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8 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

in one of the most dangerous countries for motorcycle deaths in the World of all places....

gotta die of something........I ride a pushbike, yeah someone in a wankpanzer might get me but a needle won't......oops, soz they don't like that sorta talk in the echo chamber eh ????

PS pushbike is quite enjoyable and i just get on the paths when possible.......so Pattaya ain't killed me yet

5 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

My wife worked for BA for 25 years, trust me, those are the laws for every country and airline, if you want to test it, go for it and see how far you get!

errr for the third time I got from the UK to Thailand via Germany....vax free too, wey hey!!!

2 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

The airlines at the point of departure are the ones that check this, if you don't have the return ticket when one is required, you wont be allowed to board.

errr I got on 3 planes to get here ???? there's a guy from the States above been doing the same thing for donkies years.....

maybe you should stop believing everything the 'control freaks' tell you? ????

22 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

Age is not the issue, type of visa and/or re-entry permit is. If you don't have a long stay visa and a re-entry permit, a return ticket is required.

i flew in end of last month from Germany, nobody gives a carp about anything anymore, including that convid jab, thank the lord

Saudis weren't bothered either

Thai immigration asked me why I didn't have a visa, I said I read I could get a stamp on arrival so he stamped my passport

12 minutes ago, recom273 said:

I am not a lover of systemwide VPN, and secondly, I do not like to use proprietary software provided by a VPN provider.

 

aye agree........to be fair, we should all get out more and stop watching the BS on the teLIEvision.......in addition the OP is Francais and those channels are the biggest load of toss I've ever come across.......there's a reason les riche own all the channels ????

if I wanna watch a movie tpb is still your best bet, just bung it on a memory stick, stick it in your TV and watch it that way......

37 minutes ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

It's a mistake to believe everything "folks" keep telling you.

 

Opening a bank account in Thailand is not difficult.

sure I agree with the first sentence, that's why I'm a skinny bloke, on a bike, doing keto ????

2nd bit I haven't succeeded at yet so I'll have to see......do I need a TM30? the agoda place I'm staying in at the moment didn't even want to see my passport ????

1 hour ago, bradiston said:

See an agent.

yeah probs the solution......Mr independent though me lol AND never liked those middlemen/women/middleasexual/middlealphabet people ????

On 4/15/2023 at 4:59 AM, jcmj said:

Last month’s bill was over 22,000. Hopefully they will come up with some help soon like they have in other countries. If anyone knows of a decent priced place in Pattaya I’d still consider looking into it again. 

holy doodoos that is a helluva lot for leccy!! how many aircon uniits?? I'm not an electrician but I understand technology and I do know this stuff isn't expensive now......ie 335watt panels are 3800baht a piece and you can buy cheap inverters......search suoer we've been talking about it on another thread....

if i was me I'd just buy the stuff and rig it up myself with the help of some 'cheap labour' to 'have a go' lol

ie try say 6 panels to begin with, that'll give you 2kW of panels for not a lot of cash and that's a fair amount of electricity imo

panels here https://globalhouse.co.th/product/detail/072203095763

3 minutes ago, bradiston said:

And once your settled out here, it's no problem to open a Thai bank account and get a card

bit of a catch 22 that cos to settle in the first place you need a bank account ie to get a non-O retirement visa.......and folks keep telling me I can't easily open one anymore as a 'dodgy foreigner' ????

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

I did CALB s/h batteries which were a mistake. If I could choose again I'd get nmc 280x14 for around 50kbht.

i think batteries are a bit of a 'mine field' in more ways than one......a guy I know in frogland nearly burnt his house down charging his remote control plane and helicopter batteries in the living room.....

i love technology but not sure I'd have a leccy car just yet, leccy bike bring it on ????

47 minutes ago, Pink7 said:

Working without batteries?

