billd766

1 hour ago, Ludzilla said:

Answering to myself here and maybe give useful price range to other forum users.
I got 2 new quotations between 600k and 650k for the following installed system.
25kwh of N-type mono bifacial panels. 1st tier
2x10 khw deye hybrid inverters
30 kw lifepo4 batteries (80%dod)
Cheaper than i thought. it's about half price of my initial quotation 2 years ago by one of the major player in Phuket.

Thank you for that information. I, for one find it very useful.

19 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Bit the same here this afternoon.

Fairly confident it will come Sun/Mon, we have a trip planned to Pattaya to see friends from Phitsanulok who made a sudden decision to escape the heat for a couple of days.

More sound effects this afternoon and a small sprinkle of rain. At 14:45it is 33,8C in the shade, 52% humidity and my barometer is reading 1008 mb, down from 1011 mb at 08:00, but slowly rising again.

25 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Hi Bill, glad to see your name come up, not seen it for a while and was beginning to wonder.

Yes we had some really torrential rain in March, a good deal more than last year but been fairly dry since. Last year we went to UK 30th April and if I remember right wife's sister said rain came just after we left. Our well ran out a couple of weeks ago and that is the first time for several years. I remember when I first came it used to run out about early March and sometimes bought water.

Wife seem to think it will start here on Monday, have to wait and see on that. We are off to UK on 14th, looks like plenty over there.

Good afternoon Sandy

Sadly just sound effects at the moment. No light(ning) effects and definitely no rain.

19 minutes ago, billd766 said:

 

So far this year since 01 January, where I live in rural Kamphaeng Phet we have had 19.3mm of rain. Fortunately we are on mains water but this week we had to buy in water for the first time in a couple of years.

 

The TMD forecast for here is no real rain until the end of May and probably less rain this year than last year. The last real rain we had was 5.9 mm over 20/21/22 March.

 

The klong across the road in 2011 was about 10 metres wide a 3 metres deep but it is now possible in many places to walk across it without even getting the soles of your shoes wet. There are some small pools of water in places, but that is all.

It is clouding over here and the wind is getting up. My barometer  is down to 1004mB and there was a 40% chance of rain according to Accuweather. Having said that at 07:00 Accuweather said that there will be a possibility of a thunderstorm this afternoon and they also say that in the big village there will be 0.6mm of rain. So far here there is not a drop anywhere.

6 hours ago, sandyf said:

The weather has been deviating from the norm for the last 7 years or so, a heatwave at some point was an almost certainty.

The norm for this area was no rain from Nov till around Songkran and then in 2016 there was no rain until about June, then in Jan 2017 we had some rain, unprecedented. Since then the amount of rain between NY and Songkran has steadily increased.

The problem with Thailand is the weather can be very localised and Mr Google not as informed as some may think. I have no mains water supply, we collect our own with a well for backup, so rain quite an important factor. We usually plan to  go away in May in case dry spell protracted but this year would have been ok, enough water till end of month, well run out about 2 weeks ago.

So far this year since 01 January, where I live in rural Kamphaeng Phet we have had 19.3mm of rain. Fortunately we are on mains water but this week we had to buy in water for the first time in a couple of years.

The TMD forecast for here is no real rain until the end of May and probably less rain this year than last year. The last real rain we had was 5.9 mm over 20/21/22 March.

The klong across the road in 2011 was about 10 metres wide a 3 metres deep but it is now possible in many places to walk across it without even getting the soles of your shoes wet. There are some small pools of water in places, but that is all.

6 hours ago, giddyup said:

You can run aircon 24/7 purely on solar?

I should think that is quite possible yo do so.

Having said that, you would have to know how how many units of electricity you currently use daily, then build/get built, a solar array to supply at least 4 or 5 times the equivalent daily usage to have enough daytime power to run all the current system you have, plus enough to keep the battery backup for when the solar system is on minimal charge at night.

I am sure that the must be a formula available to give you that result, but that is not in my skillset.

I don't that is possible to home build one like that and the cost of such a system would be expensive, assuming that it can be expanded by perhaps 5% per year.

The ROI would take a long time (if ever) to pay for itself given that the batteries will degrade over time, as will the solar cells.

