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It should automagically do the free ride, assuming the operations chaps have done their job and set it up. For an integrated card, yeah, dream on I'm afraid ???? Been trying to get this going for nigh on 20 years (and others were there first), politics trumps the technology ???? Probably, the closest you will get in the foreseeable future is to be able to use your contactless EMV (credit or debit) card to travel (MRT and Red Line already do it), but that won't do elderly stuff, just base adult fare, great for tourists of course.

And if someone is going to get blatted, let it not be you! There are guys in Ban-Mo re-winding Hatari fans by the roadside. I've never enquired as to the actual cost as, IMHO, if a fan winding has failed (and it's not just the overheat sensor) then it's time for a new one.

Note, this is an 8 year old thread. To avoid confusion I'm going to close it, please feel free to open a new one.

Any idea which option results in the lowest amount payable?

Why don't you have an "elder" MRT+ stored-value card? No need to ask for the discount, it just happens.

Indeed, they can go on forever, and many do. But when they actually stop would it be worth trying to fix a 20-year-old unit?

I know @JAS21 (same inverter) was seeing some throttling earlier in the month and was experimenting with a fan.

Certainly, a tad warm, but nothing to worry about yet. I thought it might be throttling the output at about 3PM, but it's just the sun has gone AWOL.

Yeah, there's a pretty big glass recycling place near us. Beer cans (I seem to generate rather a lot of them), old lead-acid batteries, scrap steel etc. are all bagged up and sold by family for a bit of extra income. The bin-pickers really don't get a lot of joy with our bins.

Have you tried pulling the plug, having a coffee, then plugging it back in? I really do not recommend trying DIY fixes on a microwave, parts of the works can remain LETHAL even when the beast is powered off and unplugged. There's probably a local "man" who fixes stuff, ask your local bike taxi guys (they know everybody). At 12 years old it's really end-of-life and a new one is in order.

Gold surely

Not stupid money, but a bit of an investment for just a couple of joints https://www.lazada.co.th//products/i2375968786-s8049639239.html Or ask at your PEA office, many of the PEA chaps will moonlight for very nominal fees.

As noted earlier, these are the chaps you need https://www.lazada.co.th/products/gtl-16-gtl-25-gtl-35-gtl-10-compression-copper-aluminum-cu-al-tube-bimetallic-crimp-terminal-cable-wire-connector-splice-sleeve-i4435668268-s17778761147.html? along with the correct crimp tool. Complete the job with adhesive-lined heatshrink and you're good for many years.

For domestic level kit it's just the normal grid-island protection built-in to an approved inverter plus surge suppression, proper grounding arrangements and Type-B RCDs. Check out the PEA website, there's a bunch of stuff there, in Thai of course. If you go large, then there's a whole new world of hurt! Do let us know how you get on, if PEA/MEA are actually making life easier to get on the export wagon that's really good news.

This!!!

Our "battery" works the A/C too

It's getting the darned cover back on that usually stumps me ????

That's rather over-size compared with the standard Thai guesstimate of 600-700 BTU / m2 which tends to err on the big side.

Missing neutral or a phase-neutral swap can get most "interesting". Surge supressors and over/under trips are definitely a wise investment.

Inverter A/C units are much more tolerant of low voltage than conventional types due to their power supplies being "smart". If you don't already have surge arrestors, I would certainly be looking at installing them, modern inverters are pretty robust (early ones died rather too readily with surges) but every little helps. For whole-house AVRs, have a read here: -

Turbine blades I agree, but things are improving. Solar panels are mostly silicon and aluminium with (very small) traces of other stuff, recyclable or at least benign in building materials or (horror) landfill. Even those "horrible" lithium batteries are >95% recyclable.

This is the place for you https://aseannow.com/forum/319-alternativerenewable-energy-forum/

A metal roof may well fare better, yes we have concrete tiles. The steel in the piles / footings does not need to be exposed, Google "Ufer Ground" or "Concrete Encased Electrode", we have a goodly number of 16m driven piles and the steel is all cross linked. But do note that for a pukka LPS (lightning protection system) you may be looking at large earth mats or an array of rods to get the resistance low enough.