maintenance in chuquitoy

putting up the scaffolding

getting higher

almost at the top

a well deserved lunch break

done! the windaid crew

We spent Friday at Chuquitoy, fixing the second turbine that had fallen askew due to wind. Today, we came on site much better prepared! We brought our own scaffloding, back up power for our tools and had prepped a steel pole with holes drilled into it already (massive time saver).

Thanks to our preperation, we were able to get the scaffolding up, get the turbine down, swap the steel poles, drill into the wooden post and put the whole thing back together again in just about four hours. Massive improvement on yesterday!

It is hard to believe it has only been a week since I landed in Peru. We have already fixed two turbines, vistited a third and spent three days in the workshop building pieces for the turbine we will install in a few weeks time. Looking forward to the weekend and exploring a bit more of Peru!