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On 4/19/2019 at 9:25 PM, scorecard said:

After switch on if you press the SAVING button it cuts electricity usage quite a lot. Have to do this every time you start the A/C, not difficult.

Every "saving" control I have had changes the temperature settings, meaning it increases the temp you have previously set, I can't consider this as a genuine "saving"

Maybe LG is different - but I doubt it?

2 hours ago, webfact said:

“Big Shift in Power and Energy”,

There was a big shift of power at my house two nights ago, after a day in the +40c, power was cut for 7 hours from 22:00, unfortunately not a 'first" for Thailand! 

13 minutes ago, Chang_paarp said:

A new set of medals for some folk for defeating foreign invaders.

Lateral thinking - well done - commemorative coins and the obligatory T - shirts as a sideline would be nice as well.

19 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Would be interested to hear from anyone with knowledge of the current sources of power generation in Thailand. Presumably coal & hydro? in what proportions?

Thailand has thousands of gas wells in the gulf, gas powers the majority of power stations, they have been using these as a major source for many years.

On 4/15/2019 at 6:57 AM, bankruatsteve said:

Nothing beats granite if you can afford.

Agree, we have had mainly granite floors for 15 years now, once its down it's easy to clean and maintain, dry clean so stays dry & cool.

7 hours ago, wreckingcountry said:

I was outside for too long one day, slightly dehydrated and by the evening had headache and diarrhoea ! It is extreme now

You have heat stroke, take it easy, get some fluids back into you, takes a good few days to recover...

5 hours ago, RotMahKid said:

Profit and political reasons.

Exactly, it is important for those in control to maintain control, always has been, off course they have to make a profit also! 

You watch what they want you to watch & never forget they are watching your every action & that is filed away for that - just in case we need it day ????

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Drop your passenger at the closest door to their check in counter - they will have about 50m max to walk with baggage. 

& then being Thailand, the departure gate will be the one furthest away from where you checked in?

30 minutes ago, Crossy said:

99.8% of electrical engineers would call that a current-transformer.

 

& the mericans wouldn't have a clue? 

12 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

Just avoid all the processed foods and alcohol and foods prepared with added sugar.

& theres a lot of them! When I was young my father "banned" white sugar in the house, obviously not great for a kid, that was sixty years ago, glad he did - I have spent a lifetime watching people eat utter crap, educate yourself, get to know your body, its not as hard as people make out, you don'y have to go to your "doctor" who knows nothing about diet.

9 hours ago, Catoni said:

   I would highly recommend that people going to stay in the tropics for more than a month, to learn how to acclimatize to the tropical climate. You’ll be very thankful if you do. 

In your situation its good that you have the time & inclination to "acclimatize", lets throw one very ugly word into the equation to mess with things a little - "work" - sorry for the language, many live & work here, personally I used to spend my time split between working outside and AC office............... ????

14 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

As I mentioned the kind of work you were involved in has little relationship to the kind of work in house construction here, apart from the point that they both involve melting steel.

I don't believe you ever did mention the above, but regardless, point taken - the fundamentals involved remain the same, though off course standards vary, which is fine as long as the end result is "fit for purpose" you were the one who questioned my original statement, which is correct, I could quantify further as to why - I was trying not to ramble on - but won't bore you any further!  ???? 

18 hours ago, fordguy61mi said:

How do I sign up for THAT way to go!

I was thinking exactly the same!

2 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Thai welders is such that they can produce perfect stick welds in that material.

Nonsense, we obviously come from different backgrounds and use different standards, after 50 years in the industry starting as a time served Fabricator/welder and finishing as a project manager for 750 million dollars offshore units, I have gleamed some knowledge of steel, welding procedures & paint systems.

What do you classify as a "perfect" weld"? is the weld I have circled "perfect" it looks like bird@rap, its not even straight, at least there's plenty of it, shame its not evenly distributed ???? 

1 hour ago, eyecatcher said:

IPS (ion plated) steel costs maybe 100bt a length more for a 4x2 box, and looks like stainless steel.

my neighbor used them on his office roof 4 years ago, no painting or anything, still nicely polished today.

Wouldn't welding destroy the coating?

34 minutes ago, Donutz said:

Huge? Travel insurance is quite affordable. And hospital and repatriation costs can bankrupt you..

My bad here, seems when people refer to travel insurance they mean medical insurance - I'm old...........

Travel insurance used to be if the plane crashed or you lost your bags - least I thought it did!

I have always had, due mainly to my job, medical insurance that covers evacuation etc etc...........

48 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Humm.

 

The quality of steel available here is equal to that anywhere if you pay enough. The quality of welding certainly can be good, Thailand's welders are one of the trades where professionalism is quite common.

Exactly! you can get ABS stamped steel here, but OP is installing roof beams, the quality is just above tin cans ???? 

Thai welders can be very good worked with many certified 6g Thai welders, but if they were stick welding roof beams? their welding would be acceptable but you would never come close to 100% quality welds due to the poor quality steel and the steel being so thin, it would have to be welded with an alternative method if you were looking for "100%" welds, even then doubtful due to poor quality steel. Stick welding was never intended for thin steel, they have adapted here - it works and does the job cheaply, but from an engineering standpoint its crap! 

Ideally welding surface should be at a minimum ground, if you tried to bevel it ! there isn't enough steel. A bit of primer is going to make no difference.

You can buy pre assembled and zinc coated roof trusses now, far superior - downside is off course cost!

My wife drives a CX5 2.2, I occasionally drive it and cant fault it for what it is, engine is a lot quicker than I expected, had it about four years now with no issues, Mazda service centre very good.

8 hours ago, jerojero said:

Mayby they should slide a few billion over to the terminal and fix the crappy air con in most areas. Pathetic compared to most major airports such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Isn't it just! the only place it works well is in the "duty free" shopping areas - wonder why that is?

The area that will be welded should be clean and grease free - for a "decent" weld, so it doesn't matter if the steel is primed before or after welding as with the quality of steel here and methods of welding you will never get a good weld, acceptable yes.

The important thing is, that most Thai's don't seem to grasp is after applying primer you need to seal the primer with a finish, primer breathes, useless for long term protection.

"A primer or undercoat is a preparatory coating put on materials before painting. Priming ensures better adhesion of paint to the surface, increases paint durability, and provides additional protection for the material being painted."

8 minutes ago, NoBrainer said:

Maybe not all is as it seems. Is he traveling to California? Maybe this is part of a bigger plan to eliminate a thorn in the side of certain people here. Could it be that he maybe using his fall from grace in Thailand, to get his foot in the door with a certain forensics team based on the west coast of the USA, in order to gain their trust.

Intriguing thoughts indeed? though I have absolutely no idea what you are on about?

5 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Isn't that what we see as a typical reaction here: When the going gets tough, run away?

You can hardly blame him, people in his "position" seem to become suicidal or have nasty accidents - no matter how sound of mind or careful they are