Muhendis

Age is of no consequence when you want to enjoy yourself doing what you want with your life. All that is needed is the will and the money and the inclination by those around to let you get on with it without criticism.

It will probably end up as a solar panel (measured in Watts) tax added on to the house tax. This was once said about radio. An intimate friend of Faraday once described to me how, when Faraday was endeavouring to explain to Gladstone and several others an important new discovery in science Gladstone’s only commentary was ‘but, after all, what use is it?” ‘Why, sir,’ replied Faraday, ‘there is every probability that you will soon be able to tax it!’”

Legislation. If the consumer is using solar when they could be using the available grid power, the government aka PEA could get ratty about loss of income and legislate to ensure they get something out of it.

I can imagine PEA getting pea'd off enough about this that, at some future date, they will ask the government to ban ALL solar installations unless approved by them. Instalations not connected to the grid will also be targeted because of potential loss of revenue.

There are two ways to get internet on a mobile 'phone. One way is through your provider with data turned on which is available wherever you go. The other way is using your wi-fi connection which is free but only available within range of a router. Either way, I can't imagine who would want to use internet on a tiny mobile 'phone screen.

Looks like a grave yard

I am unclear on this. Are you saying that you're adding units to your PEA incoming power? If so then you are adding to your bill by however many units you are feeding in to the grid. That being the case I would suggest you switch off your feed-in option ASAP.

Are you taking bets on 50%?

You make it sound desirably quaint. That'll be the local constabulary.

A reasonable enough approach. Bear in mind that, over time, the batteries will "fade". As this happens they will charge quicker and quicker. A sure indication of loosing capacity.

You may be familiar with the work of Hugh Piggott in Scoraig. He designed an built an excellent DIY wind turbine which has been copied around the world and put to good use in remote villages. There are loads of solar installations which you may be unaware of in Thailand. Many of them are in the order of Megawatts and floating on lakes. https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/03/11/huge-floating-solar-farm-sets-thailand-on-track-towards-carbon-neutrality I know. It's not roof top stuff in the Kw order of magnitude. Most villagers can barely afford a few panels to irrigate their crops but it's slowly catching on.

It's not Mr. Crossy is it?

Money well spent? Otherwise she would be bending your ear.

You have a few more watts on the roof than me but we are on the same size inverter and mine does everything I need except run my rice mill. I should say that my house was designed with insulation from the heat in mind, so I am justifiably frugal with the air con. Saucepan heat comes from a gas cylinder and there is neither electric kettle nor coffee machine. Also my wife rarely bothers with the ironing . I think that's a woman thing and not a nationality attribute. So 8kw is plenty but 5kw is not.

That depends on how many gadgets he's got running at the same time. Granted there will be insufficient power for a decent instant heated shower so maybe he has other plans for that. I notice he has a tall water tower so the pump to fill it is going to be quite a big one. Likewise kitchen bits 'n pieces. He may have plans to run another inverter in parallel later. As far as the battery capacity goes, I also feel it is currently insufficient. I am not a particularly big time consumer but I find that my 36kwh (when new) only just gets me through two overcast days (plus one overcast night). Maybe he plans for just one night on battery power.

Having just played the vid. I take back 50% of awful. The piano sounds better than I thought it would, but it still needs tuning. Good for the Grab guy.

A halfpist

Not been played for 25 years.? Probably never been tuned then. Must have sounded awful.

Getting a new passport requires a trip to VFS in Bangkok.... Twice. By using an agent like Key Visa, you can get a new passport without leaving Phuket or wherever you are. Words like "passport" and "agent" are stronger key words than Phuket especially when such agent as Key Visa deals with passport renewal for the whole of Thailand.

Key Visa did mine for me but part way through Darren, the top man there, died which left me with a small problem of communication. I don't know if the company is still doing anything but it's worth a try. The girls working there all know what to do.

The devil is in the details. Term of loan.......unknown Penalties for late or non payment Interest rate charged Comparison of return against repayments.

I am now the proud owner of another Thai driving license. The online training certificate was fine and the whole thing lasted about 30 minutes. There was the usual traffic lights identifier and brake pedal response test. What was missing was the depth of field string pulling test and the peripheral vision test. Cost of license was 505 Baht.

All this rubbish talk of sending your passport to Imm. Whatever next. Read UbonJoe above. Send copies only Dunno what happens after that but at least you'll have done what is required and maybe the IO will be deliriously happy.

I heard once that IO's are pretty sympathetic with regards to medical reasons for delays. How about you keep all your hospital records etc. and use them to mitigate against punishment for your late report.

That's a very sturdy looking fabrication you have there. Like it. What number on the Richter scale is it good for?