Crossy

Indeed ^^^, please continue there.

Please re-read the forum rules regarding discussion of moderation.

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EDIT I suspect your initial post got caught up in a removal of multiple dupes (there were a lot of the same post).

The second post removed was discussing moderation like this one is.

There's a whole forum dedicated to insurance, let's try it there

Please continue here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/654704-cant-access-main-forum-page/

Seems that you can (maybe) get to the forum main page using the link from www.thaivisa.com and that works.

UK Investigation board issued a bulletin today the 18th of July: "A fire event occurred on a parked, unoccupied and electrically un-powered Boeing 787 aircraft at London Heathrow Airport. Subsequent examination of the fire-affected area has focused on the Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT). "

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/S5-2013%20ET-AOP.pdf

BBC news reported that the AAIB have advised all operators of 787s to turn off the ELT until the root cause is found (wonder if it will be the ELT's LiPo battery).

Others have reported this but it's working OK for me on TOT. Who is your ISP.

We're looking in to it, but please clear your cache.

VLC player will play .iso files without having to mount them

Many different ways depending upon what you want to achieve.

This way creates .iso files that are complete images of your DVD so you lose nothing http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13558/rip-and-convert-dvds-to-an-iso-image/ play the .iso with most DVD player software including VLC.

Assuming a 15/45 meter you'll need to run 16mm² NYY http://www.bangkokcable.com/catalog/BCC_CATALOG/NYY2EN.HTML

It can go direct in ground, but since there's no service fuses in Thailand I would put it in conduit, black with a red trace for electricity. Get it where you get the cable.

Get it as deep as possible, 500mm minimum and place some blocks above before back-filling to give the JCB driver a clue he's digging something up.

Whilst I wasn't looking the chickens got a new palace.

OK, I did help build it, but no construction photos as the camera was out of order.

Only the left side with the split door is for the chickens, the right side is for 'potting', or more likely, me, when I've been a bad doggie

Looks pretty good.

Yup the RCBO replaces your main switch.

Grounds on the lighting? If you have Class-1 fittings (have a ground connection) and they're within 3m of the floor then you should run grounds, nobody here bothers to be honest.

You only need to run power to one part of the A/C, there's a cable between them, we ran to indoor units.

If you get the good quality 3-pin outlets they do work with the thin Euro prongs but if you hang a power brick off them they soon get tired. I found some simple flat to round adaptors that fit the Euro pins but they tend to get a bit long. You can get the Schuko outlets that take both Euro and Schuko plugs, the proper solution but limits where you can plug in your Euros.

The Architect and the electrical sub contractor went to talk to the PEA this afternoon and were told it was OK to bring in 2 additional 25mm cables and run 3 phase to the the new house on a 15/45 meter - leaving the Studio on single phase with a separate meter in the road. I hadn't seen your most recent posts before they went so I treated that as good news.

Sounds like a result, separate meter and bill for the rental. No arguments over the tenant's share of a single bill.

So now we know

Interesting piece of kit, and very useful in the right hands.

Some posts discussing getting movies loaded on hard disks have been removed.

If anyone can demonstrate that this is a legal option (not pirate copies), I'll reinstate them.

Let's keep this to discussing genuine products.

Have a look here for some answers: http://www.crossy.co.uk/wiring/

First question:
I want to have some kind of earth leakage circuit breaker that trips if something is wrong and saves our electrical equipment, but I have heard so many different terms used that I don't know what to ask for (ELCB/RCBO/RCD/Safety-cut etc.). Since we are under budget restrains I think one breaker for the whole house will be enough (but what do I know).
What (one) term should I use when I talk with our Thai electrician so that he will understand what I am asking for?

A front end RCBO is the way to go, all of the big name consumer-unit manufacturers do suitable devices which replace your main switch.

Second question:
All electrical outlets will be of the three prong grounded type, and I assume that lights are not grounded.
Anything that will be connected directly (not via outlet) that will need to be grounded?
The only things that come to mind are the air conditioners (indoor fan unit and outdoor compressor) and maybe the water pump as I don't know how that is connected (but I would assume via plug)

Most Thai installations leave the ground off lighting circuits, up to you of course.

Pretty well all fixed appliances require a ground.
Water pump is usually on a plug, if it's a bit remote run 2 core and put a local ground rod at the pump.

Third question:
What cable thickness do I need for the standard small stuff?
What on our list needs more substantial cabling and what thickness of cable is needed?

Put lighting on 1.5mm² cable and 10A breakers.
Power outlet circuits on 2.5mm² and 20A breakers (you can use 1.5mm² for the ground wire).
Water heaters install 4mm² on 25A breakers for up to 5,500W, 6mm² on 32A breakers for up to 7,000W.
Most aircons will be fine on 2.5mm² on 20A breakers.

Pipe threads are similar if not the same here as the US.

Try your local gas shop for assorted adaptors or get a friend in the US to send you a 3/8" to 1/2" adaptor (the US and Thai 1/2" threads definitely fit)

If your inlet and outlet pipes are arranged like this:

Then you should be good to go, the outlet pipe remains well below the surface but above the settled sludge, keeps out the floaters on the top.

The Windows installation disk will probably be able to fix this issue

Don't have one? Does your machine have a recovery partition?

OK, firstly let's get the terminology right, the '30 day stamp' is not a visa, it's a visa exemption, Visa on Arrival is something quite different to which you are not entitled.

Official requirement is a FLIGHT out of Thailand within 30 days, immigration themselves rarely if ever check this requirement.

Your issue will be getting on your initial flight to Thailand, the airline check for either a visa or a flight out of Thailand within 30 days, you have neither. Since your return flight is actually fairly close you may get away with it with a word to the check-in supervisor, probably best to call the airline and ask what their policy is.

Have you considered flying into Laos which would then provide the flight out within 30 days?

Many will claim to never have had a problem, is it worth the risk of being denied boarding your first flight?

Just buy black 10 or 16 (from any electrical outlet) and tape it green at each end, acceptable in most codes around the world

Another fire, Heathrow closed briefly.

Unrelated? Maybe.

The link given in the Liverpool Consulate website is not for the Thai embassy.It says Thai embassy.co .uk The real embassy address

is http://www.thaiembassyuk.org.uk/

Perhaps somehow the Liverpool website has been got at, not a computer person so don't know the proper name for it.

You are right, the link is for a fake/link site - I would say the Thai Consulate Liverpool website has been hacked and compromised or It could of course be an error on their part and they have used the wrong website address. Someone should contact them and let them know.

totster

I get a security warning for an uncertified application from the Liverpool website too.

OK, I think we've lost the plot somewhere.

This installation will need a 15/45 3-phase supply at the very minimum!

The best usage of your existing 4-wire 25mm² cable is to use it for 3-phase from the street (and the 15/45 3-phase meter) to the primary distribution box then split off one phase to the small rental via a local meter so you can charge your tenant appropriately. You'll need a 50A 3-phase breaker in that box to keep PEA happy that you're not going to fry their meter.

Divide your A/C and water heaters between the other two phases so things stay in reasonable balance and you're on a winner.