{"id":274,"date":"2009-11-11T16:09:07","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xtigre.com\/NI\/?p=274"},"modified":"2022-04-18T20:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T20:49:23","slug":"nov-11-2009-rainwater-tank-and-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/equinox-blog\/nov-11-2009-rainwater-tank-and-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 11, 2009: Rainwater Tank and Solar Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Beautiful day today! \u00a0A lot of activity and many things accomplished!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><!--more-->[nggallery id=37 template=caption]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The tank for the rainwater collection system was installed today. \u00a0First, the tank connections were made by drilling holes and installing bulkhead pvc fittings. \u00a0Two of the large holes are for supply from the gutters, the other large hole is the supply to the house, and the small one is for a tank water level measurement device.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[nggallery id=38 template=caption]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The rainwater collection tank sitting in the hole with about 500 gallons of water from a nearby pond. \u00a0This will keep the tank from floating to the surface after we bury it. \u00a0The connections from the tank to the house are just about complete and then the hole can be backfilled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[nggallery id=39 template=caption]<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Solar time!!! \u00a0The concrete for the posts has cured and we have aligned the channels and frame. \u00a0Now it&#8217;s time to install the panels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[nggallery id=40 template=caption]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As the sun sets on the array we are 25% done. \u00a0Tomorrow the rest of the panels will be installed and Friday the wiring should start. \u00a0SIPs are arriving tomorrow, so the house structure will begin going up most likely next week. \u00a0Hopefully this mild and dry weather will continue.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful day today! \u00a0A lot of activity and many things accomplished!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","woocommerce_thumbnail":"","woocommerce_single":"","woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":"","shop_catalog":"","shop_single":"","shop_thumbnail":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>Beautiful day today! \u00a0A lot of activity and many things accomplished! [nggallery id=37 template=caption] The tank for the rainwater collection system was installed today. \u00a0First, the tank connections were made by drilling holes and installing bulkhead pvc fittings. \u00a0Two of the large holes are for supply from the gutters, the other large hole is the supply to the house, and the small one is for a tank water level measurement device. [nggallery id=38 template=caption] The rainwater collection tank sitting in the hole with about 500 gallons of water from a nearby pond. \u00a0This will keep the tank from floating to&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list":"<a href=\"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/category\/equinox-blog\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Equinox Blog<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"admin","url":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/author\/admin\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7076,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions\/7076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}