Bandersnatch

I might need a bigger rack

Very interesting, will give it a try but… That might be a problem, my walls are foil lined and 30cm thick. I had to supercharge my wifi to get full coverage

I do plan to use your previous suggestion of wiring Shelly power monitors into high energy use power outlets, but I want smart light switches that do at least what my Philips Hue switches do: have different colour options; be able to alter brightness and not just switch on and off.

Agreed, it was just an image grab from Google for illustration purposes

Good point. I have several Philips Hue programmable remotes to go with my Philips Hue lights. As they look like conventional light switches they are intuitive to use if you don’t want to use voice control My other smart lights are currently switched off/on at the original light switch but I am looking to use smart switches or smart displays at some point

I follow this guy as well and I agree the videos are very accessible. The only programming I want to do is the copy and paste kind 😳 I also watch Paul Hibbert

BYD Atto 3 latest prices

New 30kWh BYD Plug-in Hybrid Pickup will be the quickest in Thailand. It also comes with V2L and lots of power outlets

The BYD karaoke microphone was only available up to now on some dodgy sounding retailer on Ali Express Not anymore! Now you can buy with confidence from the official BYD distributor in Thailand

Zeekr 009 BEV MPV price revealed

Coming to Thailand

Zeekr X test drive at the Pattaya showroom

Shell shuts down 5 H2 stations and cancels 48 new ones. Apparently, the transition from EVs to Hydrogen is not going well

2 Days to go... ZEEKR 009 Website : https://zeekr.co.th

I have been running my house at night from the 3.5kW V2L on my BYD Seal but I have had many comments saying stuff like: "3.5kW is just not enough, what if I want to use my electric oven to cook a chicken at the same time all 5 of my children what to have a shower using electric water heaters. You haven't thought of that now have you?" Maybe 6.6kW might be enough to shut them up

I have lived in Thai houses and condos with big windows and had to keep my curtains closed all the time. In my house I don’t have curtains. I have installed dropped ceilings for LED light strips and all my lights are smart coloured wifi with voice control so I can fine tune the lighting in my house. I do have 80m2 on my 3rd floor with 360 degree views of countryside and 120m2 of outdoor space on the North side of my house. We commissioned a soil survey and our structural engineer used that data to determine the foundations needed. He completed full structural drawings which were used to draw up detailed plans based on my plans. I then employed teams to build each part of the build. I did all the insulation, networking and installed the Energy Recovery Ventilation system. Better to have security and not need it than need it and not have it.

saic motor corp that sells MGs and Maxus in Thailand has a fully electric Pickup Truck for international markets under the Maxus brand

Apparently the regular critics we get on this discussion drives a 10 year old Yaris, “My 10 year old Yaris is cheaper to run than an EV” hence my choice of the interior from a 10 year old Yaris to compare to the Avatar.

Thanks for your kind words. During bug fixing I recorded a video of me checking that the wiring between my inverters and my batteries which I shared with Growatt and nRuit. The video was set to private as I thought nobody would be interested in it. A couple of years later I was asked a question online that resulted in me making the video public. That video (probably the most boring video on YouTube) now has 40,000 views!

You obviously have never been in a Toyota then

I have 4 Growatt SPF5000ES. I contacted Growatt for a list of compatible batteries. I chose 4x9kWh nRuit batteries as they were Lithium iron phosphate with the cells made by CATL

EA Anywhere has a new app https://www.facebook.com/share/BKrouB3mFMbAKDPm/

Smart lights: Probably the easiest entry point into starting your smart home. Lie in bed and say to your smart assistant “turn the brightness down to 20% and change the color to candle light” They can be combined with motion sensors or even better presence sensors to switch on when someone walks into a room and switch off when everybody leaves. I started off with Philips Hue, the rolls-Royce of smart bulbs. I have 20 in my house from when I started my smart home several years ago and never had a problem with any. https://s.lazada.co.th/s.qPtEz A few years later I moved to Xiaomi Yeelight which were considerably cheaper but a bit more of a fiddle to use and I have few die over the years https://s.lazada.co.th/s.qPG4q Now I am gradually replacing the remaining bulbs in my house with Tuya compatible WiFi bulbs- the newest of which is about a year old - no problems so far. https://s.lazada.co.th/s.qPH3s You can also buy smart LED light strips, they work well if you have dropped ceilings. I have used them in my Cinema

Piyanas gets my vote. I was able to demo all the equipment for my cinema at their Fortune Town store https://www.piyanas.com/search?search_type=3&search_keyword=Speaker+stand

Definitely true. I own a BYD and an MG. Having an extensive dealership network was high up on my criteria list.