{"id":1378,"date":"2018-03-28T11:57:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T19:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2018-03-28T12:03:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T20:03:04","slug":"solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/28\/solar\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The solar installers installed half the solar array this week.\u00a0 We decided to only do half now as we want to be sure we can use all the production, and it saves us a little money up front.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1379\" src=\"http:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_9742-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_9742-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_9742-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_9742-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s 8kW installed and room for another 6.5 kW on the other side, with mounts already installed.<\/p>\n<p>The panels will sit idle for the next month or two, until we go hot on the electrical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The solar installers installed half the solar array this week.\u00a0 We decided to only do half now as we want to be sure we can use all the production, and it saves us a little money up front. 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