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Read this tale of woe, hopefully you won't hit the same obstacles. Links to the earlier parts which should be of interest are in the first post.

Yup. Our OP is really feeding us so little information that it's impossible to even determine if he's waaay over estimating his load.

Can we also have the "wholesale-quantities" rule back so I can buy 2 slabs of Chang any time and not do battle with the mid-morning traffic please?

Yeah, I left the UK for work (in Korea) in 1995, permanently in 2000 after my blue-eyed, blonde-haired, large breasted, Essex Girl (TOWIE is totally real) swapped me for a newer model (OK, I was bonking a Korean lady but ...). Came to Thailand with a shiny new Thai wife in 2004. Never been back, all the family want to come here ???? I also earn rather more than I could in the UK and have a home I could never even imagine back home.

If the bus routes avoid going through BKK itself I doubt anyone would be remotely interested.

130sq ft = about 14 m2. Standard Thai guesstimate is 600-700 BTU per m2, so 9,000-10,000 sounds about right unless you need arctic conditions for your pet penguins or the room has a heavy heat gain from sun on the walls, windows and roof. A 12,000 BTU inverter type wouldn't be outside the "fairly sensible" range. Try another shop ????

Yeah, it now seems that it's 400A total (maybe)! Our OP is really being a bit light on his detail, it would be really handy to know what the nature of the load is, maybe we can apply diversity and get the requirement down and save him some $$$. Is it a big cannabis grow, BTC mining, a resort?

So 400A spread over 3-phases then, that's more like 90kW. Could you squeeze into a 100A 3-phase supply? That may be available without a transformer (depends upon local conditions) ???? You really need to get an experienced contractor in to design your system, he will likely charge. BUT He may also offer a refund of (part of) the charge if you use his services to do the job. PEA will be able to supply a list of contractors approved to do HV work. You really aren't telling us enough detail here, the nature of the load is actually very important. Just where did your "400A" requirement actually come from, someone must have determined that via some sort of prospective load calculation?

Yeah ^^^, tax and social are all 100% legit ????

I found this on sick leave https://thailawyers.com/sick-leave-per-thailand-labour-law/ it's dated 2012 so no idea if anything has changed since then.

You need to move away from lead-acid packs. If you are using up lithium packs in 3 years you need to look at your charging/loading.

Paid holiday would be determined by your employment contract, mine's not up to UK levels, but still not to be sniffed at ???? EDIT Apparently there's a legal minimum of 6 days per year. I understand that permanent employees are allowed up to 30 paid "sick" days in a year, but any absence of 3 days or more requires a doctor's certificate, and, apparently, not providing a certificate is grounds for dismissal WITHOUT severance (which is evidently what's causing the worries).

OK, here we go, this is NOT me, honest (if you remember the saga of the yellow book, it's the same chap) ???? Anyway, I have farang friend who is a permanent employee of a Thai company, he's been there >15 years and is on a decent (ok, very good) salary. He has to go into hospital for some potentially serious surgery (he has insurance that will cover the cost, so not an issue there). He is worried that his employer won't pay his salary whilst he is laid up (it could end up being more than a month, maybe two) and of course he has a wife and mortgage to feed. He is also worried that his employer may use his extended absence as an excuse to "dispense with his services" and try to get away with not paying the legally required severance (which would be 300 days of his contracted salary). He's well known as a "worrier" but in this case is he justified? Any thoughts?

Floated in the swimming pool so the bio-degradable bit doesn't really matter, it's the thought that counts. I love the lady to bits!

Madam is all set with her (100% bio-degradable) DIY kratong.

What sort of "features" are you looking for? We're not in CR but there are certainly places specialising in recovered doors, windows, shutters, C47 aircraft**, etc. all over the country. ** A neighbour to the family residence in PhaChi actually has a C47 (DC3 / Dakota) in the garden. Apparently owned by a farang who bought it for his restaurant and is paying storage rent. It's been there since 2004 when we got to Thailand.

Every country in the known universe charges duty and VAT on the CIF (Cost, Insurance, Freight) value. Computers are indeed zero-rated for duty so only the VAT plus any "handling fee" charged by the freight/clearance company. I think Amazon have a system whereby you can pre-pay for the customs stuff and then get a refund of any overpayment. Any particular reason you don't want to buy here and avoid any potential warranty issues??

Fixed ????

I just did a quick and dirty calculation for our system of 10.6kWP of panels, 11kW of inverter, 5kWh ESS (actually bigger but I'm limiting usage to maintain UPS functionality). Over a week that had 4 average days, 1 really good day, 2 crumby days. Average export / re-import was 12.2kWh. So, over a month that would be about 366kWh or 1,650 Baht which would be lost if we got a no-export meter and did nothing. Adding 12-15kWh of (DIY) storage would be around 75k Baht so ROI on the ESS would work out at just under 4 years. If you went for commercial ESS units that would at least double and potentially enter the "not really worth it" area. Also, note that on the "really good day" we exported/re-imported 21kWh a fair chunk of which would have been thrown away because a 15kWh ESS was full.

Long ago as an apprentice we had to do a 3-minute talk on a subject which had been chosen by other apprentices. We had 30 minutes preparation time (close to zero when the internet hadn't been invented yet). I got "breeding porcupines"!! I don't remember exactly what I said (it was long ago), but I actually won a prize!!

In my (somewhat limited, nothing like 2 years out) experience, they just want you to pay the back-tax plus a nominal fine.

And the cheap jibes have started (not unexpected) and been removed. Let's play nicely shall we or this thread will get closed permanently.

Mine just took 14 weeks from them taking the $$$ to me getting the "please collect" email ???? I had a similar experience with the "lack of help line", then got cut off and gave up. I agree, totally unacceptable, but what can we do other than put up and shut up?

The cheapest 256G card from Invade IT (definitely legit) is 930 Baht. Soooo ... Entirely UP2U.