ExpatOilWorker

Strange that Indonesia and the Philippines are not on the list. Prices on solar panels should drop further in Thailand 🇹🇭.

That is a very neat and nice made frame. Did you use 3x2" rectangular tube for the legs and 2x1" x 3.2 mm for the cross beams? Galvanized or painted carbon steel? What is ur slope? Same as your latitude? I will drop you a picture when my frame is coming together.

I need about 42 m in total, 6 x 7 m, to attach 18 panels in a 3 x 6 configuration. I am making a ground based frame and the slotted struts are easier to attach to the perpendicular support beams, than the usual solar rails. Isn't the second link (thai.con...) just Chinese based vendors? I have no luck using the chat function. I will contact BAP after the holiday, but looks like they have a limited selection. Can you recommend a big electric shop in Bangkok? Map link if u have it, then I will go and talk to them.

@Crossy, Unistrut, slotted struts, guide rail, C-channel, isn't that something that is commonly used in electrical installation? Apart from some short sections on Lazada, I can't find a vendor in Thailand. Do you know where to find it or just the right name in Thai? Ideally I want it with a similar 17 mm opening to the common solar rails.

The list has not been updated since April 10th. Apart from the Mexican embassy is is still all government buildings and public hospitals. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eVj-FpEQZ45qJ6jrWw4NF4SHskRUUcKP/view?usp=drivesdk

Any chance these Chinese scientists can share their stunning discovery with their hinge manufacturers??? My 2 years old cabinet hinge from China 🇨🇳 has seen better days.

It was all about bonds. Inside Trump’s tariff retreat: How fears of a bond market catastrophe convinced Trump to hit the pause button https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/trump-tariffs-retreat-bond-market

US is a $50 billion net food importer. https://archive.ph/sTY1a

Yield on 10 years treasure are going in opposite direction in the US and China. Yield is going up to 5% in the US while falling to 1.6% in China. As some point, something will break.

China 🇨🇳 will have a lot of fighting hands with all the closed down factories. Historically the Chinese engage in civil war before they venture outside their own borders. 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 time.

The list of inspected buildings. https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1JWtFQ6eAsmKPNgmGSmY3LGytyeuG4UVT?usp=sharing

You can just check the stock price of the developers. If we can scrape 950 million baht together, we can take over Italthai.

With fewer buyers rent will go up. Same thing happened after the 2008 sub-prime crises in the US.

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I don't think you know how the Bretton Woods agreement works.

My anti gecko alarm system. 20220302190407755_C3X(F84185357)_F84185357_16-9.mp4

Do you have these installed in your eaves? You could also have geckos, they run around and are very active at night. I use to have them. Nature found a wild solution for me. I will dig it out and post it.

Did a coolant vent screw bresk off?

Below is a link to all the inspected buildings and a translation of the unsafe (red/yellow) buildings. Edit: Sadly, the upload is too low resolution, but it is ALL government buildings and public hospitals. https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1JWtFQ6eAsmKPNgmGSmY3LGytyeuG4UVT?usp=sharing

@Crossy, You have all DEYE inverters, 4 in total, right? Was there a specific reason for selecting DEYE or will all the major brands do pretty much the same. What is your opinion on SOLIS inverters?

Penny stocks are not very desirable, but when you are a low satang stock, you can almost hear the toilet flush.

Now might actually be the golden time to be a landlord and rental rates could go up. With fewer people buying, more people will be renting at a time where the inventory of available units is dropping, because of damage. A similar shift happened after the sub-prime crises in 2008. Sales went down - rents went up.

Very interesting solution. What is the difference between the two mains out? The 6.2 kW unit is rated foe 48V DC batteries and listed together with a 12.8V battery. Are you suppose to connect 4 batteries in series? That will give 51.2V, close enough to 48V? Wouldn't it be better to connect a 5 kWh LVTOPSUN battery, it isn't that much more expensive.

UPDATE: Three high-risk government buildings in Bangkok no longer suitable for people to enter have been identified on Wednesday afternoon. The three are:Thotsamintarathirat Building at Ratchawithi Hospital in Phya Thai district of Bangkok, Department of Revenue building, Immigration Bureau office building. --- The Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning said on Wednesday, high-rise 34 buildings in Thailand, mostly in Bangkok, have been declared uninhabitable due to Friday's quake in Myanmar. The Department has inspected the structural integrity of 3,375 buildings so far, and 3,130 can be used as normal, while 211 suffered from moderate damage but are still habitable.

The Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning said on Wednesday, 34 high-rise buildings in Thailand, mostly in Bangkok, have been declared uninhabitable due to Friday's quake in Myanmar. The Department has inspected the structural integrity of 3,375 buildings so far, and 3,130 can be used as normal, while 211 suffered from moderate damage but are still habitable.