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And yet, they look almost identical to me ... Nor has the average high changed in 40-70 years, all of 0.7°F You do have to consider, there's a lot more concrete and buildings, holding and radiating temps, so without those, and ambient air, might even be less. Maybe do comparison elsewhere in TH, that hasn't changed as much.

We're light weights compared to you guys, as we've only hit 50kwh, barely, for the day, a few times. And only broke 1000kWh for the month, maybe 2X, and probably will this month. Though a few months, we were O&A 10 ish days. it would be rare that we'd break 1000kWh a month consistently.

Doubt if they need stricter (not knowing them) laws but probably just enforcement of. Corruption rules, and no different anywhere in the world. I actually have first hand knowledge of how that works. Friend's father use to manage a landfill, outside Philadelphia, PA, USA. Toxic stuff used to come in, as transfer point, but never left. There were fires a couple times month, and his father & crew used to fight & put them out. Yep, he did of cancer a bit prematurely. Owner of dump was a multi millionaire, and connected to politicians. Everyone knew, nobody cares, as long as they got their cut. They use to board horse there, which was cool, as we had access and use to go riding all the time at the wildlife preserve next door. Even after the EPA supposedly shut it down, it still operated. Don't drink the water, or even smoke near it ...

So, same as last year, down here @ PKK. I wouldn't be surprised if that holds for the future, as weather patterns do shift with time. Also means, we had rain later in the year, than years before. The amount or, and months/weeks of rain hasn't changed, that I notice. Farmers may have a better handle on that.

@Furioso to add to that, after our first year with our EV, I calculated a <5% degradation at the end of the 8 year warranty.

That mirrors our life here, and what my thoughts on living in USA would have been. Though not rusting trailer surfside or desert, maybe in the hills of one of the Carolinas or even FL. Piece of ground & nice double wide, or real house. Cheap away from metro areas. Yes, better spent here, and also mirrors our 'income', now SS - $2302 w/pittance of pension $357 (no adjustment). Nice oops funds, liquidated there (hindsight, not sure if best idea, but done), and RE investing here, paying for our housing & transport. Have to chuckle when a few AN members imply 'I'm rich', as we live on our income. Oops fund is for just that ... oops, and haven't needed to touch. So retirement for wife & kid will be better, long after I'm gone. I just seem to manage my finances better than some. Always came easy to me, as I'm practical, most times. If you can own all out right, a very comfy living. If renting, not too bad at all, and still very comfy, location & lifestyle dependent. Being a non Alky helps. Only ????? is healthcare. Medicare is not cheap, considering extra cost of Plan B, and deductibles on silly priced everything. So doesn't amount to much, when 'out of pocket' when needed here, has been much cheaper for 'my' same expenses or what have been in the USA, and that's if having insurance. RE Taxes & healthcare really is the budget killer if living in the USA. I'm a broken record on that, but if fairly healthy, a lower COL country is the way to go. Whether bringing enough to 'buy in' or rent. Hindsight for myself ... didn't liquidate, and bought more houses for Section 8, since USA is going full on socialism. If owning all, I haven't touched my SS yet this year, although only 1 long O&A, so that will change in a month or so, and just living on that crap pension, and sold some gold, which haven't touched that yet either. Mind boggling how low our expenses are, and don't deny ourselves anything.

@ExpatOilWorker On that, batteries, you do have to keep them charged up, and in the proper rotation, along with not drained to far, or charged up too for, for longer non use. Good heads up, topping some up today:

What ever the market will allow. I guess people drive less in UK, as battery is 8 yrs / 150k kms, vs TH's 180k kms. We got 5 yr on 2022, and it did change to 4 yrs in 2023. Apparently back to 5 years again. Least of Thai auto buyer's issues, as the domestic excise/sales tax is about 27% of the vehicle price, for the 1.5 ICEV.

Solar panel are more efficient, if having ventilation under them, or so I've read.

I can be costly and time consuming to get on the payback system of PEA/MEA. At present, they aren't giving you much for your electric. Along with having to use their approved components/inverters, which people may or may not have. We don't, as Deye 8kW isn't, although the 5kW is on their approved list. Which is not enough to run our house. Only the 10kW is approved for 3 phase, which we don't really need or want. If we had two 5kw inverters instead of the 8kW inverter, then I wouldn't bother being connected to the grid. Having redundancy, just incase one has an oops. No worries for ฿27 a month to be connected, it seems silly not to be. Besides, there is the rare time, that I'll use the wall charger for the car (7.4kWh), which the solar system couldn't handle. I just hate monopolies, and have no real need for PEA, or petrol stations. The feeling of independence is pretty cool also

You should probably read the articles instead of the headliners ...

