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Guys, we really have moved off-topic here. But I suggest a new thread in Alternative Energy may be useful, we've not had a decent water-heating thread for a while. Let's continue here: -

Yeah, we had a near-miss back in June. https://aseannow.com/topic/1120934-how-about-a-solar-car-port-on-a-budget/?do=findComment&comment=18151424 No phone calls but Madam did speak to "a man" on or near meter day (not the meter reader) who asked if she wanted an electronic meter because ours was "very old", she played dumb and said she was the maid. Nothing more heard. Apart from new installations, nobody in the village has got an electronic meter, long may it remain like that

I can't make any leasing recommendations, but it might be worth you actually buying a car, used vehicles hold their value much better than they do in the West. With the BTS, Red and Purple lines all operating in that direction, is public transport an option if it's just for your commute?

It took me longer than I'm willing to admit!!! Must be an age thing

Our amphur charges 2 Baht!! Is it even worth them collecting it I wonder? Local Immigration wants a new one every year which I get the same week as we attend the office. They also do a home visit every year, same lads each time, so at least they can't get lost.

Do you mean the actual technical workings of the electronics? OR Are you confused by the available displays?

@Batty what is your aim? To just protect your PC and shut down safely, or keep running/working for a period of time (minutes, hours, days)? Different requirements mean different animals.

They usually turn up on the next bill (unless the refund was close to the billing time). Oddly, they don't appear online until the actual billing time (but the transactions then appear in the "right" place on the statement). I'd give it until your next billing cycle, but look for the transaction against the actual refund date.

Yup driving millstones. The amazing thing is that they're still operating and in use.

These amazing windmills are among the oldest in the world. Located in the Iranian town of Nashtifan, initially named Nish Toofan, or "storm's sting," the windmills have withstood winds of up to 74 miles an hour. With the design thought to have been created in eastern Persia between 500-900 A.D., they have been in use for several centuries.

10,000W at 220V is 45.5A your 40A breaker will probably go "click". 6mm2 THW is rated at 48A in free air. It's on the line without taking into account any de-rating for environment. Probably OK for a shower heater. It's also worth noting that if you have the "normal" 15/45 meter your heater alone will be using all of the rated capacity of your supply. Are you sure you really need that much oomph?

8kW at 220V is 36A. Your 40A breaker should be fine, cable size would be 6mm2. Note: - If you already have 4mm2 cable installed then, unless you have teenage kids who spend hours in the shower, that would (just) be OK.

I would think a 6 or 8kW would suit most but ... You may (almost certainly) need to upgrade your wiring to suit the larger heater. EDIT If you really want skin-removal hot then consider an LPG heater but they do need to be installed correctly to avoid danger from carbon monoxide!

For Asean Now the link is in my post above

To a Brit there's only one possibility: -

Also, is your feed to the pond area underground? Isolate it where it emerges and test (maybe run a temporary above ground feed).

From my earlier post: - I suspect your RCD is right on the brink trip wise, possibly there's a switch-on surge that pushes it over the edge but running on inverter softens that or maybe lack of a N-E bond in the inverter just defeats the RCD for long enough. The above is pure speculation based upon experience, but I really don't know exactly why you are seeing this. So, we just have to use the scatter-gun approach, eliminating the easy stuff first. To actually measure the leakage current requires some specialist equipment (a low reading AC clamp ammeter). You may find that simply swapping the RCD with another will solve the issue. The requirements for an RCD are that they must NOT trip at 50% of the rated current and that the MUST trip at 100% of the rated current. So, a "30mA" RCD could trip anywhere between 15mA and 30mA, a pretty big range. By the way, you really shouldn't be running your inverter with no N-E bond (or at least an earthed neutral - but check the manual) as it defeats downstream RCDs.

Not in this forum but there is an accommodation finding forum. https://aseannow.com/forum/73-thailand-accommodation-finding-forum/

If it's isolated down to the pond the it should be "reasonably" easy. Check everything is dry of course. I've had submersible pumps leak and start tripping the RCD, the only fix then is a new pump I'm afraid.

Oops, sorry about that. I suspect your RCD is right on the brink trip wise, possibly there's a switch-on surge that pushes it over the edge but running on inverter softens that or maybe lack of a N-E bond in the inverter just defeats the RCD for long enough. Is it just one circuit that trips? What's on that circuit?