Kenny202

I'm an electrician used to live in North QLD spent a few years installing ceiling fans. On low speed they are definitely slower than a pedestal fan but move larger volumes. IMO the best fan for a room or patio. If I wasn't renting the place I would definitely install them. Other upside they are cheap as chips

Will do 🙂

You cant run an AC fan on DC can you? And I wouldn't use a DC rated controller to control the voltage either

I settled on this Xiaomi one. Look like pretty good reviews re gentle speed, low noise and easy to clean. DC inverter which means you have very low and overall good speed control and torque. Basically an aircon fan but a lot easier to clean. Take off the back panel and the whole rotary turbine thing comes out to pressure wash outside. Got a pretty good deal too with Lazada coupons for 1600 baht delivered. Should be the ticket hopefully 🙂 Thanks all for the advice

I tried it too. The problem is in the fan for sure as such but AC fans don't have the torque to run at lower speeds and they hunt and pull in out etc which makes them noisy.

You really should go and get some help 😞 Your condition appears to be deteriorating

There must be something for people sleeping I would have thought (apart from a 30k Dyson). I see some of these tower fans look ok but the reviews mostly in Thai. The long thin upright ones. Only concern I would have about these apart from if you can have a slow speed is they look like an air con style rotary fan and wonder how easy they would be to dismantle and clean the blades

Got pedestal / desk fans at home and they all run too fast even on low. Tried putting capacitors etc in and they slow them down a bit but then you get a lot of rattling and bearing noise. Does anyone know of a small personal fan you can control the speed right down? A ceiling fan would be ideal but I rent so I wouldn't want to make permanent alterations. Still want a decent coverage say 10-12" blade. Any help appreciated

Anyone have any experience with Gel batteries in their bike? Do they last longer? The normal batteries seem to last me 2-3 years. Not that worried about the price but they are around 3 times the price.

I must have been to 30 Thai weddings and never seen more than 100 people there, and that may be stretching it. A lot of hangers on and village drunks but more than 100 is ridiculous

Yeah its ridiculous. Those big formal weddings aren't even enjoyable. Long long day. Most of the guests have to kill hours during the day here and there while photos are done etc. I still miss the weddings back in the day at the local hall....women would bring food, couple of kegs for the gents and punch and wine casks for the ladies. They were a lot more fun particularly when a couple of uncles got a few too many grog's under the belt and a punch on ensued lol

I don't understand? They borrowed the 200+ k from relatives and cashed in the gold but the wedding never went ahead. So they borrowed money to pay themselves a dowry? huh? Surely they can just give the money back and buy the gold back or has it been pessed up the wall already? Why do I not feel sorry for them? If wedding arrangements already made the 28k he gave them should cover that. If her dowry was 200k I doubt it was a flash expensive wedding

I actually got the brand name Zyrtec (Cetrazine) and so far great improvement and no side effects

I've done the prick test twice....about 15 things....my whole arm went into a rash hahaha

Mentioned in my OP I have tried Claritin (loratadine) with less than great results. I bought some what they said was genuine Zyrtec at the pharmacy today....Zyrtec on the box but doesn't look like a packet you would get from Europe / US...Cheap looking thing. Anyway, Will try them over the next few days see if these supposed genuine ones help

I mentioned in my opening post I have used Fenafex. 180 and 60 mg. Doesn't make me drowsy but it doesn't work well for me. Cetrazin apparently causes drowsiness in 10% of people. Unfortunately I fall into that category. Not a normal sleepiness either...like your half drunk and sleepy, can't do anything much

Jeez that sounds interesting. My specific issue is dry, itchy watery eyes and just googled it sounds perfect. Do you buy pills or medicine? Does it make you drowsy at all? Is it a once a day thing or? Many thanks for your help 🙂

Full blown allergy mode atm, eyes itchy and watery. I go through this every year and usually start of with Fenafex (Telfast) full strength one a day and after a couple of weeks move to Cetrazine (Zyrtec) one a day pill.The Fenafex I have no side effects too but they are limited for me in results. Get better results with the Cetrazine but seem to put me in this awful drowsy mode which doesn't get any better after a few days. I know both pills are supposed to be non drowsy but I must be the few percent that Cetrazine causes drowsiness. I have also tried Loratadine (Caratyn) with limited result. What I wanted to ask, and a long shot....I have only ever taken the generic Cetrazine in Thailand. I have never taken the more expensive Zyrtec or foreign brands...not even sure they are available here. I was just wondering if a more expensive pill will be better for me re drowsiness or 10mg of Cetrazine is 10 mg in any brand. No use asking the pharmacy they are only interested in selling you the most expensive and will advise you to buy what benefits them. Maybe one for Sheryll

I got some of these today and ordered the Bayer. Worst thing with these green traps is I poured the pellets into the middle container and shut the lid thinking it would contain them in there but the lid doesn't cover the bait area, so unless you pick it up dead straight it all pours out all over the floor lol.

Thanks for your help all 🙂

Recently got switched over to the latest version of desktop Outlook which I don't like at all. Too busy for one, can't combine inboxes without special set up and extra clicks etc. Persevered with it for a couple of weeks and hoping for something better. I also have a lot of issues with Outlook copying and pasting to other programs / retaining formats etc. Is there anything better out there will work with my hotmail accounts? I don't need too many bells and whistles....ability to combine inboxes (I have 3 different accounts). I also have lots of sub folders in a couple of the accounts so need to be able to access them. And hopefully not something only interested in showing you ads and sucking up your private information

Going to get some Bayer today. When you say small drops you mean like a droplet or 5mm, 10mm droplet?

Problem is there seems to be no visible trail and we have looked several times. If I put drops of the gel nead effected areas will it attract them?

For the last 3 weeks or so we have had these tiny little red ants in our home. Seem to be on the sofa, chairs...everywhere. They are super small, never come across them here anywhere in Thailand. Maybe came with the rain? I have seen the bigger red ants outside (3/8" / 5mm) which bite and hurt like hell but these are different. Very mild, itchy bite, not painful and goes away quickly....just enough to be uncomfortable. We have looked everywhere, normally you would see a trail of them where they come in and out but nothing. Only thing I can think of is get some spray and go around the floor edges where the walls meet the floor in the hope of interrupting there passage. Anyone had a similar problem or know how to deal with it?

There aren't many sharks around Thailand, certainly large ones and aggressive species rare...I suspect because they had been over fished.... but by all accounts making a comeback here and there. Usually small reef sharks that bit someone accidentally over the last few years and authorities always quick to pass it off as some other mishap (misunderstanding?)