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| November/December 2004: Rama Workshop |
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| From Rama Cay: Martha Thomas, Ventura Daniels, Jeffrey McCrea and Lorenzo Martínez. |
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| From Punta de Aguila: Pedro McCrea and Pedrito McCrea. |
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| From URACCAN: Henry Thyne, Jesús Salgado, Omar Ruíz and Bayardo Simons. |
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| From Grupo Fenix: Ain Uriel Salinas Espinoza and Alexis José Martínez Tercero. |
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| Workshop participants meet for introductions and a safety discussion. |
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| Ventura uses a drawknife to carve a blade. |
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| Pedro admires his handiwork. |
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| Henry and Ain position copper coils together for the stator. |
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| Ventura and Stacey work together to solder copper coils together for the stator. |
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| The completed 5-phase, 24 volt alternator. |
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| The group takes a break to pose for a picture with the completed alternator. |
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| Stacey prepares guy wires for the 60 ft. tower. |
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| Jeffrey covers a "dead-man" (guy wire anchor) with an anti-rust paint. |
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| Alexis cuts a 20 ft. section of 4 in. diameter tower pipe. |
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| Ismael creates the rebar structure for the concrete tower foundation. |
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| A group checks the connection between the tower base and the rebar foundation. |
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| Ventura and Martha start digging one of the four guy wire anchor holes. |
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| Jeffrey (above) and Pedrito dig towards the desired 5 ft. depth for the guy wire anchors. |
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| The rebar foundation and tower base are positioned. |
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| Ismael adjusts the tower base on the newly cast foundation. |
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| A guy wire anchor is lowered into a hole. |
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| An achor is positioned. |
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| Mathias (right) and Jesús fill an anchor hole and compact the soil. |
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| The three 20 ft. tower sections are brought to the hill. |
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| An old diesel engine serves as the anchor for a make-shift pully used for raising and lowering the tower. The rope raps around the pully and then is attached to the truck. |
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| The complete tower is raised without the turbine on a test run. |
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| The tower is lowered for turbine assembly. Note the truck and the pully on the left hand side of the picture. |
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| Henry attaches the rotor to the alternator. The turbine is ready. |
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| The turbine spins immediately after being raised. |
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| The "Green Machine". |
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| A close-up. |
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| Mathias demonstrates how to test and maintain a battery using the right safety equipment. |
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| Pedrito looks over the turbine manual. |
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| Ismael and former INATEC director Dionisio Pavón. |
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| Some of the many children that were curious about the workshop. |
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