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I am very happy with the result. Also did the doors indoor. Was done in Hua Hin as I am living there. Regards Peter

Had a similar color for the cabinets in my kitchen. After 4 years they turned yellowish. I decided to have the cabinet doors newly painted (sprayed) with anthracite color. Looks modern and is less delicate.

What a nice coincidence! 2 days of continuous rain in Hua Hin, the driest place in Thailand, specially this time of the year. So, one day below the house and one day in the attic (still hot) I found and solved the borrowed neutrals problem myself. Maybe, to make it perfect, I shall separate the outside wall light circuit with an extra RCBO. The rainy season often leads to shorts. So the rest of the house stays on if the short will cause a trip. Thanks again to everybody, who gave me tips and hints Regards Peter

by the way: does anybody know the translation to Thai language for borrowed or stolen Neutral?

Sometimewoodworker you brought me on the right path. Today I had some spare time to work on my problem. When I switched off the outside breaker for the submersible pump, the RCBO with the kitchen circuit wouldn't trip anymore. And when I took a Neutral from a socket of my garage to the breaker of my submersible pump an attached this one instead of the one that was connected (suppose that was borrowed from the kitchen circuit) everything worked fine. So, my electrician just has to find the correct Neutral under the house and fix the short in the outside lighting. Finally I'll get a baby's sleep tonight.????

Spent the day lookin for the problem. Had a nearby solar plant electrician come, but he did'nt find the problem too. So, after he was gone, I still wasted half the day for looking after the problem. I found out, that the cirquit nbr. 3 in my foto above tripped the second RCD in the morning too. On that cirquit is the garage and the submersible water pump. My wife was out in the garden early in the morning watering the plants and when the level switch started the pump, the RCD got tripped. So, most probably the garage life and its neutral were correctly attached to the second RCD and the garage door operated without fault last evening. But when the pump started with probably Neutral borrowed from kitchen cirquit that tripped the RCD and probably RCBO last night. To troubleshoot, I'll disconnect all neutrals, exept kitchen cirquit neutral and see, if submersible pump still runs on an unprotected MCB. An other thing is the second over/under voltage protection device in the lower row shows amps 0 all the time although consumers are connected and in use. What could there be my mistake?

Finally got all my cables and gadgets. Today was the big day. Switched everything to the new CU box. Everything working fine except two things: Had all my kitchen things to one RCBO (yellow arrow)(fridge, stove, dishwasher, water pump etc) But the RCBO doesn't allow to be switched on, just trips. So for a temporary solution, I put that circuit to a regular MCB, as it was before. Gonna order another one to see if the RCBO from China was faulty. The second thing is: just recently I have a short in the outdoor lighting and if I switch the lights on (on Nr 1 MCB) the corresponding RCD trips. Gonna call the sparky, who installed all the lighting. He put all the connection boxes underground and probably water has immerged inside one of the boxes. Wanna say thank you to all the people that contributed to this project. Peter

Friend of mine had the same problem. Had to get a Non O visa and a address certificate from immigration to open a bank account with Kasikorn in Hua Hin

Thank you Crossy for your help. You made my day????

Thank you for your answer. I have a spare 25a MCB single phase. Would that do it or should I buy a 2pole MCB for that purpose?

Do I understand this correct? I put a MCB before the SPD? Thanks for clarifying>

Thanks for this useful tip

Good morning Crossy and other experts for CU I have got all the breakers and gadgets now and made a photo of my intended setup. Still waiting for some cables to come. Would you please take a look at my CU and make suggestions, if I miss something important? Thank you

Thank you @OneMoreFarang

@Crossy for your information. Maybe it may serve you as well some time. found this https://th.element14.com/pro-power/pp001194/tri-rated-wire-25mm2-black-1m/dp/2528090?gclid=CjwKCAiA5t-OBhByEiwAhR-hm5MuALoluhFPcr_vZHqTH9U7EkAbjywIekiF3toMM2e5hB5moYtcmRoCEJ4QAvD_BwE&mckv=_dc|pcrid|554518064101|pkw||pmt||slid||product|2528090|pgrid|123812986770|ptaid|pla-293946777986|&CMP=KNC-GTH-GEN-SHOPPING-2528090 registered today and ordered 2 times 2 meters of black and gray.Let's see what comes and how long it takes.????

Spent 2 hours at the computer to search Lazada and Shoppee yesterday. Up to 16mm there are quite a few. But 25mm is rare. At least by the meter. Found one in Kanchanabury, who sells by 5 meter, but only black. Would have to coat with grey or white tape for the neutral connection from main breaker to bus and RCDs.

Thank you Crossy. I'll give it a try. Saw in a youtube, that there is a 19 strand wire in the U.K. that is very flexible. Those battery wires with 100s of strands are probably not suitable, I guess.

Does anybody know a good source of flexible 25 sq mm cable that is easy to use in a CU? In Homepro and Thaiwatsadu I have seen only these bulky 7 strand cables.

I decided to install a new consumer unit. Here is my new baby: Need another terminal block N for the split setup I am just waiting now, that all the breakers and gadgets come. Hope to do the switch over by mid January. When I have all the stuff, I'll post a picture of my intended setup to ask your advice if that is reasonable. In the meantime, if you could kindly answer me following questions: 1) To install 2 RCCB, SPD, Wattmeter I'm gonna need wire. In my current CU I see most wire is 4 sq.mm. Is that ok if I go from the main breaker (100a) to SPD etc with that size wire? 2) My plan is to switch off incoming breaker before the house when doing the job, measuring if there is still current in the CU, if safe, connect all the "line" wire , earth wire. Then carefully switch on one breaker after the other and see, which neutral belongs to which terminal block. Does this sound reasonable? 3) Should I get somebody to replace the 63a breaker before the house for a 100a? Thanks again for commenting. Peter

Thanks guys for reply. Was thinking something like this: Regards Peter

Does anybody know, where to get consumer unit circuit label stickers in Thailand? Those with the bulbs, sockets, fridge, aircon etc? Researched Lazada, Shoppee and Google to no avail. Thanks

BTW, what is the correct type for RCD. AC, A, B?

I guess that when building the house there was a lower rated meter at the pole on the street. So the electrician (sparky as you call them) installed a 63A breaker before the house (Street to house 150m) This new 30/100 meter was just installed during summer, when we were in Europe. Do you mean by existing over-current protection the main breaker 100A in my CU? Could you give me a suggestion how my new box on top of the old one should be equipped? Sorry for the dumb questions. I am no better than a sparky here????

Checked powermeter near the street, its new, recently added and rated 30/100. Funny though, the main breaker in the CU, as Crossy mentioned, is a 100A breaker but the breaker before the Line and Neutral comes into the house is a 63A breaker. Questions for the additional box: RCBO: would I need a 1P+N 100A type? For a frontend over/under volt SPD, I found maximum 80A device. (Sinotimer SVP-977L) would that work? TKS Peter

Sounds like a great idea????