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3 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:
Nice number and plate !!I changed mine to black to suit the license plate support also with perspex.
If i remember rightly the plate holder came with 4 screws, so was sorted.
Lucky plates in BKK are bit more expensive than Surin 🫣
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Seal number plate holder.
The standard number plate holder is grey - there is no grey on the car unless you have a grey car and it definitely doesn’t match my white one.
The screws holding it together are already rusty and the BYD REVER logo is already fading badly.
There are 4 captive nuts built into the car which is great but only 2 bolts are used on each plate supplemented with some double sided tape at the bottom! Will be ordering 4 more bolts from BYD.
I replaced the holders with white ones to match the car and they have a perspex sheet to protect the number pate from damage.
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6 hours ago, josephbloggs said:just anti-Chinese nonsense. Getting very very boring now.
Ignoring the nonsense is the way to go IMHO
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42 minutes ago, UWEB said:
This morning I have got the update, downloaded and installed. App has now Vehicle position, but there is a bug as App shows Doors are not locked while they are correct closed and locked.
Saw your post and jumped in the car. No little bell 🔔 icon saying there was an update. Checked for update and it did the usual check for update and back to check for update screen.
Was about to give up when noticed 🔔 had appeared
@UWEB thanks for posting
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2 hours ago, digbeth said:
Words from the sales girls are that the banks are more restrictive to give out loans now, could also explain the shortfall in registration numbers vs bookings numbers claimed at the motorshow
Being able to offer finance is a great way to get a sale on a second hand item.I had a condo for sale @ ฿7m and the agent told me it was too expensive for most buyers.
A couple of weeks later he was showing a guy with ฿3.5m condos that he didn’t like then he showed him mine and explained that ฿3.5m was 50% deposit with 5 years interest free on the balance. He agreed to buy it on the spot.
I would be happy to offer financing when selling a car, my lawyer already has a template contract he could adapt.
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Why do Toyota ice cars in Thailand come with automatic fire suppression devices?
I have never seen them included with EVs here perhaps they are not required?
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Prior to giving my meter back PEA changed it 5 times thinking it was broken due to the fact that it wasn’t moving.
When I installed solar 7 years ago the main PEA office in my province had no experience with Solar but they were so convinced I was trying to spin my meter backwards (to the exact same reading every month) that they called in the solar team from PEA Korat to inspect my system. I have had 3 inspections over the years. At each meeting I requested a digital meter but it was never installed
I now use my EV instead of PEA as a just in case backup.
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22 minutes ago, In the jungle said:The solar system was free?
It seems to be in your calculation.
Before you reply it’s best to carefully read the post you are responding to so you don’t waste people’s time explaining the obvious.1 hour ago, Bandersnatch said:charged from excess home solar production.
The solar system was installed to remove the need for a PEA connection.
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Road Tax, Servicing Costs and Fuel costs for EVs in Thailand
We have already discussed insurance costs for EVs in Thailand and thanks to all those who shared their quotes, do please keep them coming.
The example I will be sharing is my 2023 BYD Seal AWD Performance and I will be comparing it to my previous ICE Car a Mitsibishi Triton 4 door.
Fuel Costs:
The Triton: ฿5,000 per month. The Triton was a thirsty beast. I should point out that Surin has an excellent 4 lane ring road system with protected left turns at most junction lights, meaning that if you turn left at every junction you never have to stop at any lights. It does mean that you can clock up the miles as nearly all driving is done at highway speeds.
BYD Seal: ฿0 per month. Apart from the first week of ownership when I did some test charges on different chargers I have not paid for any driving as it has been 100% charged from excess home solar production.
Road Tax:
Triton ฿4,761
BYD Seal ฿380
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BYD: ฿0 per year
My BYD comes with 8 years of completely free servicing (parts and labour) I have had only one service and it cost nothing. I watched the guy do the service from the customer lounge and it seemed to mainly consist of checking torque setting on some key bolts.
Triton: ฿9,283 per year
Mitsu insisted on 6 monthly servicing to maintain the warranty. You can see from the invoice that the biggest ticket items are #6 + #7 both for engine oil.