I read that completely different. States are passing laws to protect males & females while using the bathrooms, along with keeping sporting events fair. Also ensuring that people aren't prosecuted for hate crimes for using improper English when talking, addressing another person/snowflake. Putting children's upbringing back into the hands of the parents, who brought them into the world, till they reach adulthood, and considered mature enough to make decisions for themselves. Vote to change or move ... oh wait, the law states you aren't old or mature enough to vote, but feel free to decide your gender & alter your body chemistry.

And how many of those were bought in the last year, from the manufacturer, and have LFP chemistry? Which you paid more than ฿10k for, that wasn't designed to be a disposable item, since it would probably be upgraded and replaced before the battery even died. Lets keep the comparison to mangos & mangos, not blueberries & watermelons Buy better, and it last longer, as I got a lot of Chinese stuff, that's still flying, still taking photo, still using 10 yr old batteries (not LFPs). Don't penny pinch when buying electronics or the batteries to energize them

Now I am offended .. ... I prefer, researching, intellectual, thrifty spender On topic (as always) ... daughter checked out the BYD Dolphin, and not impressed at all. Ordered the Atto 3 instead. Anyone want a POS Mazda 2 (2012 (?) with less the 200k kms on it, that occasionally turns itself off, for no reason that 2 Mazda dealers can't figure out. Only 100k baht, (what she got offered) well care for, except that little issue, if you can figure it out. She's in Krung Thep, act fast.

If not planning on using the grid at night, then you need a battery, and that's going to jack the price up considerably. We use 6-8kWh overnight, 14 hrs of non solar production. Just the bedroom, AC (13k BTU), laptop & 65" TV, for 6 ish hours, then 8 hrs more of AC & the frigs of course. So unless running the meter backward, to supplement night time use, you'll need 10kWh of battery. Not exactly cheap.

Installed for less that 150k is going to be a challenge. DIY, would be a lot cheaper. You need 10 to 20 panels, depending on quality (300w to 540w/ours), and inverter, and few other bits & bobs. DIY ... Panels would cost about ~50k, I think, and inverters, ~20k,. Don't think you can find cheaper than that. If you could get the panels installed on the cheap, by who you purchased them from, than most of the job is done. Someone posted on a thread, that they just bought, and seller had them installed.

Before the end of May, if anything like last year, arriving a bit late. Nothing forecast to happen the next 10 days, and a slight 50% chance on the 10th day. No real surprises about that.

You can get a 5kW system installed for about 150k baht, I think. Cheaper if DIY. That would easily handle most of you AC, provided the run fairly efficient, inverters hopefully. Ours draw very little once temperature is reached. Won't damage your electronics, and quite the opposite, providing steady current, unlike the fluctuating grid.

Follow up, pick up by 'flash', and scanned into the system. Instantly showing as picked up / returned, and instantly showing up LAZ Wallet. Did have to download the app to my phone, for withdrawal from wallet. Put in withdrawal request with bank info (since COD), and instantly showed up in my bank account. All straight forward and way too easy. Mind boggling how others have so many problems.

Obviously we're not getting the whole story. Not surprised. If a public road, they will supply water & electric, though it may cost him. And no, they will not run electric under ground to his land. But we did, from the pole to the house.

How long are ICEV warranties, and how long do they last. Warranty for 5 yrs maybe, and what's the reason for that? I have products 3-5-10-20X their warranty periods. I have a dive watch 34 years old that had a 1 year warranty. I have drone batteries 10+ yrs old that had 1 year or less warranty. All my camera gear come with about 1 year warranty, and some are 6 years old, and yet to have to replace any lithium batteries that they came with. All gear works the same as day 1. Buy good, get good .... buy crap, get crap. You guys are really being silly with all your 'what if' scenarios. Give it rest and get a life.

LFP battery ESS (which ours are) will probably last way longer than me, and probably the wife also. So not expecting to buy any to replace them. If anything, will add the EV's battery pack to the solar system, after the rest of the car craps out, in maybe 20 years or more. A possible 3000 cycles, of which we only use about 33% per night, so times that 20 years by 3. Pretty safe to say, we should be fine and not need to replace in our life time, since I'm 69, and wife is 47.

Did that with my flip flops ... ... damn if she didn't find it

Also a Xiaomi fan; phones, drone, air purifiers, action cameras, power bank, headphones, TDS meter. If having a choice, will usually pick Xiaomi product over other, if priced the same. Xiaomi usually less expensive anyway. All have functioned as described, and some years old, and still going strong.

Ours cost ฿445k to be 'installed', and could easily be done for less, if DIY, and on the cheap if using different components. We're basically off grid, but still conx for ฿27 a month. They do know we have solar Our solar usage this month will be 1000+kWh, though we average 600-800kWh most of the year. A 1000kWh PEA bill is ~฿5000. So earliest ROI if using that amount would be about 7.4 years. BUT ... IF you factor in the additional savings of charging the EVs, with our excess solar, at ฿4600+ a month, then ROI could be as soon as 4 years. EV driving 20k kms a year, saves ฿55.5 a year, with 91 petrol price of ฿38.88, (last time I calculated).