MAF666

I am returning to Sydney to lodge my OAP claim next month.

Will be back home in Thailand as soon as possible.

Have to notify that you are leaving Australia.

Has anybody here had their pension reduced after the time period?

Have a PEA guy who moonlights.

 I am not going to mess with it.

On 2/7/2023 at 4:59 AM, Crossy said:

Yes, a N-E bond in the distribution board / consumer unit is correct.

 

It confuses many but in reality, many other countries do the same. In Aus and the US the links are visible, in the UK the link is in the service head and not accessible.

 

The diagram below came from this PEA document (my translations) Groundwire Mk2 book-Manual.pdf

 

Note the routing of the incoming neutral via the ground bar, this is the Thai implementation of MEN (Multiple earthed Neutral). This connection must be before any RCD/RCBO devices or it will cause them to trip constantly.

 

If you require an electrical inspection this is how the inspector expects it to be done.

 

Have you included RCD or RCBO devices in your revised system?

 

 

Wikipedia has a good description of the various earthing systems 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthing_system 

Thailand is generally TNC-S with MEN.

 

 

Seeing my link from E to N was not connected, I made up a link.

Can confirm Crossy’s advice that the RCCB will trip constantly if N incorrectly terminated.

Just gotta figure out how to change it…

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Mine too!

Kicked of yesterday morning with macchiato’s and a few tobacco + tropical roll ups at 07:00.

Farkin munchies big time at midday, turned down the reggae playlist, reviewed my work making 3 cable drum seats.. then off for pad Thai gung and Tim Tams.

Priceless

On 1/27/2023 at 4:46 PM, BritManToo said:

Will be posted to  Whereyougo, BertGotKinky, ThaiChina, MAF666 tomorrow morning (missed the post today).

 

2gm of Tropical Punch (extra strong) 20%+

2gm of CheeseLicious (strong) 15%+

2gm of BubbleGummer (strong) 15%+

3gm of Red Diesel (a bit old) 7%

 

THC content is only an estimate.

 

Have smoked one strain per day to sample.

This is excellent weed.across the board. Would be proud if this was my grow.

Certainly rates with the mid range boutique offerings.

My fave was the Tropical Punch….

11 minutes ago, whereyougo said:

I want it

I want it!

thank you 

On 1/13/2023 at 7:47 PM, soi3eddie said:

Can't go wrong with TP-Link Archer MR-600 4G Router. I've used them for a few years. All you need is a sim card with unlimited data and you're good to go. 

Jib Online offer good service.

https://www.jib.co.th/web/product/readProduct/47340/2358/ROUTER-WITH-SIM-CARD-SLOT--เราเตอร์ใส่ซิมการ์ด--TP-LINK-ARCHER-MR600---4G--CAT6-AC1200-WIRELESS-DUAL-BAND-GIGABIT-ROUTER

We have had this setup for 2 years.

AIS 10mb unlimited plan 300 per month.

We have >40 smart devices, 9 iPad, phone or PCs., 

Works flawlessly 

Oz build in Chanthaburi.

Built to AS3000 spec with some assistance. (Thanks Crossy )

2 years old, no tingling, lightning arrestor seems to be working.

We have 2 buildings with a CU and 10 breakers in each.

Nice workflow.

Buds look great.

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

No real seasons in Thailand. 

I veg for 16hrs/day inside. 

Everything I put outside flowers after 3 days outside. 

Works all year round. 

Never tried that, but can see how it would work.

Always used clones back when I used to grow indoors.

 We do not have a light setup, just insect screened tunnels.

I like to try out different strains between the seasonal grow. 

What strain were you growing and what kind of yield were you getting?

14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I don't do autoflowers, why buy 10 seeds when you can buy 1 seed and make 100 clones?

Seems like a waste of money to me.

Autoflowers are a between season crop for us.

They will be finished in march.

Outdoor grow, so no real costs.

You could reverse sex 1 seed to make 100’s of fem seeds with autoflowers as an alternative.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

How do you know they are the right variety and new seeds?

I've purchased around 200 seeds from Thai suppliers, not any of them turned out to be anything but 100% sativa bag seed. So I gave up and now only order from Attitude, where I'm certain the seeds are fresh and genuine.

