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You can use any "valid" Thai ID number (I used the wife's), but there are a couple of apps that will create random Thai IDs with the correct check digit (nothing is checked by the PEA system). But don't lose or forget the ID number you used.

Spock will be along shortly.

Not new, but who cares? Hello?” “Hi honey this is Daddy. Is Mommy near the phone?” “No Daddy. She’s upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul.” After a brief pause, Daddy says, “But honey, you haven’t got an Uncle Paul.” “Oh yes I do, and he’s upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now.” Brief Pause. “Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do. Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy that Daddy’s car just pulled into the driveway.” “Okay Daddy, just a minute.” A few minutes later the little girl comes back to the phone. “I did it Daddy.” “And what happened honey?” he asked. “Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on and ran around screaming. Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser and now she isn’t moving at all!” “Oh my God!!! What about your Uncle Paul?” “He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too. He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window and into the swimming pool. But I guess he didn’t know that you took out the water last week to clean it. He hit the bottom of the pool and I he isn’t moving either.” Long Pause Longer Pause Even Longer Pause Then Daddy says, “Swimming pool? Is this 486-5731?”

*BREAKING NEWS* There was a Fire in a Brothel. Some came out Running. Some ran out Coming!! Fetching my coat!

Not really much happening on the river level front. Down slightly, now 112cm below "Worry".

These are the chaps I have, unfortunately that's all I have left, so I'm hunting for more (they are grey, blue tinge is a camera artifact). The ABB part number may aid in our quest. EDIT OK it's called a "6 way DB Blank" now to find a local supplier ????

Yes, I suppose you are going to ask where you get them. I'll check with my man, the last lot came in a big bag as "surplus" on a major project

OK not CM but northern BKK. Our annual village fees are 350Baht, includes garbage, street lighting, Puyai Baan speaker announcements etc.

Yup, on the lowest resistance range you have. If it looks like a short circuit you're good.

Officially, you should bond the panels together and then to the support structure and ground. In reality, what you are suggesting will be more than adequately grounded. You can always verify with your meter is worried.

Yup, we got a -ve entry under the FT figure too, under 300kWh used, similar discount.

The Uc is the maximum operating voltage (RMS or DC), Littelfuse recommend that it is at least 110% of the maximum expected voltage. 275V would be right on the line in Bangkok (MEA is nominally 230V). Choosing a Uc that's too low would mean that the device triggers more readily which really isn't the best idea because they do wear out. All our AC ones are actually 385V which seem to be doing their job adequately. The kA rating is an indication of the amount of surge energy the beast can absorb, generally the higher the better. BUT The bigger devices tend to have a higher clamping voltage (Up) so it's advisable to employ smaller ones on your branch circuits (or plug-in ones) to mop-up any remaining dregs that the big chap has missed.

How long did it take to get the new PP?

Yeah, agree. Ours get incorporated into Madam's soil improvement programme, keeping her plants (and herself) happy.

Holding steady at 96cm below "Worry".

Must have been taken in Korea

Father in Law = Pay as much as you feel comfortable with!

To Bangkok taxi driver - "This is not the Finnish embassy!". Taxi driver - "Yes it is. See, embassy, embassy, embassy. Now finish embassy!". Fetching my coat!

Do discuss with your lady. I'd go in low-ball at 5k, when you get the evil-eye you can always go up (go in too high and you can never, ever, offer less in future). Was there any "village insurance" in place? Many people pay a fixed (tiny) amount each month to ensure at least a decent send off. It really depends upon how close the family member was. No need for multiple days of monking etc. but certainly a bit of face-saving for the family wouldn't go astray. We only paid in 10k for the MiL funeral but there's a massive family so a significant profit was made even when the average was nearer 2k, most of which went to the temple anyway.

Something of a rise, now 92cm below "Worry". Note that at this time I'm not worrying about the state of the tide, that comes later when things are getting scary.

I see them ???? A potential polar-bear or two in there as well. Anyone see a penguin?

Yeah, it's very much pot luck with used cells. We're doing a bit better with our used CALB 200Ah golf cart cells but they are a reasonably low-cost way in to LiFePO4 (even if they're only 100Ah they're still cheaper than the equivalent in lead-acid). I've had some real junk 35650 cells from sellers who've been good in the past. If you have the (not really expensive) kit to check the capacity and get the duff ones back to the seller within the return time period you're good.

I'm still struggling to un-see the first one I thought the "dog" was more "lion" ????