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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of litigation expense, including but not limited to legal, forensic, accounting, and investigative fees.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	May 31, 2023 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2023 USD ($)	Jul. 02, 2023 segment	Apr. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 12, 2022
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of operating segment \| segment			1
Term of contracts			20 years
Financing receivable, held-for-sale, typical selling period, maximum			30 days
Hannon Armstrong and CIB
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Secured financing commitments, amount				$ 450,000
KKR Credit
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Secured financing commitments, amount	$ 550,000
Previously Reported \| Cost of revenues
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Product warranty expense		$ 6,800
Previously Reported \| Sales, general, and administrative
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Litigation settlement		$ 500
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| CA-CIB Credit Revolver
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 300,000
KKR Credit
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Expiration period	15 months
Minimum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Financing receivable, held-to-maturity, term			20 years
Maximum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Financing receivable, held-to-maturity, term			25 years
Holdco
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Equity interest					50.00%