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  1. 'Always better to have too much pump than not enough'

    Just have to be mindful of the people that origionally installed the .5" pipe.

     

    You don't want a pump too big that it could break one of the pipe joints that are under the cement and tiles.

    My .5" water pipes were installed by local farmers who swore they had Dr Degree in Water Flow and pipes.

    300 W pump and a few under cement leaks.

     

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  2. 7 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

    You have to buy a Microsoft Teams Phone Plan in order to make calls on Teams. 

    I have migrated from Skype to Teams but I can't call like I did for Skype as no credit. So I have to buy a Teams Phone Plan to get a keypad and call like I did with Skype?

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  3. 30 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

    Everyone is assuming you're talking about drinking water.

     

    Would that be right?

     

    If I had your problem I would be looking at whole house solutions.  A water softener is the cheapest way to go, a whole house reverse osmosis system is the ultimate but likely to be about 150k baht installed.

    You missed my post. ;(

     

     

  4. 9 hours ago, deadbeat said:

    My well water leaves a heavy limescale deposit on the sink and the taps which is why I have never used it. Always used bottled water.

    I have been looking at water filters but there are many types and manufacturers all with different designs and methods.

    Can anyone reccomend a good product that they have used successfully?

     

    Cheers

     

    You need a holistic approach.

    First go to your local university water testing mob and see what's in your water then design your filter system around that.

    We have a 60 m bore pump with a pump controller. From there to a 3000L sediment or storage tank, then to  two big blue filters one with Echo Glass and the other with active carbon. From there to a Big Blue sediment filter then the water splits to the outside and yard and to the house reverse osmosis filter unit under the sink.

    We got a guy from Khon Kaen to do the initial job.

    Check out Echo Glass as one of your filter mediums.

     

  5. 28 minutes ago, FarangFB said:

     

    As someone already replied, PEA refuses to do it now. Which is understandable if their current meters are capable of handling home chargers.

    I don't think the current old meter can handle off-peak metering. 

    Not 100% sure, but in Aus water heaters are connected to off-peak supply and at low grid usage times (say 0200 to 0400hr) and the power company sends some pulses down the line that enables off-peak supply cost rates that are lower than normal rates.

    I think that's why in Thailand you have to have a separate TOU meter to get the low rates.

    So my thoughts are that PEA shoots themselves in the foot for not supplying the TOU meters as more people would then go to full solar for the house and EV charging, therefore PEA loses out.

  6. 8 hours ago, UWEB said:

    PEA is not providing a second Meter anymore since a while after they found that to many people using the Car Charging Meter for their House as well.

     

    https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40040105

    That's a good way to fix the misuse of TOU meters (sledgehammer approach). Sherly they could cross-check the house meter bills and punish the poofteenth percent of naughty people.

    Or using the same approach to fix the Bangkok traffic - ban the cars. 🙂

  7. 22 minutes ago, FarangFB said:

     

    My plan is to install this charger very close to the meter itself, so the idea is to get a dedicated wire coming out of the meter that will feed this setup (ELCB->socket->charger). In this case it's not really relevant what sort of wire is going into the house, correct?

     

     

    In that case why not get another off-peak meter (TOU think it's called) and use it for car charging only. Then you can charge during cheaper electricity rates.

    Have to see PEA.

  8. Just a thought: If the cables to the house are not thick enough, you don't have to rip them out and install new ones but you can run new cables in parallel, so the 2 cables can carry the current. 

    Ask your electrician.

    Might be a bit messy if you run the 3 phase, but if it's a long run could save you money.

  9. 7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

    Final update,

    Last month I was invited to the probation office to discuss his sentencing.

    A bit odd I thought, but I'll go.

    They asked if the 200kbht compensation payment was enough, or did I want more and I told them ......

    He's a danger to the public, if I say I'm happy with the money and you let him go .....then he harms someone else = my fault. So I'm saying he shouldn't be allowed to walk free, and if you let him go ..... then he harms someone else = your fault.

    Which I could see they didn't like (they clearly wanted to let him go), but they wrote my comments down and passed them on to the judge.

     

    So this morning was sentencing,

    Judge shouted at him a lot then said he couldn't be trusted to mix with the general public.

    3 years home incarceration at his parents house with ankle monitor, monthly psych evaluations to evaluate his ongoing danger to others, plus community work and 15kbht court fees.

    (This was all in Thai, but I think I've got most of that right, a lot of words I had to guess)

     

    An armed policeman led him from the court to fit his ankle monitor.

    Surprised they actually listened to me, he won't be running anyone down for the next 3 years.

    And my injuries had essentially confined me to my home for 4-6 months, so in keeping with the crime.

     

    My misses comment to me outside after ...... "I'd rather have had a year in jail and got it over".

     

    Well done mate.

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  10. Diagnosed with Penumonia and receiving treatment in the local Kuchinarai hospital.

    When I finish my treatment and leave hospital on the weekend I'd like to buy (now) a home Nebulizer plus medicine.

    Lots of products out there so anyone got a brand name they would recommend?

    I think the hospital rents out oxygen bottles but don't know about masks and nebulizers.

    I would normally drive to KKU hospital but couldn't make it this time.

     

  11. 1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

    I voted for nobody. Dutton failed to sell his nuclear policy or anything really. He couldn't sell a beer in a pub with that face. Albo is another Biden. Liked by some but totally useless.

    There you go showing your stupidity. You didn't vote but want to belittle Albo and people who did vote.

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  12. 1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

    Albo's a dumb bogan who appeals to dumb bogans.

    That's probably the dumbest thing you've said in all your dumb posts. 

    I always vote for a winner and I'm not a dumb bogan. 🙂

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  13. 5 hours ago, impulse said:

    I got an SMS from AIS in Thai, mentioning ID.  I figured that it was related to this.  So this month when I came to Bangkok, I went by an AIS shop in T21 and asked.  They told me it was only for Thai people.

     

    Go figure...

     

     

    That's not correct. My Kbank contacted us as my phone number was registered under wife's name as I didn't have my passport with me when we changed to True.

    Went to a True place and the lovely Thai staff changed the registration to my name.

    Bugger, now I have to pay the phone bill as before my wife paid for both phone bills. I wondered why I never got a phone bill, so now I know. 🙂

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  14. 2 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

    What is the ruling on the PTT ( EV Station Pluz ) charger booking?

    If it is booked does it remain unavailable until the half hour ( okay, 27 minutes ) has passed ??

     

    I had it in my head that after 10 or 15 minutes it became free again ?, maybe I had dreamt that ??

    I came across 1 in Pattaya that was booked. The nice people charging there also said just wait (I think 5 mins) and it became free.

    I'm not that organised to be able to book ahead.

     

    As a aside: yesterday just did a quick check with my clamp meter on the charging cable while charging with the car charger and did get a varying reading that at one stage was 25 A.  

    Have my mountable charger (not yet installed) and hopefully should be able to pull 32A or more when charging. 

    When I wired up the garage I installed 4mm2 cable and above.

    If you have a 15/45 meter you can probably pull up to 45A if your cable size is OK.

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