Hydo-Generator Repair at the Finca Isidro Nunez

Last spring Danilo Nunez asked me if Bridges & More could loan his family some money to repair their electrical generator, which is powered by the creek below their house. I'd never seen the generator, only the primitive cable-pull they engage at the house when they want to turn on the power. So my friend Carol Sewell and I grabbed this opportunity to drive down the little easement road that descends steeply to the river, crosses, then climbs up the other side to Danilo's home, the Isidro Nunez farm. In the end Isidro decided not to borrow money for the generator because he hoped he could borrow money for a bridge, and didn't feel he could do both. Carol donated the cost or the generator repair to Bridges & More and we awarded it as a grant to the Nunez family farm. Thanks Carol!

I've collected some photos from our tour of the "hydro-generator plant." Above see Carol's Landcruiser, which has just crossed the river and is about to begin the climb up to the farm. At left we've climbed down to the creek where the generator system lives, and Isidro is resting on a rock.

In the next series of photos Danilo traces the path of the water as it is channeled downstream for filtration before entering the generator.



First chicken wire








then gravel







The Generator




Danilo & Isidro examine the plant





The faulty
part


A close-up.