ExpatOilWorker

2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

Yes I can see the problem.

 

EV sales are accelerating and it's a disaster (for the EV haters). 

 

Nothing is going wrong!

The customers are joyously happy!

They can charge everywhere!

They pay 20-25% of the cost for fuel they paid for ICE and some even pay nothing!

They have 1% of the moving parts of ICE so need very little servicing!

They don't break down!

They don't catch fire!

They go hundreds of kilometers before needing recharging!

Charging only takes the time it takes to have a coffee!

 

They only take an average of 4 kWhrs of electricity per day which the power grid can EASILY absorb.  What the video said is correct in some countries and specifically in some places in countries, those places specifically being high speed charging stations on motorways which do need feeding with a high current supply.  That requires local grid changes back to the very high voltage grid.

Accelerating, but using the brakes??

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

It's a work in progress ... 

 

"

Thai Smile will expand its fleet of electric buses to 3,100 to cover a total of 122 routes this year, they said. It currently has 1,250 electric buses operating on 71 routes.

 

The BMTA, a loss-making state enterprise, had 119 public bus routes in Bangkok and its vicinity with a total of 2,885 vehicles and 12,671 employees as of August 31 last year.

 

Under a reform of bus routes, the Department of Land Transport granted permission to private operators to use electric vehicles on 77 new routes in the greater Bangkok metropolitan area. Thai Smile won the right to operate 71 of the routes while two other operators received permits for the remaining routes.

 

Thai Smile also supplied electric buses to other private bus operators on 45 of 53 routes that had used diesel-powered buses, the company said."

 

Add those to the E-MV on some smaller canals, and the larger 150/250 psgr boats plowing the Chao Phraya river routs, and Krung Thep is getting there.   Slow but steady progress ... 👍

Bit of fine Thai nonsense journalism from the Nation.

Since when is going from 1,250 to 3,100 nearly double? It is more than double!!

"Thai Smile Bus will nearly double the number of its electric buses as it aims to overtake the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority..."

The Thai Smile electric busses charge 15 baht, where everyone else, aka diesel busses, charge 8-13 baht. 

"provide a cheaper transport alternative for commuters, he said."

But, whatever, the electric busses are nice and hopefully soon they will replace all the older busses.

I spoke to one of the bus drivers and he said they have lots of problems, mostly software errors, so not an easy transition. 

EV mating season. 

Here is a business idea 💡 to all you EVangelists with V2L: Road side assistance 😀 🛻.

57 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Only difference, I have to smell your damn exhaust when out on the scooter, or strolling in a congested area.   Along with your fumes helping to dump down the masses.  Which explains quite a bit 

You are welcome 😊. 

2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

True, but the guy that fuel ⛽️ up with dino juice is indirectly paying me a 1,000 baht, which I happily 😊 spend on fuel. Combined we are doing 720 km, while you and the other solar panel users are creating massive amounts of nuclear waste 🗑 and radiation by supporting the sun 😔 😟.

I think we should have an interplanetary radiation tax for EV users.

1 hour ago, Rimmer said:

 

Not part of the Nation

Used to be, right?

When did they split up?

Still also a part of The Nation?

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

It’s not just EV makers, it’s across the board.

March was particularly brutal for Tesla in Europe 🇪🇺.  Minus 34.5% y-o-y sales.

Toyota +8.6% 🤭. 

When rubber meets the mud, BYD fly by like a lighting fireball.

It is mud season in Ukraine at the moment. In a month or so the ground will dry up and Russia will begin their summer offensive, just in time for F-16 to be operational.

The meat 🍖 grinder will continue, but at the end Ukraine will, maybe not win, but survive. 

In US news:

https://www.channeltoday.us/british-tourist-found-dead-in-a-drain-after-going-missing-on-pub-crawl-world-news.cttv/?amp=1

49 minutes ago, YaiJung said:

What app is that?  When I go to the chiang mai immigration website and try to book for marriage there is no option.  Tried last monday and just now again.  No option for marriage ext appointment. 

It it only for Bangkok, not sure how you do it in Chiang Mai.

https://bangkok.immigration.go.th/en/onlineservice-and-publicguide

22 minutes ago, freeworld said:

There are various types of flush valves but basically most of these types work in a similar way.

