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UK Passport renewal in Thailand
McTavish replied to Will B Good's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
AFAIK VFS Bangkok process the application and your new passport is issued in India. There is no reason for scrutiny by HM Govt of your visa and extension stamps. -
Trusses are spaced approx 1.5m or more apart and I find it easy to walk thru our ceiling, stepping from bottom chord to bottom chord. I purposely left several long lengths of steel to use as walkways or work platforms. It's far easier to move around than our other house with a heavy steel built-up roof.
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Damned if you do and damned if you don't - as a forum Admin and Mod (elsewhere) whilst I empathise with you it does come down to work-load on any given day. Invision software allows for a notification to be issued upon deletion BUT, this mechanism often leads to abuse or Q's of 'why'. Also, a thread or post may simply be hidden, pending approval.
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Australian Hells Angels Gang Leader Arrested In Thailand
McTavish replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Approx 15 years ago the southern Lebanese gangs attempted an expansion into SEQld and QLD Police 'allowed' incumbent Bikie groups to force them out. Whether they've managed to infiltrate since then I have no idea but at least the older established gangs were manageable, to a point, back then. I worked with both QLD Police (professionally) and HA on occasions, the latter at fundraisers, and they could be quite amiable. -
Certain Kamthieng market vendors stock nothing but herb seedlings. There's also the MaeJo Uni agricultural fair on next weekend.
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Ideally you should research product supplied locally to others and gain some ideas. > What is your average monthly consumption in KWhours and roughly how much used by day -v - overnight. > What region are you in, city or rural? I installed a 10kw Deye hybrid system 4 months ago with 12 x 550w tier#1 panels and couldn't be happier. I purposely did not purchase a battery as I believe costs may plummet within 12 months and quality/safety is also improving.
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Australian Hells Angels Gang Leader Arrested In Thailand
McTavish replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Not difficult via Torres Strait to PNG and Indonesia using a variety of private vessels, fishing boats and ferries. Bike gangs in Aus import and distribute millions of dollars worth of drugs and have plenty of cash for chartering aircraft and bribing officials in abovementioned countries. Death sentence should be reintroduced for these murdering scum. -
I prefer the colorbond extruded on site guttering complete with leaf guard if you have trees nearby. I have a 5m run on the pool cabana with no faults or leaks found in 4 years service. Compared with alternates it is unobtrusive and fast to have installed.
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Short answer, yes. It's not a hot-dipped galvanised steel product. The steel is electroplated against rust and all cuts are treated with spray paint. Trusses, by their design, carry the load which is evenly spread across the structure and are preferable to a built-up system IMO. Built-up roofs employ 'king posts' to support a ridge beam to which everything is then welded. One bad weld and the structure could fail under extreme weather loads (high wind) or an earthquake.
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What is your favourite British Cuisine?
McTavish replied to Chris Daley's topic in International Food
Fish & Chips, smoked kippers, scotch eggs, bread'n butter pudding. -
Chiang Mai Plans to Convert Red Trucks to Electric Vehicles
McTavish replied to snoop1130's topic in Chiang Mai News
Your post showcases the same mindless drivel touted by mass media. 80% of fires in the province are National Park forest, not agricultural. Rod Daeng's emit noxious gases, chemical pollution, which is far more dangerous than bushfire smoke-particulate. -
DEYE hybrid 10kw 3phase system install - questions
McTavish replied to McTavish's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
Thanks lom and yes they do reset. I'll try and tweak our Deye to reduce the alerts as they occur a little too often for my liking. We're in a heavily wooded urban area and alerts caused by weather or downed lines, blown transformers I can understand, It's the unexplained ones which happen under otherwise ideal conditions which annoy me. -
Quite right, T. Where you're mistaken is in reference to the OP's 'steering' problem which is what I was addressing.
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Fat lot you know about the subject, KhunT I agree with your statement re the fitment of 20" wheels making for a crap ride and whilst the higher pressure may alleviate the steering problem it will not make the ride any softer, that's a given.
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What he said You'd want to be running the fronts at ~ 38psi IMO.
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DEYE hybrid 10kw 3phase system install - questions
McTavish replied to McTavish's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
240k with pro-install on flat cabana roof. I built a weather/tamper proof enclosure with forced cooling on a thermostat in addition to natural convection-cooling on an external wall. A completely unobtrusive system with facility to add LifePo batteries later if we deem them necessary. Non-solar (night) consumption is currently ~ 5kwh but this will rise in the hot season to ~ 7kwh+. The system will easily cope with hot season demand when solar hours are longer. If we have guests a little extra PEA spend won't go astray. 6.5 years pay back at current rates, possibly less if fees increase (I'm sure they will). -
DEYE hybrid 10kw 3phase system install - questions
McTavish replied to McTavish's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
No specific Country setting, made for Australasia region. Good points esp the trip times, tks. -
3 months of PEA bills under 500bt is very satisfying especially given the amount of cloud and rain during the period. 12 x 570w Longi panels produce power from ~7am until after 5pm most days for a monthly total of ~750kwh We run a pool, irrigation system, fans, aircon (4hrs per night), 2 fridges and the washing machine almost daily :( I have a few questions re Inverter settings which @Crossy and/or @KhunLA might help with as my Thai installer is currently out of town. I note a number of over/under frequency/voltage alarms have occurred, yesterdays lightning causing one, and suspect the factory default settings may need tweaking. Grid setup page#1 Page#2 - 263v seems rather high? Page #3 - same here - very high upper limits? Page #4 - freq, settings very tight?
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‘Big Joke’ Jeered For Literally Kneeling Before Potjaman
McTavish replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
As previously posted on page 1, BJ has a long affiliation with the Thaksin clan and a family connection through marriage. His respect was therefor quite justified despite (our) collective dislike of MrT.