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EV Owners … Real life experience & help thread
Sophon replied to KhunLA's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
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. -
How far in advance can you do a 90 day report?
Sophon replied to Negita43's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
"If I Remember/Recall Correctly". -
How far in advance can you do a 90 day report?
Sophon replied to Negita43's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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. -
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.
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Thai power sockets: non switched = not safe?
Sophon replied to Encid's topic in The Electrical Forum
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Troubling looking electrical wires, how bad really is it?
Sophon replied to NorthernRyland's topic in The Electrical Forum
Looks like the Joven 500: And yes, no mention of earth leakage protection in the specifications on their website -
Twitter hit with mass resignations after Elon Musk's ‘hardcore’ ultimatum
Sophon replied to Scott's topic in World News
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. -
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.
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Solar power, can it be done DIY?
Sophon replied to Sophon's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
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. -
Solar power, can it be done DIY?
Sophon replied to Sophon's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
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: -
Solar power, can it be done DIY?
Sophon replied to Sophon's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
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. . -
Growing Lettuce from Seeds
Sophon replied to carlyai's topic in Organic Farming, Smallholding and Kitchen Gardening
This seems more like a "Plants, Pets and Vets in Thailand" than a "DIY" topic. -
Bangkok Bank and inactivity question
Sophon replied to Hmunker's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
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. -
Zebra crossings - solution found in Iceland
Sophon replied to fvw53's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
Not exactly a new idea, they tried that in Thailand back in 2019: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-3d-crossing-idUSKBN1Y20D0 -
Even so, he is asking for experience on the cars reliability and after sales experience. Given that the most anyone could have had the car is a few weeks, they probably don't have much to say about those areas. I am surprised that you were quoted two day delivery, since MG's business model is built to order.
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I don't think you will get much information of people's experience with the MG VS here. The model was only launched in Thailand two months ago, and they probably haven't even started delivering cars to customers yet.
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Bank issue for extension / Jomtien
Sophon replied to Swiss1960's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Since you chose the wrong account, it must mean that you have another account with funds in it. So worst case scenario, you can qualify using the combined balance of your two accounts. Just get your bank to include both accounts on the bank letter (or get separate letters for each account). -
Buying land in my daughter's name
Sophon replied to Lolothai's topic in Real Estate, Housing, House and Land Ownership
You can buy land in your daughters name, but you won't be able to have a mortgage on the land. You will have to pay cash. -
Trouble With Bangkok Bank Credit Card.
Sophon replied to Dazinoz's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
He is not the only one. I have accounts in Bangkok Bank, SCB, Krung Thai Bank, Kasikorn Bank and Krungsri Bank and Bangkok Bank has by far the best service. -
It seems unlikely that someone who have 99 posts while being a member since 2005 would suddenly start spamming.
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Solar power, can it be done DIY?
Sophon replied to Sophon's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
Thanks a lot. What did you use as search terms?