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Talking real sex i assume

and the wife + self gratification - lots of mileage on that pecker

Don't have the desire to chase the next best anymore and I'm probably much younger than most here. You all are living large - funny thread! How many women or women like specimens are you all sleeping with on an average week?

Remember you posting that info on another thread minus the shower info. I didn't think about that but the showers might be an issue. We never have 2 on at the same time but still 4.5kw would quickly max out the 6.2 kw inverter. Wiring different breakers to only be used by the grid seems complicated. Hopefully the young kid doing this can figure it out. Is it really an issue though because the Anern inverter would just switch over to the grid for the extra power needed?

Well that sounds fun and I'm not really concerned about ROI either but still relatively young and need to make my early retirement( retired 2008 at 41) dollars get me to at least to when my pensions kick in about 10 years from now. My home here is small but per square meter my electric needs are high. Only 2 bedrooms and the living space between the two rooms is open (screened -darn mosquitos ). Strange setup but I like it. Good airflow and easy to cook and hangout. Simple life!

You have built a masterpiece and I'm just wanting something that will cover close to 100% of my electric needs most days and over 75% on the bad days. I Have no issue with using the grid. I think your system is wonderful but overkill for simple me with no EV and no desire to provide 100% of my electric from solar. I've been looking at your setup for months and am jealous to some extent. I think 6.6kWh solar with 280ah 48v battery will get me to close to 100%. What do you think?

I understand the desire to be off the grid but isn't it more cost effective to be off 80-100%? If the goal is to be off the grid you need a big buffer in battery size and solar production. Probably ~ 40% more capacity/storage. If the grid were to go down on a day that I was only producing/storing 80% of the needed power, I could make some minor electric adjustment to bring the 80% to 100%.

Well, we are going to find out soon enough. There are a few here that did spend lots of cash on their setups that are willing to help new installers on a tighter budget which is nice. If it was 5 years ago, I would have needed much more assistance with the project but much easier today. I have time and look at it as an adventure. I'm sure I'll make a many mistakes along the way but past worrying too much about the consequences. The hardest part is pulling the trigger and starting the project. Did that yesterday. Now I can stop going off on countless tangents and go with the plan in place.

Sorry, Ill stop pestering you in a moment. I have to go for a run anyhow before it is too hot. Did you build your own or order your battery? Off for a run - Thanks!!!

OK, point taken and easy enough to resolve. 280 Ha battery it is 🙂 What about installing the battery after the system is up and running for a few weeks? I mentioned I had no issue with blowing through my 90k budget. Seems like now that is a reality 🙂

Ok, I am always trying to cut corners and need to just do it right the first time :). I think now I'll first spend more money and add 2-4 more panels (6.6kWh - 7.8kWh). Once installed and running and I have more knowledge buy a 280ah battery. Do you see any issue with having 7.8 kWH on the Anern 6.2 (6.5kWh input) inverter? It would be very rare that it would hit 6.5kWh limit and would be well under the voltage and amp limit. Form what i gathered the extra watts would simply be discarded which isn't an issue.

One of the reason I went with Anern inverter was because you stated you have had no issues. Still no issues? The kid that will be installing it has only o few years of solar install experience and wasn't able to describe how the grid and inverter will supply the load. From an earlier post you made, you descibes it as a a tandem relationship. They both will supply at the same time. E.g., load 4000 kWh = 2500 w panels + top off 1,500 grid ). That is how I hope it woks but could deal with the grid completely taking over is solar is not sufficient and providing the complete 4,000 kWh.

Great post and valid points. 25 years here and many more possibly - I feel no fear at the moment but good to keep informed just in case we actually learn something. At this point, this thread is a circular thread that makes it blatantly obvious we all are basically clueless. I get a good laugh reading the posts and in the end it does serve a purpose (mostly entertainment). I would be concerned if I was using Thailand for tax avoidance in my home country or if I was Thai ( little fear because the Thai wealthy have demanded huge loopholes in the tax code ) bringing in income or cap gains. I'm neither so nothing to fear at the moment other than getting hit by lightning.

