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9 minutes ago, Leaver said:

I just posed the question to the thread if members think Thai's will pay 130 baht to use it, and if they don't, that makes for a long motorway white elephant.

Nobody has to pay 130 Baht because the new part of the highway is less than half of that.

Take note, Steve187's 25 minutes saving is from Utapoa to where the now already existing highway starts

3 minutes ago, Leaver said:

21 minutes ago, steve187 said:

good for us that live near to utp to get to Bangkok or bkk, saving maybe 20/25 minutes off the journey via the 3, 332, 331, 36 roads

That's about 5.77 baht cost per minute in time you save.  No problem for farang, but will the Thai's use it?

Yes your right, I often use the highways in Thailand, and very rarely see any Thais using them. ( sarcasm )

By the way his savings are much higher,  because 130 Baht is the price for the whole trajectory, and before the highway opens he has to pay from road #36 to Bangkok anyway.

Not sure how much that is but I think easily half of that 130 Baht

Just now, Farang two dot zero said:

well, PEA call center said the reconnection fee is 107 baht ????

Why is there a reconnection fee if you can prove you paid the bills, as stated in your previous posts?

Why limit it to 2 days, make a 365 day holiday, that would sure do wonders to the economy..............Oh wait, to spend money you need to earn it first isn't it?

Just now, TheAppletons said:

  In case you hadn't noticed, this is a Thailand based forum.  Most of the discussion is about Thailand.  The name of the forum is Thai Visa Forum.  

 

Why don't you answer my question, since it is on topic to the subject.

You probably think it's Thai bashing forum.

Just now, TheAppletons said:

 

  Yeah, I just posted this on another thread.  Cambodia makes Thailand look foolish.  

 

So why the other 4 countries that refused the ship prior to Thailand are not looking foolish?

4 minutes ago, CGW said:

So based on there are no confirmed cases it seems ludicrous and inhumane of Thailand to not let them dock,

How about the other countries that didn't let them dock? Some of them were planned in advance

Just now, CGW said:

Where are you reading that? the Gaurdian reports that there are no confirmed infected on-board.

I read it a few days ago, even before Thailand was considered as docking port, but can't find it now.

Maybe it was false news and has since been removed

43 minutes ago, christophe75 said:

 

But probably the most disturbing news... is the fregate (thai navy) that follows or escorts (?) the ship !

 

Better be prepared ! Those damned tourists could attack the holly thai soil ! The thai navy must be prepared and ready to sink the ennemy.

That ship has confirmed infected persons on board. Only 1 confirmed, but in the mean time probably several more that are not confirmed yet.

So now you want people infected with the virus enter Thailand, so that you thereafter can start bashing Thai authorities for allowing infected people enter Thailand?

25 minutes ago, Thian said:

Great! ...i still remember the tv-shows every night on Dutch tv where they asked for money for the victims of the tsunami...it was endless....they raised a lot of money to help them and donated vessels, buses and much more.

 

Also i grew up having 2 Thai foster parent brothers which my parents supported for a decade or so....we helped them a lot and look now....

I'm pretty sure those request for financial help didn't come from the Thais, but were setup by your own countrymen.

Those 2 Thai foster parent brothers were also requested, as in every country, by the foster parents and not placed there by the Thais.

 Why are you still here, as each and every post of your is nothing more than Thai bashing.

Get lost

23 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

there is no need for army officers to have their own guns, because they are provided with service weapons. 

If I'm not mistaken, it were those service provided weapons that were used in the rampage, so what does it matters that he owned more private weapons?

Not wanting to hijack this topic, but I have a nice lwan with Malay grass.

One section has large patches of a very tiny grass, and the patches are increasing in size.

The grass looks a bit like the picture but it is much more dense.

Any idea how to get rid of that?

1 hour ago, Isaanbiker said:

There are reasons why people overstay, getting seriously sick is one of them.

No it's not.

Someone who is seriously sick stays in an hospital, and all hospitals have a visa department to take care of this kind of issues.

14 minutes ago, jany123 said:

Anyway... the bubbles mean your sucking air from somewhere... it’s gotta be between the pool and the pump, so you need to be 100% sure your pump isn’t sucking from the newly made joint...

I think you should read my previous posts.

There is no check valve on the inlet.

The pump get feeds from 3 sources, each source has it's own ball valve. There is a check valve and a ball valve on the outlet of the pump.

The real issue is that with the pump switched off and all ball valves closed air bubbles are seeping into the pump strainer constantly, draning it by half over night, but I don't see any wet spots between the pump and the closed ball valves.

Just now, jany123 said:

funnily enough, I had a similar problem after working on a very old pump.... my problem most definitely was related to air coming in (being sucked in) at the inlet joint to the pump. Being a lazy <deleted>, I wrapped cling wrap and 100 mile tape around it.... problem solved.

 

that said, the amount of bubbles in your video seem insignificant and wont harm your pump or alter its performance.

 

are you losing water?

Not sure what you mean with that question.

