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Thais aren't best at anything, but they are cheap and easy to find, which is good enough for me!
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I just completed this quiz. My Score 100/100 My Time 28 seconds
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Tax Return 2025
BritManToo replied to John Phuket's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
If you never encounter any Thai officials (except at borders), how would they know, or enforce? -
Tax Return 2025
BritManToo replied to John Phuket's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Same for me, no TM30 for 10 years, then immigration asked for one. Went to the office, they said "why is there no record of you in our system". I said, it beats me, how could that happen? Then they decided it was a glitch in their system, made out my TM30, no fine. -
Tax Return 2025
BritManToo replied to John Phuket's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Rather than running scared on rumours. Why not just wait. Pages of nonsense posted by fools IMHO. Unless they refuse me an extension, I'm paying nothing. If they do refuse me an extension, it's 5 year DTV time, and still no money from me.- 247 replies
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Tax Return 2025
BritManToo replied to John Phuket's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
2,000bht fine for those that should but don't file. -
Tax Return 2025
BritManToo replied to John Phuket's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
I don't think any Thai government official ever expected foreign pensioners living in Thailand to ever file tax returns. This agenda is being pushed by the usual bunch who Iive in fear of everything.- 247 replies
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Visa-free entry for Chinese nationals has many consequences
BritManToo replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Koreans say exactly the same. Imagine how bad their schools must be! -
Visa-free entry for Chinese nationals has many consequences
BritManToo replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Yeah, but none of them wanted to come here (can't say I blame them) so they're stuck with 3rd world tourists. -
My house is powered by a 5k5 inverter + 3k solar panels + 5 kwhr of battery. I split my fusebox so cooker, shower heaters and Aircon are powered direct from the grid. That does 80% of my needs, my battery should have been double that. At the moment it's empty by 9am. My monthly pea bill is 50-80 units (around 300bht). It only takes the wife to shower (4.5kw), and the kid to use the other shower (4.5kw) at the same time = 9kw out of a 5k5kw inverter. So I left them on grid.
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Built my own, it's just 16 batteries linked + to - in a long line, then a BMS added. Careful with the socket driver, easy to get a big bang if you brush it against another battery terminal. (Yeah, I did it a couple of times)
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Yeah, that's no problem. My inverter has been working perfectly for 2+ years now and survived 1x shorted out and 1x utility power going mad.
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Yeah, then you waste the money you spent on the first battery. Really, I know what I'm doing (now), do not buy a small battery and expect to add on (successfully) later. Also make sure you aren't sold second hand batteries, about half the self builds I see are second hand (10yo+) batteries. Running with no battery at all is better than buying the wrong battery. PS. I have a 48v x 100ah battery (10yo+), it actually stores around 2Kwhr, useless for anything. Not connected as it drags down my bigger 48v x 200ah battery (10yo+) that stores around 5Kwhr.
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Most installs take the electricity they need from the sources available, mine is set to SBU (solar, battery, utility). So it takes from Solar, then tops up from battery, and as a final resort mains. Get yourself at least a 10Kwhr battery ..... or you'll regret it later. This was my biggest mistake ....... not getting a big enough battery at the start. Adding more batteries later may not work, it didn't for me, and I ended up wasting 20kbht as the batteries didn't work well together.
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Not enough battery, expanding later is often problematic. there's 280ah Lifpo4 batteries available at 1,700bht each now. 16 x 1700 = 27kbht, add the BMS at 3kbht and you get a 13.5Kwhr battery for 30kbht.
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Solar electricity costs double coal electricity. More solar and less coal/oil will mean huge electricity price increases
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I have a serious question for you..
BritManToo replied to bob smith's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
In the west the elections get fixed at the ballot box. No need to disband the party later.