By Peter Mazula | Technical Manager
On July 28th 2016, Tanzsolar was informed by Tegeruka Secondary School head master that the school's solar system has stopped operating.After visiting the school and testing the solar system we became aware that the batteries had failed and could no longer support the school's solar system. The decission was then made by Tanzsolar and the school board to investigate the cost needed to replace the batteries. Tanzsolar found a battery supplier who would sell the needed batteries at 550$. The transportation cost plus a small amount to pay for installation of the new batteries came to 50$ making the total cost for new batteires, transportation and installation be 600$.
After a fund raising effort that was started by Tanzsolar and the Tegeruka School board, we are happy to announce that the necessary amount was raised and completed on August 30th 2016. We are now in the process of acquiring the batteries and plan to install them by the10th September 2016. The science teacher at the school who is responsible for operation and maintenance of the solar system will assist Tanzsolar with the installation of the new batteries.
This joint fund raising effort has shown that it will be possible to maintain and keep the school solar system working well into the future. We again would like to thank all of our supporters who have helped to make this project possible
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
