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PEA only provide the service to the meter, connecting from the meter to your home is your (or your contractor's) problem. Do you already have a "construction supply" (billed at double the normal rate)? How does that get to the house? Most normal homes have a 15/45 supply (45A max, about 10kW) which is adequate for most users. Have you or your builder done a prospective-load calculation? If it comes out as more than 10kW or so you may be looking at a 3-phase supply 😞

You may find that inside that box is a common "RS" series motor. You won't really know until you get the thing in bits.

Since I started the earlier thread last year our nearest ATM is now 7km away 😞 Even our local food-hut has QR payment. Here's the earlier thread: -

Since these are likely to be brushed DC motors there's no electronics associated other than the overall limit switches that stop the motors at each end. Check the wiring for loose or corroded connections, wiggle terminals etc. Also, check any pivot points that may need lubricating. If the motors are all identical and easily accessed then you could try swapping the "weak" one to another position and see if the weakness moves with it. If it does, time for a replacement motor, zillions of DC motors on AliExpress / Alibaba. If it is actually a weak motor it may be worth pulling the gearbox apart and lubricating.

Do you have a link to a reputable news site please?

Built in to the inverter.

As a Brit looking in from the outside, sometimes I wonder if the US is a glitch in The Matrix!

That works. Check if you need to go larger on conduit because of the cable sheath.

Hardly a world of experience, but one tries to assist 🙂 I would stick to: - =<2.5mm2 - solid conductor 4mm2 - solid or stranded (7 strands) >=6mm2 - stranded (7 strands) THW if running in conduit or VAF-G if not. Most sizes of THW are available as THW(f) which has many fine strands and is much less of a wrestle to get the larger sizes into your conduit. However, care is needed when terminating and, dependent upon the type of terminal you are connecting to, you may need to use crimp-ferrules to avoid cutting the strands.

Long ago when I worked on RN ship systems ALL wires were pink!

I've made a slight adjustment to the topic title for clarity. Yeah, I've heard similar reports, it's a shame but such is life 😞 I've also heard (not officially confirmed) that you can only get a TOU meter if you have an EV or solar. When we get an EV I'll switch everything over to TOU, we are 99% off-grid now anyway. Who needs PEA?

A somewhat extreme example, both these cables are "35mm2", neither is over-size! Rubber insulation is cheaper than copper!

Two tone gold or regular Bob?

Trying to keep somewhat on track. I'm with the "everyone will think it's a fake" crowd, although the Wimbledon edition looks rather different to a regular Datejust. So, if you see anyone with one of these it may just be real.

I have certainly come across undersize cable on sale, even from the big box outlets. The problem is going to be legality. Due to Thailand's draconian defamation and libel laws, we can't permit members to say on the open forum "XXX brand is not good, it's undersize and poor copper". From the forum rules https://aseannow.com/forum_rules/ Of course, it's perfectly ok to post that "I've used YYY cable and found them to be good."

Ch3 report (in Thai of course) https://ch3plus.com/news/social/morning/406460

Sunday wasn't a terrible day for generation making about 55.8kWh of which we used 23.8kWh as self-consumption during the day. We got 32kWh back into the batteries during the day. Of course, we promptly vacuumed 22.4kWh out of the pack overnight leaving us with a net charge gain of about 9.6kWh when we started generation on Monday morning. We survived an off-grid weekend! Let's see if we manage the week, I'll be WFH so the office A/C will be running.