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It's actually a sandbag replacement system. We get free sandbags from the local government due to our location (wrong side of the flood defences) but they come as a kit, a truck load of sand and a roll of bags. Guess who ends up filling the bags?? Once rendered and painted it will look ok, add large (opening) windows on top and madam will be happy. I've already planned for more solar to run the A/C 🙂

Today's high tide. We've gone up somewhat since yesterday, but overall, the current river flow seems manageable. Nobody in the village is actually worried yet! Big tides on Oct 18th to 22nd. Meanwhile. Phase-1 of the permanent flood defences is complete. It's actually part of Madam's Grand-Plan to enclose and A/C our downstairs living area, but there's 9mm re-bar vertically into the floor slab and horizontally into the columns. There will also be a second wall inside making it a double wall which will make the top wide enough for guests to sit on.

Pressing the "Test" button of course 🙂 A few (not many) years back I required a supplier to insulation test newly delivered equipment (it was in their Delivery Spec. for flips sake). They turned up with a genuine hand-crank Megger!! It would have been ok but it was out of calibration (by 5 years). EDIT To prove I'm pure evil (as many members already know). A favourite trick in a previous life (when I was actually allowed to touch electronics) was to charge up small ceramic capacitors using the megger, then leave them strategically "lying around" in the electronics lab just waiting for an apprentice to pick them up. They kept enough charge for a serious "nip" for several hours!! Amazingly, you can still buy them.

In order to trace leakage to ground you need an insulation-tester (or "Megger"). They do tend to be a one-trick pony and the cheapest I've found is by "Aneng". https://www.lazada.co.th/products/mh12mh13-i5128983639-s21648925185.html?

8A is a couple of kW going somewhere! If nothing else it's costing you $$$ and something will be getting warm. Does your meter actually read zero when there's nothing in the clamp? Have the neighbours tied in somewhere? I note that the stand-alone RCBO is only 15mA, replacing it with a 30mA may solve the tripping issue without compromising safety.

High tide at Muang Pathum Thani, looking stable. Let's hope it continues that way.

I'm sure the fittings here (even "premium" brands) are made of some sort of water-soluble metal. The ruddy things seem to just dissolve from the inside leaving a paper-thin structure that crinkles up like aluminium foil at the slightest stress.

And these often also have a minimum of 100 (blue sign) in the outside lane 🙂

When I were a lad, there was a fad in the UK for "replicars", kit cars made to look like supercars. These were invariably based on VW Beetle running-gear. It looks like a Ferrari, sadly it sounds like a Beetle, even with a flashy exhaust it's impossible to disguise the sound of a Beetle flat-four EDIT I forgot to add that, of course, these things didn't go any faster than a Beetle either!

Get the right tool. Get one now before your pipe breaks off! One of many, many on Lazada Broken Pipe Remover

High tide this morning. We are about 75cm below "worry" level. The slow-motion train wreck continues 😞 Pak Kret Muang Pathum Thani

Ballast weights actually

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Had lunch with a dear friend at our family run restaurant. River level high, no problem, a "ferry" was provided!!

Today high:- Pak Kret Muang Pathum Thani

Yup, and scarily it's not necessarily old Unix systems. Unless it's specifically stated in the documentation one of my standard questions during a software review is "is the system Y2K38 compliant". It's really scary how many are not (mostly embedded systems like POS and credit card terminals).

Government are employing Sir Elton ... Album art from "Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player" - the first album I ever bought.

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Cue the "Jaws" music ...

Yeah, always very pleasant and quick although we usually have to wait for the Big Boss to roll up to sign off (his parking spot is right by the waiting area).

High tide this morning: - Definitely up on yesterday, 90cm until "worry". I hope the occupants of that spirit house are "water-gods"!! Pak Kret Muang Pathum Thani

Yeah, "activity" and passbook update isn't an issue can use the machine any time.