El Rancho S-OH-S Part 02 by KimB

Episode: Electrical Service

One might think that electrical service in the 21th Century is a given for civilization, it turns out it is not.

What that means is: You have no "rights" to obtain electrical service if for some odd reason beyond comprehension someone with more privileges than you, says "no".

When I bought the property I did a lot of research and talked with anyone who had anything to do with building, the area and covered every possible part of my meager ass-ets by asking questions and as this saga will no doubt go to show, just because you got a question answered does not mean the answer is valid after you got it.

In case, you might be inclined to think my research was lacking, my main research document is now more than 100 pages plus all sorts of supporting side documents, images, diagrams and details of anything that might be even a teeny-weeny bit helpful.

In this case it is Electrical Service.

After researching and talking with the electrical service provider for this area, as well as reading all the PDFs and studying all the diagrams included, I called them to begin the process to get the service put on the lot. I ended up with a Service Planner who will be The One to determine what I get and how.

What the TV shows skip are:

Questions about Service and what does THAT mean?

There appears to be three sorts of people you have to interact with:

• There are people who know and share their knowledge.
• There are people who know and do not want to share their knowledge.
• There are people who know but will not give you the time of day.

You will find out pretty darn quick which sort of person you are interacting with and you have to adjust your approach accordingly. Sometimes it's better to abort and try again in a few days.

When you get a Type A, this is the fastest and nicest path from where you are to where you need to go next. Cherish these folks 'cause there are plenty of Bs and Cs to go around.

When you get a Type B, this is the person that says: "You tell me what you want in detail" and then replies with "We Don't Do or Allow That".

If unfortunately, you to come face to face with a Type C, just go home and try another day when Type C might be assigned to someone else.

So, in the case of the Electrical Service Planner, I have to answer questions about things I really know nothing about, you know like electrical stuff. One might think that 'cause it's electrical service and they are the ones in charge of it, they might be able to suggest, offer, advise on what is needed but no.....

As I am winding my way through the list of things that require answers, there is always another question or mismatched answer to resolve. It's rather exciting actually, to pass one level of questions to find out what's on the next the level.

Jeopardy with a jolt.