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And even doing that was quick and convenient. I had my UK passport lifted in Rome, would have been in the early naughties. Off to the cop-shop with an Italian friend, 15 minutes to get a police report. Visit the British Embassy as soon as they opened with police report and my details (UK driving licence). Paid some $$$. Collected new 10-year passport that afternoon! The only minor bump in the road was that said passport didn't have the machine-readable text block on the photo page which did cause some consternation with Malaysian immigration, but they let me in anyway 🙂

With your Sofar inverter you are going to have to add panels in series with the existing ones. New panels should be fairly close to the power output of your existing ones (we have 300W in series with 340W with no problems). For panels in series, you should try to get additional ones with about the same or slightly higher Imp (max power current) as your existing ones. The string max current will be limited to whatever the lower Imp panels are. It rarely makes much difference as getting to that level is pretty rare even here. For your voltage the sum of the Voc (open circuit voltage) of all the series panels must not exceed the maximum permitted input voltage of the MPPT. At least here we don't have to worry about cold weather (Voc goes up as the panels get cooler).

I tried to buy one from Lazada. All the reasonably high-spec ones were shipped from China. Ordered one anyway. Three weeks later it hadn't even shipped. This was from the manufacturer's own Lazada store! Excuses! Cancelled! Ordered one of these from JiB https://www.jib.co.th/web/product/readProduct/70060/2/ got it the same afternoon. QED

I was 65 in April 2024, is the allowance pro-rata or only for full years? Office lady is checking with the accountant.

Yup.

Which immigration office? There have been reports of some offices wanting Google Maps maps now.

As header - My employer is saying the additional allowance is for Thais only 😞 Any and all information is welcomed.

I meant the welding machine rather than the man (but the man is my step-son anyway) 🙂 Panels will weigh about 300kg (12 x 340W panels), but there's bracing to go under the overhang. Everything else we've done will survive TEOTWAWKI 🙂

First lot of "ribs" up (2 more to go). Currently just bolted, once I'm happy it's going to be strong enough the welder will come out. There will be braces back to the big girder thingy, initially on every-other rib unless it looks too wangy. I will say that the extra 2.5m is a lot longer than I imagined but I'm still hoping to avoid additional verticals, particularly in the centre, someone is bound to hit it!! (most likely me) More as we progress, this is a purely weekend job due to the help only being available on a Sunday at present.

This thread is nothing without photos!!

Plentry of male chefs in India but I don't hear many complaints about Mrs Balbir's https://www.mrsbalbirs.com/ Not been there for many a moon, but the food was always superb!

Shame, it was worth a shot 😞 Are the cells you need available with pre-welded tags so you can solder safely?? If you are using 32650s or bigger they are also available with M4 screw terminals 🙂 Or, there are sellers on Lazada who will build packs to your specifications.

I can think of quite a few AN members who I would gladly nominate for a one-way ticket

Some branches of Amorn used to re-cell packs for tools, PCs etc. Worth talking to your local branch 🙂 Failing that there are quite a few basic ones on Lazada etc. if you only need a few welds.

I "signed" (on the stupid pad thingy which never looks remotely like my actual signature) for two boxes from JIB last week, driver took photos of the box on the table with me in shot. Lazada, never get a signature, 2 second phone call, open the gate, chap on motorcy arrives. Occasionally very small packages get left in the mail box (no call but status goes to "delivered").

The steel has arrived for The Crossy Mega Power station upgrade. The intention is to extend this edge of the carport roof by 2.5m giving additional shelter to the cars and, as a by-product, to provide space for a dozen or so panels that are currently looking forlorn stacked in the carport.

They don't make 'em like this anymore 😞 How do I get tea out of my keyboard?

He's not eligible. Darwin awards are given to those who remove themselves from the gene-pool before reproducing.

That went well 😞 One does worry about what building materials are being used in these ultra quick-build stores. One near us went from bare earth to operating in a month!