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Your BMS can't regulate current, it's a purely on-off device, "charge" or "not charge" only. I admit that I'd never thought about the inverter actually controlling the BMS, I've always assumed it was a purely one-way (BMS to inverter) message. Are your batteries completely separate on the DC side? I'd assumed your packs were in parallel which I understand is the normal connection even with multiple inverters.

Thanks for the report. I was at our local immigration (Pathum Thani) on Thursday to do our marriage extension in and out in 3 hours most of which was awaiting the arrival if the Super / Deputy-Super who eventually rolled up (the seating area is right next to their parking spaces). That sign was in a prominent location, I may try it next year, by then the bugs may have been ironed out or it may just have faded into history.

Worryingly this is LOW tide at Pak Kret.

A good place to start your solar journey would be an energy audit. Have a look here for a useful tool. https://diysolarforum.com/resources/system-energy-audit-and-sizing-spread-sheet.12/ There's a lot of very useful information on that forum too, but do note that it's US-centric so much of the mains/grid/regulatory information doesn't apply in sunny Thailand. That forum's owner Will Prowse does some excellent YouTube videos, we have linked to several specific ones in the past. Start watching here 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/@WillProwse

PUBLIC NOTICE We all know the various arguments for / against solar, EVs, hydrogen, wind power etc. etc. This thread is NOT the place for these discussions. If you want to argue the pros/cons (and there are both) please start a separate thread. A good place would be in the Green Forum https://aseannow.com/forum/422-the-green-forum/ Let's keep this thread purely for advice on how to go about implementing a domestic solar generation system. Further off-topic posts will be removed.

So this guy walks into a bar and says to the bartender "Give me two single whiskies" "Sure" the bartender replies, "do you want them both now or one at a time?" "Oh, both now" replies the guy, "one's for me and one's for my little friend here" and with that the guy pulls a three inch tall man out of his shirt pocket. The Bartender looked at the little man in amazement and asked, "Can he drink?" "Sure" replied the guy and with that the three inch tall man supped back his whiskey. "That's amazing" replied the bartender, "what else can he do? Can he walk?" With that the guy flips a quarter down to the other end of the bar and asks the little fella to get it. Sure enough, he runs down the bar and retrieves the coin, picks it up and jogs back to the guy. "That really is amazing" replied the bartender, "Can he talk?" "Of course" says the guy, "Hey Jim, tell him about that time we were in Africa and you called that witch-doctor a w-nker!!..

It's to discourage tailgaters

Beautiful snake, shame about the rabbit 😞 You may want to clear out any potential hiding places, next time it might not be a python 😞

Do you need an actual gardener or just labour to do as you/your lady says, a "green side up" type person? Do you have tools, mower, strimmer etc. etc?

Are your cables approximately equal length?? You can expect some variation as the packs charge / discharge even if everything is "identical".

People. This thread dates from 2012, much has happened since then. To avoid confusion, I'm going to lock this, there's another grounding thread running.

The numbers for October. A somewhat "variable" month reflecting the weather at this time of year. Best day was 39.7kWh, worst a miserable 13.9kWh. It still equates to 4,012Baht we haven't paid to PEA.

Welcome to the world of the TLA - Three Letter Acronym 🙂 ESS - Energy Storage System - ok batteries. LFP - LiFePO4 - Lithium, Iron, Phosphate - The safest of the currently available lithium battery chemistries. Much less likelihood of these going whoosh compared with the NMC (Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt) chemistry that has been widely used in electric vehicles (most EV manufacturers are moving to LiFePO4 now). DOD - Depth of Discharge - how much of the ESS total capacity you actually use. Maybe we need a pinned topic with the common TLAs used in solar.

Important Note: - There is mildly "grown-up" language in this video. If you choose to watch any of their other stuff ... Well, you have been warned!!

Both HK and Singapore are OK to transit through. I've not flown CX this century so can't comment on them. Going via Singapore is a good 1,100km shorter flight wise. Singapore Air are really second to none even in cattle-class. Check flight times, layover times and cost of course. How about Qantas or Jetstar via Syd?

My favourite AI (Bard) says: -

OK, I don't know the Deye but I have a few observations. 265V as the upper limit is 240V +10% roughly, it's doing no harm there but you could reduce it if you like. 185V as the lower limit seems a bit high, particularly if you are seeing under-volt errors. Try dropping it to 180V. You may also want to extend the trip times for the under-voltage levels, say 5 seconds. Make the frequency +-0.5Hz. And give the frequency errors longer too. Does the inverter have a "country" setting?

Most offices allow you to submit up to 30 days in advance, we usually go about 3 weeks early in case they come up with some new requirement. Once they have done their stuff at the office you get a 30 day "under consideration" stamp. During those 30 days you may or may not get a visit from the immigration chaps (depends upon the office, our office wants a visit every year). Verify with your office exactly what they need by way of documentation.

Pretty well everything Electronic now has some form of inlet filtering which will leak to earth if an earth is present. Your 2-wire lappie power supplies, LED lamps, wall-warts etc. are designed not to need a functional earth, but inverter A/C, washing machines and of course desktop PCs being Class-1 (metal cased) and requiring a safety earth make use of the better 3-wire filters. All will give you a nip if you "forget" the earth.

I wonder who will take possession of the villa contents. From another story on the subject: - Oh, and an Off Topic post has been removed.

Of course, my dodgy mind immediately thought of the delightful Michelle Krusiec in Travellers Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Krusiec

I never had an issue getting covid jabs (Bangkok), staff at Bang Sue "seemed" happy to see a farang and assisted getting everything sorted. Took Madam for her annual flu jab, staff asked if I wanted one too (without prompting), so I'm now on the regular mailing list.