bluejets

Having solar is not a problem if you leave the install to those who best know what they are doing. You don't need to know. i.e. reputable solar installers, not the vast majority of diy "experts".

could have something to do with this....... most manufacturers will tell you not to mis-match panels.

Get someone to help you take some decent photos. Any neighbourhood kid above 4 year old should be able to help you.

Laos is a garden party compared to Myanmar.

So ...break the law and do your big deal farang thing and fork out money to please the population. Should be more arrests and "kicked out" with a 5 year ban PLUS the fine.

They are full of oil and explode rather violently when things go wrong.

Looks like it's always out in the weather near trees and the chook run.

If you go to the "full story " link in #1, it shows all the relative regions in detail.

I cannot see anyone agreeing to that particular underground suggestion.

Seems the one aspect of the install most forget is the importance of calculation of the voltage drop. It's ok to waffle on about how one intends to replace this with that and "get more oomph" but one of the critical and just as important and often never given a thought to aspect is the aforementioned.

In the bikers defense, looks more like a pedestrian crossing............????

The device itself is pretty well covered above but.....what is your intended load via the internal relay...??

Looks more like a wrecking bar from the nearest car boot.................lift surround shows signs of several attempts. Ah...they were unable and the jaws of life 1/2 hour later did the trick...... I'd be more than surprised if the load capacity was that amount,(16) and more than likely the reason the door jammed in the first place.

That is correct BUT....it is also "compressed" type cable. i.e the conductors are not circular, rather, they conform to the overall circular shape of the conductor as a whole and in laymans terms, that means each conductor is "shaped" to fill in what is normally, airspace. Digital or not, it is well known the ability to get an accurate reading with a vernier is well nigh impossible, that is why for accuracy a micrometer is used. One can get a dozen different readings from a vernier caliper over as many tests and end up with just as many variations, digital or otherwise. I use both in the building of miniature working model four stroke engines ( currently on engine number 10), each have their own area of use. However, where accuracy is required, the micrometer is a must, primarily down to what us old engineering boffins call "feel". Argue and squirm as much as you like but these are the facts.

Not difficult to do these days.........zonks of info around on headtracker FPV either off the shelf or even diy if you are that way inclined.

Just to be difficult, verniers are not all that accurate (micrometer yes, vernier no) and could be enough to throw off your final calculations. That plus it could be you measured what is known as "compressed " cable or " XLPE" where the conductors are not actually round.

mmm...ok, thanks....did a search and found this, so might help others as well. In Thai but one will be able to follow the details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=r8oKja1VquI&vl=en

Just like to report that it is getting worse...........someone has to do something about this and soon. Drive me nuts...... well, more than normal.........????

Usual approach is to either get the brother-in-law to send us a couple of sim cards a few weeks before we head "back home to Thailand" or even just grab a couple at Suvarnabhumi on arrival. Former allows calling the rellies when we arrive rather than bother with setting and bothering with expensive " roaming" settings in our Aus phones. I'm certain I have asked previously however, mostly I think it's AIS we use and, once activated, it chews up our credit before I get a chance to make any calls perhaps a day or two later. One of those situations where "if you don't cancel the option, you have to pay"........ seems to be raising it's ugly head in Aus also but I can see the regulators jumping on that little con here at least before long. Would be useful for first timers in Thailand to know what to switch off as well, I would imagine. Hopefully, will be returning again soon so any assistance appreciated. Yes, have mentioned it to Thai people there, and my wife, but simply get the smile and "yes, that's right" answer......... nothing further on how to fix it...... ????

Yes....BUT....just what did you measure..???

$2.00 for your brain surgery.

What your graph shows is not only what the panels are producing per se but, the load connected ( current) which is varying anywhere between 2 and 10 amps over a 4 hour ( approx) period. Voltage is fairly constant over the sample period @ around the 120v dc input level. Your assumption about clouds being the source of the current fluctuations is incorrect. When panels are initially installed it is a common practice/requirement to measure and record the panels "short circuit " current which is an indicator of their capacity.

So what is it supposed to do...??? Apart from the meaningless political hype ............

errrrrr???.....what was that..???........... thing is even the coppers don't know yet.

Yup, and there's the door, now git and don't come back.