14 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

It is not a case of what any specific  member of the Royal family has done for any individual UK national but what the Royal Family has done through the ages for the UK as a whole that matters.  (of course there have been missteps and negatives but the positives IMO vastly outweigh the negatives!) 

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Thank you,  I try not to answer stupid questions

41 minutes ago, RobU said:

Ouch, it's painful to watch I had to give up half way through

I agree with you.

I only lasted 47 seconds before I dumped it.

12 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Interesting.

What did he do for you, as I suppose you're British?

Correct supposition. I am British.

He did nothing for me personally as he was not the king when I used to live in the UK. but then again I wouldn't have expected him to.

What did he do against you, as I suppose you're British?

26 minutes ago, Tongjaw said:

Pity they won’t name the school. 

That may be because of the very harsh defamation law.

10 hours ago, liddelljohn said:

Tell them to sod off ,, small dicks cant handle criticism

What a brilliant idea, <deleted> off the Immigration and tourist police in Thailand.

5 hours ago, Denim said:

 

The panels are mounted on the roof near the eves. I then ran the supplied cable around and under the roof tile into the attic. From there made a small hole in the ceiling to connect to the light mounted high on the wall in the corner. The panels get enough charge during the day to run right through the night if necessary but start to gradually dim about 4.00 am. Usually  turn them off at bedtime except ones in bathroom and kitchen which automatically turn off at sunrise. No extra cable needed.

 

Really these were fitted so we have light during power cuts but Murphys law has kicked in and have hardly had an outage since I spent the money.

 

You can buy solar powered fans on Lazada. The cheap as chips solutions to solar power.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for the information. One of the problems that I have found since we built the house 20 years ago is that we have no access in the house to get into the roof space. I at 79 am too old to make one and TBH the number of times that I have needed to go into the roof space, I can count on one hand with fingers left to spare.

On 4/20/2024 at 3:21 PM, DjSilver said:

Since, the foreigner with racist word you are using is not too blame. All problems in Thailand is based on scamming and racist Thais.

On 4/20/2024 at 7:37 PM, thesetat said:

racist

On 4/22/2024 at 11:53 PM, thesetat said:

Duh... racist is a word... So you used it... 

My apologies you are correct.

I was however responding to a post quoted by DjSilver.

I notice that you picked me up on it but not him, and that is his post at the top of my reply.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

5 hours ago, Denim said:

 

Which is about the only thing I would want it for. Already have cheap solar lights ( garden type ) in every room so interior lighting sorted. Cook with gas, mains water ( no pump ), watch movies on tablet , so the only thing we would miss without grid power is our 13,000 btu air con , which recently has been going about 20 hours a day.

I know this is an odd question or 3, but the solar lamps that I have at the moment run out of charge  after about 6 hours. The power cables from the charging panels are only about 2 metres long around 6 or 7 mm thick, expending to perhaps 10 or 12 mm thick where they plug into the light itself. Do you have a special cable or connector of extra length and thinness to get them into the house some how or do you drill a big enough hole in the wall and then put sealant in the hole as well?

If the panels are on charge all day how do you run the lights as well?

Can you run fans from them as well during the day or do you have an external solar array?

So far this year except for April I am using an average of 21.5 units of electricity per day.

Because April was so hot and the main a/c downstairs has been on 6 hours a day, during April I was using 31.5 units on average per day.

I am 79, and the heat downstairs has been getting to me during April. Even my wife who is Thai and 58 is coming in when the a/c is on.

2 hours ago, Zyxel said:

Mt wife has been dropping some gentle and not so gentle hints about a new car. I will show her this and suggest it is OK for a trip to the noodle shop in the village. Before I do that, does anybody know how to set up a GoFundMe account? 

7 hours ago, Excogitator said:

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/200-days-military-attack-gaza-horrific-death-toll-amid-intl-failure-stop-israels-genocide-palestinians-enar

I opened the link on my first click using Google Chrome.

Here are the first few lines.

Palestinian Territory - The consequences of the 200-day Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip are horrifying, both in their scope and their deliberate targeting of Palestinian civilians. This is particularly alarming given the shameful lack of global pressure on Israel to adhere to international law and the rulings of the International Court of Justice and to halt the ongoing crime of genocide against the Palestinian people.

