Muhendis

There must be something wrong with a country where fear of theft stops one from dressing how one pleases. Granted there are known hotspots where this behaviour is more likely, so where is the fear of repercussion? Where are the law enforcement agencies? Answers on a postage stamp which I'm sure will be big enough.

Yeah. The problem was probably the huge cost of building a kettle big enough for the amount of water and the crane to handle it.

A better solar kettle without electricery. And it works too

Comes complete with diecast aluminium box and timer.............😊

Here's my modern Solar kettle. It screams like a demented old village woman when it's ready to release water. https://media.karousell.com/media/photos/products/2024/10/28/kettle_1730099503_c1a4b0bc_progressive.jpg

Now. Now. Be nice. He's got his Rolls Royce of kettles and probably very proud of it.

Reference over-paneling. The only consideration is to remain within the parameters of the inverter/charge controllers. There is a limit on the maximum voltage and power they can take. For example: My panels are arranged as 2 per string, and three stings per group with a massive total of two groups. Each string is rated to give a maximum voltage of 100.45Voc and a maximum current of 13.15A Imp. This will give a maximum power of 100.45V x 13.15A = 1.32kW With three strings in parallel the maximum power would be 3 x 1.32kW = 3.36kW. The SRNE charge controllers I had been using prior to upgrading the panels were rated below this maximum power figure. Even with panel derating the SRNE's were cutting it a bit fine and they let me know in no uncertain terms they were not happy. I replaced the two charge controllers with a couple of PowMr 80Amp units with an input power rating of 3.84kW and voltage rating of 160V. Now everybody's happy again.

Where I am, agricultural land prices are in the region of 300 - 350k per rai. Village land for housing can be treble that. Well positioned land for commercial use can be over 1M baht for half a rai. There are a few rubber plantations not too far from me so I would guess their value would be about the same. Note about the soil quality. Any trees that have been growing for 15 years will make for usefully healthy soil.

In a slightly related incident, I recently renewed my marriage extension in Buriram immigration office. For the past couple of years, there has been no requirement for a Kor Ror 2 to be presented. That is now required and not only that but it needs to be witnessed and signed by someone who knows you are still happily married. If you are in a village 25km from the immigration office and unaware of this, then you will have a bit of legwork to do.

There is very little difference between constant pressure and what you have. Your system has a bladder tank utop which sits the pump. The pump pushes water into this bladder tank until the trapped air pressure increases enough to switch off the pump via a pressure switch. As the water is used this air pressure decreases until the pressure switch is activated and the pump starts again. It is the air pressure in the bladder tank which gives you the relatively constant pressure at your faucet. The pump will automatically try to maintain this pressure by cycling on and off. If you already know this then ignore what I have written.

And he was overheard speaking quietly into Vances ear "Morgen, die Welt".

Agree with Carlyai. I also have one of these pumps which is still going strong and trouble free after ten years use. My pump power is 350 Watts but, unlike yours, it lives in the shade in its own purpose built shed. Keeping the sun off it is good.

Yes it is, but it is quite possibly not responsible for the 24% "jump" in exports.

It depends what it was before it "took off". A 24% increase on 1 million Baht is chicken feed but on 1 billion baht it's significant.

I am almost completely off grid with my solar system. I can connect to PEA via my ATS when there is a need which is usually five or six times a year. I used to have a grid connected set of three inverters in parallel which worked fine until there was a very close double lightning strike. The first strike stressed the surge arresters and the second, which came one second later, took out two of the inverters. This was about ten years or so ago and I'm sure lightning protection is now better understood. Fitting an ATS and being mostly isolated from PEA suits me just fine for lightning security reasons alone. As for running the meter backwards, I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. I have little interest in recouping the costs of my electric solar installation because initially and for the first seven years, I was on temporary supply at 8 Baht / unit. It was during the first of those seven years I installed my initial solar system so from then on I had free energy.