 

You won't know for 3-4 months if you got what you paid for.

They are branded 420 fastbuds.

I was referred to the Thai suppliers by the Euro website, which I have used before.

High confidence with these seeds.

You may like to know that autoflowers will go into flower in 3 weeks.

May be worth documenting this grow…

On 12/30/2022 at 9:12 AM, Mr Meeseeks said:

Mine all got through bar one order. I've not risked it again since then but might in the future.

You can source anything that you want from Thai vendors.

 My Order of Bruce Banner with a Gorilla Cookie freebie auto from  Siam Seeds arrived 22 hours later.

Excellent follow up service.

Will be ordering from them again.

Have received an order for seeds from a local vendor.

Got a call from the shop reminding me to register on the Government web site, as RTP review deliveries, so  be prepared for a visit.

Not sure if this is correct.

Have any other mail order growers had a visit from RTP?

14 hours ago, Peabody said:

Just put an LSD25 in water this afternoon. Got 3 LSD25 and 1 Gorilla Glue. All autos. They're like freebies, cuz I don't really need a tent for them. Balcony seems to do alright

 

 

Hey Peabody, please post some pics as your grow progresses.

Nice buds.

Much better than mine this season.

Please your your grow experience if possible.

We have found that the most important thing is insulation, for sound.

Our kitchen,, which is just Bangkok colorbond,, the  studio, workshop areas it is impossible to have a conversation when it is pissing down.

The main house is Bangkok 50mm sandwich colorbond which is fine for conversation during these events.

We have-4 mt - 4.5 mt ceiling height.

The temperature difference between both is-1.5*

1 hour ago, unheard said:

Can you clarify your terminology?

It's a little confusing.

"Oz Colorbond" as in Made in Australia?

"Bangkok made" as in Colorbond sourced from Thailand or you meant other non Bluescope branded material?

 

Just to expand on my understanding.

Bluescope is the Australia based brand.

It has several coating plants in Thailand, also in other countries.

All of the Bluescope branded color coated metal product for sale in Thailand is produced locally.

The Oz branded Colorbond is the genuine article .

The Thai steel branded panels are made in Bangkok and widely distributed. 
Everybody seems to refer to it as colorbond, even the same colours, but they are not passing it off as genuine.

We have 2 buildings 225 sq my each.

1 is Bangkok made colorbond sandwich with 50mm insulation.

1 is plain Bangkok made colorbond.

When it is pissing down the uninsulated building is too loud for taking.

The insulated building is comfortably muffled.

Temperature sensors report the uninsulated room temperature is-1.5 * hotter of a day, same night temperatures in both.

We get cold nights in winter and the uninsulated roof condensates, dripping from the beams.

First quote we got was for Oz colorbond panels made to size.

Went with the Bangkok made panels which were half the price.

Our steel guys building the house had it finished in 2 days.

Thanks for the post.

Interested to find out the GC details.

Yeah mate, know all about Bluescope colorbond.

We went with Thailand made equivalent. Made in Bangkok.

Ever tried to claim on a roof warranty?

There are 1 million plain galvanised sheds across Oz that are 
>50 years old, colorbond should be superior to galvanised 

Regarding the roof, we have 2 buildings-230 square metres each.

The house building has white Thai colorbond 50mm sandwich roof. Cost b124k. Bluescope quote was b245k. Kitchen area plain white Thai uninsulated colorbond. Cost -b55k.

2 years in, the uninsulated roof is -2• hotter in the room, as per temperature sensors.

The uninsulated roof often condenses at night. Cool nights in Chanthaburi.

During heavy downpours we cannot have a conversation in the kitchen.

The house is acceptable for noise.

Brutalist design house, so the sandwich underside is our ceiling .

Thanks Dano,

We have 14 tanks connected, looking to manage the pump, not the 14 tanks,

Most important consideration is to turn the pump off if there is excessive use, due to a leaky cistern or other incident where the pump will empty the tank.

Have a Mitsubishi 155 water pump for our domestic system.

30000 litres rain catchment.

Been looking for a way to shut the pump off automatically when a tank is empty, or if a cistern is leaking etc.

Has anyone used the “inching” functionality of a smart switch to manage this?

Seems like I can set a timer that will switch off after say 10 minutes from when it is switched on.