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Sophon

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  1. The base version of the MG 4 at THB 869k may meet your criteria of "a little above 800k".
  2. That is going to be a short list, the only one I can think of off the top of my head is the Neta V:
  3. It might be different for different charging networks, but I did see one of his earlier road trip videos where the charger stopped charging five minutes before the hour.
  4. Plus the five minutes before the booking slot.
  5. It's two months before the day you apply (not 60 days), so you won't be able to apply until the 7th of February. Just to add; there is no requirement to apply a minimum of two weeks before, but it's advised to do so in case you have problems with paperwork etc. In your case that will not be possible
  6. A pic of a Chang socket, which conveniently have indications for L/N/E:
  7. To me it looks like neutral is on the left
  8. Why would the maximum input voltage of the inverter be a factor if putting the panels in parallel? Connecting the panels in parallel would mean low voltage but high amperage, so I could see the inverters maximum allowed amperage or minimum required voltage being factors.
  9. No, he/she is saying the exact opposite, that although it doesn't make sense statistically he/she is still more nervous flying domestically than driving here.
  10. This one? It shows as not yet operational (the spanner symbol) on PlugShare. which I believe is pretty trustworthy.
  11. The 14.8 km/kWh seems to be mislabelled (and unrealistic). From the numbers it seems to me to be more like 148 Wh/km, so 6.76 km/kWh and a total range of about 338 km.
  12. You can report two weeks early, so if for example your report date is Tuesday 20th of December, the earliest you can report is Tuesday 6th of December.
  13. Since your latest extension was based on income, you only need to have the 800k in the bank for two months if you switch to the "money in bank" option.
  14. Chang produces switched sockets that accommodate two three pin plugs (Lazada link????
  15. Looks like the Joven 500: And yes, no mention of earth leakage protection in the specifications on their website
  16. Huntsman spiders are venomous but the venom is generally harmless to humans. In fact all spiders except for a few small groups are venomous.
  17. Musk already fired half of the 7500 employees at the company, so with hundreds leaving he is probably left with less than 3000 employees. And ,as has already been mentioned, the hundreds that are leaving are the ones that have a choice i.e. the highly qualified people who can easily go out and get a good job at another company. With the messages Musk has sent out, nobody would want to work for him unless they have no other choice.
  18. So somewhere between eight and ten million Baht, that doesn't sound budget to me???? Yes, I realize it was just a typo and you added one too many x's.
  19. It's down in the corner of our land and in the wettest part, the location is not suitable as car port or sitting area.
  20. Yes, I know about top-balancing the cells, I will start doing that as soon as the adjustable power supply I have ordered arrive. I have bought this BMS:
  21. So a month and a half on, and things are starting to get real. We just picked up 14 of these JinYuan 340W panels from Global: Our local Global here in Lamphun didn't have any in stock, and neither did any other branches here in the North, so Global had to transfer panels from their Buriram branch. Then there is the question about what to do about batteries. You basically have three choices: The cheapest option is DIY with cells and BMS bought from China. Buy one of the battery packs assembled by "some guy" here in Thailand. Not much more expensive that doing it yourself, but the option comes with question marks about what quality of cells they are using. They may claim to use new, top quality cells but there is not way to really know. Also, what is the build quality of these battery packs? Finally, most of the packs come with NMC cells, which I personally don't think are very well suited for solar battery storage. Compared to LFP cells, NMC cells have their strong points (high energy density, fast charge/discharge rates neither if which are really needed for solar). But they are not as safe as LFP and have a much shorter life span. Buy a factory built battery pack. A good, safe option that more or less guarantee you a quality, well built and nice looking product, but also costs close to twice what it would cost to DIY. In my opening post I said that I would not be building the battery myself, but after doing the research I have changed my mind. Building your own battery pack really isn't that complicated, and you will know exactly what components goes into the battery. So two weeks ago I ordered 16 pcs. EVE LF280K cells on AliBaba, which will give me a little over 14kWh of storage (10-12 kWh if I leave a 10% bottom and top buffer). The cells were shipped Monday this week, and Friday morning we received a call from Nim See Seng that the cells had arrived in Lamphun, and as we were in the city anyway we picked up the packages at the depot. Just four days for shipping from China, that's pretty rapid. Both the 14 PV panels and the 14kWh of battery storage is a little more than originally planned, but once I start looking at buying something I always end up wanting a little bit extra. When it comes to need vs. want, want often comes out on top (at least for me). Next step is to have the ground mount for the panels built, which will hopefully happen over the next couple of weeks. Similarly to often ending up deciding to upgrade a bit from the original plan when buying stuff, the ground mount will no doubt end up being somewhat overengineered. But better that than have the whole thing fly away during the next thunder storm. .
  22. This seems more like a "Plants, Pets and Vets in Thailand" than a "DIY" topic.
  23. Both Bangjak and PTT are busy installing EV chargers at their petrol stations.
  24. Bangkok Bank has a 50 Baht per month management fee for accounts with a balance of less than 2,000 Baht and no user initiated activity for more than one year. The 50 Baht will be deducted every month, and when the balance reaches zero, the account will be closed. So just keep the balance above 2,000 Baht or make sure you use your account at least once a year, and you will be fine.
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