Crossy

Yeah ^^^, we rarely see any "bin-rummagers" other than the bin chaps themselves, small village probably too far out of town for them to bother.

Madam already sorts out:- Aluminium cans Glass Paper / cardboard Occasional lead-acid batteries (I'm using far fewer now, lithium is my friend) These go to family who can sell them for a few $$$ Veggie waste (including paper/cardboard that's got wet) - goes on the compost heap or into the chooks to be converted into eggs. What's left goes out for the bin chaps.

The CCTV clearly shows the pole jumping into the path of the truck. Police suggest suicide.

My wife and my step-son got it in one. Step grand-daughter was waaaayyy out!

As noted, if you want it back in the interim, just ask! Of course you will incur further EMS fees.

I'll be happy if it's 2 weeks. You can get your existing PP back if you ask for it, but you need to send it again for them to get your new one.

I asked Darren today, he said it was around 6 weeks but ...

He doesn't want Time of Use he wants an "Export" meter. Other members have reported, er, "difficulties". @Thaifish I'm assuming zero movement on getting your export meter. If he has a conventional disc type meter it will probably run backwards when exporting, so long as he doesn't go totally negative and (important) the meter reader doesn't see it going backwards, then just do as many others do and enjoy using the grid as your "battery". Since this is really about solar I'll move to Alternative Energy.

Although the first year was metal bashing! Now which of this dicey looking lot was Crossy?

I did 'lectronics, 2nd year project, medium wave superhet radio. First thing everyone did when it was complete? Convert it into a transmitter of course

Yeah. If doing it by post they would like to keep your PP until the new one arrives. If that's a problem then Darren will send it back for the EMS fee and of course you have to send it back to them to get the new PP. It's also worth noting that, whilst I and others have had no issues communicating with KV, I've been in conversation with another member who is having exactly the opposite experience with some less than professional exchanges. So it does seem that the bad experiences happen too. So if there are alternatives available who can do by post it's worth posting here.

At least you know that the pump still works. "Should" be easy now (famous last words). I assume you are using the same capacitor in the new controller as in the Frog?

New tank has been delivered, I'll put it on tonight after work (yes, working whilst everyone else is on break).

UK legal passport photos. The minimal cost to EMS the PP, photos and application to them. I'm not aware of any further charges, yet!

It's on their website 5,000 Baht service fee on top of the passport fee.

Ouch, just out of warranty of course. Ours managed 10 years before rust got the better of it.

Thing is, you WILL want to keep more stuff going ????

Have you "buzzed out" the pump wiring?

Very, very, finger in the air:- 120W panel - 2k Baht Simple PWM charge controller - 500 Baht 50Ah deep-cycle battery (lead acid, not really worth going lithium for a tiny system) - 3k Baht 1,500W pure-sine (important for a motor) inverter - 3k Baht. Add the bits n bobs to tie it all together, you're off and running for 10k ish.

"Supply" is between 4 and 5 on the diagram (L-N polarity is unimportant) 4 being the winding common (It's L on the drawings). Latest drawing looks correct. I know hindsight is 20-20, but I always take a photo of any wiring before I start messing with it.

No reason why not, how big (Watts) is the pump? You would need a solar panel, charge controller, battery and inverter. I can guarantee you'll be wanting some lights and your PC / TV as well as just the pump

A thought. The diagram shows the supply on 5, try moving the supply to 6 (this would cause the motor to run in the opposite direction). Time to buzz out your pump wiring ????

You motor windings will be 4 to 5 and 4 to 6 (4 being the common).

Last time (which was a while back) it was around 2-3 weeks before I got it back, this time, I'll let you know. The application has just been acknowledged by VFS Global (about a week after Key took my payment) so one would hope "soon". I can't imagine them needing to hold on to it any longer.

I've used them in the past with no issues as have many others. I see no reason for things to have changed, other than the crazy wait times in the UK. I will of course report progress.