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Political. Sorry.

Charley, a new retiree-greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn't seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean-shaven, sharp-minded and a real credit to the company and obviously demonstrating their "Older Person Friendly" policies. One day the boss called him into the office for a talk. "Charley, I have to tell you, I like your work ethic, you do a bang-up job when you finally get here; but your being late so often is quite bothersome." "Yes, I know boss, and I am working on it." "Well good, you are a team player. That's what I like to hear". "Yes sir, I understand your concern and I will try harder". Seeming puzzled, the manager went on to comment, "I know you're retired from the Armed Forces. What did they say to you there if you showed up in the morning late so often?" The old man looked down at the floor, then smiled. He chuckled quietly, then said with a grin, "They usually saluted and said, "Good morning, Admiral, can I get your coffee, sir?""

https://www.lazada.co.th//products/i1772496798-s5158560738.html Sorry, not cheap but there are not many around. We have the tri-colour ones, bright-white, warm-white, and half-half. Change colour by flipping the light switch on-off-on.

You could go with one of the hybrid inverters that will work without a battery, add a battery to it at a later date. Read your meters at 9AM and 5PM to get an idea of your daytime usage.

A sarong may suit, you may need to rig a belt with it. But it's long enough to prevent any "inadvertent" exposure and they're not unknown amongst the locals. Long ago a mate had "that accident", there was blood everywhere, he got an unexpected "minor operation" at the hospital.

I have 4 used ones in-stock if @Sheryl wants a couple, I'll test first of course, just cover the cost of postage. These are ones I removed when fitting LEDs so I've no need for them. I have some warm-white circular tubes too, but I'm not sure they would survive the post-office mangling system.

Still some on Lazada https://www.lazada.co.th/products/lamptan-32w-ballast-electronic-lamptan-32w-i5055147223-s21374435494.html

Just to calm the waters. Our system is arranged so that we can use every joule it makes, if it's not immediately consumed it charges the batteries, when the batteries are full we export to the grid and spin the disc-type meter backwards (naughty I know), it goes forwards again at night. In February 2024 we made at total of 2.84GJ. A good, sunny month (May 2023) the same system produced 4.34GJ 1kWh = 3,600,000J

People. If you want to start a discussion about theoretical vs actual solar production please start your own thread. Further off-topic posts of this nature will be removed without notice.

You might cover the daytime usage with that. A 10kW system will generate about 30kWh during sunshine hours, but if you have no storage and no net-metering a lot of that will be wasted.

We do have batteries, but only about 6kWh. If you look back in this thread there are monthly posts, produced/total is much nearer 90% in some months, depends who is here and just how much A/C they use. Hammering down right now, array is only producing about 350W

Would UK style Public Information Films work here? A bit passé in the 21st century but I'm sure they saved lives in the day.

Yeah, first port of call would be the capacitor. Small fans are about 1.8uF, make sure you get a proper "run capacitor", they are really cheap on Lazada/Shoppee. It's also worth checking your supply voltage (you can't rely on lights dimming as an indicator these days).

Many "chargers" (actually an EVSE - the charge electronics is in the car) have the necessary RCD built in to the wall box. I would certainly be looking carefully what you get.

It's been pretty murky although we are down on the same period last year. Seemingly thin, high cloud makes more difference than one might expect. The good days are pretty much average for our system, so I don't think there's actually anything wrong, the bad days slug it Year on year variations can be rather large. October 2022 was when we lost one inverter for a while due to a software failure. July 2023 was our panic when we thought PEA might have seen our meter going backwards.

February numbers, not particularly wonderful. We just took delivery of 4 more 380W panels which will take us to just over 12kWP on the car port The overall percentage solar/grid was reduced by the presence of family over the long weekend. Having all the A/C running really does hit the bill

There are specific requirements for an EV charger one of which is a Type-B RCD/RCBO which must be a double-pole unit (opens the neutral). All the necessary stuff should be supplied by the installation contactor. Do you already have a 30/100 meter? If not, they will probably require one, or a separate 15/45 dedicated to your EV.

Twisting the wires ensures a good connection, if you don't twist there's a chance it won't connect perfectly (but probably will). If two caps fixes the issue, great, you could use one of double the value if space is an issue. It's probably pure coincidence that the third light popped after you put the cap in You really shouldn't be popping LEDs this often, something else is awry but exactly what beats me at present.

Learning to swim should be high on the list, even basic floating and keeping the right way up would keep them alive long enough for someone to notice. We are lucky in that the Thai grandkids all swim like fish and adore using our small pool, it's actually unclear exactly where they learned to swim but they do live near the river. Sadly, when we have other family visiting the youngsters all need floaters and constant adult supervision, and they don't seem to get any more confident in the water over time. Get them learning whilst in school!!

You're welcome of course. Since you are going contractor try hunting through the other threads, I'm pretty sure that there's at least one with a similar sized system non-DIY. This is pretty close: -

The above is actually going to be the least efficient way of using the beast. You should try setting to a comfortable temperature (probably higher than you think) and just leave it running with your fan to assist in circulation. Ideally, get an actual energy monitor on that A/C to see what you are really using.

This thread is pretty close to what you're looking at.

If we assume you need it 24/7/365 and have an electronic meter (worst case). Your 12kBTU A/C will consume about 1.2kW when running at full chat. So, at least 3kW of inverter. If it's reasonably correctly sized that would equate to about 0.4kWh per hour of operation. So, for 24 hours of operation, you would need about 10kWh of energy. To generate 10kWh on a reasonable day in Thailand you are looking at about 4kWP of solar (10-11 x 380W panels). To run the A/C for the non-productive 19 hours or so you need about 8kWh of storage (say 200Ah of 48V LiFePO4 battery). Summary: - 5kW inverter (needed to support 4kW of PV) 4kW of panels. 8kWh (200Ah x 48V) of battery. Very do-able, you will likely need to top-up with grid energy on bad generation days. The above is very "back of a cigarette packet" but should be in the correct ball park. DIY install or contractor?

Roughly how long per 24 hours would you run the A/C? What type of meter do you have, electronic or spinning disc?