Naam

8 hours ago, Elkski said:

So sad.   So 33,000 USD.   Sickening this Thailand place.   Fricking disgusting.  

sickening is your misinterpretation of

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Piyawadee, 40 - said she didn't have that kind of money.

13 hours ago, jrjrjr said:

hello, I checked the battery shop and I think you didnt get an AGM battery, because it cannot be so cheap.

i don't care whether it's an AGM battery or not. the only thing that counts is "it works".

3 minutes ago, Esso49 said:

11 minutes ago, Naam said:

the car is 4½ years old, battery change was after 3 years 9 months.

There are 2 things in life that still amaze me.    The first is who are the designers of all the packaging  as it does not matter what you buy you can never get it back in the box afterwards.  The second is how do the car battery manufacturers design their products to fail almost immediately after the warranty periods ?

failures of batteries do not happen all over.

examples:

-Porsche 928 bought 1978 sold in 1989 with the first battery (120 amp hours!).

-Chevy Corvette ZR bought in 1989 sold in 2000 with the first battery. (80 amp hours)

-Ford Thunderbird bought in 1996 sold in 2004 with the first battery. (wife's car, no idea AH)

i remember that the average lifetime of a car battery in Saudi Arabia (many rainy seasons ago) was one year!

19 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

1 Amp draw I suspect is the key - almost nothing.  Expect Naam is talking whole house units as I used for communications prior to retirement in 1992 - and they sure did not convert 80v to 230v.

yes i am talking of 3 AVR / 25 kVA for each phase.

7 hours ago, HAKAPALITA said:

Big Battery Shops just connect another 12 V battery to most new vehicles now just to be safe, my German had a new Yuasa MF fitted for circa 2/ 25K, all the who ha seems contrived to me, BM wanted much more, like Benz seem to. Being a bit Radical 12 Volts is 12 Volts to me, and as long as it matches the Amp Hours its BS they talkkin. Brother paid  150 ish in Europe like poster above said for his 5Yo Coupe Benz so that sounds  fair too.His old Tesla Broken 2 months now,

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is it also büllshit that the car (Benz) won't start when there is no dedicated voltage feedback from the main battery?

10 hours ago, jrjrjr said:

 

I have read on benz forum that for the latest series (2010+) a reset is necessary but easy to do.

I was about to pay 15000thb at benz but when I saw that the battery costs only $150 in UK, I started to check how difficult it would be to change it.

 

How often do you change it on the benz ?

the car is 4½ years old, battery change was after 3 years 9 months.

1 minute ago, jrjrjr said:

great ! so they can get something very similar to the original varta ? just show them the model in your car and they will get it ? but did you change it yourself ? it seems that we have to reset the windows/roof and maybe other things, after installing a new bat ?

i didn't do it myself, our driver did it. but there was no reset needed as these gadgets (i think) are handled by the secondary battery which is installed in the trunk. will ask our driver tomorrow how it was done exactly.

13 hours ago, jgarbo said:

An idiot who takes two whores back his place and drinks with them deserves what he gets. Go back home.

i don't even think of it. my wife wouldn't approve.

1 minute ago, jrjrjr said:

hello, for mine, benz price is 15000, where did you find one for 7500 ?

thank you.

 

normal battery shop in Pattaya. had to be ordered, 2 days delivery time.

1 hour ago, SheungWan said:

On 9/21/2018 at 3:31 PM, upu2 said:

Depressing place the Sahara dessert

Does it come with ice cream?

Sahara is too hot for ice cream, just whipped cream.

8 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

1 Amp draw I suspect is the key - almost nothing.  Expect Naam is talking whole house units as I used for communications prior to retirement in 1992 - and they sure did not convert 80v to 230v.

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The up has very low load - usually less than 1 amp. 

1a low load WHEN?

16 minutes ago, bankruatsteve said:

Actually, it can.  I have two AVS (one for up, one for down).  The up has very low load - usually less than 1 amp.  At times when the phases go strange and voltage drops to 80-90v, the down unit trips but the up unit transforms to 220v and everything good there.  Maybe useless to you but mine are doing their job and doing it well.

i'm not surprised as i have learned that miracles happen in Thailand quite often.

40 minutes ago, jvs said:

Just drive to a battery shop and tell them to put in a new one,probably around 3500 baht.

doesn't work with Mercedes as the battery needs a sensor connection. we replaced the battery in our CLS for 7,500 Baht (Mercedes price 23,500 Baht!).

8 hours ago, bankruatsteve said:

Global House carries AVS and do installation (I think).  I think would need to order the over/under breaker.  If Crossy comes by, he can tell you for sure.

an AVS is useless as it can't handle 80volts. the three AVS i installed 2½ years ago are useless too although in the very beginning they handled once for a few minutes a drop to ~130v cranking out 225v. since then they never even started up once as our voltage is steady.

13 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Feathered Buttplug

1 hour ago, wayned said:

I used to have a restaurant in Slidel Louisiana, across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans.  If I served that to a true "Cajun" I'd be wearing the contents and on the dock for as gator bait the next morning.  I often get a kick out of chefs that carry "tweezers" to decorate their dishes as the food gets cold!

2 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

Maybe, you might know.  If I had put 20,000 baht into a Thai bank savings account in 1968 how much would I have today?  See, I know a few people who have been here since 1968 and have done well.  Why would anyone say it was a problem if the past 70 years have been OK?

2 hours ago, overherebc said:

Just asking.

M1 money is the value of notes coins and other available easily convertible sources, immediately available sources etc?

M1 money is the total value of notes, coins in circulation as well as demand deposits without maturity held with financial institutions. for an ad hoc evaluation the relation of M1 expansion with the expansion of GDP is used.

12 hours ago, siamcrut said:

How would you call the dish than? I don’t know it in English, so enlighten me please.

as i don't know Thai i can't enlighten you. what i understood was "moo" (pork).

13 hours ago, overherebc said:

Available cash based ?

what part of

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M1 money supply

is it you don't understand?

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

8 hours ago, webfact said:

It is Asia's best performing currency this year.

Call me sceptical, but with a miltary Junta and no free elections something smells fishy to me.

a hot shower might help to get rid of a fishy smell.

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

Just keep printing money and all will be OK.

the strength of the Thai Baht shows clearly that everything is OK. and that goes for the M1 money supply too.