ownership of the monitoring account in your own name
- We request owner access on your behalf when the installer cannot
- We watch it from then on and tell you when something drops
2
Panels and microinverters
Problem
- You do not know what each panel is producing
- A panel is dark in the app and you cannot tell why
- You assume the manufacturer warranty died with the installer — it did not
Solution
- Connect your system so output is visible panel by panel
- Claim against the manufacturer, not the installer
- We tell you which entity to name and what they will ask for
3
A claim against the estate
Problem
- You may have a claim, and claims have deadlines
- Nobody will write to tell you when the bar date is
- Unsecured claims commonly recover little — but zero is certain if you never file
Solution
- We watch the docket for the claims deadline, called the bar date and the trustee appointment
- We tell you what a formal claim form, called a proof of claim, needs from you
- We tell you plainly if it is not worth your afternoon
4
Workmanship and paid repair
Problem
- Freedom Forever is liquidated and there is nobody to call
- No successor took on the service obligation
- You are worried about a high service bill for something minor
Solution
- Connect first, so you know whether you have a real problem before paying anyone to look
- Solar insurance exists, and most homeowners have never been told
- We match you to a vetted local servicer rather than whoever answers an ad
6. Who to contact, and what we could not find
We found no working channel for Freedom Forever. Here is what we did find.
This is the part where most reports print a phone number and let you discover it rings
nowhere. We checked, and there is nothing to print: no phone line, no support form, no email that
resolves. Saying so is the finding.
So this kit routes you two other ways instead — to your equipment
manufacturers, who are reachable and still owe you something, and to the bankruptcy estate, where a claim
is worth filing even when recovery is uncertain. Both have deadlines. That is the argument for
acting now rather than waiting for a company that is not coming back.
The case number, court and docket, and what has been filed since the conversion.
The claims bar date once set, what a proof of claim requires from a homeowner, and whether it is worth
your time given the likely recovery.
Your equipment manufacturers’ verified claim channels, which are the routes that will actually
produce a result.
In your kit
The docket, the claim deadline, and the manufacturer channels that actually answer. This is the fastest-moving research in our library and we recheck it monthly.
7. Your claim letter, ready to send
Jane Sample
100 Example Street
Springfield
8/18/2026
Your panel manufacturer
Warranty Claims Department
Re: Module warranty claim — array installed 3/4/2021 by Freedom Forever
To whom it may concern,
I am the owner of the property at 100 Example Street, Springfield. A solar array of 18
modules was installed at this property on 3/4/2021 by Freedom Forever, which filed for Chapter 11 protection
on 4/15/2026 and whose case converted to Chapter 7 liquidation on 8/7/2026, case 26-10522 in the District
of Delaware. No successor assumed its obligations. I am therefore writing to you directly as the manufacturer.
I am claiming under the limited product warranty issued with these modules. On the
date of this letter that term has six years remaining, with nineteen years remaining on the performance term.
The fault is as follows. The affected module serial numbers are listed below, and the attached production
record shows monthly output against expected output, establishing when the shortfall began.
I am not able to obtain installer certification of this claim, as Freedom Forever is in Chapter 7
liquidation and cannot provide it. I ask that this not be treated as a bar to the claim.
Please confirm receipt in writing within thirty days with a claim reference number.
In your kit
The paragraphs that do the work — including the case number that proves liquidation, and the paragraph that pre-empts the installer-certification objection manufacturers raise most often.
Yours truly,
Jane Sample
100 Example Street, Springfield
Enclosures: production record, module serial numbers
8. What we checked, and when
- Freedom Forever Chapter 11 petition, 4/15/2026 · case 26-10522 (D. Del.)
- Conversion to Chapter 7, 8/7/2026 · docket
- Company profile: founded 2011, Temecula CA, second largest residential installer by 2025
- Contact channels · searched and none confirmed working, deliberately not printed
- Trustee appointment and claims bar date · both pending as at 8/18/2026
Research rots, so we date it. This Freedom Forever research is
next scheduled for recheck on 9/17/2026. That is a 30-day window rather than our usual 90, because a Chapter 7 trustee appointment and a claims deadline, called the bar date are both expected shortly and either one changes this kit materially.