leftrighter

2 hours ago, bamboozled said:

One can understand the reasoning. Depending on the wall (was it tiled?), it might have made more sense to damage a little plastic than the ceramic.

It doesn't make sense to me.  Tile or not, I'd rather see that the job is done correctly.  Drilling the back of the unit invalidates the warranty and circumvents the waterproofing in the built-in mount points.  The Thai wife was pretty upset, but that could just be that she's been around me too much and has skewed her expectations.

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

It's the lessor of two evils.

Disagree with that.  Would rather poke holes in the wall - we already did a ton of that already.  Easy enough to patch.

Welp, got my answers.  Thanks!

The electrician was on site, actually.  Just in another room much of the time.  He's in a back brace now because he fell off a ladder a few weeks ago.  

You're probably right in that he knew it was wrong and was quick to buy it back.

The saying "ผักชีโรยหน้า" really applies to so much.

I recently had a Thai electrician (whom I found through this forum) rewire much a house we're in.  New grounds, new electrical box, new RCBOs, new circuits.  There was an issue with a circuit tripping the RCBO and I had them back onsite to look at that, and while they were here I asked if they could install a new 6000W Haier water heater in my master bedroom.  "Dai kap!"  The electrician sets one of his minions to the task and I depart to another room.  Come back a while later after the drilling stops - the job is done!  I thought the placement of the device was a bit odd, but didn't think too much of it.

First time using the shower the unit clicks off after about 60 seconds.  On/off - our water pump is cycling.  After much troubleshooting involving two plumbers: one declares that our pump is too small and the other thinks there is too much back pressure from the haier itself (water flows strong and continuously through the tap when not hooked to a unit).  Great.  I decide to take the unit back to the store and swap it out for a Hitachi, which is what we had before and exhibited no pressure issues.

Here is my <deleted> moment: I cut power to the circuit and pop the cover to the Haier to remove.  Much to my surprise, all of the mounting holes inside of the unit are devoid of screws.  (me, puzzled: ????) The installer drilled holes through the unit into the old mounting holes, thus voiding the warranty and return policy of the device.  Pictures attached.  I was, to borrow a phrase: <deleted> livid.  Had the Thai Mrs call the electrician after sending photos through on LINE to ask: "Would you install it like this in your house?  Would you let your daughter knowing it is installed like this?"

The discussion didn't last long; he bought the unit from us and sent someone over to collect it.

So, TV - is this normal?  We had a handyman over painting some stuff on the exterior of the house and we inquired with him if this is normal to which he said something to the effect of: "Yes.  Okay."

Quick update: Spoke with two doctors at our local private hospital.  They prescribed the albendazole, but advised us not to give it to our toddler unless he exhibited symptoms.  Their advice was very much "it's up to you", and when asked what they'd do "I would not take it unless there are symptoms". 

Hello All,

We just acquired a Pomeranian puppy about three weeks ago and today it expelled a 3 inch long round worm.  (Impressive for a 1kg nine week old dog!). The dog has been inside, and crated, but has had accidents on the floor of our house as she is potty training.  I suspect round worm eggs are basically everywhere.

We have toddler and three adults in the house.  Typically, would the humans be treated?  I've seen mention of albendazole. I'm particularly concerned about our toddler - we'll see the pediatrician on Monday, but I'm not sure if we should find a clinic tomorrow rather than wait, considering these suckers can grow and spread fast.

Thanks!

Hello All, 

I have a child with a Thai woman.  We are not married, but the child is mine. I've signed an affidavit of paternity and my name is on the birth certificate.  We are in the process of getting the child's citizenship papers now.

My question: If I were to pass away, how would my Thai resident child go about getting his entitled SSA funds?

I'd like to have this clearly spelled out for the mother should it become necessary.

Thanks! 

Crossy, thanks for responding!  On another forum someone suggested it might be a 'power factor saver'.  Some sort of scam device that reduces the apparent power draw of inductive devices.  They speculated the switches might select different capacitors.  Whatever it might be - it is coming out!

What do you think about going with a RCD-capable main switch and individual switches that have RCBO built in?  It'd be nice to have some sort of gold-standard "reference architecture for Thai residential wiring 2019".  Though I have shared Forkinhades's diagram from the post "How to make your Thai Electrical system safe" with the electrician.

just recently moved into a new moo baan with the misses and a baby.  The electrical system is my primary target in this first wave of safetying the house. We plan to have a Thai electrician out next week to hopefully rip and replace the distribution box with RCD and RCBO switches and verify all of the wiring.  (Btw - Thanks Crossy - your guidance is excellent!)

On to the mystery.  Any idea what this black box is attached to our distribution box?