BrianStar

Check the Thai Integrated Tariff Database http://itd.customs.go.th/igtf/en/main_frame.jsp You're going to run into a TISI issue since it's electric. You'll have to pay through the nose to get it if they'll even allow you to. I do know how to get it without any hassle, though. Send me a PM if interested.

I like to make everything myself. Smoking a ham is also on my list of abilities. Thailand has even encouraged me to get into cheese making but since aging cheese takes months, I need an initial supply to start my annual stay. It is possible to find good Ribeye but the price is high, they're often out of stock AND the quality is lower. My girlfriend does raise buffalo so maybe I can convince her to give me a calf and I'll feed it the corn it needs to be delicious! But otherwise, I can bring about 90 kg of stuff every year with 3 bags so I might as well take advantage of it. The plan is to build foam insulated boxes and keep each bag within the limit as listed by the FDA.

Yes, I did read about the controls on pork due to illness outbreaks and pork is easy to obtain in Thailand so I don't know why anyone would bother to bring it. I plan to bring USA beef ribeye along with cheese.

I've read many forums stating that you can't bring food into Thailand. It's obvious that you need a permit for commercial purposes, but I think I've verified that you can bring some personal food items which are restricted: Customs states here that food is restricted: https://www.customs.go.th/cont_strc_simple.php?ini_content=individual_160426_01&lang=en&left_menu=menu_individual_submenu_03_01 And then it references that the issuing authority is the FDA @ www.fda.moph.go.th The FDA has limited quantities permitted for import for personal use: https://en.fda.moph.go.th/guideline-of-importation-for-personal-use/bringing-of-health-products-into-the-kingdom-of-thailand-01 Is there any other agencies to worry about or does this verify that we are allowed to bring limited amounts of these items when traveling to Thailand?

I had been charging my Tesla at night during offpeak and it worked out very well to justify the hit for air conditioning during the day. But now I have PV panels so electricity is free during the day and cheap at night (if I even need it).

It's confusing because some articles describe it as multi entry and others talk about the entry and an extension with the same cost as the visa. Best to wait for the official system to come out so it's more clear. I'll be happy not having to leave every 60 days.

It's a visa valid for 5 years, 180 days for one stay extendable another 180 days from my understanding.

I was reading about that recently and for a private employer they need a revenue of $150 million or something like that. Basically, you need to work for a big company. Which sucks for me because i make a lot of money as an owner but my company isn't THAT big. Fingers crossed for the rules on this new one to not have that specific requirement.

Yes. It's legal for a company to own land but there is a law that specifically states that a company cannot be formed specifically for the sake of owning land for a foreigner. So that company the foreigner is involved in must be conducting business and taking profits and paying taxes. Lawyers advise not to conduct business with a property owning company because of liability and it opens the doors for audits, which can lead them to discovering something you're doing wrong and force you out of the company / house. Plus you need a work permit and all that so it's a mess to get involved in just to be able to buy a house. Right now, the risk is incredibly low for a dormant company to be audited but should the government decide to start cracking down on these dormant companies, there's going to be a lot of upset foreigners. From what i do understand, they won't make the foreigner give the keys and move out but they will make him sell the house and who knows how much time they will give to do that plus are they going to make him sell to thai people who probably won't have the money for an expensive home? It's not a pretty situation should it arise.

Thailand made porn illegal so they needed something to replace chatroulette

I planned to keep entirely silent other than reaching out for any who may already have some experience. I can't see how anyone would even know it's here unless PEA will take notice to my house maxing out the meter during off-peak and pretty much never consuming any energy during peak times. I'm already 2/3 off-peak with my normal usage. It'll be a hydro set-up with the radiator mounted outside in the ambient. The room will be air conditioned. I'm still working the math on sizing the radiator. If Thailand's ambient temps are too much for the system, I could use a plate heat exchanger with refrigerant to cool the water rather than blowing heat into a room then air conditioning the room. There's also the possibility of dumping heat to the pool but I'd only want to do that in the cooler months. Yes, the wife actually complains about 30°C water being too cold in December. There was only 2 days last year when I found it too chilly to swim. I'm installing a 25KW solar system on the house. The plan is to only mine using the excess power and during off-peak times. I'm sure BTC will drop again but I think it's bottom is likely going to remain around where the cost to mine is so I'm not all that worried about the volatility. Sometimes you'll be making bank and other times just buying into a future investment.

Correct. I was quoting based on my exact location mostly as an example but failed to state that explicitly.

I have a house in Thailand and am considering mining BTC. My official residence is in the USA. Would there be any issues with the mining rigs being in Thailand but keeping all of the wallet/transactions on the US side for the sake of taxes?

Ideally, the panels should face 15.87­° (latitude of Thailand) South if you're trying to maximize your average power output throughout the year. If you needed more power during different times of the year, you may want to consider deviating from this. For example, Thailand is hotter when the sun is directly above (Late April/Early May) and so you may need more air conditioning power at that time and would have your highest power output at that time if your panels face directly up at 0°. The consequence is you'd have less power available during the "winter" due to the sun's incident angle being as high as 39.37° around Dec 21st but if air conditioning is your primary cost, this trade-off might work. The roof facing East and West is an issue I have. Putting panels on the East and West side of the roof to cover morning and evening would not be the most efficient. Ideally, you would use brackets to level the panels out and face straight up (countering the roof pitch) and then tilting 15.87° South for the best average output, and you should avoid the ends of the roof to avoid shading of the panels during the start of sunrise or end of sunset. There isn't a lot of power to capture during these high sun angles anyway, so it's not something to get too crazy about. And it may be easier to just go with more panels flush to the roof than to deal with trying to install them in a way that would counter the slope of the roof. So if you have the roof space, it's probably best to just do more panels.

What a pain in the ass! I just bought a house in July and tried to use the old system but kept getting errors so I went to immigration to do my TM.30. I'm about to go back to the house (currently in the USA) and came on to find the system had updated, which does seem cleaner/easier but... so limited in navigation. I had to log out and back in after registration just to figure out how to "add" a person to an address. For those struggling, it looks like you need to hit "cancel" in the profile section for it to navigate you to the actual TM.30 submissions. I went in and submitted everything and it said confirmed or whatever and left me on the same page I did the submission on. Did it go through? Took some time to find the search area again and it wasn't working. So I registered again and got errors for "invalid information" so I was convinced that it never went through. After going through all of the posts here I decided to adjust search queries to just the stay dates and sure enough, there was my TM.30 registration! I hope they plan to work on this system and make it the way it should be, you know, with buttons to navigate between different parts of the system and maybe a confirmation page that your submission was successful rather than just keeping you on the submission page with a quick little pop-up. At least it isn't as bad as the old system!