 

As you determined the long slider is for the half flush and the short slider is for the full flush. Some adjustment is needed to get your optimal bowl clearance for both settings.

 

Find attached some docs for other flush valves, may offer some guidance when setting yours up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolutely brilliant 👏,  you solved the enigma. Thanks 😊. 

The short slider (full flush) is near impossible to adjust when installed as it is wedged behind the overflow tube.

It was in the top position when installed, which oddly enough is the lower setting for the full flush, but the flush volume is good and I don't have any leaks, so I will leave it that way.

2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

@ExpatOilWorker does seem to be mellowing, he's almost "normal", it must be the holiday he's enjoying. Or maybe he test drove an EV and has seen the light?

 

 

We need to build a sustainable future for the next generation, by pumping $100 oil 😉 .

We are not there yet, neither with the sustainable future, $100 oil nor a (fully) change in my attitude 😀, but I am in good company and enjoying the holiday 🌴 🏝.

9 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Take the rear seat out, and a lite 'camper' conversion vs the other 2 vans available (Maxus 9 & Denza D9), that are a bit plush, and priced accordingly, 2.5M range or more.   Waste of money to buy, then strip down something that plush.   

 

e6 for 1M, much more practical to convert, though much smaller.  But seen others camping is smaller cars, but not for me.  Need something that resembles a bed.

 

e6 ... 4695 length

Our short MG ZS ... L 4323

MG Maxus 9 ... L 5270

Denzs D9 ,,, L 5250

 

We'll wait for the EV pick up, with hopefully a proper bed size, not the small beds that most pick ups (ICEV) come with now of days.  Nothing more than a SUV with bed for storage, nothing I'd convert or try to work out of.

How about this monster  👻?

The rolling stock from China seem to work well in Thailand or are there also issues with them, just to a lesser degree than in Africa?

A Crumbling Metro Reveals Failed Promise of China’s Billions in Africa https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-12/addis-ababa-ethiopia-metro-s-decline-shows-china-s-step-back-from-africa

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

How much is a 6 year old Tesla these days ?

Not as much as it used to be 😊.

2 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

I think you are right. It probably acts as a stopper for the half flush, while the full flush empties everything in the cistern. 

Sadly, the manual gloss over this detail.

 

Back to the drawing board.

#2.5, the main level lever, definitely regulate the half flush.

Since the fill level is set by a separate float unit, it is still a mystery what the small max/min indicator is suppose to do.

It could be that it regulate the flush valve opening and thus sets the flush flow rate. 

I will time a couple of flush in different settings.

29 minutes ago, freeworld said:

I would say both regulate the volume of the flush, one is the full flush slider and the other is the half flush slider.

I think you are right. It probably acts as a stopper for the half flush, while the full flush empties the everything in the cistern. 

Sadly, the manual gloss over this detail.

Anyone know what the small min/max adjuster does?

The main adjuster #2.5 is of course to adjust the water level and thereby the the total flush volume, but it also has a  smaller #2.6 level adjuster, what is that doing?

1 hour ago, Bandersnatch said:

 

They need the tax to help pay for the subsidies. It's a vicious circle!

 

"Come on EV owners you need to chip in to help pay for our fossil fuel subsidies. Yes I know we said it was for the roads but we spend nothing on roads compared to the subsidies we give to fossil fuel companies"

 

 

 

 

Let me try to explain implicit subsidy, so even you understands it.

A farmer produce a mango 🥭 for $1 + $1 in distribution and supermarket profit and we have a $2 mango 🥭. 

Evey is happy 😊,  but then the government implement a $8 mango 🥭 tax. 

$10 mangoes don't sell well and in an election year the government set up a mango fund and subsidize each mango with $4.

$6 mangoes sell well and soon the mango fund is $10 billion  in debt.

The government still got $20 in tax or $10 billion net mango tax, since they are liable for the mango fund.

That is implicit subsidy. 

Explicit subsidy is when the government pay 15,000 baht for rice it later sell for 5,000 baht.

Oil is a huge cash cow for all governments, including the Thai government taxing 30 baht diesel ⛽️.