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#Watch #Chaudhry #Solar #foryou: Hotwiring rural Punjab

Muhammad Nazam pulls his smartphone from his kurta pocket, opens the YouTube app and plays a tutorial. “It’s not that difficult, you know,” he says. “It’s just two wires: one is hot, and one is cold.” That’s how he installed solar panels a year ago for his tubewell in Qila Mian Singh, Punjab. His neighbour Salim Mehr, clarifies, “When it’s installed, then everyone gets the experience. Everyone knows which wire is which, which button to press, how much to run it on, how many units are showing up,