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Horatio Poke

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  1. My solution is rather more creative. I'm having special hollowed-out wings made so that I can take it with me.
  2. What you state is so obvious, and yet it had never occurred to me. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. And I was searching for some fiendish, dastardly, high tech, compatibility glitch - and all the time it was a low tech, house keeping hiccup. Thanks for helping me to understand this issue and the way to override it.
  3. No. But it does with flash drives which it detects. I have 4 Apacer flash drives, 3 different models, and it doesn't see any of them unless I put them on an extension lead. All other brands are instantly detected and without the necessity for the extension lead. In the original post I should have used the word 'detect' rather than 'recognize'. I've tried to amend that in my original post and remove the atrocious spelling mistake from the title but Aseannow won't let me.
  4. I have 2 notebook computers, a very old Lenovo and a less old NEC. The Lenovo recognizes all flash drives without problems, including my Apacer flash drives. The NEC one fails to recognize when any Apacer flash drive is inserted. It recognizes all other flash drives without any problem. However it does recognize Apacer flash drives if I attach them to an extension USB lead and insert the lead into the computer USB slot. The problem persists whether I run Windows on the computer itself or Linux distributions from a flash drive. This all seems very odd to me. I'd be grateful if anyone can offer a possible explanation for the NEC item's refusal to see Apacer flash drives other than when they are attached to an extension lead. Thanking you folks in anticipation for your help.
  5. National Savings and Investments - NS&I. Income Bonds are a possibility - can open by post with a Thai address - very safe - can manage by post and online - but need a UK bank account to pay in and withdraw, an offshore account with a sort code is OK.
  6. I have no solutions but can offer some food for thought. If the system has no major leaks and no taps open then the pump running continually would build up huge pressure which would result in water squirting out from the joints and gaskets in the pump. If that's not happening then I suggest that the pump is not drawing or pumping water at that time. I can only guess as to why opening and closing a tap alters that...... But that would be my first line of investigation. You could try closing any and all outlet valves from the pump at night and see if it still happens. If it does then the problem is the pump/bore-hole not the distribution system - and if not, vice versa. Pressure switches can be very problematic. I would take a look at it. Ants and other creatures sometimes invade switches causing huge problems. I'd take a look at it and clean it up if possible. If you're working on the pump be sure to disconnect it from the electric supply and release all pressure in it (open a tap when the electric supply is turned off) before working on it. EDIT: Having just re-read the OP I wonder if the pump is drawing water from a bore-hole or the mains water supply. If the latter then low/non-existent mains supply water pressure might be something to do with it.
  7. After completing a challenging 3 month correspondence course I became a brain surgeon. Not too many fatalities once I realized that imbibing copious amounts of Heineken cured a shaky hand. I started to make good money as soon as I signed an agreement with Black and Decker for discount on heavy duty power tools. I practiced surgery for as long as I was able on the basis of practice makes perfect but was eventually forced to stop due to ill health - the ill health of my patients. I don't miss the work but my few surviving patients do seem to miss me. They are constantly sending me summonses to meetings. They seem to be courting me.
  8. I have no specialist knowledge but I do have considerable experience re boreholes and ponds in Isaan. We had a bore drilled earlier this year. The guy charged 15,000 baht for the first 45 metres then 500 baht for each additional metre for a 4 inch bore. This is quite cheap. A lot of guys charge twice that amount...., and more. A 6 inch bore would have cost 50,000 baht for 45 metres. The pump and ancillary items cost a further 10,000 baht or so, including labour. Drilling the bore took 4 or 5 hours, fitting the pump took another hour or so but not on the same day. Apparently it is best to allow the bore to settle before fitting the pump. I don't know exactly why. We had the same guy (family actually) fit the pump as drilled the bore. This was to avoid any possible merry-go-round of blame if one or the other didn't work properly. A borehole will work well for up to 10 years. When they're beyond their best they start dragging up lots of grit and dirt which will damage your pump, silt up your taps, deposit copious amounts of grit in your shower tray, etc. You can have the bore cleaned but in my view it's best to write it off and have a new one drilled. Cleaning and drilling a new hole cost about the same price - cleaning is usually only re-drilling anyway in my experience. The diameter of the borehole, the distance from ground level to the water surface, and the type of pump used will determine the yield. The depth of the bore is only critical if the water is a long way below ground level. Our old bore was 2 inch and 42 metres deep - most of our neighbours' bores were double that depth. Our old bore with a Lucky pump consistently pumped 6 or 7 litres a minute - more than enough enough for domestic use and some plant watering, but pond-filling took ages but was still doable. Most of our neighbours used cheaper pumps and their bores often didn't yield at all. Our new 4 inch bore can fill a 7,000 litre pond in just a few hours so my guess is that it pumps at 20 or so litres a minute (that is only a guess) and might work faster if we pumped through open ended pipes without taps - but I am only guessing here. in my experience nobody will make any guarantees about how much water you will b able to pump. I hope that the above is helpful. I will be happy to answer any further questions.
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