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Thanks for everyone's advice, I successfully got a 60 day ext.

If I can get 400k before this visa extension runs out, can I continue the renewal for another year without leaving the country?

As already said, requirements were marriage certificate, wife's house book and ID card, plus copies, fee of 1900.

Additional things requested were a copy of child's birth cert., copies of several pages in my passport (not just my info page and previous visa stamp), TM.7 form that can be picked up at the information counter. I was also asked why I wasn't renewing my visa for 1 year again, to which I just said that I needed to leave the country.

4 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Before going out for the visa you could apply for a 60 day extension to visit your wife near the end of your current one year extension.

Just to confirm, I can go to my local immigration office in Thailand and request a 60 day extension that would be valid till near end of February, then can go to Savannakhet to get a new 1 year non-o, is that right? It would be great to move my visa renal date from end of December to something else.

Are these the correct requirements for 60 day extension?

• Take wife with me to immigration
• Take marriage certificate, wife's house book and ID card, plus copies
• 1900 baht for extension cost

Thanks everyone for pointing out that option.

Is there a list of documents needed somewhere? I need to take the kid to school just now, but when I come back I'll look up other guy's Savannakhet visa trips for more info on how to get there and their experiences.

For several years now I’ve been on a non-o visa based on marriage & child, but this year has been a particularly hard year (don’t judge) and I don’t have the 400k in the bank or 40k per month. Is there any possible way to renew my non-o visa for another year? My understanding is its not possible, so what options do I have?

Anyone know what snake this is?

Appears to be living in the drain I think.

Thanks dean2926, you are correct, as also confirmed in Kev-in-Thailand's vlog I just watch this morning;
 

I tried doing the work I needed myself, but after seeing my final effort, better I just go to this new location for Art Street.
Kev does make a good point about comparing old location and new location, and I'd agree that the new location is probably better.

Thanks everyone.

Recently I went by Mikes in Pattaya to visit the Art Street to get some digital artwork done, but discovered that all the artists were gone and only a dark alley left.

I've had artwork done there before, but have lost the contact details, so any idea where the artists went to?

Thanks Sheryl, I'll try that.

Phyathai Hospital was one of the options I was thinking about. Never been to the military hospital in Sattahip before, maybe will look into that too. Is it easy enough to get to (taxi / van)?

As for the pain, it is around my front left at the belt area. Is also apparent when I lift heavy things or am sitting down. Standing is more comfortable.

Recently I have developed lower left quadrant pain and will be looking to visit a doctor and possibly have some kind of scan. Any advice and recommendation appreciated. I'm in Pattaya, but have already read other threads regarding the big hospitals here and am somewhat put off visiting them.

I've already had a blood and urine test done at the Red Cross Bkk and no problems were found. I'm in my early 40's and currently with no insurance cover, so I'm hoping for a practical low cost next step. Would an ultrasonic scan be sufficient to diagnose possible problems in this area or would I have to go with the more expensive CT or MRI scan?

Yes of course.

But I was hoping someone who hadn't registered the birth in the first 2 months or so could share their experience / difficulties and whether successful or not.

Hi,

I'm looking to register my childs birth in the UK / Scotland before 1 year old which is coming up soon.

Am I too late to do this?... I think I read somewhere it could only be done in the first 2 months from birth. Maybe Scotland can still do?

Also, is it better to do this process wth the British Embassy in Thailand or do online?

Info; family living in Thailand, I'm married to Thai wife.

Wouldn't sprinkling some 20 Baht white vinegar deter the dogs from that area be a more cost effective solution?

Thanks to a txt message from a friend at the stadium, they are showing tonight's charity event live at http://www.pattayaboxingworldlive.com

Thanks everyone for your helpful suggestions.

I believe it is the flow switch, but I'm not prepared to wait a week for that to come. So in the end I bought a new Mitsubishi pump. Seems like every store at the moment are trying to push Hitachi pumps, hope I made the right choice with Mitsu.

What I'll do with the old one I'm not sure. Unlikely to keep it, so does anyone know of someone who will buy for parts?

Switch seems clean enough. I also put the end of the screw driver in at the bottom of the spring to short the contact, but nothing.

