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Make a note, Thai, an airline that actually serves coffee that is hot! Unlike the lukewarm dish-water you get on BA.

Ever get that feeling of déja-vu? December 2022.

View from the office, Baiyoke Tower is lurking in there somewhere.

Not a teacher, but way back when we first came to Thailand, I had a short contract with a WP. Contract ended and WP expired. Never did anything about cancelling or anything. About 5 years later, new job, new WP, no issues whatever. I wouldn't be worrying at all.

Guinea Fowl are pretty good snake managers too, and, unlike mongooses, they lay eggs

Yeah, this is where the regs around the world can differ. Multiple rods are fine under UK regs (with certain constraints) if needed to get the earth resistance down to an acceptable level, the interconnect from the CU to the array of rods being treated as the main earth point. We tend only to have rods on TT installations anyway, relying on the PEN or PE (if it's TNS) conductor. You are of course only permitted one Main Earth Terminal (MET) where all your installation earths go.

For a small fee, I can prevent you from seeing any more whinges (or anything on AN for that matter), PM me

Sorry Mr PEA, the required exothermic weld melted the stamp Our man didn't get close enough to the rod to see anything other than it being a copper-clad steel rod.

This: - https://www.bangkokcable.com/system/product/file_upload/211102_450!750V 70C NYY_1-4core_Rev04.pdf

This is where an SDS rotary hammer and our home-made adaptor came in handy. I made the adaptor from a cheap SDS chisel, 10 minutes on the lathe

I'd better watch my back for paid assassins then

The rest of the PEA document, always handy to have: - Groundwire Mk2 book-Manual.pdf The important diagram, my translations.

Nope. All will be fine. The leakage section is more likely to be the cause of a trip anyway (damp or ants in a fitting).

The only issue with having two 50A MCBs in series is knowing which one will open first. It's poor engineering practice but is no hazard.

PEA say >=2.4m but who will know once it's in the ground

It's possible that the PEA chaps don't really understand the concept of an "isolator" (just a switch with no over-current protection) as they are pretty well unheard of here.

OK, then don't connect it, but there's definitely no issue with leaving it in

No issue leaving the old rod in place. If there's a metre or so between the rods why not hook them together directly rod to rod (not via your CU)? Multiple rods can be an issue if they are far enough apart for significant ground potentials but a metre or so would work like one rod. I'd make the cable to the rod the same size as your incoming supply cable since we are TNC-S (UK would say 16mm2), bigger never hurt

An ancient Roman enters a bar, raises two fingers and says “Please, five beers”. Fetching my coat

My exclusive video of the Thai PM opening it on 21st November, he's rather taller than I imagined. 8e2af221-d489-46b9-95db-59ca62d54de5.mp4 ,

Some units have a standard RCBO inside so it's worth popping the lid off for a look-see. Otherwise, I agree with the others, heaters are cheap as chips these days, just get a replacement unit.

What's your water source and do you have a tank (check it for bodies)?

Yup, passport (possibly pink ID would work), you need ID to send a ruddy parcel these days

We will be having our regular village/family "Booze-up-n-Barbie" on Sunday 24th. I may do a roast pork loin with roast tatties, veggies and DIY sage and onion stuffing, but the family will likely scarf the lot before I get a look-in I'm supposed to be working on the 25th, I may WFH

When you first set the app up long ago you should have registered your phone number and a password. You ought to be able to recover / renew your PW from the lost-password link (you may need a Thai person to assist). I've never tried it; I recorded my log-in details (I did have to hunt for them mind).