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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:

I guess those of you who doesn't have a Home button on your keyboard will miss it, I'm glad that annoying green arrow is gone.

https://www.smartttc.com/en/product?c=1#smart_electricity_meter

User Manuals are available in the Download section

15 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Maybe not. On Thai TV it's told there is a problem with the last will. It was written on a computer and not signed by 2 independent witnesses. So, it might not be valid😩

TV8 did a reportage about this case yesterday and mentioned the emailed will. Their reporter got chased away by someone who didn't like that they interviewed the maid..

13 minutes ago, Startmeup said:

How can solar get cheaper when wages are rising everywhere and the input costs (inflation) to build solar panels are alot higher now than last year?

Robots don't get a wage rise.

45 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

The government is the majority shareholder in PEA and likes to see massive Mega bucks coming in every week.

They are the sole owner of EGAT which generates the electricity and distributes it through PEA/MEA.

I have this sneaky feeling that EGAT is not interested in any kind of competition no matter how small it is and that they dictate where PEA/MEA should get their electricity from.

44 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

the bathroom has those vented blocks  I'm guessing that will waste ac ?

yes so keep the bathroom door closed

42 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

how many amps are needed to run 2?

around 20 amps when they consume at most

9 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Massive fine for the owner of the rice field and similar massive fines for owners of land where uncontrolled/illegal burning is detected anywhere in Thailand.

Honestly Guv'nor, an arsonist must have done it..

8 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

I am well pleased with the outcome and a bit grumpy towards the original equipment supplier from 11 years ago.

Yes, what a jerk selling you 178 W panels that only lasted 11 years!!

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

Fire investigators determined that it was a fuse that continued to arc after it had opened that initiated the conflagration. Many forum members do not necessarily agree.

 

I don't think it is possible after such a big fire to determine when the fuse blew, before the fire or after because of a short during the fire.

If the fire was related at all to the fire then it is much more likely that the bolts were not enough torqued  so there was an arch it the fuse connection. Compare to Pink7's "brown spot" arch in his battery switch.

20 minutes ago, impulse said:

Does the shiny digital meter phone home, or do they still need to read it the old fashioned way?

I don't know what this particular one do but I found the original Chines mfgr when googling for a users manual of it.

Mfgr specifies that it can be fitted with one or more different type of interfaces as 433MHz RF, optical. wifi, mobile broadband, modbus. rs-485 among others.

Mine have what looks like an infrared diod in its round window.

20 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Can you please share some photos of how you fixed the panels to your roof

No photos, company I bought the panels from did the install, I'm too old to enter the roof.

Roof was once covered by leaf tiles (temple type tiles) so it has 1"x1" horizontal metal beams every 10 cm from top to bottom, the tiles were replaced by OSB board and shingle a few years ago. 

The guys mounting the panels understood the 10 cm distance between the beams and screwed solar panel mounting rails through OSB board into the beams.  I've been up in the attic a couple of times to check for leaks and haven't  seen any.

29 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

How long before you need a new 280,000 Battery ? How long before it's efficiency starts to deteriorate ? Thanks.

The battery is rated for  > 6000 full discharge + charge cycles , I don't do full discharges so I estimate that I do the equivalent of ~200/year.

With a pessimistic calculation they should last at least 10 years, optimistically  20 years.

My system is not only intended for saving on the PEA bill, I live along a road with frequent power cuts due to high-voltage fuse blown.

When worst it is a couple of cuts per day  for a week after which we are down to normal which is once per week or two week and this has been ongoing for more than 20 years.

Those cuts lasts for a couple of hours until the PEA fuse-swap-monkey has dragged his lazy legs out of bed.

Then we have the cruise ships anchoring on the sea cable from the mainland and that will surely happen again now with a new cruise ship terminal being built and a doubling of arriving ships.

So, in myself I trust, in PEA Samui I distrust. Self sufficiency in electricity and water (have own well) is a must here.

I've been wondering for some time when someone at PEA will react to our drastically reduced power consumption since end of May last year when I first started to use solar power.

We have always had our meter read in the morning of the 20th during the 22 years we have lived here and the only exception to that has been them reading it one day earlier if the 20th was a public holiday.
That changed in February when they came the 19th even though the 20th wasn't a holiday and then in March they came even earlier, the 18th. 🙂 so I suspected that something was in the doing.

I have not exported much to the grid this year, only around 20 units/month but not close to the dates the meter reader has been here so I'm quite sure that he has not seen a reverse spinning meter.
 
The bill for April was an empty one with all lines x:ed over, not even listing the 17 units we had used so I was not surprised yesterday when I found that they had replaced the meter.

59 minutes ago, Crossy said:

THIS is a breaker!

I tend to agree about that. 😀