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what would you class as a long stay tourist? I've just had a 45 day visa free entry, due to fly out and back in next month.....is that 'long stay'? cheers

is that a 60 day tourist visa and can it be extended once in Thailand? cheers

just chill and be healthy pete and then you can blame nuffin on anyboody but yourself eh......Luc Montagnier RIP, nobel prize winner and all you need is a healthy immune system.....

what he said i've used tpb.party for years, reliable as the sun coming up lol this is an easy solution IF you normally use a proper computer AND your TV has a usb port because you just copy the downloaded movie file onto your stick, plug it into the TV, no issues with buffering etc......and if you have a half decent internet connection which appears quite widespread in Thailand now it won't take much downloading........I would also recommend a hacked android TV running Kodi but that's for tech geeks lol

thing is it's all electronic nowadays, just get someone to email you some flight details ???? problem nowadays is everyone runs scared of stuff they see on the teLIEvision.......and t'internet eh? and they shove the ads where the sun don't shine too ????

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

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

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? ????

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

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......

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 ????

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

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

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' ????

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 ????

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

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....

which batteries did you go for and what cost?

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 ????

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

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 ????

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 ????

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!

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