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Only Electric Cars suffer from water damage ICE cars are waterproof, it’s obvious, it’s in the name: ICE is frozen water
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The BYD route planner is a bit basic to say the least.
It’s not been a problem for me as I tend to use Apple car play and Google Maps. I have yet to do a journey over 600km so never worried about charging on route, but this may change.
saw this video about ABRP. What do others do?
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8 hours ago, marino28 said:
Maybe a refreshed Seal is coming to China in the near future. Possibly with upgraded battery
https://carnewschina.com/2024/05/30/byd-seal-07-spied-in-china-likely-to-debut-soon-with-lidar/
I didn’t know that I was driving a BYD Seal Team 6
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11 hours ago, connda said:
And when the solar panels down work anymore. Throw them into a landfill and allow the toxicity to leach into the groundwater. Great idea.
Sometimes posting here feels like being a Kindergarten teacher.
”Ok Children, today’s word is TOXIC.
We are going to try to understand what it means and look at some things that are Toxic and some things that are not Toxic.
It’s important to understand what a word means when we use it as otherwise people will think we didn’t study hard at school”
Just for good measure:
Your free education ends here
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8 hours ago, connda said:Let's carpet farmland, lakes, and deforested forests with solar panels. <laughs> I wonder how much farmland you need to cover with solar panels to run a 5 GW AI data center?
Only someone who has never grown anything in Thailand would say something like that.
The one thing that Thailand has too much of is sunshine.
My intensive veggies are all grown under shade cloth.
agrivoltaics makes a lot of sense in Thailand
Covering lakes is one of your better ideas apparently EGAT agrees with you
2.72GW capacity equates to 8TWH/year
People always overestimate the amount of space needed for solar to power a country. So nobody is going to be cutting down forests for solar.
In reality there is already enough roof space and car parks to meet Thailand’s PV needs
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57 minutes ago, connda said:Get real. Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Mae Mot coal generation plant in Lampang has added capacity. What hydro? From the Mekong River? Renewables? Where?
The citation I used was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Thailand I didn't post the link because the screen print showed Wikipedia in the title, I assumed it was obvious, apparently not!
I don't know if you have ever contributed to a Wikipedia article but they are peer reviewed and most are pretty accurate. If you feel that the statistics quoted in the table were inaccurate, maybe you have some more up to date data you can edit the wiki yourself once you have signed up for an account.
These are the refences that need your attention:
57 minutes ago, connda said:If they are smart they'll get serious about nuclear
This was a recent discussion on Nuclear in Thailand with a focus on SMRs
https://aseannow.com/topic/1328635-thailand-urged-to-embrace-nuclear-power-to-meet-carbon-zero-goals
This was my reply to that discussion:
As of 2023, only China and Russia have successfully built operational SMRs
The US Department of Energy had estimated the first SMR in the United States would be completed by NuScale Power around 2030, but this deal has since fallen through after the customers backed out due to rising costs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_modular_reactor
57 minutes ago, connda said:Solar and wind is a waste of money and inefficient on a good day.
I am not an expert on wind. I did test the wind speed on the third floor of my house using an anemometer, but never got more that 5M/s which is not enough for domestic VAWTs
I would consider myself a bit of an expert on Solar having been off-grid with solar in Thailand for 7 years now.
The payback on my solar system was 6 years so it's already making a surplus. Even if was 10 years that is a 10% return on investment and you consider that a "waste of money"
You claim that solar is inefficient this shows that have no clue at all how solar works.
Solar power for my home is 95% efficient panel to plug
Powering my EVs it drops to 90% due to the double inversion required.
The average efficiencies of power generation are 35% for coal, 45% for natural gas and 38% for oil-fired power generation.
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1 hour ago, connda said:
The way things are going Renewables and Hydro have probably already overtaken Coal in the electricity generation mix in Thailand, particularly as published figures do not include domestic production (There is no permitting requirement for domestic solar here)
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1 hour ago, dutch boy said:
the global alarmists will keep buying them and keep losing money. So very funny.
You need to support your comments with some evidence. Nobody is interested in uninformed opinions.I don’t pay to fuel my EVs as they are powered by solar.
