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Crossy

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  1. Roughly how much of your bill do you want to offset? It would be handy to know your daytime and nightime usage split (read your meter at say 6AM and 6PM for a few days). Budget! @007 RED put up a system that would probably suit, decent return without breaking the bank. Also, check if there are any solar installers in your area and see what they are offering, then come back here with same for an independant view. Global House were offering all-in prices on grid-tie systems but they seem to have gone from the website ????
  2. OK, that's going to be (very roughly) 660 kWh per month or 22kWh per day. Do you have a conventional spinning disc meter or an electronic meter? Are you going DIY or contractor, DIY would mean you can never legally export to the grid (but "everybody" does).
  3. If this actually needed a sign there's really no hope!
  4. At least it's adjusted in the right direction ????
  5. I started this thread because I thought it somewhat ironic that Texas couldn't keep the lights on because it was cold in 2021 and now they can't keep the lights on in 2022 because it is hot. But of course it went in a different direction with some very interesting and useful information. Keep it up.
  6. Sadly I don't but there are members on ToU tariffs who will hopefully be along soon.
  7. Yup. Time of use 5.1 Baht per kWh peak, 2.6 Baht kWh off-peak. ???? Normal variable between 3.2 and 4.4 Baht per kWh 24/7. You are also paying rather more as your fixed service charge. From here https://www.pea.co.th/Portals/_default/Documents/Rate2015.pdf
  8. UK regs. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-electric-vehicle-smart-charge-points How does this affect the "granny lead" that comes with the car? (less then 3kW)
  9. Beaten to it! https://www.lazada.co.th/products/12-x-14-42-branch-t-way-ball-valve-i332468740-s640884304.html Putting "stainless bolt" into a Lazada search nets around half a million hits. Need to filter as to size etc. ????
  10. https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-asks-texan-owners-to-limit-charging-due-to-heat-wave?fbclid=IwAR1CVRUvGGgrbBBtgLoPOwH2vLGt8n6aRMG9TrSSwBoyFlDDzKNRPWAro5k
  11. Hopefully it's not one of those with a plutonium power source. We wouldn't want to start WW3! https://osrp.lanl.gov/pacemakers.shtml
  12. Are you growing leeks? Our Welsh members will be queueing up... Sorry, fetching my coat!!
  13. Ouch! At least you didn't get the "domino effect" with the lot going over ???? Our poles were installed by a PEA crew on moonlight. On a Sunday, PEA uniforms, PEA truck, poles stamped "PEA", cash to the "supervisor" Nothing has moved apart from one which was the victim of a crappy "retaining wall" which didn't do much retaining. That was fixed with some digging out and 1m3 of concrete, it didn't actually fall over due to the cables providing the function of guy wires. I expect it to survive WW3.
  14. Each to his own. I have absolutely no problem with people using whatever they like. Just too many instances on the 'lectrical fora of "back stab" outlets that have gone a lovely shade of black.
  15. I wouldn't use ferrules on the screwless connections, but I don't like them anyway. Ferrules MUST be properly crimped, no crushing it with pliers!
  16. I think you've answered your own question - "good quality products". And, they are rather difficult to get off should you need to. Also, as @SomchaiDIY notes they don't work well with the fine multi-strand. Oddly enough I DO like Wago connectors (the genuine ones) over those awful wire-nut things. But, of course, it's entirely up to you what you do ????
  17. I really hate these with a passion, screw terminals every time!
  18. Orange conduit = OK Direct in the render = I wouldn't, but the Thai Zazaki spec. for VAF-G says "VAF-G Electrical wire is a building wiring for surface or above ceiling wiring or direct embedded in plaster." https://www.sk-wires.com/en/vaf-g-building-wiring-flat-type-thai-yazaki/
  19. I think there's some confusion in terminology here. "Single core" means one conductor in the insulation, that conductor may be solid or stranded. Stranded is easier to work particularly in the larger sizes. This would be "THW" and is intended to be contained in conduit or trunking. There's also a flexible stranded (more, finer strands) which is much less of a wrestle in the confines of your boxes. This is "THW-F" and is again intended to go in conduit. If you want several cores in one jacket then you're looking at the "flat" cables, VAF and VAF-G (which has a ground core). VAF can have either solid or stranded conductors but not the really fine flexible strands.
  20. During sex, Man suddenly stops and remains motionless. He then starts again and after some time stops to remain motionless once again. This goes on for quite some time. Wife: What the hell are you doing? Man: I have seen this new technique on an internet porn site... Wife: Stupid... that is due to buffering.
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