Crossy

It was customs who inspected it, but ... I might just power the beast up on the bench before mounting it, just in case

Yeah, right, governments (and not just the Thai government), don't really have a very good record on data security. https://digitalguardian.com/blog/top-10-biggest-us-government-data-breaches-all-time

YES!! And looks like nothing to pay (Madam didn't call to ask for $$$) Once I see the actual paperwork, we might see the revised customs value. Photo sent by Madam

Unfortunately Madam is at the hospital today, so if they want to deliver after about 12.00 it will have to wait.

Yeah ^^^, compared with my first jab at Siriraj Hospital which was an, er, "interesting", experience Bang Sue was great. Hopefully boosters will now be done by our local hospital along with the flu jabs. We shall see.

No idea, but I've noticed it too.

I'm going to buzz this over to Alternative Energy where it's permitted.

Looks like we've made it past this afternoon's local high time with still 30cm before "Worry". The peak at Pak Kret was slightly lower than yesterday, hope it keeps this up. Still pretty damp of course. But the kit-form sandbags have been delivered.

Yeah, I reckon it's arrived. There was a pretty big jump in level yesterday. We shall see what this afternoon's high brings. Pak Kret looks pretty OK but it's only a couple of hours after local low tide.

Interesting, I wonder if ours is busted or was disabled by the dealer, not that I'm complaining.

I'm not a great enthusiast either, although I don't see it as much of a safety hazard, it's an increasingly common "feature" on modern vehicles and of course hybrids do it all the time. That said. In the >5 years we've had our Mu-X (which has auto-start) I've never managed to make it actually stop the engine. Even deliberately trying to make it activate. The list of things which prevent the engine from stopping is quite extensive and includes the A/C compressor and whilst I don't have it set to "Arctic" the A/C does tend to be turned on There's a switch on the dash to turn off the facility anyway. Now if I could turn off the automatic door locking I would. In the UK always liked to drive with my door unlocked, secure in the knowledge that if I wrapped it round a tree someone will be able to open the door and get me out. I know the doors are supposed to unlock when the airbags deploy but that's one more thing to fail. But in modern times the risk of somebody carjacking possibly negates that desire.

Even our chihuahuas plus the geese are effective noise makers if anyone untoward (or the postman) is in the area. Lights and noise are the burglar's enemy. With the current water level they would need a boat too ????

Making them Class-2 (double-insulated) is normal and is fine for normal use, that great lump of metal sticking out the front is protected from becoming live my at least two sets of insulation. Most power tools are now Class-2 no earth required. Cutting the wire is not normal use hence the recommendation to use an RCD which will (probably) protect you from a fatal shock if you do touch a live wire in the cut ends (or will kill the juice first if the end actually touches the ground).

Got it. I don't recall a member installing 3-phase solar ????

Yeah, the hedge trimmer is the only corded garden appliance we have, everything else is either cordless or petrol. SiL used to cut the cord on a regular basis until I showed him how to feed it over his shoulder without strangling himself ????

Very possibly, going on its way to the other pole via the blade, to the MCB that would look like just a regular load and not a big enough one to trip it. If it didn't go to ground there was nothing for the RCBO to detect. If the beast tripped on the test button all is well.

Just bare wires won't trip anything, current actually has to go where it's not wanted.

Yeah, that main breaker probably should have tripped. Press the Test button. Did anyone actually get a shock or the cut end touch the ground? It's possible that just a bit of sparking didn't cause enough current flow to do much.

Please post a photo of the board you have. It does sound like you don't have any earth-leakage protection, but we will be able to tell more with an image.

A little worrying. Still a way to go before actual "Worry" level.

Only if you ask for it. Thailand LV distribution is 3-phase 4-wire, a normal single-phase supply (which >90% of us have) comes from one phase plus the neutral. Of course, if you have a big place and can't get enough energy from a single-phase supply then request a 3-phase meter and supply. But once past your main breaker still treat it as if its 3 x single-phase supplies. @carlyai What are you actually trying to do?

As above somebody needs to do a factory reset, if it's not already on the way back call Samsung and tell them to do that. It will allow them to do whatever "tests" they intend doing without compromising your personal data.

U mean 3-phase inverters etc? When it comes to 3-phase in Thailand my advice is always "treat it as 3 x single-phase installations" be it automatic voltage regulators or solar inverters. The single most common failure on the 3-phase network here is loss of one phase. A 3-phase AVR or GTI will trip out and you will get zero, if it's 3 x single-phase units two of them will continue to operate.