Thanks wayned for your feedback. Answer / clarification to your points;

1. I think I correctly(?) shorted out the side contacts on the pressure switch, but not the wires. Like indicated in this picture I found. There is no way to short out the wires unless cutting them first.

2. I don't think the motor or bearings are bad. They turn smoothly with pretty much no noise.

3. I can replace the capacitor. The only electronic parts shop I know of is in Thepprasit Road near the petrol station. Not sure if they are open today, I suspect not. Do you know?

If I can get the capicitor component today, then I'll replace that first. If not, I might just get a new pump, reluctantly.

Okay, I see the rectangle capacitor is in the dark grey box that sits on top of the motor. It looks okay, nothing burst or blown.

Pib, I don't see a motor capacitor, can you see that in any of my photos?

Indeed the pressure switch is about 650 Baht or more, but can't find shop with OEM version with same rating and thread size to screw back on.

Also not sure about the pressure circuit board. Even though the green light comes on with power, I suspect it might be the actual problem.

When working, after opening a tap, maybe 2 seconds before hear the pump start. Upstairs maybe 3 or 4 seconds.

I'm in Pattaya, but the shop we originally bought the pump from only sells the complete unit, not parts, just like most other shops selling water pumps. Unfortunately the smaller independently owned shops were wanting silly prices when I asked, like 1,500 Baht just for the pressure switch, that should actually be just 600 Baht or less for a non-Mitsubishi brand. So I went off to Num Chai Service Centre on Sukhumvit Road and booked the engineer to come have a look. It was only 500 Baht. He suggested that both the pressure switch and the flow switch be replaced. All this young engineer did was unscrew a few things, no test meters or anything.

A phone call today from Num Chai came later afternoon <sigh> with a 2,900 Baht price, but would also have to wait 1 week for the parts to come from Bangkok. When my wife called them, they wouldn't give a breakdown of the cost. Now I'm thinking do I buy new for 6,700 Baht, or suffer 1 a week of inconvenience. If there were another shop with replacement parts, I'd get from there, but I don't know of any others.

I decided to take a look myself at the pump, and as wayned suggest, I shorted out the connection that the pressure switch connected into, but nothing.

I took a photos of the steps I did for others to see.

If you're doing this yourself, you'll need a large towel. Empty the water sitting in pipes by opening all the taps and letting the water drain. Then remove the left larger cap on top of the motor, then the right cap. If going further, then the pressure switch, then what I think is the water flow switch. As in order in my photos attached. When putting back together, just do in reverse.

Anyone got any other suggestions to try?

So I went through the same procedure as I previously said, but the pump doesn't pump any water or make a sound. This is so frustrating.

Apparently when I was out today, my wife says it was working for about 1 hour, enough to get some laundry done.

So, the water pump went on for about a minute or so and filled the 2 toilet systems upstairs, then the pump switched off as it should. I then opened each tap individually to let some water through which gets rid of the discoloured water. In between each tap the water pump would switch off and on again as it should. Then at the last tap, maybe after about 1 minute or so, water started to come out then into a dribble, the water pump had stopped again. If I leave a tap open and unplug the water pump electric then plug it in again, nothing. No sound, no movement.

Its not the quietest of pumps, but I don't think its any louder then say a few years ago. I don't think the pump creates hot water from over heating, but with long use the pump can get quite warm to hot.

Hi,

I have the Mitsubishi EP-205Q2 Constant Pressure Water Pump, date stamped 2008. Its been a great worker over the years, but it now has problem.

It stopped pumping (again) so I unplugged the pump from electric and opened all the taps upstairs and downstairs to drain the water. Then removed both top caps on the water pump to remove as much water as I could.
Filled up both cap holes and put the caps back on (bigger cap first on left, then the smaller one on right). The water pump starts for about 1 minute or so, filling the toilet systems etc, then stops working.

Even after removing power and back on again it does nothing. I've had to do the above steps before (a few times over the past year) to get the pump working again, but this time its not continuing after 1 minutes or so.

What can it be?

I didn't realise EMS from ThailPost could now track packages sent internationally.

Okay thanks, I'll try EMS and see how it works out.