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Did you get any form of "denied entry" stamp in your passport? Or for that matter, any paperwork whatever to sign? Please post an image of same.

Yeah, those ruddy Captchas are hard even for those with good sight. It usually takes me a couple of tries because the "motorbike" (or whatever) is taking up a couple of pixels bottm right of the image 😞 Do you have a friend who can help deal with them for you? 🙂 I "think" there's an alternative where they email a code to your registered email address, assuming you added one that is.

We have 20A MCBs but 25A would be fine. To be honest, unless you have more than two strings in parallel you don't actually NEED over-current protection, the panels themselves will self-limit. It's nice to be able to turn off the solar mind.

Ah, got it. Yes it will work, yes it will be safe. BUT Make sure you place decent 2-pole surge arrestors on BOTH ends of the grid and load wires. We don't want nasties being picked up by those long runs and damaging anything. You might consider running an earth bond between the two areas anyway, I probably would, belt-and-braces time. Also, use DC surge arrestors on your solar panel inputs. EDIT Is the run between the locations underground or aerial??

We are wired like this: - The earth bar connected to the inverter metalwork is actually the car-port which also earths all the panel metalwork. This actually also connects to the house ground bar, it was originally a "fortuitous" connection (it just happened via steelwork), but I installed a proper copper link to tie everything together. In reality, it makes no odds whatever, it will work and be safe either way.

F1 is also introducing a whole raft of regulation changes for 2026. Should be an interesting season. https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/news/feature/the-road-to-2026-f1s-new-era-and-regulations-explained

Design and build it yourself and get exactly what you want (mostly) 🙂 Crikey, did we really start in 2011? We are still friends with k. Dusit and his son. They re-built our failing retaining wall (they didn't build the original).

Hybrid drives in the cars this year. Vehicles will be running with 100% renewable race fuel, blended sugar cane, reduces emissions by 60%. Electric boost for passing and regen braking employed as well. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has a solar-power system that is the largest of its kind at any sporting facility in the world, with 39,312 solar modules. https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/power-plant-profile-indianapolis-motor-speedway-solar-park-us/

I had a colour version of this on my wall when I was 17, I'm 66 now The oldies are the goodies 🙂

Yeah, solder or crimp a pigtail would be my MO 🙂 If you solder make sure you have a good mechanical connection first. A Western Union or Lineman's Splice is not difficult to do and is very secure even if not soldered. https://makezine.com/article/technology/computers-mobile/how-to-splice-wire-to-nasa-standards/

Some useful links in the River level thread https://aseannow.com/topic/1360525-bangkok-river-level-thread-2025/ If you find more info please post there 🙂

Thermal imager thread. Running a 3-phase inverter heavily unbalanced is generally not recommended by most manufacturers, you might be better with 3 x single-phase units configured for 3-phase.

It does look like it's got a bit warm but appearances can be deceptive of course. Any indication that that leg has bigger current than the others?

Madam got her flu jab last week, so it's started, at least for Thais.

Send it back, it's not suitable for use here. You "could" replace the internal MOVs if you know what you are doing but in reality ...

This slipped back into my field of view recently, I'd probably not heard it since 1980.

This was high-tide at Ko Kret this morning, definitely a bit of upness, but still well in the green. There are big tides coming towards the end of the month https://www.tide-forecast.com/locations/Bangkok-Thailand/tides/latest we shall see if anything significant occurs then.

Any other markings on them?? They are likely 18650 Li-ion cells (18mm diameter, 65mm long), if that's the case there are zillions, of varying pedigree (mostly total carp), available from online sellers. Have you actually identified faulty cells??

Dad was a master-baker (go back and read that again!) I learnt at a young age how to make bread rolls, pies, doughnuts and cream cakes. Something I still do on occasion 😛 One thing that did damage me for life, was filling thousands of mince-pies, by hand with a teaspoon, in the run up the Christmas. If I never see another mince pie ever I will not be sad. Dad was also a keen DIYer doing carpentry and electrical (and look where that led). I was let loose on power tools from an early age although the circular saw was off limits until I was about 11.

I must admit to being totally confused by exactly what the rules are/will be. This does seem to be a reversal of the old, old rule whereby if money was remitted in the year it was earned then it was subject to tax, but money earned earlier was not. I daren't even dream of asking our company accountant, she's as useful as a chocolate fireguard.

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A few posts have vanished into the void! Let's keep the politics out of this discussion. And guys, get that prostate checked!!

I like a basic vinaigrette with balsamic vinegar, but don't drown it! This site has lots of variations and other interesting dressings. https://cookieandkate.com/how-to-make-vinaigrette-plus-variations/