The case summarized A tree fell on a high voltage power line near Kvitfjell, and the line fell further on the distribution network that supplies power to the cottage hamlet. Three current meters exploded from a common fuse box, several electronic items were destroyed. Cabin owner Knut Jetlund criticizes the electricity company Vevig for poor communication after the incident. Vevig says they gave the information they could, but will try to do better. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – The washing machine is out, and the panel room in the living room is out. That’s what Knut Jetlund says to the electrician who is visiting his holiday home on Kvitfjell. Knut Jetlund is told by the electrician to keep an eye on electronic equipment for quite some time to come. Photo: Bjørnar Morønning / news Towards the end of August, a tree fell on a high-voltage line nearby. The tree fell from a mountain just above the high-voltage power line. The high-voltage line then fell on the power line to Hyttegrenda, which has a much lower voltage. This meant that there was far too much current to the cabins. What is overvoltage? Electric current is electrons traveling through a wire. Electric voltage says something about how much force causes these electrons to move. This is measured in volts. Overvoltage is therefore when the power becomes too great for the electrons in a line. A high-voltage power line can carry current with much greater power than a normal power line, which goes to houses and homes. Source: Det vesle norske lexikon Friday evening, when this happened, the power went out. On Monday, the electrician saw the damage. – Then they discovered that the stream painters had been shot out of the wall. There was soot in the intake, so it is clear that great forces have been at play. You get scared, says Jetlund. The surge protector in the shared fuse box took the biggest hit, when three painters blew out from the wall. Photo: Jon Bjørgum / PrivatThe surge protector in the shared fuse box took the biggest blow, when three painters blew out from the wall. Photo: Jon Bjørgum / Privat Straumselskapet receives criticism The shared electricity cabinet took the brunt of it. The cabin owner was not in the apartment when it happened. But he is clear that this could have gone much worse. The hot water tank survived, but the washing machine died. Photo: Bjørnar Morønning / news – There were probably many people who had arrived at the cabin and were going to cook. Someone could have plugged in a phone charger just as it slammed. You can think about that with horror, reflects Jetlund. The owners found out exactly what had happened two and a half days after the incident. Now Jetlund is pointing the finger at the electricity company Vevig for their communication to their customers. He thinks it took too long before they found out what had happened and what they were supposed to do. – You are sitting with an unknown person. Both about how serious it is and how we should behave. And not least with what we are going to do with equipment that is not damaged. After all, there are issues with delayed injury, says Jetlund. The electrician takes the panel room in the living room with him, who became one of two victims at Jetlund after the incident. Photo: Bjørnar Morønning / news Jetlund also says that the poor communication is frightening, because the power company has a responsibility for preparedness in society. – When they take information out to people so easily when something like this happens, I get scared and provoked. Knut Jetlund has to check for delayed damage to his electronics, says the electrician. Photo: Bjørnar Morønning / news Taking lessons Tor Lillegård is responsible for the operation of Vevig’s power grid. He says that the incident is primarily upsetting for those who are involved. – We are sorry that this has happened, and are trying to do as much as we can to bring it up and put it right. But I understand that they think this was scary, says Lillegård. Tor Lillegård in Vevig says they are sorry that the incident took place. Photo: Bjørnar Morønning / news They themselves think that they told the customers what they could. – That is our experience. If the customers think otherwise, then we must try to be better. We want the customers to experience it as good, even if it is a bad situation, says Lillegård. Wants better fuse The electrician reports the fuse box to Jetlund and takes the destroyed panel room with him. Now the insurance company takes over the stick. The electrician measures the voltage in Jetlund’s own fuse box. Photo: Bjørnar Morønning / news Jetlund wonders how this could happen and whether it can be prevented from happening again. – You get scared that such things can happen at all, says the cabin owner. – If they can perhaps introduce some mechanisms into the grid that make it impossible to send out such a strong voltage to ordinary households. Tor Lillegård in Vevig says they often check the power lines. Photo: Bjørnar Morønning / news The last time Vevig checked the line was in May. Then they had not seen anything that could foresee the event. Lillegård in the electricity company says they are doing what they can to prevent this from happening. – We are working all the time to keep the network up and running. We take wood that lies beyond our clearing belt and try to foresee such things. But sometimes it still happened, Lillegård explains. Published 07.09.2024, at 13.24
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