A tiny house in Tanzania, really most any house not in a city, is what we call “off-grid.” This means exactly what it sounds like. We live off the electrical grid, the water grid, the sewer grid, the trash pick up grid. It is vital to do your planning considering this situation. The cats story…
Tag: Solar Power
umeme-electric
Today I want to bring back an issue we have discussed in different ways in the past. Most notable was a discussion of the electricity usage for the country vs the state of SC during the constant blackouts during last year’s hydroelectric plant shut down. So this time let’s talk about the specific use of…
USAID Solar Water Pump
This last week I got a chance to visit a site where USAID and various charities had put in a solar water pump system in a community. The system was put in roughly two years ago and quit working several months ago. I was going to see if I could find out what was wrong…
Mission Team Visit #1 (yep I am that hopeful)
Today the first mission team to visit while I have been serving here as a full time missionary boarded the plane home. From their comments they all had a wonderful time, saw and participated in some amazing things. Many expressed interest in coming back or staying connected with the ministry in the future. I hope to recap…
Tiny House Tanzania-Solar Power
This week we are looking at adding Solar Power Generation and wiring up the Tiny House. Be forewarned I show my math-yes I qualify for nerdom. After the video are some photos from the science conference in Singida last weekend. As I state with all my Tiny House Tanzania videos, I recommend the show Tiny…
Last Week in Tanzania…for 2014
Hello everyone, it has been a while since I could get internet and power at the same time and therefore it has been three weeks since I wrote a blog. That means this one is going to be long. Thought about breaking it out but every time I do that one blog gets a lot…
Tanzania Tidbits-BRRR and how to install a box in a wall Tanzania Steve style
Due to the loss of the computer and the limited amount of work I seem to be able to get done on the cafe computers I am very late with some blog material. So I am going to combine a couple of topics again this time. They include: BRRR it’s cold aka where is the…
Power-It’s not just for city folk!
So one of the things most people find shocking about our medical clinic is that it has real electricity. It did have a solar panel and battery installed four to five years ago but it was not a system that was matched up or sized to the need. Add to that its age and lack…
What makes for a good week in Tanzania
I got back in Singida around noon on Thursday local time and meant to get right on a blog entry that afternoon. But have you ever stared at a blank page with so much to say at one moment and no clue how to condense it all down to one writing or where to start….
Unfortunately this is not a new record!
My favorite Sunset photo of week. It is unfortunate but I have to say my second visit to the hospital in a month is not a record. I wish it was but let’s be honest I led a life that leads to hospital visits. Never thought I would be doing it in the mission field…
Steve and Barnabas 