Euro-Med Monitor outlined in numbers the catastrophic results of the genocide being carried out by Israel with the aim of destroying Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. This genocide continues unabated, with Israel persisting in its attacks at the same intensity and committing horrendous crimes, ignoring escalating calls for a ceasefire. Israel is fortified by protection of the U.S. and European and international stances that, at best, only amount to condemnation statements.

And a few more, and there is a lot more in the link.

The Israeli army has killed 42,510 Palestinians over the course of its 200-day attack, 38,621 of whom were civilians, including 10,091 women and 15,780 children. The bodies of several thousand are still stuck under the rubble, while thousands remain missing and are presumed dead. These statistics include the killing of 137 journalists, 356 medical personnel, and 42 civil defense personnel.

Based on these data, the daily death toll for Palestinians has reached 212, including 50 women and 79 children. These are horrifying statistics and unprecedented in the context of contemporary warfare.

15 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Reflect on this for the rest of your life, it's so easy to pull over and take a nap.

When I used to drive any long distance I would stop every couple of hours and take a break.

In Thailand every second stop I would have a sleep for a while.

Arriving safely matters, time doesn't.

12 minutes ago, coolcarer said:

Actually no that was just one example, plenty more but keep that head buried in the sand

Don't forget to keep your blinders carefully placed to support Israel only.

Explanation of "blinder".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkers_(horse_tack)#:~:text=Blinkers%2C sometimes known as blinders,some cases%2C to the side.

Both "blinker" and "blinder" are also used metaphorically to refer to people with an overly narrow focus or inability to see the larger picture. The term can be seen as implying "a limitation or obstruction to sight or discernment".

32 minutes ago, Excogitator said:

And before anyone tries to label me an 'anti-semite' and a 'hamas sympathiser'..

I equally condemn the terrorist organisation hamas, and the terrorist-regime of netanyahoo.

Both have to go.

quote from your post.

And before anyone tries to label me an 'anti-Semite' and a 'Hamas sympathiser'..

I equally condemn the terrorist organisation Hamas, and the terrorist-regime of Netanyahu.

Both have to go.

If anyone does label you an 'anti-Semite' and a 'Hamas sympathiser' on ANN here, be proud to be labelled thus.

It means that they have no real answer or solution to the problem, so they have to resort to insults.

3 hours ago, coolcarer said:

Not tripe.

 

UPDATE: the man spotted waiving around an ISIS flag and wearing a Hamas headband has been arrested.

 

 

Wow. One person at one site was waving the "wrong" flag and was arrested. Out of how many protestors at how many university campuses.

Does he NOT have the right to protest also?

What has happened to freedom of speech in the USA, and other western countries, come to that?

Freedom of speech US style.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68923528

New York City's Columbia University has begun suspending students involved in a pro-Palestinian protest on campus after they defied a deadline to disperse.

College leaders earlier warned those who failed to disband from the two-week encampment by 14:00 EST (18:00 GMT) on Monday would face disciplinary action.

But as the deadline passed, dozens of students rallied at the site.

In Texas, police arrested dozens of protesters and dismantled their camp at the University of Texas at Austin.

Officials there said protesters had ignored directions to take down their tents.

The college said in a statement that "baseball-size rocks" had been found in the encampment and the "majority of protesters are believed to be unaffiliated with the university".

14 hours ago, CharlieH said:

We had 44 over the weekend, Thats brutal ! 

 

Our electricity is up this month with temps over 40 regularly. probably up 25%, to be expected.

Mine went up over 40% in April over March. Having said that, it was Songkran and we had 8 extra visitors for 4 days, and 2 of them stayed for 2 weeks. My wife tells me that next month may be worse. even though there are only 3 of us now.

1 hour ago, WhatMeWorry said:

Antisemitism among the left wing democratic voting students is in full display on campus. No hiding the fact that these students care little for the right of Israel to defend its borders and try to rescue its citizens from the terrorist Hamas rapists.

Then Israel should stay within its own borders and perhaps this might never have happened.