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I discharged my batteries to 50% last night and they are now at 39% Solar production today looks like this across my three inverters

Having solar and batteries I am am very reluctant to use grid power if i can avoid it at all. I tend to set my inverter priorities as Solar first, then Batteries and finally and very reluctantly Grid power. However during storm season like we are currently experiencing in Thailand my thinking changes. I have made a short video to explain my plan.

Interesting article by the South China Morning Post (published in Hong Kong) about the state of the EV industry in Thailand. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3193163/chinas-byd-launch-new-suv-thailand-effort-spark-countrys

@LukKrueng Christian who runs this group does solar UPS systems https://www.facebook.com/groups/300126774329850

No batteries are extra with Growatt. I went win nRuit more info on my blog EcoHouseThailand.com

Clamp - it’s pretty clear in my second video

The clamp meter records the power used in the the house in real time, so switch on the aircon and monitor it on the app. In total you can compare the kWh used for the month on the app with the PEA bill, if there is a big difference maybe your neighbors are borrowing some ????

No problem at all, just thought it was funny

17kWh

It’s a drip coffee maker with an insulated jug and no warming plate. Takes about 5 minutes.

17kWh Is the most I have used in a month. That happened when I charged my EV in the afternoon with lots of sun it then clouded over and I drained my house batteries into my car. Currently I can’t feed power back from my car batteries into the house batteries. My next EV will have V2L and will be able to.

@Yorkie I had a bill just like that this month ???? @MJCM - Yes that's my bill for this month. Like others have posted I have several smart plugs that can be programmed to switch off devices at certain times and record the power used by devices attached to it. I also have a Home Energy Monitoring System - in fact 2 one for household power usage and one for the power my EV uses. Short video I made of the system in operation: Here is a much longer more detailed video that I made of the system:

I am very happy with my Growatt SPF 5000 ES inverters that I paid ฿36,000 delivered. They can be programmed to do all the things that you asked for.

You can set your priority order in the inverter. My standard settings is solar first then battery then grid. My LFP batteries are kept at a minimum state of charge of 22% by the inverter. Above this point they are only charged by solar as I have chosen that setting as I don’t want to wake up in the morning with batteries that charged to 100% from the grid just as my solar panels start producing. My solar panels power the house and my EV then any excess is put into the batteries. I occasionally use the grid to help power my house load, but never to charge my batteries.

My Plan is to is to use a transfer switch to alternate between grid power and power from V2L into my inverter. I made a video about how it could be done

The link is a blog for a solar installer but doesn’t have references to any official sites or documents. When I met with the Head Office Manager at PEA Surin I asked him for a link to PEA’s rules for home solar installation, he could not give it to me. The meeting that went on for a couple of hours consisted mostly of him and his staff on the phone trying to find answers to my questions. To my knowledge my system complies with only one of the rules listed in the link (not to export) yet I have had 3 inspections by PEA including the solar team from PEA Korat and my system has passed every time.

Having never driven a Tesla I have to rely on owner reviews on YouTube. The ones I have seen agree with what you say. I have previously posted about BMW and Mercedes-Benz's EV plans in Thailand. Mercedes-Benz will build electric vehicles in Thailand, starting with its flagship electric EQS sedan this year. The Mercedes EQS has a RRP range of £105,610 to £119,610 in the UK so will be probably close to ฿5,000,000 here. BMW EVs start at ฿3,500,000 - no word yet on the BMW iX1 in Thailand. By comparison a RWD Model Y in Australia is about ฿1,700,000. The price in Thailand remains to be seen, but I would consider a less luxurious Tesla EV if the price is right.

My experience in Surin from a few years ago may not be relevant to you. I asked at Surin PEA head office if permission was required. I said I didn’t want to join the rooftop solar program, at the time the feed-in credit was only ฿1.68 with a 5kW max for your system if you had single phase electric. I was told no permission was required. After it was installed I visited again to ask if it needed inspecting. There was a new guy there who said my system was illegal as it was over 10kW. I later found out that he was referring to the 10kW max for feed in on a three phase system and he knew nothing about solar. A team from Korat came down to confirm that my off-grid inverter could not feed back to the grid. since then I have had my meter changed 5 times as new meter readers see it has not moved and reported it as broken. PEA offices seem to have different understanding and interpretations of the rules. The feed in credit is now ฿2.2 per kWh and your equipment needs to be on the approved list. I am not an expert on FIT as I self consume - my solar system powers my house and EV 99% Probably not up to date: https://solar-thailand.com/pdf/PEA.pdf

Ok sorry about that. With most electric motorbikes sold in Thailand having 1-3kWh batteries fast charging would not be necessary. They are designed to be charged at home or the battery swapped. I saw this swap station at an EV show recently

This thread has been running for months and we get asked this question every few days. Check out PlugShare for a map of chargers. see my post last week about PTT chargers which are rolling out. MG has CCS2DC every 150km Electric Motorbikes in Thailand seem to be for local trips. Haven’t seen any touring ones yet, but Triumph have a factory here….. https://ridermagazine.com/2022/07/12/triumph-te-1-electric-motorcycle-prototype-unveiled/#:~:text=The Triumph TE-1 electric,60 mph in 3.6 seconds.

MGZSEV is a B segment SUV Length is 4,314mm Single motor 0-60mph 8 seconds The Marvel R is a C segment SUV Length is 4,674mm Triple motor 4 wheel drive 0-60mph 4.9 seconds

I posted about the MG 4 on the 20th August check back to page 21 of this thread.

Next-gen MG Marvel R to launch in 2023; feature RHD model - so a good chance it will be available in Thailand. Original version of the Marvel R looks like this: According to a report from The Driven Australia, the next-gen MG Marvel R will be made in a right-hand drive (RHD) configuration so that MG can consider it for a wide range of markets. The publication reports that MG Australia and New Zealand CEO Peter Ciao said during an online event on November 24, 2021, that the second-gen MG Marvel R will launch in Australia next year (2023), provided the company does not run into supply chain issues. As per a report on Stuff.co.nz, the RHD-spec next-gen MG Marvel R would also be up for consideration for New Zealand. SAIC launched the MG Marvel R in Europe in October 2021. With prices starting at EUR 40,000, the Marvel R goes up against the VW ID.4 and the Skoda Enyaq. Bjørn Nyland (born in Thailand but has lived in Norway since he was four years old) Recently reviewed the performance version of the original version of the Marvel R - the only thing he didn't like about it was the buggy infotainment system, which hopefully will get fixed in the upgraded version.

You are replying to a post from 5 months ago to which several of us have already replied with factual corrections. - Lack of charging networks gets asked and answered by people with EVs here in Thailand. "tax breaks, which may or many not be real," You can already get the tax breaks when you purchase the car - I posted this in April

The chatter on the Thai EV forums is that people with Hong Kong Teslas are trying to offload them at ฿3,000,000 before the Thai market ones start selling for under ฿2,000,000 ???? I’m happy to wait