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San Pedro private hospital, huahin, two years ago. About $600 USD. Excellent doctors and state of the art facilities.
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Lazada - No Banking App payment anymore?
RocketDog replied to OneMoreFarang's topic in General Topics
I ran into this only a month ago, but Bangkok Bank payment had disappeared. I finally called and reported the issue. It reappeared in one or two days. Yesterday I called about not being able to use my Wallet to pay for orders when using my laptop. Yes, I understand wallet refunds only can be used. Supposedly they send a SMS with a code. Never got the message. Agent suggested I try to pay using the phone app. I did while she was still on phone and it worked instantly. Note that the phone number is on my account for delivery notifications but IS NOT the same as the phone number for my main account. Also note that the wallet feature previously on my laptop worked fine, without any SMS nonsense. So, bottom line I place the order on my laptop and then pay it on my phone. Ludicrous solution. Really the lazada phone app is a dumpster fire and the desktop is not much better. On a final note I told her I had was tired of vendors delaying actually giving the order out for delivery. They postpone it for two weeks and then cancel or lazada cancels because they don't deliver in their stated timeline. I ask that they should be penalized or blacklisted for such repeated behavior. She was aware of it and said they had a Seller Team who tracks and does penalize them. Truth? Not sure. I added that as a buyer I can be sanctioned for too many cancellations. Thus happened to me a year ago because ONE vendor got angry at a cancellation I made for delayed delivery. Lazada barred me from paying with bank transfer. I called them and when they checked my record and saw the literary hundreds of orders I had placed over the years they thanked me for my loyalty and INSTANTLY freed my account. So it's a crap shoot with these folks but what can ya do? Shopee? Yeah but they don't fill the whole bucket either. Both have customer-facing problems IMO. -
Has Thailand Caught Up with the 21st Century?
RocketDog replied to SoCal1990's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Corrupt AND useless cops. That's what's worse, and Thailand has those in abundance. If you haven't yet encountered them then count yourself lucky. -
Phuket netizens slam half-naked foreign man on red baht bus
RocketDog replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
I'm sure glad it does. I don't want them anywhere near where I live. Same for phuket. I saw Pattaya once in the afternoon, didn't want to see it at night. Drove on. -
Everything you said. If the op wants a LTR who stays at home it's up to him to provide her a stipend/allowance. You can't expect something for nothing. She will clean, cook, take care of the house and your other needs. If someone spends the minutes of their alloted span helping you then you MUST help them; it's really that simple in my book. Looking for a long term mate in a place that is known globally for its fast women is a losing proposition.
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Will microamps drive an LED directly as your circuit implies, 0.44mA?
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Of course. Note the batteries. Sure it can be done, but the cheapest, most common, and most reliable are the simple neon light and current limit resistor. This type a has been around for many decades. If the voltage is enough to light neon then it's likely to be enough to hurt you. The electronic led versions can sense lower voltages though. What do the LED sense of the cells are dead? No light means no voltage? I wouldn't trust it. Also, I dislike renewing batteries every time I want to use something. I fail to see the advantage. But... To each his own.
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Totally agree. I've complained about this to lazada. It's happened to me four times in the last month. They promise to deliver hoping they can stock it in time to ship to you but when they can't either they or lazada cancel. Stores stock as little as possible taking a gamble with my time and lose nothing when they cancel. Lazada should fine them if they do this repeatedly. And yes the same vendor floods the site with many stores using slightly different names while being clearly the same store. I have to wade thru them to find an actual valid competitor. Personally I think it's all down to slower delivery from China. It's becoming more difficult to find vendors who don't ship from China. For many items one has no choice.
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Building a house in Thailand
RocketDog replied to capin's topic in Real Estate, Housing, House and Land Ownership
Partly true 1MF. The tools might but I can't! 😔😒 -
Very observant. Double throw switches SPDT do however have a single pole contact. They are not interchangeable like SPST switches. Those are labels of the wires connected to the switch. As in Line and Neutral. You know...those voltage things.
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Building a house in Thailand
RocketDog replied to capin's topic in Real Estate, Housing, House and Land Ownership
When I was chopping out gobs of concrete around my pool plumbing to get at a leaking pipe ( I note that pvc plumbing requires solvent welded joints everywhere in the world except the Kingdom apparently) I used my hammer drill for hours. I'm sure I'd go thru several charge cycles with batteries. On the other hand that would have forced me to rest more than I did. Certainly the newer lithium cells, principally lithium iron phosphate LiFePo are so much better that the first battery tools that used nickle metal hydride or heaven forbid, cadmium cells. In general things like Sabre saws, drills, maybe even circular saws for light work are the way to go for battery tools. I used to do a lot of ripping on oak with my radial arm saw and so battery tools wouldn't work for that. But they are so convenient to use outside. I must say however that where your Li cells come from can make a big difference. Cheap cells are not only junk but they are dangerous to use. BTW,are you aware that if you store your tools for a while discharge the Li cells to approximately 30% charge. It will improve battery life. And don't let them freeze; yeah, like that will a problem here! -
Neon is still used for those detectors because the ionization voltage is about 95V but current is micro amps. So even it's capacitive coupling only that allows such current to flow literary through your body to grounded. LED currents are generally in at least the milliamp range. To light one of those would require much more body capacitance and this be dangerous, about a thousand times more current than neon needs to ionize.
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In general even connecting Line from two different breakers is OK since for houses since only a single phase comes in to the load center so all subsequent circuits will be in phase. It is not recommended practice though. Although load power factor may change each branch circuit phase very slightly there is too small a difference to cause problems.
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Wrong. No current flow if light is connected to both line or neutral at the same time. Of course both switches should be fed from the same breaker. Current will only flow thru the light if one side is line and the other is neutral. Line to line or neutral to neutral there is no potential difference so no current flow. Check it out on the web about how double pole light circuits work. Maybe Crossy will come along to convince you. I spent over 55 years as an electronic computer circuit designer. I've also wired numerous switches this way. In DC circuits such an arrangement is used to switch polarity for reversing DC motors for instance. Think about it more and you'll see it. Change line and neutral to plus and minus and you'll see. Good luck.
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Building a house in Thailand
RocketDog replied to capin's topic in Real Estate, Housing, House and Land Ownership
Thanks. I'll check it out. Asia retired EE I have grown watery of battery powered tools that just don't have the necessary power or deplete the batteries very quickly. I love my 20v DeWalt drill but for angle grinder and hammer drill I use good old 220vac. Batteries Wil get better someday but they're not there yet. I spent a lot of my career studying battery tech and I'm still waiting. Almost everyday there are breathless articles about some new battery development that will change the world. I'm still waiting. But if it works for you go for it. Portable power tools are sure convenient but short battery life and expensive battery replacement cost discourage me. -
Both top and bottom switches must the single pole double throw. Inductance has absolutely nothing to do with it. There may be some leakage somewhere in the wiring or even capacitive coupling bit these would only allow minimum current that might partially light very low current devices. My bet is that the switches are wrong. The two wires from the light go to the center poke on both switches. The two power wires go to the other two switch contacts. Draw a diagram and you'll see.