Last post from Kapoeta

This will be my last post from Kapoeta, as I am due to fly out between noon and midafternoon today.  I should be in Nairobi around 5:00 pm today, then due to leave for Amsterdam at 10:30 tonight.  Yesterday first thing, Francis and I put on a demo--we closed a cutout on a shorted-out transformer, as most of these guys have never seen or heard a fuse blow. I closed the door of the cutout slow so we could get a little fire going. There were many questions about transformers after the fuse blew, so we went over and opened one so people who had not seen in one could, and answered several questions about transformers. I thought it went well.  After the demo the guys went out to make a connect and I helped Francis work on the fuel system until lunch.  After lunch I went out with the crew to set a couple of poles. Right after work, I took James Lotiman out for a driving lesson--this time we took a wire trailer out so he could get some time pulling one around. We found a field and he got his first shot at backing one up--always a tough time but we got back to the shop in good shape. The first two pictures are of me answering questions about transformers.  The next two are of me removing the fault and putting the transformer back to normal.