Good advice and that shouldn't be a problem to add more at install or the future. My 4pm to 8am electric usage isn't substantial but want to splurge with the ACs in the exercise room (2000w draw during hot months for a a couple hours a day- then off-computer, smart bikes, treadmill...) and bedroom during the day as well as add another pond pump (400w x2) that will run 5 hours a day during the hottest months. The pond got disgusting this year and don't want that to happen again. Now has a stream/river running into it so not an issue but another dry cold season and the filth will return. My needs are perfect for solar. High usage needs during sunny months and during 8am-4pm). I'm cool with a <1000 baht PEA bill if I can live in extreme comfort :). Just have to do some more research on over paneling the inverter. Seem to be a non issue as long as I'm under the inverter's voltage and amp limits which is easy to do (450w and 120 amps).

Perfect - Thanks. Think I'll want to over panel the inverter(6.2 kWh) and with 550w panels @3,200 baht it seems a no brainer. Last 3 weeks I barely saw the sun.

@KhunLA Exactly the data I need. I have some older panels from my camper(3x180w) that I installed years ago (wrong angles and other issues 🙂 ). This gives me a better idea of the potential. I got tired of flip flopping on the installation yesterday and just got in the car and drove to a solar shop in the sticks. Not much around here and I haven't seen any houses with solar. Solar here is mostly on farms and fish ponds (500-1000 w). Spent 3 hours talking to a nice kid that just expanded his solar shop last week. Last visit a year ago he had only a few panels and I had to step over piles of wires just to get into the shop. Now he has a nice setup with loads of panels to choose from. I decided to just do it and put down a 5k deposit. He will tentatively start the installation next week. Only charging 2 baht per watt to mount panels and wire. I was going to do much of it myself but at this price, I will just be an observer. I anticipate lots of issues with the install and I'm a patient person so that will be only a minor inconvenience. The kid (22 yo) is nice and has been doing installations on farms and some houses for at least a few years. What could go wrong 🙂 This home was not intended to be a permanent residence (covid lockdown build ) but have slowly consolidated and now this is my only property. My partner has others that we rarely visit in Jomtien and Lamphang. She likes it here and at this point I fear I have no choice but to call this home 🙂 Below is a quick spreadsheet I just did of the setup. I want this to do this for <90k but no issue if I blow through that number. My setup ( should I oversize the panel production while staying under voltage limits of inverter??? ) I'm guessing my max elec units a month will be 550 watts April - June and be well under for most other months.

Old thread but hoping you could answer a question. My install I started today will be about the same size. How many watts on a sunny day vs overcast? Thinking I might add another 2 panels to the 10 I had planned. Thanks

Nice reply - Thanks. The changes are far from all negative. As you mentioned wars are terrible and there are far fewer of them now compared to your generation. Society is much more accepting to people of different races, sexual preference, and countless other things . You are seeing a past and forgetting the bad parts of it. Lots of aggression in the past but as we become more successful materially the aggression seems to diminish. I do agree with you about the lack of happiness and not sure why people are unhappy. maybe their addiction to quick fixes that the online world promotes.

You mentioned somewhere in the mess above that you are old but that can't explain away what you typed. Medicated?

Did you pay 10K?

Can you please stop the tax talk. There is another thread. I'm not concerned in the slightest about the tax situation and if you are go to the other thread(s).

I feel the same and been here for 25 years (since 41 yo). In the past it upset me but now I find them entertaining. Happy not to be a nasty angry man that gets off bashing another nationality and can't grasp that their attitude is the reason they are treated poorly by the locals. Keep being authentic and don't worry about their mental struggles. To their defense, most are being authentic and just have created a story in their dim minds that is their reality which makes arguing with them futile. Get the impression most are not living a satisfying life.

Don't expect any apologies from the fools that trashed you. It was obvious from your first post that your opinion that "there was much more to the story" was more than likely the truth. Now you might get some fools trying to make comparisons to what would happen in the west if a bouncer shoved an offensive person....

Thanks! Sorry it didn't workout. Expensive trip.

What are you saying? It's being issued or it isn't? Why was yours rejected and other were accepted?