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This is a 7 year old thread. I'm going to lock it for now unless someone has a REALLY good reason to re-open. PM me.

Welding arc voltage is 18 - 36VDC at whatever current you set on your welder. What can make current limited 36V and say 100A? How about 10 solar panels wired in parallel in full sun? Comes with free natural current limiting! So put your helmet on, look at the sun to check for clouds, strike an arc. I'll stick with my baby inverter welder, even came with a shoulder strap for easy use on the scaffolding!

Remember that scaffolding we just took down? Roofers are adding fancy flashing to keep the rain from running down the walls.

Patio lights and fan working. Also added an outlet so the grandkids can charge their scooters. I promise I'll button up that box with the wires poking out.

Back in 2008 our local temple abbot (a lovely guy, long since passed) was moaning that the sale of alcohol for weddings, funerals etc. (Songkran was particularly lucrative) by vendors within the temple grounds had been prohibited by law. He said that the commission paid by the sellers added significant funds to operate the temple school and he would now have to find alternative sources of revenue.

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Yes, I scanned it. No mobile phone? Sorry, you're going to die! https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/know-before-you-go/safety-security/link-light-rail-evacuation-instructions

Warning Will Robinson! Warning!! If you use the EMV system and it does not read your card on exit (misreads do seem to be an issue) the staff will want to let you out via the staff gate. BUT This will leave an open journey in the back office system which will result in a full distance deduction! (73Baht in my mate's case rather than the correct 27Baht) This is of course not good. More staff training required!

And so, we bid a fond farewell to the scaffolding and the painters. And we await the arrival of the guys who are going to fix the flashing on the patio roof so it doesn't leak when it rains.

Here's a slightly bigger version! Scientific AmericanNew Concentrating Solar Tower Is Worth Its Salt with 24/7...A California firm is converting sunlight to heat and storing it in molten salt so it can supply electricity when the wind is calm or the sun isn’t shining https://www.solarpaces.org/what-happened-with-crescent-dunes/

It does vaporise your hand when you put the kettle on mind Unless you do it at night!

Is colour-blindness a problem in Thailand?? There was a place near us which was fluorescent green walls under a bright blue roof. It sat on a sharp bend in the road and I joked with Madam that was so bright it would never get hit. Literally a month later I drove past and it had been obliterated by a loaded truck that hadn't made the bend. Luckily nobody was seriously hurt, but it's still an empty lot. Was it brake failure or was the driver blinded by the light??

Heard this on a couple of YouTube reels, revived an ancient love of reggae inherited from my uncle John long, long ago.

Some people have taste and colour sense.

Shot from 2018, luckily the trees have all grown so now it's not visible from the road.

Wasn't it "Beat the clock with Swan brand"?? Last century we were staying in the Hilton in Seoul (projects actually had sensible budgets then). The room kettles were dual voltage switchable 115/230V, they "worked much better" (for a few times) when set to 115V on the room supply of 230V! For some unknown reason the hotel started supplying 230V only replacement kettles after a while. I can't imagine why!