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Suggested price for new-ish MG HS PHAV I-smart
Sophon replied to VinnieK's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
There are currently 7 MG HS PHEVs for sale on one2car, asking prices ranging from Baht 699,999 to 759,000. -
Solar power, can it be done DIY?
Sophon replied to Sophon's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
I ordered some box metal to build a ground mount for our extra solar panels. Notice the error message when Global House's system is unable to check the stock status -
The stamp on the ground rods here (maybe surprisingly) doesn't necessarily indicate the exact length of the rod. Stamp on a 2.4m ground rod: Stamp on a 2m ground rod:
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Not entering a password when opening the app is not the same as not having a password. It's quite normal for your phone to remember the password for an app so you don't have to enter it every time, and when that app is then updated to a new version the phone is no longer able to find the associated password. As an example, every time the Nord VPN app is updated I have to reenter the password on my phone, but then the phone will remember it until the next update. Obviously, with more sensitive apps like mobile banking apps, you will have to enter your password every time for security reasons.
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I have always had a password for the Mor Prohm app on my phone (Android).
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I think you got that the wrong way round.
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The 37 Baht seems to be the fee for arranging the compulsory insurance.
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90 day, 7 day after due date ok?
Sophon replied to sanook 1's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
The seven days are calendar days and include the due date, so the latest you can do your 90 day report is Monday 4th of December. -
Buying house with land on Samui
Sophon replied to oldmanstan's topic in Real Estate, Housing, House and Land Ownership
I believe 5 million is more than most banking apps will allow for QR payments or transfers. -
I guess you meant 100-150mm? No way you could drive through a meter and a half of flooding.
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Solar power, can it be done DIY?
Sophon replied to Sophon's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
No, we just have the normal stuff water pump, shower heater, kitchen appliances (rice cooker, electric pot, induction cooker). Nothing where the difference in voltage (at this scale) will make a difference. I have chosen 230V just because it's closer to our PEA supply not for any other reason, and is just curious what others would have done. -
Solar power, can it be done DIY?
Sophon replied to Sophon's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
Something I would like the forum members opinion on. I live in Lamphun so in PEAs area, which I believe technically means that our supply should be 220V. In reality our supply varies between on the low end 222V and on the high end 233V, and generally it stays around 226V-228V. I can choose between 220V and 230V output in the inverter settings, and because the PEA supply is closer to 230V I have so far had the inverter set to 230V (which gives me 228V-229V at the house). What would you do? Set the inverter to output 220V, which corresponds with the theoretical PEA supply voltage, or would you set it to 230V, which is closer to the actual voltage of our PEA supply? -
Are you using this website: https://www.byd.com/en-th ? If so, try this one instead: https://www.reverautomotive.com/en/model/seal/overview
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Solar power, can it be done DIY?
Sophon replied to Sophon's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
It's now been 7 months since my system went online. The last 3-4 months the weather have been terrible, many days with whole day thick cloud cover and very little solar production. Some days I only managed to produce enough to cover the day time usage, with next to nothing going into the batteries. This is the monthly production since going live: So despite the bad weather over the last 4 months my system has covered 81.3% of our electricity usage. It's reasonable to project the weather to be much better over the next 5 months, so over the first year I expect my system to have produced 85-90% of our usage. So with limited potential further savings, upscaling my system would make absolutely no financial sense. With that being said, I have just ordered 10 more 390w panels. My primary goal when deciding to install solar panels was never about saving money, but rather not having to rely on PEA for our electricity. With my current system there are too many days when we don't have enough production to cover our needs causing the batteries run out during the night/morning. If that coincides with the PEA having a power outage then I am back where I started. I also have to plan carefully when to charge the EV, to make sure I still have enough in the house battery to tide us over until I can recharge them the next day. And on cloudy days I have to rely on PEA when charging the EV. Buying more battery storage makes even less financial sense than buying more solar panels, but despite that I will probably still add another 14kWh later this year. I haven't decided yet, but I am leaning in that direction. -
Someone on another forum thinks it's Scaly breasted Munia: The beak and size (small) matches. If that is correct, then they feed on small seeds (grass) and insects and need protein when young.
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No, I don't know if it were able to survive on it's own, when I said "it did fine" I was referring to it flying. Sure, there is a good chance that it will have difficulty foraging and surviving in the wild, but if we manage to raise it until it can fly at least it will have a chance. The alternative is to let it die now.
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Birds don't really need to be tought how to fly, once they are big and strong enough they will fly away from the nest on their own. And we obviously wouldn't release it on the neighbors land. This is a bird we had a few years ago (I had to take it out of the mouth of one of dogs). It did fine when we released it after about a month
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The neighbor has about 200 cats (no I'm not exaggerating), so putting them back in the tree where they came from or anywhere close to there is unfortunately not an option.
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The neighbors cats pulled down a Birds nest from a Longan tree. One of the baby birds died but two survived, so now we have the task of trying to keep them alive. Can anyone help us with identification of the birds species, and what kind of food they should be fed? To my completely uninformed eyes their beaks look quite short and strong, perhaps signifying that they are seed eaters? They are willing to eat banana, but I\, not sure that is a suitable food for them. This is what their nest looks like Any help is much appreciated.
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Quite busy, probably because of Monday being a holiday. Eight to ten people ahead of me, but most came two or three together, so probably four "groups" to be served before me. Almost everyone seemed to be missing some kind of document, so it took about an hour of waiting before I was seen.
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Just a little heads-up. I did my annual retirement today at the Immigration office in Lamphun. My extension is based on money in the bank, so like in previous years I supplied: Copies of relevant pages in passport Bank letter confirming todays balance One year account statement Copies of account passbook documenting transactions and balance since last years extension They also wanted copy of TM47 and TM30, which I didn't volunteer but had with me. What was different to previous years, was that they wanted TWO original TM7 forms and TWO sets of all the supporting bank documents (one original and one copy), so i.e. they treated my application for a retirement extension like they normally do with an application for a marriage extension. There was no hint of this being a tactic to push me towards using an agent, the officer was friendly and helpful enough. They just seemed overly cautious about what documentation they needed. As we all know, the reason for two sets of document for a marriage extension is that one set is sent off to the regional Immigration head office for approval (in this case Chiang Mai). I did get my extension on the spot today, so it obviously didn't have to be sent off to be approved in Chiang Mai, but I have a sneaky suspicion that maybe Chiang Mai Immigration are looking over the shoulder of the provincial Immigration offices under their command, and have demanded copies of all long term extensions. Perhaps as a consequence of the scandals earlier this year concerning Chinese nationals bribing their way to extensions they didn't qualify for. I expect business to be back to normal by the time I have to do my next extension, but for now it might be a good idea if you prepare to be asked for dokumentation beyond what is normally asked for when doing your retirement extension.