JBChiangRai

With the right permissions yes you could sell to MEA, but I recommend you don't, just set the inverter to "no export" and it will match the load in the house up to it's capability and above that you will use MEA's power.

Correction - The UK & Thailand drive on the "correct" side of the road.

The correct solar system for you with a TOU meter is between 1.2Kw & 3Kw, Grid-Tied system. Your ROI is between 1.5 and 4 years depending on how much profit (if any) you give someone to install it. You will continue to charge your car on night rate but reduce your day rate drastically. When I eventually sell up and downsize, I will be installing a 6 Kw Grid-Tied system with a TOU meter. Congratulations on running an MG4, they are fantastic cars.

Actually, we have!

Actually, we have!

My theory is… If the battery needs charge it will charge around 14.3-14.4v but within a fairly short period it will drop to low 13’s just to maintain it. This is roughly what I saw on the MG EP+.

The highest reading after you start the car should give you the highest charging voltage. There isn’t much charge taken out the battery because no starter motor so it should settle down to a much lower voltage fairly quickly.

In March S&P cut Nissan's credit rating to "Junk" You would have to be exceptionally brave (or stupid) to buy a new Nissan today.

I don’t think they will cancel the retirement visa, but I do think the 800,000 will go up to 2 or 2.5 million at some point in the next 20 years.

My father in-law was a GP, he told me always go to the busiest hospitals. They see more cases and have more experience. I think you have to know how to game the system too. For example, I use an outside lab for bloodwork, it’s more expensive but more convenient. I use Udorn Medical Group for X-Ray, Ultrasound, MRI etc, they are half the price of the government hospital, have a great car park and so can be in and out in 30 minutes. That and Mammograms is all UMG do. I give the hospital doctors a bottle of good wine every visit and I have some of their contact details on the Line app. Twice when I have seen them in a restaurant with their families I have picked up their tab quietly and once when 3 doctors were having lunch in a Mediterranean restaurant in Chiang Rai. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t. However I did see a plastic surgeon an hour after buying that lunch and she said her friends said to say thank you and she squeezed me in for a skin cancer operation at 8am the next morning instead of 6-8 weeks ahead. I see a skin doctor every 4-8 weeks for preventative liquid nitrogen treatment being fair haired and blue eyed I am prone to skin damage. I know how the government hospital works, desk 1 register, desk 2 authorize (they check you don’t owe anything), check BP, height, weight, put the paper on a spike at the nurses station, when called say “Kid Turng Tirak”, which always gets a smile. I am usually in and out in under an hour. I see a specialist doctor every 6 months, plastic surgeon every year, urologist every year, and the skin doctor. It’s a PITA but the service I get from my specialist doctor is fantastic she saved my life by checking the computer after a visit and told me to turn the car around and come back, the urologist (who looked age 16) missed that my kidneys were crashing and I needed an emergency op to remove the stone and not the pills he had just given me. On my last visit in June I bumped into my usual doctor in the corridor and she said, whilst you see the urologist ask him to arrange a flu jab, we have them in stock now, and so I did. IMHO health care here is a lottery, if you find a good doctor, turn them into a friend, it may save your life.

I don't think anyone can argue that some of the hospitals in BKK are world class. I think my post is more applicable to everywhere other than BKK.

I disagree. Generally, the top doctors do one day a week at private hospitals and sometimes only by appointment to see a specific patient. They never leave the government hospital without a similarly experienced Doctor in charge. Going to a private hospital with an emergency is a big risk, there's often nobody experienced to see you, especially after office hours. I was once taken to a private hospital by my friends late evening, throwing up from the pain. At the hospital they told me they had nobody to run the ultrasound or X-Ray and to come back the following morning. I was in no state to say where we went or I would have insisted on the government hospital. Generally, I think procedures are ok at private hospitals, However, I have had two skin cancers removed at a private hospital in Chiang Rai. Both times I got Sepsis hours later necessitating staying a few days and antibiotic IV's. My friend died in there from Sepsis. I wrote to the hospital director telling him he had a problem with either the OR, the instruments or the Doctor (they were all the same). I got no response. They didn't actually get all the cancer the second time, I had the operation performed at the government hospital and what a difference. Far better equipment in the OR, more nurses and they operated within 36 hours. I would never take my daughters to a private hospital in an emergency.

I would never go to a private hospital with an emergency. By far the most experienced doctors are in the government hospitals.

The charging circuit on MG EV's seems to charge at 14.3/14.4v whenever you start the car and the battery is not at (what they designate) full charge. Once it achieves that it steps down the voltage to prevent unnecessary gassing. I suspect the BMS in LFP batteries designed to mimic PbH2SO4 (Lead Acid) batteries . I suspect all modern cars charge this way, 14.4v until at desired capacity and then a float voltage in the range you described with 13.8v being ideal. I would be surprised if they are not all intelligent this way. On the subject of gassing, it's actually releasing Oxygen & Hydrogen in the ratio of 2 x H2 and 1 x O2. It's not actually boiling or vaporising anything, though it can boil if you take it to extremes as heat is produced during the charging cycle.

He has a voltage gauge on his car, most lead acid batteries on cars charge at 14.4v for some of the charge cycle. Perhaps @KhunLA can tell us what voltage he has seen on his ZS? I recall seeing 14.3v on the MG EP+. In any event, charging to 80% capacity may not necessarily be a bad thing depending on whether active balancer or passive balancer set for a higher voltage. It could be beneficial.

Replacement LFP batteries are designed so the BMS mimics a flooded lead acid cell. I saw a 100 Ah one on Lazada for 6,700 baht which will probably do the job if it has the right dimensions.

I replaced the batteries on my daughter’s Kawasaki Ninja 400 and Honda Scoopy with Lithium batteries that have an inbuilt BMS. A friend of mine was importing them (he got my solar ESS too) he killed himself on his motorcycle and I was left with all his stock to dispose of. I have seen them advertised on Lazada

We will have to disagree on that. There are legal ramifications on the authorities curtailing benefits on that and that is why they let people upgrade with the old system. If betting was permitted, I would happily bet on that visa not being curtailed.

With your TOU meter and a self install, you may achieve ROI in as little as 2 years. A TOU meter is a positive indication for a grid-tied system. I designed my first 6kw grid-tied system myself and my usual sparky was only too happy to install it himself as he wanted to learn about Solar. A 3Kw grid-tied system could cost you as little as 50,000 baht, and save you 2,500 baht per month on your TOU meter.

I would still prefer to buy the 20 year Elite visa knowing with absolute certainty I am all set for 20 years. In the unlikely event I am still alive at 82, I will look at other options. However, I am fairly sure this DTV won’t exist then.

That’s better, you’re learning!

It’s difficult to remember six week old posts, try and keep up

Here is the relevant context. I accept you didn’t say it, but you should’ve posted it in response to your reply

If you don’t post the initial comment with the reply it’s impossible to see the context

I suspect he used Thai mules resident in the UK.