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Madam has been given a couple of avocado seedlings, of course she's asked me where to plant them. We can do anything from full sun to "nothing seems to grow here" shade under our larger trees. Any and all advice welcomed ????

Sorry about that, we have these 100kA units on our incoming supply, they should take the bite out of anything on the mains :- And these smaller 40kA units on the sub-boards which should finish off anything that gets past the big chaps (this one is for our solar, hence the Franke DC devices to the left which are on the DC from our panels). Your RCBO plan sounds good.

In no particular order:- I have one of these, works well and includes a handy RCD tester https://www.lazada.co.th/products/i316566794-s634644285.html I do have a proper earth tester, but they are not a cheap beastie. If you already have a permanent supply (about 4.2 Baht per unit) no inspection is required whatever you do (unless you send your meter into orbit of course). Put a BIG surge arrestor in you main incoming box, smaller ones in the satellite boards can do no harm. As @sometimewoodworkersuggests ours have been breeding! You can never have too much supression. The main box is where your N-E (MEN) link should be implemented IF you are TNC-S. This is also where your earth rod should connect to your earthing system (avoid multiple rods if at all possible). I wouldn't bother with a whole-house RCBO, put one in your satellite boards or have individual RCBOs on "hazardous" circuits.

Kelvin, Watt hours??

No problem with links to The Nation, there are some publications that do not permit links, check the forum rules. Yeah, it's being discussed here:-

Because your panels won't produce constant power throughout the day it's better to consider daily energy yield. General experience here in sunny Thailand is that a 330W panel will produce, on average, 1-1.1 kWh per day, some days better, some day much worse (bigger / smaller panels are roughly proportional). Of course it's very dependent upon the weather and whether your panels are ideally positioned. But that's a good starting point. So, start with the amount of energy (kWh) you will need per day.

We have similar ones branded as "DMG", very occasionally they get a bit of sand in the valve and don't shut off properly but a quick squirt at full bore usually fixes it. The only "failure" we've had (apart from hoses) is when a visitor managed to break the trigger off one. I still have absolutely zero idea what he was doing!

And there's the teensy-weensy matter of the 30 BILLION Baht owed to BTSC for installing and operating the two Green Line extensions https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40001137

I've modified the post title slightly to avoid confusion with plants to provide shade ???? Are you looking for large / medium / small plants? To grow in containers?

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word "welcome" that I wasn't previously aware of.

Yup, unless you get a failure (rare) or a panel gets damaged you won't need to access them other than for cleaning. Our panels are on the car port for easy access.

Follow @ubonjoe's link. I would also get your birth certificate (get the long form with your parent's names), you (probably) won't need it for the marriage registration but whilst you are running the gauntlet of your local ampur office you might as well get a yellow book and pink ID. I helped a mate through the process last year, he was already in Thailand so things were rather more complicated, you can read the saga here

If you go to the "International Certificate" tab on Mor Prom then click the top box you "should" be able to correct your information and add vaxx doses (only Thai doses unfortunately) that are missing. No warranty is implied or inferred

Thing is, if you go with the used LiFePO4 "golf cart" cells you can build a 200Ah 12V pack for about the same price. The used 200Ah cells we have were about 80% of new capacity (measured at 160Ah ish) which is rather more than the 100Ah of usable capacity in the lead-acid. I've not noticed any reduction in capacity since we've had them in use. Of course, there's always some risk buying used kit but many would find it acceptable for the increased available capacity.

Actually BoJo's latest move, remove all restrictions, may be the way forwards when "most" are double jabbed / boosted. The economy needs to get going.

Yes, this was my immediate thought too, they could be trying to recoup the lost commission from the finance.

"Especially severe"? "Lenient" surely.

Nice "toys"! Just buy her more gold, she'll be right

Swap it with the other to verify it's not duff. Verify there's nothing bypassing it on the live side.

"Toy" should get you 20% on CIF + 7% VAT "Model" is 30% ????

Lithium batteries on Lazada are a massive minefield. I got some decent 5,000mAh LiFePO4 32650 cells a couple of years back, but all the sellers now seem to have very definitely used and mostly worn out cells for sale. Most annoying. At least we know that the CALB cart cells are used and have an idea what to expect. If you are serious about batteries a 20A capacity tester is a smart purchase, I have this one :- https://www.lazada.co.th/products/i3288677952-s12199092853.html

The ones being sold as new are not!! CALB have not made this style of cell for a number of years, so any on the market are definitely "used". Ours test at about 80% of new capacity, not bad for half the price of a genuine new cell and are lasting pretty well.

Which seller did you use? As noted by @Pink7 the "original" bus bars are 5 or 6 thin copper strips with a heatshrink wrapper to hold them together. I have the same cells in one of my packs and actually split the bus bars myself as the seller didn't supply enough. Two of the thin strips per link is fine for >50A or so.