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My understanding is that the "birth country" would be the country where the aircraft is registered. This does not imply anything regarding nationality, there are not many countries that still offer "jus-soli" (nationality based upon being born on that country's soil).

All in a day's work. Most of us fellahs would have sent the female co-pilot back to deal with the issue

Not really, the leak is likely very small and the appliance is actually earthed (assuming you plug it into an earthed outlet). Turn it on, plug it in, don't touch it, run 30 mins, unplug it. Nobody dies. If you had an older place with no RCD you would never have known there was an issue unless it opened the MCB with a nice "pop". That would be an immediate bin job.

If it's been unused for a while, you could try it on a non-RCD outlet and see if it recovers after running for an hour or so. But charcoal barbie tastes soooo much better 😛

Probably deserves to be arrested for wearing those shorts!

Those sand-filled heating elements can go leaky, but it's usually a problem when they've been left unused for a while and the damp gets in, they recover once they warm up and dry out. Since you are seeing an issue when things warm up it's probably a failed element (wire touches the outer when it gets hot). The only fix is to replace the element (or more likely in this case, the whole unit).

A number of posts have been removed as off-topic squabbling. As previously noted, there are a number of threads discussing the actual detail of the rules. I suggest you continue in one of those.

There are a number of threads on the actual tax issue, double-taxation agreements, and the like, please discuss the detail in one of those. Our OP is specifically aimed at "Have many left, or considering leaving?" let's try and keep it on topic.

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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).