Cooperative Living November/December 2019 - 17
September 9, 2019
Off to electrify the village of Puqui and a new hotel in Salinas de Garci Mendoza. I went
with two linemen and Marco of NRECA International to the warehouse to gather material.
Fernando Ghetti of NRECA International went with the bus and group to check in to the
hotel in Salinas. We then met near the village at lunch time.
Boy, did we have a big problem! The wire we needed was a mile away, we had no way to
transport it and it weighed a couple thousand pounds. Where there's a will, there's a way: We
rolled the wire onto a trailer that was pulled by a tractor and took it to the job. The reel was
falling apart, so it took us a while to fix it and pull the wire out.
September 10, 2019
Back in Puqui today and Puqui has lights.
We struggled today with the coordination of work,
but it all worked out at the end of the day.
September 11, 2019
At the hotel before we left, we
spoke, reminisced and prayed about 9/11.
Next, to the mountains (Achoco)! At least the view is great and
it's close to the hotel. Man, this is some rough terrain with cacti.
Speaking of cacti, Cody Lockhart and I had to go to the doctor to
have some cacti spines removed.
We were able to pull the primary line out and to the first A4. This
was tedious due to the rocky, mountainous terrain.
September 12, 2019
What a pleasant kind of surprise! The locals pulled
out the rest of the primary. This put us ahead of the
game and the guys were
able to pull up the rest of
the primary.
The Federales (local lineworkers) as I call them, came to
the job as usual to pull up the last span of wire to the hot
pole. They de-energized the line and " tested the line " by
putting their ear to a transformer to see if it was humming,
but they didn't ground it.
September 13, 2019
The days seem like they are running together!
The bus and most of the team went to Achoco to finish
the secondary and hang the transformer. A couple of
people and I went to the warehouse to gather material
for the next job in Lagua Cruz.
After lunch, we drove 45 minutes across a mud flat
to meet at the job. Then we
started pulling out wire
and putting out material.
The terrain went from
mountainous to similar
to working at the beach;
soft sand made the
work difficult.
With some discussion,
we decided we should
take our day of rest
tomorrow.
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September 14, 2019
We took it easy today, went on
a hike and played basketball!
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