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I have moved into a house in Hua Hin last year and had some problems with the electrics. House was built over 10 years ago. The board was tripping out all electrics for a short time periodically. I had solar installed last December and have had to figure out all the wiring because at the time there were a number of issues identified. I think its been well stated that the electrical systems installations here can be a problem. As a reminder to people, what I found shows that they do anything they want with no respect for standards or safety. Use any color of cable and bits of wire they have, making multiple joins changing color and sometime size. All kitchen on one circuit 32 amp breaker, hob oven and water heater included, Oven and hob are 6.4 + 2.6 KW (although unlikely to use all at once, we rarely use more than a few KW) No separate breakers. Wire size 2.5sqmm from roof, 4sqmm cable connected to 2.5 at back of units looks better but most should be at least 6mmsq. Earth looks ok in kitchen but too small (1.5 sqmm) and then I found not connected in roof. Water heater 6KW was on wiring 2.5 sqmm and one wire dropped to 1.5 sqmm. No separate breaker. Earth appears to be connected ok at 1.5sqmm. When used with other appliances occasionally it was tripping the whole system for a short time when initially switched on. The mains is 15/45 amp. I can see the sharp surge on my solar app. Air conditioners not earthed. Earth wire looks ok to two units but earth not connected in roof. Then also, no earth to outside compressor. Two AC's connected together onto 32 A breaker without individual breakers. Lots more lesser problems, but i think the above illustrates how bad some important things can be. I am nearly complete on adding the wiring and breakers. Work has been necessary on the main board and that's where I note my initial topic for any advice / comment please In the main board there is a direct wire connection from the earth strip to the neutral strip. I checked online and it seems to be correct. As follows: Should I be concerned about bonding the Neutral-to-Ground Bond in the main panel? Neutral-to-ground bond is needed to properly operate the circuit breakers. Over Current Protection Devices (OCPD) such as circuit breakers and fuses actually require a short and intense INCREASE in electrical current (a short) in order to detect the fault and cut the circuit off. Without a sharp and drastic increase in electrical flow, a fault could go on without triggering a circuit breaker to stop the flow. This actually occurs quite often and can be measured easily by checking the amount of current flowing on your ground conductor. It should be less than 1-amp in most cases. If the current flowing on a grounded conductor is higher than an amp, and you are not in a high-voltage (600V+) environment, it typically indicates an erroneous neutral-to-ground bond somewhere in the system. I therefore assume it is ok for the connection here in Thailand, unless I get advice to the contrary. Thanks in advance for any advice. It may also be useful for others to know.

I travel the route frequently and the biggest regular problem going into bangkok is the traffic at the junction for the ring road, not the roadworks. For some reason the ring road no 9. slows traffic back for several km. Generally due to drivers staying in the outer lane until the last minute and slowing everything behind. The roadworks have some blips but are generally well managed. The worst time to travel in that section after midday is rush hour about 4pm to 6pm. It normally adds about 1 hour. But can be more when there is bad weather Luxury minibus i use from hua hin to suvarnabhumi is generally 3.5 hours if leaving hua hin 12.00 or 16.00. Leaving at 14.00 takes 4.5 hours. I dont travel into bkk in the morning, but guess the morning rush hour will be as bad as late afternoon.

Pathetic spoilsports. They obviously picked the crackdown because they knew there would be people out watching the football. Easy targets for fund raising.

There is a minibus goes through Hua hin to Pranburi where you should be able to get transport to the coastal district of Pak Nam Pran. In Hua hin the minibus stops at the clock tower and I understand also at Market Village. The minibus terminates in Pranburi near the main intersection on Petkasem road. The one after the lotus junction going south. I would expect that main intersection will have local transport to Pak Nam Pran but I do not know any details. Probably a better place than Lotus's.

if you are in hua hin, I suggest you go to the clock tower and check the best timing with the guy there to buy ticket in advance. Minivans can be full sometimes. Also, from what i know already, there are very few or no buses. Unless you find with tour operators. There are big public transport buses and minibuses go from bangkok to prachuap use the by pass. But very few now compared to before covid. The minibus that i know goes throigh hua hin only goes to pranburi.

You are lucky. I am just getting a minivan from hua hin toward prachuap. Just got on the van. The guy selling tickets says the minivans are every 30 to 40 minutes. Start at 6.30 am. Until about 6pm. Coming back about the same. The vans go from petchaburi to prachuap via cha-am and hua hin. So they go past the airport and you can ask to get out there. I am getting van from the clock tower. It just stopped at market village. There are small desks to buy tickets.

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Maybe positive if the police can get to any problem locations. But depends how long in waiting. Is this the biggest problem? Why farangs? There appears to have been no comment in reference to Thai ladyboys, who are often the source of problems. Do the Pattaya police have a policy how they react quickly to reports of such incidents, and demonstrate how they deal with some real problems that are frequently reported..