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Are you using the App or the website??

Set it to the lowest value that will stay on under adverse weather conditions (when surges may trip the beast). The UK standard for domestic RCBOs (which are fixed) is 30mA so you're really good to go at any of the available settings.

Yeah, the simple adaptors don't swap the pins over. UK is Live on the right; Thailand is Live on the left (both with earth at the top).

Fixed after reference to the original article.

I believe that switch is a "bypass" for the RCD part of the device and should normally be "off". The idea being that you can get the juice back on even if you have an earth-leak (not something I would be recommending). You could try making an external tester using a small lamp connected L-E on a plug. Plugging it in should trip the RCBO immediately.

I believe our OP is looking for something like this.

Yeah, a 19-year-old me fell into that trap, it took me a long time to re-build my credit score (UK).

Task A is to contact the card provider and talk to them. The single biggest error people make is to ignore it and hope it will go away. Try to maintain a dialogue, even when out of the country. If you can make any payment at all this should keep you in their (reasonably) good books. EDIT Are you entitled to any severance? It can get quite large if you've been there for a long time (IIRC up to 10 month's salary tax free).

Meanwhile, in another thread: -

Sadly, it's not, although an increasing number of inverters are being supplied with the necessary CT (Current Transformer) and internal gubbins so that they can do it. It's certainly a wise investment to pay a little extra for an inverter with the facility. The ESP8266 based system we use to automatically enable/disable export on meter-reading days is discussed in the Solar Car Port thread.

@ThaifishYou must be one of the few members of this forum that actually WANTS a digital meter ???? I assume that your battery packs are still on hold / not happening too ???? The batteries are also a word to the wise for anyone considering Huawei inverters. Whilst they are generally excellent units, they use a specific high-voltage pack, so 3rd-party / DIY packs are difficult to impossible and genuine Huawei packs are $$$ ????

Grid-tie inverters will produce the maximum power available from the solar input. Physics ensures that your system will always supply the local load first with any excess going to the grid (disc-type meter goes backwards). "No-export" means that the inverter will reduce its output to only cover the local load so you don't send any excess energy to the grid (meter doesn't go backwards).

"Tablesaur" surely

For flip's sake guys, it's a ruddy warship!! Things get a bit "bumpy" you button up tight! But not having enough life preservers / rafts ... What The Heck!

Yeah, that would be @Thaifish. IIRC he got a bit blasé about spinning his meter backwards because he was booked for a proper export meter and his meter-man knew all about it. Enter the substitute meter reader ... ????

Of course, there's always that old adage "If it looks too good to be true ...". Should have gone to Specsavers. "You'll find a god in every golden cloister, and if you're lucky then the god's a she" (Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok). Hope you've found one of the rare ones ????

Yeah, I went direct to Sofar service in China and got excellent responses. Sadly, their initial attempt to fix what was a minor annoyance turned my beast into a 45,000 Baht brick. They did the right thing and replaced the unit with a new one at zero cost (all duties and VAT paid too). No complaints whatever about their service or warranty.

No issue with weather effects (panels are designed to be outdoors in all weathers), provided your mounting / roof are up to the load. They do get dusty, ours get the garden hose and pool brush (no soap) when I think they look dirty. To be honest it's difficult to quantify just how much output is lost due to the dirt as the sunshine is also a variable.

Not really a reliability issue. Our 5kW unit is a hybrid like the one Jas21 has. It failed (bricked) during a Sofar initiated firmware update. Sofar supplied a replacement inverter under warranty (didn't want the old unit back).

The type of system (and therefore the cost) you install depends greatly upon your intention and your usage pattern. For example: - You have a retail outlet and an EV which you can charge during the day. A basic grid-tie system whereby the energy is used as soon as it's made (running the A/C and charging the car) would make sense (even with no export/net-metering in place). At the other end of the scale. You have a home that's empty all day with only minimal daytime consumption (fridge/freezer, fish tank pump etc.), so you need to time-shift your energy. You can do this with an ESS (Energy Storage System = Batteries = $$$) or by exporting to the grid during the day and re-importing at night ** Most of us fall somewhere in between the two extremes. ** The official way of doing this is to have a Feed in Tariff (FIT) which currently pays about 50% of the retail cost for each kWh you export, of course you pay full retail cost when you re-import that kWh. Unfortunately, the restrictions on installation contractors, equipment approval and the like mean that this is a non-starter for DIY and therefore significantly increases the system cost (to the point where DIY with a decent sized ESS could be economical). ** The rather less official way of doing this (assuming you have a conventional disc-type meter) is to simply spin the meter backwards whilst exporting, you effectively get the full retail value of every kWh you export. This is of course illegal, but it's how probably millions of small systems operate in Thailand and to a large degree the authorities tolerate it. It's how we operate once our batteries are full, it's a shame to waste our excess production ???? Just ensure that you never actually end up as a net-exporter (-ve monthly use) and that the meter reader never sees the meter going backwards. I've never heard of anyone who got caught out getting more than a slapped wrist and the installation of a no-reverse meter.

Real world numbers from our DIY 10.6kWp system, you decide if it's going to be worth it. I've deliberately left the actual cost out, mainly because I've lost track. The system keeps evolving with "adjustments", but Madam is happy to see the small power bills (she doesn't see what I actually spend on hardware or my time).

Nike!! (Just Do It). Or as I'm forever telling my contractors "JFDI" (add whatever "F" you like, "flipping" works OK)

Yeah, we got our bill today, 161kWh with a 148.18 Baht FT discount. Must get more panels.