{"id":3379,"date":"2016-04-14T11:10:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T16:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=3379"},"modified":"2016-04-14T11:10:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T16:10:48","slug":"poles-going-in-ground-for-zulu-powerline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2016\/04\/poles-going-in-ground-for-zulu-powerline\/","title":{"rendered":"Poles going in ground for Zulu powerline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 23 the engineers arrived and immediately started working with their Congolese co-workers to assemble and install the 85 poles for the new 7 miles power line between Karawa mission and the Zulu hydro-electric dam.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3386\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0420-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3386\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3386\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0420-640x480-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Power poles coming down the line\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0420-640x480-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0420-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Power poles coming down the line<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jon &amp; Drew Coker and Jerry Pennick arrived from Kinshasa March 23 grateful that they had chose to fly Air France and transit Paris the 22nd instead of Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>The 90 poles, 85 for the line and 5 reserves, plus the cross-pieces, insulators, cable and various other pieces had all arrived in Karawa in February by way of Lisala. \u00a0The equipment itself was shipped directly from China to Kinshasa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0299-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3383\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0299-640x480-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Assembly team\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0299-640x480-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0299-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Assembly team<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/carrying-pole-1-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3380\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/carrying-pole-1-640x480-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"carrying a pole out for installation\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/carrying-pole-1-640x480-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/carrying-pole-1-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>carrying a pole out for installation<\/p>\n<p>Initially the poles were carried out to where they would be installed. \u00a0Each pole weighed around 200 pounds, but due to the length and awkwardness as you can see them used up to 10 people to carry them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0486-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3387\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0486-640x480-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0486 [640x480]\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0486-640x480-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0486-640x480-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0353-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3385\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0353-640x480-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0353 [640x480]\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0353-640x480-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0353-640x480-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who needs a cherry picker?  Setting pole for Zulu powerline\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/162843378?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Drew Coker was the man for setting the route. \u00a0They had rented a special GPS unit to exactly place the poles along the line they had chosen. \u00a0He had a team of men before him cutting down the brush and grass along the route and then he marked the place for each pole. \u00a0He completed marking the last pole as the sun was setting their final day at Karawa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/Drew-using-transit-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3391\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/Drew-using-transit-640x480-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Drew using transit [640x480]\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/Drew-using-transit-640x480-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/Drew-using-transit-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0903-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3393\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0903-640x480-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0903 [640x480]\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0903-640x480-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0903-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the 7 days Jon, Drew and Jerry were at Karawa they worked through translators to train the Karawa technical service team how to continue with installation of the rest of the poles.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3388\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0827-trench-for-grnd-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3388\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3388\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0827-trench-for-grnd-640x480-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"trench between poles for ground wire\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0827-trench-for-grnd-640x480-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/DSC_0827-trench-for-grnd-640x480.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">trench between poles for ground wire<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Due to the high concentration of lightning strikes in this area a ground wire was run about 80cm below ground between each pole. \u00a0When the cable is strung this wire will be connected to the lightning protection wire at the top of the poles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/Jon-Drew-back-after-long-day-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3401\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/Jon-Drew-back-after-long-day-640x480-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Jon and Drew arriving at Karawa after a long day\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/Jon-Drew-back-after-long-day-640x480-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/Jon-Drew-back-after-long-day-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jon and Drew arriving at Karawa after a long day<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=3379&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 23 the engineers arrived and immediately started working with their Congolese co-workers to 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