Tower Site

Today we reprogrammed the new inverters to be sure they will perform as expected and the system is working fine as far as we know. We are running current tests on the system to be sure of the needs and to see if we need to make any modifications. After this we loaded up equipment, tools and ourselves and traveled up to the Boutillier site. We spent the day there removing unused electrical equipment and planning how we will attack the facility to make the new inverter and battery installation perform as well as at the radio station. At this site the critical power load is higher than at the radio station, but we have only half the inverter power. So we are planning what materials we might need to make the system up there mirror the radio station for possibly doubling the inverter power sometime in the future. This is going to require us to take the station off the air several times and add circuit breaker panels to provide the proper circuit protection that is missing at present. This rewiring should take us about a day to complete, the new battery installation will take about a day. So we are thinking we will be completed up there on Wednesday. After that we will be working at the Stereo92 FM station in Petionville. Today was a good day and we are thankful for the safety on the roads. Tomorrow, Saturday, we are taking a side trip to Caberet (about 45 minutes on the far side of the airport) to meet with some representatives from CPR-3, another mission based in Lancaster County, PA that is doing work here in Haiti. This is a survey trip and Tom Garber and Dan O'Deans and I met together several months ago to discuss the possibility of I-TEC involvement in their project. It is not clear if this will turn into a project here or if we will just be acting as consultants. f time permits we may also visit a site of a third mission called Servants, based in Hellam, PA. This site is near CPR-3's site, but it is unclear at present if we will be able to get there or if it is necessary to visit the site since it is not very far along. We will need some wisdom on both of these especially since we will be venturing out on our own without any escort from Radio Lumiere. We trust the Lord for our safety and that we will not get lost. No pictures today, but we hope to post some tomorrow after the survey trip.