nickcar

21 hours ago, rwill said:

What size meter do you have?  5/15 or 15/45?

My memory says it was something like 30/100. Whatever I’m pretty sure it was the largest one could buy. 

Yesterday I installed a Daikin inverter type air-conditioner in my housekeepers room. This machine is quoted as being too able to run down to 150 V. And last night For the first time for ages my own Air conditioner and my housekeepers were able to run together perfectly.

1 hour ago, action said:

I used to have similar issues.  I now run a 5kva voltage stabilizer and all my stuff gets good, constant clean power.  
Mine is made by CBC and I bought it from Lazada for under 8,000 THB.  It's been going strong for 3 or 4 years now.  

Could I ask you for the model number of the CBC you purchased?

2 hours ago, Crossy said:

Is option 3 viable to completely move to?

 

100m vs 600m has to be better.

 

 

It would help, I should at least be able to get 220 volts. However moving a meter would be difficult if not impossible as the PEA is very obstructive. However adding a new meter and getting two sources of power should solve all my problems

Hi there all electricity experts. I live in Nakhon Nayok and have problems with power supply. My 18,000 Btu fixed speed air-conditioner works fine in my bedroom on its own, but it will not work if my housekeepers 13,000 Btu air-conditioner is on at the same time.

Today I am changing my housekeepers Air conditioner to a inverter type air-conditioner that is supposed to function okay down to 150 V. This might solve my problem, but if it doesn’t there are many other solutions. Note that my current grid supply is from a metre 600 m away from which I get normally 210 V. By increasing the size of the cable I will probably get 220 volts. 

1, Solar cell, if it was possible to have a solar cells and batteries installed that would supplement my grid power enough to have both Air conditioners functioning and was not outrageously expensive then that would be the most climate friendly solution.

2, change my room air-conditioner to a inverter type as well might work.

3, get a second meter and power supply to place the two air-conditioners on different meters. This would be from a supply line which is about 100 m from my house and uses a different transformer

I would be interested in your guys comments on the best solution.

Cheers

Nick

2 hours ago, mrwebb8825 said:

Because, according to our leader, all healthcare workers have been vaccinated making her immune and unable to transmit the virus.

 

On a side note, my wife has been informed that she must have an updated covid test to travel home from BKK for Song Kran. This comes from our home and not from BKK. Seems there are/will be check points and you will be turned back w/o it.

(home is Nakhon Nayok Province)

Is there any way to check if this is true for certain? I live in Nakhon Nayok and I’m due to travel to Bangkok tomorrow for Eye test on Saturday and back to Nakhon Nayok on Monday. The eye test is a six monthly check and so can be put off without problem.

Thanks

Nick

Water can also be caused by inadequate liquid in the compressor. 

I have used Lineman with great success 4 or 5 times in recent weeks. 

I believe everybody receives a bill, but nobody told you you have to go to the Amphur to claim the exemption

19 hours ago, prakhonchai nick said:

More nonsense from someone........a sales pitch for the Swede's lawyer wife!

The Thai laws re intestacy are perfectly clear. A Thai Will  ensures who will get the assets in Thailand (most usually the wife), but without a Will, assets will be distributed once the equivalent of Thai probate has been obtained.

 

Yes, And I seem to remember that Thai law specifies exactly how the estate is divided when there is no will. If I am correct and somebody knows how it is divided I would like to hear

In case I decide to try them again can you give me the number of the CallCenter? I completely failed trying to get them on the phone.

Thanks

2 hours ago, RichCor said:

Drivers are not supposed to reject rides but some will by saying the passenger was a no show. The 'ride-share' system is automated and drivers compete with each other to accept passenger requests. Drivers accept the request to keep it from going to others, but after reviewing the actual call request may change their mind.

 

The APP should have a method for rating a request/ride or submitting abuse reports.

Suggest you google the app name and see if other users have similar issues and how they deal with it.

Curiously the driver I eventually got from the roadside said he sometimes uses Grab but not usually because if you get a message you have to accept it. He prefers line man where as the messages come up you can grab one you want to do.

A major problem with Grab is you cannot contact them. From my point of view they are quite useless.

On 9/23/2020 at 2:11 PM, RichCor said:

Um, "Grab"?      or more specifically: Grab - Transport, Food Delivery, Payments

 

Visit the Grab website and scroll to the bottom of the page for App Store or Play Store links

 

Thanks very much for your help. I installed the Grab application. Last night I used it for the first time, ordered a taxi for 7:15 pm on the app. Was shown as scheduled until 7:15 pm then it disappeared. No taxi arrived, couldn’t find a number to ask where my taxi is. What did I do wrong?

Can anybody tell me the name of the Grab app so I can read it?

Thanks

Nick

We have never seen it in daylight, and since that night it seems to have disappeared. Although it is possible that the huge tree has hollow branches that it lives in

On 9/17/2020 at 8:48 AM, smutcakes said:

I very much doubt it is 6m, as that would be very very rare in Thailand, and although the photo is not clear it looks pretty thin.

If its anything above a couple of meters they are far to strong and dangerous for anyone but experienced snake handlers to deal with.

Would love to see some photos of it in daylight?

 

Could I be wrong? Yes it might have been only 5 to 5 1/2 m. I think I said 6 inches in diameter and in this case I think it’s more likely if I’m wrong that it was 7 inches. I have a huge old tamarind tree that at one point it was stretched out along one of the branches and so I got a good measure of its size. It really was huge, so much so that I tried to forbid my housekeeper from going out to look at it again. My guess is that it would easily capture and squeeze to death and large animal such as a cow.

It’s a lousy picture, will try and take another one tonight. We don’t know where it goes during the day, it may even be inside the tree which is huge

1 hour ago, Worldplus said:

Please take a video or some pics of this monster..

 

That's about 18ft long...damm

The last few days we have discovered a 6 m long python with diameter of at least 6 inches living in 100 year old tamarind tree close to our house. It’s big enough to be a danger to people as well as my dogs. Does anybody have any suggestions of how to persuade it to go away.

cheers

Nick

1 hour ago, giddyup said:

Not if it's Tipmanee or Sophon cable they don't.

Would like to know what “Tipmanee or Sophon cable” is

I have had this problem of having to get up to pee at night. Admittedly not more than once at night but still annoying. The urologist said stop complaining you are getting old ha ha ( I am 76). I also take the prostate support made by now and the problem has gone away. I also had a problem staying asleep during the whole night, I tried melatonin but it didn’t help. I am now taking an antihistamine, Loratadine and I sleep like a dream. @Sheryl Is there any long-term risk from a daily antihistamine?

Cheers

Nick

Certainly something strange here. I have some experience with the legal execution department(บังคับคดี) And when they sell something at auction they are required to give the owner an opportunity to find a buyer at a higher price or repay the debt. 

Yes it seems That all the Thai banks operate like this, and it seems to me if you have to make security deposit Then it can hardly be called a credit card. I have cards from other countries that never suggested using a security deposit, and I have a Thai card from a foreign bank that gives me hundreds of thousands of baht credit without any security  

I must confess I am 76 and going a bit stupid ha ha. But my ATM card only works on one account and I never keep more than 20,000 in it, whenever it gets short I transfer from another account.