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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.

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@bob smith want the options adding?? I think mods can 🙂

Probably posted the fact here

One friend complained to another, “All my husband and I do anymore is fight. I’ve been so upset; I’ve lost 20 pounds.” “If it’s that bad, why don’t you just leave him?” asked the second friend. “I still have 15 pounds to lose!”

Yeah ^^^, my thoughts exactly 😞 Have a word with your local bike-taxi chaps, many if not all can drive a car and will be more than happy for some sort of semi-regular work. You may even be able to put together an on-call "team" who can assist on an as-and-when basis. I would imagine some sort of "retainer" payment would be required. Any neighbours who seem to be home all day?

PC power supplies, moreso those from brand names, are very safe, I don't recall ever seeing one fail in a way that would be actually hazardous, of course that doesn't mean it's never happened. IMHO the risks of an unskilled person opening up the mains section of a PC far outweigh the possibility of an actual internal fault. On an Apple product is it even possible to open the power supply?

I'm not sure if anyone has suggested this, but since you have a 2-pin plug in the wall try just reversing it in the outlet.

And this chap recommends that you don't 🙂 Have you managed to locate anything that could serve as a make-shift ground?

OK, let's say that the balance of probability is that it's just leakage via the mains filter. What is YOUR solution??

Do you? How is my posting here any different to yours? And yes, my WP covers my activities at my current location.

In this case we do know the leakage path, it's the mains inlet filter that keeps the nasties from the switching power supply from getting into the wide world, hence the usage of the term "functional earth" it's needed for the device function correctly rather than safety.

The amount of leakage concerned here would be way too small to operate an RCD/RCBO although having one would enhance the general safety of the electrics.

@george Your PC needs a "functional earth". Any way to get a connection to the "earth", a short rod in a flower bed outside the window? A metal water pipe or balcony railing? It doesn't need to be a very good earth. Otherwise just keep your Crocs on 🙂

@Thaifish despite having an application in for an export meter got caught spinning his existing disc-meter backwards. Got a no-reverse meter.

Uganda apparently has three lighthouses 🙂 https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/uga.htm

A few thoughts: - As you are DIYing you will never get approval to export to the grid. This being the case I'd go for a hybrid inverter which can run in parallel and also do grid-sync. Do perform an energy-audit. Panels are relatively cheap, so don't skimp. Batteries are not cheap, but can be easily expanded if you need more run time. Aim at having your panels on a car-port or ground mount if you have space unless you design your home with a flat and accessible roof area (see @Bandersnatch threads and home photos).

Cute too. White lion cub.

I bet it's the "I have no financial interest in this land" letter, it's a legal requirement. Since we married Madam has made a number of land transactions (all with her own $$$) at three different land offices. Only one actually asked me to sign anything. Note that my lady retained her maiden name so no farang names involved.