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As others have noted the problem with this type of thread is Thailand's draconian libel/defamation law. Such a thread would put excessive load / responsibility upon the moderation staff to avoid legal transgressions, so we simply don't do them (hence the "no name and shame" forum rule, anything for an easy life). I have no problem with someone posting "I have an xyz inverter and it's great, I got it from Somchai Solar" or "I got a pqr inverter, I'm not really happy with it as it doesn't do export very well". Positive recommendation of your contractor in a thread about your system is generally OK but still needs watching in case someone else says "but I used them and they were useless!". Probably best to exchange actual details of contractors via PM, "My contractor was great and operates nationally, PM me for details" kind of thing.

I have no direct experience of exporting into a 3-phase meter. But knowing how the conventional disc meters work I would suggest that exporting 2kW into one phase whilst importing 2kW from another should result in zero movement of the meter. Of course the meters aren't actually designed to work like that, it's just a fact of physics. Note that the inverter on the "exporting" phase would think it is actually exporting so would need the "no-export" function turned off. 3 x 3-4kW inverters would be the way I would go, possibly make them grid-tie hybrids so batteries are a possible option. If one phase is more heavily loaded during the day you could have more panels on it's respective inverter or even run two inverters on that phase.

Yeah, Mr Covid triggered my online shopping experiences and I will continue to do so. Almost everything that's not available or 'kin expensive (anything labelled "solar" for example) in one of the DIY places comes from Lazada, many things arriving the day after the order was placed (even weekends). I've had a few things go wrong, but the Lazada returns system is simple and effective.

Did you buy another or actually get a replacement from the seller?? Let us know how much improvement in capacity you get.

I have exactly the opposite "problem". Madam was a bit sceptical to start with but having seen real savings on our power consumption / bill with our initial baby system she was sold. So now we have >10kWP on the car port, not quite zero grid energy but 100 kWh per month from PEA vs actually using 6-7 times that. Madam is now pressing for an EV and the extra solar to support it, Billy Muggins will (of course) be expected to finance same. To be honest I don't really mind but that's not the point.

In central Bangkok an indoor antenna should be acceptable for the Free-to-Air digital terrestrial TV if you have a compatible TV or set-top box (a few 00 Baht). We are 45-50km out and get perfect reception on a cheapo 4 element yagi and 10m of coax which would be quite happy in your home. We sent back TrueVisions several years back, I get my cricket fix on one of the many IPTV services.

Actually I don't really know what's going on, but I've found Sofar support very responsive with good English, the address should be in the manual. Personally I wouldn't have used a 3-phase inverter and would have gone with 3 x single-phase units my reasoning being that a 3-phase unit will shut down fully if one of the input phases fails (our most common failure mode) whereas if you have 3 single-phase units two of them will still be operating. Any way to get your inverter swapped out??

If you have some silicone based lube (won't attack the rubber) a bit between the nut and the crimpy bit may help.

I put the end onto the tap first, always awkward to get at, if the hose wants to turn I let it. At the (hopefully easier to get at) other end I hold the crimped connection with some water-pump pliers whilst tightening the nut to the wall. Do ensure you have the rubber sealing washers in place of course.

Please do NOT post his details here as that would be against our "Missing Persons" rules. You could try FaceBook or even LinkedIn to see if he's registered.

Khlong Luang - getting just a little close to home, hope they didn't "return it to nature" in our direction!

E20 was 30.24 on 5th Jan 2022 now it's 39.04 a significant hike (29%) ???? Data from https://www.bangchak.co.th/en/oilprice/historical Our OP seems to have had a 60% increase on cost to fill up, maybe he should find an alternative station The Fiesta has a 43L tank - so it should have cost 1,300Baht to fill in January or 1,678Baht now (from totally dry of course). A splash of journalistic licence here methinks. If you don't want an EV then get something with a diesel engine. B7 was 29.04 on 5th Jan 2022 now it's 29.94 a less significant hike (3%). Of course the diesel price is capped by the government, just how long they can maintain this price is debatable. Madam is again pushing for an EV, I'm happy to continue clattering along in one of our diesel beasts until the government confirms their EV subsidy, then ...

Time for a replacement plug then ????

Yeah, that's only about 100Ah's worth, but you do seem to have an iffy cell in that pack which is well worth replacing. With only a passive balancer that cell won't be compensated for ???? Which seller did you use?? Mine were from lifepo4shop on Lazada. We're getting about 11kWh from 200Ah of the CALB cells + 100Ah of "unknown" cells (which we know are only 50Ah)

By far the best type of active balance would be the "flying-capacitor" kind, these can move charge between any pair of cells rather than just dumping it. This can compensate for a "weak" cell at least partially. With used / unknown cells well worth the $$$. I have one of these on my larger pack, seems to work well. https://www.lazada.co.th//products/i2547693090-s9060712387.html

Ah yes, "covid" the universal excuse! But I agree that swapping the main board would be the way to go, but try to get an agreement that if it doesn't fix the issue then no charge (and put the not dead old one back). Good luck! (in the style of The Great Escape)

Yeah, 60 litres which is just about a full tank on the Mu-X (65 litre tank) is 1,797 Baht at today's rate, about 41 Squid for 13 imperial UK real gallons. We shall see how long the oil-fund can keep diesel below 30 Baht as promosed by you know who. Madam is again "strongly" in favour of getting an EV (and more solar to fuel it), of course Muggins here will be shelling for it.

Yup, would be great, then you get some numpty trying the phone the GPS numbers ???? We are in a village, but our gate is set back from the road and isn't really visible behind the greenery, we've had drivers call for directions whilst actually sitting outside I came across one delivery service which had a slot for GPS coordinates (Canaio IIRC), didn't help, driver still couldn't find us ???? Madam tells lost drivers who have found the village to ask for "Baan Farang" or "khun David" the whole village knows us and where we live. Unless you know it's there, dead easy to whizz past, even easier if I've not trimmed the bushes recently. The restaurant is a good landmark, but they put the sign away when not operating.

I now need to get tea out of my keyboard!!

Are you sure it's set to "cool" (usually a snowflake symbol on the display)? If your remote has some sort of master reset button, press it to restore default settings.