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50 minutes ago, nitehawk42 said:

Recently my Bangkok bank mobile banking rejected a transfer I wanted to make.

Domestic transfer or international transfer?

21 hours ago, ChrisKC said:

So a ten year passport actually only worth nine and half months! for travel!

No, it is worth 10 years as long as you travel to countries which doesn't have the 6 month rule or while staying in such a country having arrived with more than 6 month left on the passports validity.

1 hour ago, Prubangboy said:

'm 71, retired at 40. A fair few people have been happy to fill the desk I left.

Kudos to you for making space for the younger generation instead of egoistically occupying a seat that you don't need.

Have you signed the contract with PEA? The solar company may have filed the initial application with PEA but you have to sign the contract.

There should also be an inspection of your installation by PEA before making the contract.

I think you are better off by asking PONIX about the status.

2 hours ago, Crossy said:

For off-grid anything goes, PEA don't care coz you're not connected to their grid.

You still need to notify the Energy Regulatory Commission that you are exempt from Power Generating License regardless if your plant is on-grid or off-grid.

5 | Permits & Licensing Step
Home
5.5
Notification for Exemption of Power Generation License Page 1/5 ><
This step is for solar PV rooftop systems smaller than 1,000 kVA
PV systems that are less than 1,000 kVA are exempted from the Power Generation License.
Nevertheless, the Facility Owner / Solar Service Provider must submit a notification for exemption to ERC. This can be submitted
online or at ERC office

https://www.climatelinks.org/sites/default/files/asset/document/2017_USAID-Clean-Power-Asia_RE-Guidelines-Solar-PV-Rooftop-Implementation-EN-v1.pdf

(page 73)

1 hour ago, scott1999 said:

Yes it is chat GPT says I can get 170 panels on 250 square meter

I can't see how that is possible when a 500W panel is 2.3m x 1.2m

You gain somewhat from them being angled but not that much

27 minutes ago, G_Money said:

So Greta Thunberg upon realizing the earth hasn’t turned into a fireball 🔥has switched her attention to the pro Hamas terrorist organization support.

 

Who would of thought.

It is not about her, she is only mentioned in the header (why?) but not in the article..

14 hours ago, khunPer said:

How much do you contribute/pay for your garbage collection?

100 Baht a month which is for 1 garbage bag per 2-3 weeks. Dogs, chickens and compost get food remains, and we recycle plastic bottles, metal cans and cardboard letting the grand children do the sorting and bagging and then getting whatever money the scrapyard pays for it.

We could have given it to the local garbage collector but it is a good lesson for the grand children in the value of recycling.

14 hours ago, khunPer said:

From where do you get your water?

Our own well.

14 hours ago, khunPer said:

Are you concerned about your electricity use in peak periods and switch off not necessary units?

No, we have a solar system, we are almost 100% self sufficient.  We typically buy 15-20 units from the grid monthly , so far this month we are 10 days into the billing period with 0 units purchased..

14 hours ago, khunPer said:

Some of us longstayers actually brings money in to the nation and also pay little tax in Thailand, apart from v.a.t...

You are not unique in that aspect. Even the mountain side villa owners with their pools condensing out water in the heat has brought in a lot of money and I think they are a much bigger problems for Samui's infrastructure than 20-30 cruice ships one-day tourist a year.

1 hour ago, khunPer said:

I know it's unpopular by some when saying it, but higher tourist income is to focus on "quality tourists" – those that can afford to spend money – rather than budget mass tourism.

We don't have to be too concerned about the quality of one-day tourists, they don't use a lot of water or electricity and neither I in Chaweng or Tropicalevo in the pointy end will see much of them. They mainly stay in southern Samui and are probably a gifted addition to the income for many businesses down there.One-day tourists are only quantity tourist.

Samui could do though with a higher quality of long-staying foreigners, they/we are the ones putting a burden on Samui's infrastructure.

44 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

So, no pier, yet they keep coming.

Do we really need more cruise ships making the roads more busy (tour bus conveys) and using up more local resources?

Samui businesses needs all customers they can get and if they stay on the cruise ships because the trip from ship to shore is too long or inconvenient then it is a lost income for them.

As retirees we may see the tourists with a different eye than the business owners but I think we have to accept that the tourists are needed..

21 minutes ago, Fruit Trader said:

The measurement of reactive power Q by some digital meters has in the past been a much talked about subject as it would allow electricity supply companies to charge customers for excessive reactive power.

I should mention that all consumers creates a bit of reactive power on the grid so the digital meter can measure how much there is of it on incoming meter terminals and how  much there is of it on outgoing terminals which means that they can directly see how much Q you have created in relation to how much P you have used.

It is common in Europe that big industries have to install equipment to lower their Q but I have never heard of home users having to do it or being charged for it.

So @Muhendis, you can say that Q stands for Quality (of the AC sine wave) and it may be the reason why that letter has been chosen, it is an international standard.

11 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

Would that be Power and Quality?

P is active energy , Q is reactive energy  where P usually flows from grid into load and Q is bounced back from load to grid.

3 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

Does this guys meter have a dual meter display?

I don't think any of the digital meters have that but they have a button to switch between display mode, they can display P and Q in both directions.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

The list of the 40 senators who signed the petition has not yet been revealed, but it is reported that it will be made public when the court delivers its final decision.

so now four of them got cold feet.

10 hours ago, FlorC said:

Where do you buy these inverters like Growatt ?

Crossy recently advertised two for sale:

9 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

WTF. What have the Brits to do in all of this?

I think they are mentioned for preventive reasons ie to stop them speculating about the case. 🤫

On 5/7/2024 at 3:29 PM, khunPer said:

I normally do it online, but there seems to have been problems with the online service lately. Many have complained that they got rejected, me too.

I have an online 90-day report with status pending since 5 days ago and received the confirmation of receipt email.

What is a bit worrying is that I didn't get the reminder email which they use to send out a couple of weeks beforehand so something is wacky in their system.

 Since I got the confirmation of receipt email then that must count as a 90-day report made in due time right? I shouldn't have to do anything until they either approve or reject the report. 😃

Oh but those production curves doesn't look that bad.

We have had four cloudy days in a row and my new shiny digital meter already shows a higher consumption than previous month and we are only halfway through the billing period. 🤑

Here is my curve from a messed up day: