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More educational video ...

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An important educational video ...

I know the polycarbonate isn't fire-resistant. But it was in the shed, I can lift it, and it keeps the cat/chickens out (yes, I removed the eggs from behind the smaller packs).

Check you are actually using the correct capacitor; the value is usually on the pump rating plate. I wouldn't go more than 15% either way on value. If the pump is in the open, give it some shade, these things really don't like the heat. Generally, with capacitors you do tend to get what you pay for, so more expensive units may be longer-lived than the el-cheapo no-name units.

Why let the truth get in the way of a "good" joke. Besides, that article is about Salzburg airport not Vienna...

Have a look here https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/ergonomics/office/chair_adjusting.html Also, if your legs are short, fat and hairy, then how about a footrest? https://www.lazada.co.th/catalog/?spm=a2o4m.home-th.search.d_go&q=office footrest

Just remember that "ex" is a has-been and a "spurt" is a drip under pressure. Hence my business cards saying "Specialist"

Just sell it online and cut your losses. Office chairs, like many women things in life, need to be tried out in the flesh!!

Hernia anyone?? Those Liyuan 280Ah x 48V battery packs are about 110kg each! No, I didn't lift them in! We just happened to have a couple of Thai labourers re-building (actually knocking down) our damaged retaining wall. A hundred Baht each (probably about 30% of their day rate for demolishing the wall) and they were more than happy to oblige.

Indeed ^^^, do check the tariffs https://www.pea.co.th/Portals/1/Knowledge PEA/Electricity Tariffs JAN66 Unofficial Translation.pdf?ver=2023-01-27-133655-423 The PEA bill-estimator also does TOU https://eservice.pea.co.th/estimatebill/#

I voted "wait and see". I'm already a Thai taxpayer by virtue of being employed (actually I'm "resting" right now) but I really want to avoid paying more tax than I absolutely have to.

Actually a "useful electrical sites" thread might be a good idea, possibly include places to get those unusual items (such as "intermediate" switches). I too use Doncaster Cables calculator as it's pretty idiot-proof and gives results in metric rather than AWG which many others do being US-centric. Unfortunately, it doesn't calculate for aluminium cable, although simply going one size larger for Al seems to be a pretty general rule. One problem which we're sure to encounter is regulations do vary around the world. Let me apply my (small and aging) brain. We've tried similar in DIY and it got to be unmanageable.

Looks pretty normal SRT standard to me, but of course it's a "file photo". By the way, could AN persuade the AI not to mix languages in its articles please. Either use English or US English (I really don't care which), but please do not mix them.

Ancient thread dredged up simply to mud sling.

Love 'em to bits, but this is the single best photo I took whilst they were here. That's the back end of the van taking them to the airport

UK grandkids were here for 3 weeks in April which also skewed the PEA consumption by increasing our daily usage "somewhat", it's also been hot, hot, hot. In a normal month we would have easily covered everything using solar.

Here we are, May 1st. April figures. Potentially confusing as we are in the throes of an upgrade expanding to 13.1kWP on 14-April then further expanding to 15.3kWP on 22-April. That's it for panel expansion for now, got to sort out storage and new inverters next. EDIT According to PEA's bill estimator the 1,392kWh our solar created out of thin air would be worth 6,962Baht.

Probably less than that in reality (closer to 15A tops), and once rooms are down to temperature ...

A pukka 3-phase pump will have very different windings to a single-phase capacitor pump, what you are measuring resistance wise suggests you do have the right kind of motor (it wouldn't be the first time although an actual 3-phase motor likely wouldn't have run at all). Anyway, since you seem to be drawing something like stall current, I wonder if the rotor is locked (sucked in a rock?) or is it even actually seized.

Before hauling the beast up 70m, try testing the capacitor by substitution, it's by far the most likely failure point. Are you getting those currents in each wire but the pump isn't actually running?? I'm assuming you have a single-phase, capacitor-run (3-wires + ground) rather than an actual 3-phase pump. If the pump is actually new then it's time to go back to the supplier if it's not the capacitor.