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MangoKorat

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  1. 17 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

    Any, ANY, nuclear response from any country would inevitably cause nuclear winter.

     

    Therefore, the question is:

     

    How would you survive a nuclear winter in either Chiang Mai or in BKK.

    You are missing the point.  I'm fully aware of the effects of nuclear weapons.

     

    What I'm asking is if members feel safe living in Thailand given the current tensions in the world and the way Thailand is likely to align.

     

    To put it simply: I believe that in any major conflict, Thailand would be forced to align with China. Would Western expats then be considered as the enemy?

     

    During WW2 thousands of Germans, Austrians and Italians living in the UK were locked up 'in the interests of National Security'. Some of them had lived in the country for many years.

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  2. 1 minute ago, Gecko123 said:

    Biggest risk is climate change migration from neighboring countries, but because of geographic obstacles and Thailand's relative ability to secure its borders, risk is comparatively low. Thailand scores high when other armageddon scenarios are contemplated as well.

    Yes, I didn't raise that one.  Its entirely possible that climate change will cause conflicts in the future but I think the immediate threat potential is someone crossing the point of no return and escalating the current situation exponentially.  My concern is Putin in particular - other countries have other voices than may temper any escalatory ambitions.  Putin does exactly what he wants and people who oppose or criticise him, face the consequences - viz a viz Prigozhin.

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  3. 20 hours ago, kinyara said:

    Don't know what all the fuss is about, Russian tourist numbers were only marginally higher last month than they were in January 2023. They normally fall by half in April and half again in May, it's high season so what.

    I have a Thai friend that lives and works in Phuket - she tells me that there are far more Russians there now than there have ever been.  I also have an English friend that works in real estate in Phuket, he tells me condo sales and rentals to Russians have increased massively over the last 2 years.

     

    The numbers of Russian tourists may be roughly the same but those figures are simply arrivals. They don't show how many have stayed. 

     

    Not sure if any figures are available that give the numbers of foreigners that are living in Phuket and their nationalities but they would tell the correct story.

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  4. 23 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

    Glad it is not only me.

     

    Am I right to think the line above the voltage line (the one that runs 0 - 50) is amps?

    No, I believe the amps is the one where the initial part of the scale has the wording 'Leak'.

     

    I think the 10

                      50

                     250

    Corresponds to volts - depending on where you have the ACV switch set and the red AC10V on the same scale = just that - if you have the switch set to 10.

     

    This should help, sorry no time to read it.

     

    https://overseas.sanwa-meter.co.jp/pdf/manual/analog_multitester/YX360TRF_EN.pdf

     

    Its clearly the same meter but odd how the name is spelled differently.

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  5. 21 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

    Interesting.  Could this be due to something wrong in the light fixture due somehow to how the new light  bulb was installed? (As problem only started then). Or does it have to be from a problem in the water heater itself? (Which seems to work fine). I ask because have to decide whether to invest in having Stiebel send out technician from Bangkok (very costly as 6 hour r/t drive -- I'll certainly do it if indicated but hate to waste my money and their time if the issue is in the light fixture. ). 

    It could be so many things Sheryl to be honest.  A decent electrician should find it easily.  I found a 'real' electrician by quietly asking if anyone did 'moonlights' at my local PEA office.

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  6. I'm no electrician - hopefully Crossy will be along soon and give you some advice.

     

    However,  Thai' electricians', I use the term lightly, wire houses up very differently to what is generally accepted in other parts of the world.  There is rarely any separate lighting, sockets and high ampage circuits.

     

    I suspect that your problem is something to do with the water heater and its shorting the live across to the neutral. You might think the lights are on a separate circuit but I doubt the neutrals are separate - hence a neutral fault can give problems in other areas. In my house the lights take their positive from the socket supply in the same room and they all both share the neutrals.

     

    Such a fault should flip the trips in your consumer unit - provided of course, that trip has been wired correctly in the first place.  Connecting the outgoing live to the incoming live renders the trip completely useless yet that was how a house I rented was wired!

     

    I've also found that some Thai fittings and switches 'leak' electricity - I've had readings of 2 to 12v on the plastic parts of a light switch - cured by replacing the switch. I've changed all my sockets to UK ones now but I previously also had a Thai double socket reading around 50v on the plastic!

     

    Anyway, electric is a strange beast and I'm just speculating.  Hopefully someone with real electrical experience will be able to point you in the right direction

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