Repentance of The Timber Boss
THE strange wooden contraption on the wall of Ansari's home in Pangkalan Buton village, West Kalimantan, looks like a bright suitcase to the untrained eye. Peek inside, however, and the sight of a lead-acid battery and a power inverter show that it is something else entirely. "This is the first 'power-to-power' electricity generator ever made by Poltak," Ansari, a resident of Pangkalan Buton told Tempo.
Poltak is Miswan Edi Santoso's nickname. The 42-year-old keeps a workshop in Tanjung Belimbing village in Kayong North Subdistrict, around three kilometers from Ansari's home, where he builds the generators. More than 100 are now spread throughout West Kalimantan.
June 16, 2015
THE strange wooden contraption on the wall of Ansari's home in Pangkalan Buton village, West Kalimantan, looks like a bright suitcase to the untrained eye. Peek inside, however, and the sight of a lead-acid battery and a power inverter show that it is something else entirely. "This is the first 'power-to-power' electricity generator ever made by Poltak," Ansari, a resident of Pangkalan Buton told Tempo.
Poltak is Miswan Edi Santoso's nickname. The 42-
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