{"id":4522,"date":"2016-07-27T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solartechnology.com\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2016-07-27T14:25:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T18:25:53","slug":"meet-old-dependable-message-board-1998-still-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solartechnology.com\/staging\/2016\/07\/meet-old-dependable-message-board-1998-still-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet \u201cOld Dependable\u201d: Message Board from 1998 \u2013 still Working!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WIN A TEE SHIRT IF YOUR BOARD IS OLDER!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4523\" src=\"https:\/\/solartechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OldestMessageBoard200x300-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"OldestMessageBoard200x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solartechnology.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/OldestMessageBoard200x300-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solartechnology.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/OldestMessageBoard200x300.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Long after this elder statesman should have retired, he\u2019s still working. This 18-year-old Message Board was from the early years of Solar Technology, one of only four message boards made using 4 LED pixels. It\u2019s not pretty \u2013 it\u2019s a bit worn, the trailer design has been discontinued, and the color on the fenders has faded\u2026 but it\u2019s still working!<\/p>\n<p>This board was sold to Traffic Services Sales and Rentals of Allentown, PA on June 5, 1998, and was recently spotted directing traffic near our offices. \u201cAs far as repairs go,\u201d says Stephen Hysick from Traffic Services, \u201cexcept for some rusting in the battery compartment (metal battery boxes were replaced in 2000), it\u2019s only been minor stuff over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Could this be the <strong>oldest<\/strong> SolarTech Message Board in the field?<\/p>\n<p>Since we\u2019re celebrating our 25<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary this year, we\u2019re looking back to see how we\u2019ve grown. If you have an older message board, send us a photo, the board\u2019s serial number and the details (<strong>deadline is 10\/1\/2016<\/strong>). Winner gets a <strong>SolarTech tee shirt<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>We love to see that our durable and dependable boards are still on the job!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WIN A TEE SHIRT IF YOUR BOARD IS OLDER! Long after this elder statesman should have retired, he\u2019s still working. This 18-year-old Message Board was from the early years of Solar Technology, one of only four message boards made using 4 LED pixels. It\u2019s not pretty \u2013 it\u2019s a bit worn, the trailer design has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_swt_meta_header_display":false,"_swt_meta_footer_display":false,"_swt_meta_site_title_display":false,"_swt_meta_sticky_header":false,"_swt_meta_transparent_header":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[91,30,36,92],"class_list":["post-4522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company-news","tag-dependable","tag-message-boards","tag-reliable","tag-tee-shirt-contest"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Heidi","author_link":"https:\/\/solartechnology.com\/staging\/author\/solar-technology-2\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"WIN A TEE SHIRT IF YOUR BOARD IS OLDER! 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