JBChiangRai

It's my understanding you can't het a 2nd meter without a blue housebook (I tried)

I got one for my daughter about a month ago, I was so impressed I ordered another for myself whilst the 227,000 baht government sponsored discount is still available (I drive an electric Porsche so that is high praise indeed). MG's fitters are not supposed to install the supplied wall charger on anything smaller than a 30/100 amp meter. My advice would be to source a blue industrial 32 amp surface mounted wall socket and plug and tip the fitters something for inserting that before the charger. You can then unplug and take the charger with you if you move, or better still, keep the charger in the box and buy a 3rd party charger about 6,000 baht on AliExpress that switches 10, 16, 24 or 32 amp. Depending on where you live, your mains power might be too weak to charge at 32 amp. Further, if you are charging at the full 32 amps, the car will tell you how long to a full charge when you press the remote locking button (even when it's locked & still charging) and then you can set a timer on your phone and stop charging an hour before it's completed, except when you need a full charge and once a month to balance the cells in the battery packs. You shouldn't fully charge a BEV to 100% all the time, it's not good for the battery's longevity. Likewise, don't leave it below 20% SoC to charge again unless you have to & never leave it a long time at 100%. The dealer told us the iSmart app doesn't work fully on the EP+ and the cards they had in stock for fast charging wouldn't work either. They promised to get us new cards for the MG fast charger network, but I'm not holding my breath.

I had to look up government mandated deposit protection schemes, I moved here from the UK in early 2007 and there was no such requirement then. A great idea though. The problem here is many landlords view the deposit as their "signing on" bonus and it's long gone by the time the tenancy finishes, whereas in reality it's the tenant's "signing off" bonus for completing the tenancy's full term without damage or outstanding bills. In my experience only about half of tenancies here go to the full term. I've had a Chinese company do a moonlight flit, a French couple tell me they have no money, a Danish guy who said he wanted something cheaper, amongst others. I never had a problem with tenants leaving early in the UK and normally they would renew and stay for years.

What Thailand needs is an affordable "Small Claims" system. The odds are stacked against the wronged party unless the claim is in 6 figures.

Because the landlord doesn't get the 2 month's deposit, the agent takes half of it upfront, and the tenant is only entitled to return of the deposit at the end of the tenancy agreement. He doesn't get any deposit back if he breaks the lease and leaves early (unless he finds a suitable replacement tenant).

It depends on the tenancy agreement. Usually, the tenancy agreement says the deposit will be refunded after deducting any damage and outstanding utility bills. It can't be illegal not to pay a utility bill if there is a condition of not doing so in the contract.

Please quote your evidence

I have seen it sold as cheap as 3 baht/gram with a claimed 21% THC content. Certainly prices are falling because of oversupply, it had to happen when any Thai can grow a few plants at home. I used to be a magistrate and whilst my experience is anecdotal, recreational cannabis use was a huge problem. Pot heads are likely to say "but look at alcohol..." that's just obfuscation, we are talking about cannabis not alcohol. If you really want to know about recreational cannabis use then you have to take your evidence from peer reviewed scientific articles. Start googling with the word cannabis followed by BMJ, or Lancet, or other sensible sources of peer reviewed studies. Without exception they come to only one conclusion.

Repainting a room because one wall is damaged is not necessarily unreasonable if repainting the wall is going to stand out like a sore thumb. There shouldn't be any scuffs on any wall anyway, I have lived here 17 years and never scuffed a wall, I don't recall ever doing it in my entire adult life. I rent out property, I put a percentage of the rent each month into a separate deposit account to refund the deposit at the end of the tenancy, that way I don't notice the pain of returning the deposit at the end of the agreement. I also write into the agreement that a deduction will be made for professional cleaning all the air cons at the end of the agreement and replacing the water filters in the Reverse Osmosis drinking water system as both activities were done prior to the tenant moving in and are really consumables. Air con indoor unit filters should be cleaned every 30-60 days, I do that in my house, how many tenants ever do it? My experience is zero. What every landlord wants is a tenant who stays long term, I have never understood this thing about moving to a new property every 6 or 12 months. A lot of landlords don't refund deposits because they can't afford to, it's just a symptom of them being incapable of managing their finances properly. What really riles me, is agents who continue to rent out properties of landlords who serially keep deposits. In my book they are jointly liable. When my tenants have a problem, I move heaven and earth to fix it as quickly as possible. Every landlord wants good tenants and every tenant wants a good landlord.

Standardised, hot swappable batteries… That’s far too sensible.

EV car batteries are far too expensive to repeatedly cycle, they are fine for emergency use during a power cut, but it's simply not economic to cycle them to sell the power to PEA.

My daughter test drove the Jolion but sitting in the passenger seat I found the NVH (noise vibration harshness) considerably the worst in class and we quickly discounted it. It also rides a bit firm.