 

Pink

yes, that GTI aka grid tie inverter we are on about just plugs into your electrical socket, I posted a pic in another thread.....'cheap solar'

if you want to go 'off-grid' Suoer also do an inverter for 4,500baht that'll charge some batteries for you....I'd be interested in seeing that work with some cheapish 'deep cycle' batteries

https://www.chinasuoer.com/products/Hybrid_Inverter/SON-1500VA.html

4 minutes ago, MJCM said:

if you stay below 50 units usage for 3 months your subsequent bills would be 0 THB (if you stay under that)

as in use less than 50kWh/month? that would take some doing.......but maybe possible with a couple of panels to 'spread the load' lol

i had a 6kVA system, probably could have gone down to 3kVA.......the EU are normally a PITA but stuff like having hoovers that don't use too much leccy is one of their 'better ideas' methinks......shame about the noise pollution with those horrendous leaf blowers though....

13 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

6kWhr battery

which batteries did you go for and what cost?

52 minutes ago, MJCM said:

On a good day I am getting about 2-2.5 back spinning kW ????  from that, it helps but is no comparison to a real inverter.  

real inverter? in France I was only using about 3kW/day.......even in 30+ degree summer no aircon needed in an old stone house, gas for cooking, logs for heating.....

bike for shopping.......the battery on one car went dead ????

24 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

 

I had 3x 340W panels connected to mine in parallel (max panel voltage 45V)

ok interesting cheers, you say 'had', have you got a different system now?

can somewhere please tell me what those 3 things are on top left board? I can see a 'solar isolator' what do the Thais call it? can't find it on lazada

and those other 2 things, a fuse and ? cheers

3 minutes ago, MJCM said:

 No idea, I think @Crossy better answer that but I have connected 3 x 330W panels to a 1000VA one 

superb, even with those panels at what 3800baht now, and the 1000VA at 3650......that's what 15k baht plus a few brackets and switches etc

that's less than £400 in uk money for a 1kw of power!!! I remember a mate of mine years ago paying like 14 grand for a 4kw system ????

1 hour ago, Freddy42OZ said:

 

You cannot apply for a Revolut card if you are in Thailand. 

Unless you want to faff around with a VPN.

sure...'banks' are interesting nowadays, I try not to use a 'physical card', I use 'virtual cards' online nowadays and cash when I'm out.....mind you 'out' is mainly on a push bike so I don't have to run a lardy vehicle ie less plastic needed ????

4 minutes ago, MJCM said:

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/grid-tie-inverter-scl-fti-d1000b-1000vafti-d600b-600va-monitor-pure-sine-i768508173-s12199051309.html?

 

interesting and very cheap thanks......in this situation is VA the same as watts? ie 600VA accepts up to 600 watts of panels? thanks again!

13 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Revolut doesn't operate in Thailand. Try Wise.

works fine for me.....a debit/credit card is a debit/credit card when using t'internet, n'est ce pas?

just get an 'internet bank' ie Revolut....

when I was in France as a UK passport holder I had a German bank account N26

On 1/16/2023 at 12:26 PM, MJCM said:

Don't forget I am talking about installing them some simple Plugin GTI's

which GTI are you using out of interest?

Just now, KannikaP said:

Finding the steering wheel on the 'wrong' side. 555

i've lived in France for years driving RHD motors.......I actually like it cos I can see how close to the ditch I am when I'm 'tear arsing' around the cuntryside ????

so far I'm concluding I can live off 10-15 quid a day, don't drink, don't smoke, cycle every day, living off OMAD, fifties, underweight and pretty fit....

not bothered about health insurance, I'll do my own 'health' thanks v.much and not the complete sh!te they peddle on the teLIEvision, yes I've recently been back in the UK and seen what 'legal drugs' they're pushing ????(why is everyone like a house end?) ????

PS oh yeah don't do sugar n carbs either ????

On 4/23/2023 at 8:53 AM, still kicking said:

No still have my own place which I could not sell because I can't own land as you know 

Ruenya Homestay Ratchaburi - Bing Maps

that looks really nice, are you taking in lodgers? ????