{"id":69,"date":"2013-05-16T13:55:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T20:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/?p=69"},"modified":"2026-10-27T17:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T00:00:34","slug":"solar-panel-arrived-and-got-a-used-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/solar-panel-arrived-and-got-a-used-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Panel Arrived, and Got a Used Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The panel is HUGE. Each of the 54 cells is 6″ (15 cm) square, big enough for a large squirrel to sit in comfortably.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Okay, now I’m committed:<\/strong> I bought a solar panel. It came on a big pallet that weighed more than the panel itself, and in fact, the freight charges exceeded the price of the panel. That’s not unfair – usually, one would order maybe 20 or 40 of these for a rooftop installation, and the shipping would be about the same for the whole pallet. This panel cost $1.03 per watt, by the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew the dimensions of the panel before ordering it, but now that it’s actually here, its size is daunting. Originally, I wanted to mock up the panel with a sheet of plywood, but I got short notice for a spectacular sale on solar equipment, so had to make a quick decision. All right, somehow I’ll tow this behind a bicycle. Maybe it could double as a shelter for bike camping, with a tarp thrown over it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, remember that estate sale where I got the electric bike<\/a>?  I also picked up the trailer below for $5. It was incomplete, and had two flat tires, but I now see that it’s a high-quality piece of equipment. See what I’m doing with it in the next post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A partial trailer from an estate sale that turned out to be a real bonanza.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, now I’m committed: I bought a solar panel. It came on a big pallet that weighed more than the panel itself, and in fact, the freight charges exceeded the price of the panel. That’s not unfair – usually, one would order maybe 20 or 40 of these for a rooftop installation, and the shipping would … Continue reading Solar Panel Arrived, and Got a Used Trailer<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mechanical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/solarbike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}