V2L helps me from having an electric bill.
Road tax on EVs is considerably less than ICE vehicles. A diesel pickup can cost ฿5,000/yr
“The DLT attributed the jump to the annual tax break for newly registered complete built-up EVs, which began in May last year and will run until November 2025.
Under the measure, EVs weighing under 1,800 kilogrammes will be taxed 320 baht annually instead of 1,600 baht.“
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The usual negative fiction from the EV haters, so how about some facts for balance
Several AN members, including myself, bought the BYD Seal when it was launched in Thailand last year.
It comes with 8 years of 100% free servicing (parts and labour) 8 years warranty on the car and battery (guaranteed to not fall below 70% capacity)
I chose the BYD Seal over the Tesla model 3 for the following reasons:
It was considerably cheaper,
it comes with LiFePO4 across the range which is far safer battery chemistry and has a far longer cycle life at the expense of energy density,
it comes with bi-directional charging.
As I am off-grid (no meter) I use the Seal for backup power for the house.
If in 8 years time the battery capacity has really dropped by 30% (unlikely as that would mean BYD would have had to fork out for many batteries that had fallen below 70%) I would still have nearly 5 Tesla Power-walls of backup energy storage. Meaning the seal would be worth far more than the average 8 year old car just in terms of energy storage alone.
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21 hours ago, CharlesHolzhauer said:
Many thanks for this very useful information. I had no idea that the panels are sensitive to heat - thanks again.
I wouldn’t worry too much about heat. It is a factor but not a significant factor in my experience.For every degree above 25°C, a solar panel's output can decrease by around 0.3% for a modern efficient panel.
So for every 10 degrees you loose just 3%It is not ambient temperature that causes panel temperature to rise but Solar Radiance - which is the thing that makes solar power. So a cloudy day leads to a cooler panel but less solar production
e.g. 10kW on a sunny day produces 50kW at 90% efficiency = 45kW
10kW on a cloudy day produces 30kW at 100% efficiency = 30kW
Why are the biggest Solar Parks in the world all in hot places?1st Golmud Desert Solar Park — China
2nd Bhadla Solar Park — India
3rd Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park — UAE
4th Pavagada Solar Park — India
5th Benban Solar Park — Egypt
6th The Tengger Desert Solar Park — China
7th Noor Abu Dhabi Solar Power Project — Abu Dhabi
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49 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:
thought you might recognize this charger
Mine has been nagging me for updates via the app
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2 minutes ago, CharlesHolzhauer said:
Hypothetically, if cost is not a major issue, and my calculated usage is x kW, with double the required roof space available for panels (excluding the house roof), can you see any reasons not to utilize all available roof space for panel installation? This setup would exceed the calculated kW by about 100% and store the excess solar power in a bank of batteries.
I have had solar and batteries for 7 years now.Most people usually think batteries are to cover night time usage, but in fact their primary benefit is to act as a buffer storage for your solar production.
e.g. Your load for 12 hours of daylight is 12kWh and your solar production is also 12KWh. So you might think you can cover your energy load 100% from solar, but your load will vary wildly during the day as will solar production as the weather changes.
A small battery will help cover spikes in household load, cloudy times and wasted solar production that has to be curtailed as it exceeds demand.
I would strongly advise adding at least a 5kWh battery to any solar system.
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27 minutes ago, CharlesHolzhauer said:
Apart from cost, is there a technical downside for buying/using an oversized inverter? (e.g. 5kW of PV and a 8kW inverter).
A larger inverter can mean that you can more easily expand your system cheaply with a few more panels.One thing that is often overlooked is the voltage requirements of the inverter.
Inverters come with a minimum and maximum voltage range. So you not only have to consider the wattage of your panels but also ensure that the combined voltage of your panels match the inverter.
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39 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:
Interestingly, it looks like Roojai won't cover the Seal Performance.
The cars aren’t even a year old yet. They know that they come with a free first year insurance so maybe we have to wait a few months
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BYD Seal tips, tricks and help
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In my case กบ is my wife’s nickname.
Paid only ฿19k as 4 is not a popular (lucky) number.