Today marks the start of a new era for the house and another milestone in the project.....the house has just been re-connected to the grid for the first time in over 30 years. Yes that's right we have electricity!
Whilst I can't verify the claim just yet, as kath last posted, my dad and I are due out there in just over a weeks time to do some second fix work and our trusted local electrician is currently wiring up the ground floor and basement from one of my layout drawings so hopefully it will look the same 😗
There was at one point an electrical connection to the property in the early 80's and prior to taking possession of the house we tried to see if we could get it reconnected but upon looking for the fuseboard we realised the whole house was protected by just a single fuse In between the grid connection and the meter!! Eek. Not sure how you'd ever change it if blew without killing yourself in the process or shutting down the whole town 😳
Most houses on Norway are heated from wood burners and electric with (as far as I know) no national gas grid network. Unbelievably electricity is more than 50% cheaper in Norway than in England which is amazing especially as cheese is more than 50% more expensive! So how do they manage this ( that's cheap electricity as opposed to the expensive cheese ( I'll save that for another post)) well they sell us Brits the expensive fuel so we can generate expensive electricity burning fossil fuels and instead generate their own from green sources such as hydro electric! Cunning huh.
Now if I can just work out a way to import cheese into the country........
......oh and in the words of that 1990 classic by snap " I've got the power". 😃