Just remember the definition of stupidity before you fall in love again....

All Farang’s driving Porsche’s are evil people. Oh wait, I drive an electric Porsche.

There are hundreds of EV charging stations operated by a dozen or so network operators. MG alone has at least one fast DC charger every 150km in Thailand. Charging is not a problem anymore. For sure the network will need vast expansion as BEV’s become mainstream, but it is coming and the outlet’s are fairly standard, unless you drive an imported Tesla then you no doubt have the adaptor you need to use everyone else's network. CP & PTT are going to put them at their gas stations and 7/11 stores.

Google Maps takes some time to be updated, we have 2 EV’s and a 3rd on order. My daughter just drove from our home in Chiang Rai to our Chiang Mai home and used 43% of her battery in her MG EP+ which for a limited time is still available at 771,000 baht…an absolute bargain (the government pay a substantial part of the cost on the first 6,000 MG BEV’s sold this year). I have a somewhat more expensive BEV with a range of 510km. I know of at least 1 charger at a coffee shop on the way to CM, they are being added weekly and often they are completely free to use.

I hope he wasn't inebriated, insurance companies don't pay out in Thailand if inebriated and he will have 2 cars to pay for .....

I think the OP needs reminding of the definition of stupidity…

And the 3rd largest advertiser with Condy Nasty was.... You guessed it, Thailand's TAT

There are lots of different types of scams around COD. Another doing the rounds on Lazada is you buy something COD on Lazada, the seller ships you some rusty nails outside of Lazada’s system and never marks the item “shipped” on Lazada. You pay COD, the freight company pays the scammer and Lazada eventually cancels the order because it wasn’t shipped. You have no recourse through Lazada. Never order anything COD, you can’t check the parcel before opening it and there is now way to get a refund from the freight company or Lazada. Suppose you accept a parcel COD you haven’t ordered and it’s drugs, the moment you sign for it the BIB arrive and you get a few years complimentary stay at the Bangkok Hilton. It happened to a girl in Phuket. COD is a mugs game.

Mine is adjustable up to 2M per day (Kasikorn).

We just fitted one at a house in Chiang Mai for my daughters at university there. The salesman in HomePro tried to upsell me to a one with a copper chamber over the cheaper plastic Chinese one. I went next door to BigC and bought the cheapest one there (3.5Kw Sharp), I saw the guy wiring it up and it had a copper chamber. It was 1,900 baht.

The electronics in a saltwater chlorinator is basically a constant wattage device. If there is a lot of salt in the pool, the voltage it kicks out will be low, if there is only a little salt in the pool then the voltage it kicks out will be higher, but the energy deployed through the salt cell will be the same. If it is operating within the range it can cope with, adding more salt won't achieve anything and usually they will tell you if they have salt concentrations outside of their operating parameters. Be careful adding Copper Sulphate, it can stain hair green, can stain the pool and if you get low on salt it can plate your chlorinator cell with copper. Occasionally you need to superchlorinate a pool, it's another of the reasons why I use a 50g/hr chlorinator in a small (45m3) pool instead of the recommended 15g/hr. Another tip I would give anyone planning a pool is don't tile it, instead use granite flooring. Granite will last the life of the pool, doesn't cost any more, never needs regrouting either, just ensure you have a waterproofer in the concrete mix. Never use marble, it will dissolve. If the electronics in your chlorinator fail and it can't be repaired, you can get another few years life out of the salt cell by using a 1,300 baht adjustable battery charger, the type that does 6, 12, 18 & 24v with a 1-10 adjustable knob. Just remember to reverse the polarity every week and check the Ph regularly. 2 of my friends are into their 3rd year doing this and I did it with 2 pools for a couple of years until the salt cells started to wear out. You need to be able to see the salt cell so you can adjust the charger to get an approximation of the chlorine output you had before.

I paid for an MG EP+ for my daughter yesterday, it's coming next week. I paid from my mobile phone in the dealership. We ordered it in March or April on the government contribution scheme (22.5% discount). I did check the payee was MG Lanna. We are a two EV car family now with only my youngest daughter at university costing me 1,500 baht a fortnight when she calls and says "Daddy, send me 1,500 baht, I paid for petrol". I live in hope she will call me for some other reason, perhaps a chat, or to tell me she loves me, but I'm not holding my breath.

As a developer, I have done this but 5% interest over a specified longer period. All the documents are in escrow with the buyers lawyers. There are lots of things that could go wrong if the seller is dishonourable. It’s highly risky for the buyer, I think it depends how honourable the seller is and also that the seller is financially sound. If the seller goes bust then you will lose your house. If the seller is super honourable and wealthy, you’re ok (I’m both), if the seller is a corporation then don’t do it, they inherently don’t have a conscience.