As stated in my last post, over night the strainer will drain if i leave the valves open, and I'm afraid that when the morning cycle starts the pump will have to prime every time.

If I close the valves the strainer will only drain half, but I'm not supposed to close the valves after every cycle.

So yes I lose water if that is what you mean.

57 minutes ago, SantiSuk said:

I don't claim any expertise but an intake of air into the system might not be evidenced by a water leak if the air was coming in to the linkages/pipework on the suction side of the pump. If it were me I would replace the union you fitted and any other pipework/valves between pool and pump involved with water supply to the pump and see if that got me anywhere. Thereafter I'd call in the pros (face-to-face) and take the flak over the spider's web less defensively than you have on the forum!

What I don't understand is that I let the pump run for a minute, so pipes and strainer are full of water.

Right after that I close all inlet valves, as well as the valve at the inlet of the filter. There is a check valve as well on the pump outlet.

So that should give me a closed system. At that point air keeps seeping into the strainer, so it must come from between the valves and the pump.

So when I let it rest like that all night, in the morning the strainer is half empty, so that water must have gone somewhere but I can find any wet spots on the pipes

I notice that if I open any 1 of the 3 inlet valves the pace of the bubbles seeping increases, but I guess that is normal because then you don't have a closed system anymore.

4 hours ago, SwimmingPoolsThailand said:

Within reasonable limits SwimmingPoolsThailand offers free technical advice whether those who request help are, or become customers or not. The company handles dozens of enquiries daily that are not concerned with the business of online sales.

 

All the company asks quite clearly is that one has the courtesy to provide a name, a broad indication of location (province), and a telephone number. This is generally the minimum required by most companies on their contact forms.

 

It is not necessary to create an account or log in in order to receive a response. Anonymous senders receive an automated reply requesting the required details. General enquiries are not handled by the same staff who process user accounts or the staff who operate the online store orders or the front-of-house showroom staff.

Thanks for the reply and trying to cover your own errors.

Did you notice that I said I HAVE an account and that I WAS logged in on your website when sending the message, so if your website login work properly you would be able to see who sent you the message and all the info you needed, otherwise what is the purpose of having an account?

Since I provided you with my email in the message, otherwise you would have not been able to send me that email in error, you actually had a second option to see the email was in your system already with all other details.

No need to reply, as this is off topic to the OP.

Just now, bwpage3 said:

I would cut that mess completely out and start over

Why?

The pool is in service for 8 years, and there has never been a problem.

The only problem is the air bubbles when I redid the piping for 1 pump after I had to change the gear shaft seal.

13 hours ago, sappersrest said:

Do not use vaseline as  will help destroy the o ring use silicone grease, tighten the union an ensure the pump lid seal is tight also use silicon areas on seals.

Any leaks on glued joints,

I finally found a drop of water where the pipe is screwed into the pump.

There is plenty of Teflon tape on the thread and the fitting is screwed inside until it locked.

What is the solution. More or less Teflon tape, or are there fitting available in Thailand designed for the pool pump that will fit better?

I finally found a drop of water where the pipe is screwed into the pump.

There is plenty of Teflon tape on the thread and the fitting is screwed inside until it locked.

What is the solution. More or less Teflon tape, or are there fitting available in Thailand designed for the pool pump that will fit better?

I had to redo the piping of a pump because the pump had to be repaired. I added a union on the pipe closest to the feed.

No shortage of air bubbles under the pump lid, but I don't see any water leaks.

Now here comes the mystery.

I switch off the pump, close all the feeding valves and the valve on the output, but air bubble keep arriving under the lid at a steady pace.

Many small bubble but every now and then a large bubble. I can clearly see the bubbles come out of the feeding pipe and not from the lid.

So with all feeding valves closed, the air must clearly enter somewhere between pump and valves.

The bubbles come so fast that in 1 hour there is visible air space under the lid, so the water must have gone somewhere.

I have checked the entire length of the pipe with my bare hands, and all valves, I can not find any wet spot.

I have replaced the lid seal already, even switched a lid from another pump, although when I look in the pump I can clearly see the bubbles enter the strainer from the pipe.

I just went checking again, all valves are now closed for 1 1/2 hour, and still bubbles are entering under the lid at a fast pace.

That's an amount of water that can't go unnoticed, so I'm really astonished that I can't find the smallest water drop on any joint.

As you can see from the video and image, it's quite a lot of air while running. When the pump is switched of a big bubble enters about every 2 seconds. If I close all the valves it slows down to about every 10 seconds, but it keeps coming.

I left pump off all night with all valves closed.

When I woke up the water in the strainer was right at the top of the feeding pipe. No bubbles were appearing anymore at that time.

The connector is at the highest level of the piping and connects to T junction that has 3 feeds.

I opened the lid and water in the strainer didn't drain until I opened one of the valves, which indicates the valves close properly and there was still water at the highest point of the piping, so the water in the strainer which was replaced by air must have exited the system within the pumphouse.

I checked all the piping again with bare hands, as specially at every joint or connection, and could not feel a wet spot anywhere.