billd766

13 hours ago, billd766 said:

Please explain exactly who did save Europe from Germany in WW2.

 

Are you thinking of Russia who was an ally of Germany until July 1941 until they were supplied  by the USA and the UK both directly into Russia by the USA and via Murmansk by the UK and the arctic convoys. How many thousands of Merchant Navy and Royal Navy sailors died, frozen to death, helping Russia? They were also supplied with lease/lend through the middle east countries into southern Russia.

 

The Russians also invaded Poland and Finland and those countries were divided up between Russia and Germany. How about when the Russians were advancing across Poland towards the end of WW2, yet stopped before they got to Warsaw so that the Germans could slaughter the Hewish resistance?

 

Did you also "forget" that their version of saving Europe meant invading countries and not leaving them, Remind us all what happened in Hungary in 1956 when the Hungarians wanted their freedom from Russia.

 

How about Berlin and the Berlin Wall, or the airlift in 1948 when the Allied Air forces kept the West Berliners alive through the air corridors, and how allied aircraft were shot down by Russian fighter aircraft, even though the Russians and the allies were supposedly on the same side?

 

Do you still think that they were the "nice guys"?

Dear poster of the confused emoji. Please don't just take my word for what I have written. Please do some internet research of your own, and if I am wrong, please tell me where.

50 minutes ago, RobU said:

This is a discussion group not a scientific forum that requires evidenced statement. They are my opinions and are valid in this group. 

But they are all negative with nothing to back it up.

For example, I could offer the opinion that you are crazy, but it would only be my opinion and worthless unless I could back it up.

That is merely an example and, no, I don't think you are crazy, but it is also an opinion.

10 hours ago, Denim said:

 

1   Tend to agree. Lights don't use that much power. If the OP has fluorescent lights indoors then simply changing to LED lighting will reduce power consumption and give brighter light. All our mains lights are now LED.

 

2   What really consumes power are heating or cooling appliances like air con , kettles and irons. You can turn everything  off in the house then stand by the electric meter and turn different  things on. When you turn on the lights the disc in the meter barley  moves. As soon as you turn on the air con or kettle it will visibly speed up.

 

3   Where indoor solar lights are useful is when there is a power cut. When you buy solar lighting they always come with a remote to turn them on or off or adjust how long you want them today run.

No wall switches needed.

 

4   Having said that the best place to get the cables and advice you need is a specialist electric appliance shop. My local one is excellent.  I just tell them what I want to do and they supply the correct equipment and draw a circuit plan for me as when I fitted a ceiling extractor fan in the bathroom. Even came home with me to show how to connect the first LED light.

1   After 20 years living in the house I have replaced most of the lights by LEDs on failure.

2   The kettle only gets switched on 4 or 5 times a day. I have 2 wall fans running about 16 hours a day to keep me cool and the downstairs a/c is on about 5 or 6 hours a day in March and April, my bedroom a/c is on about 8 hours a night. We also have 2 fridge freezers, 1 freezer and some other odd fans and lights on during the day and evening. My lazy crazy BIL is living in my MIL old house and uses fans and lights for I don't know ho long. The problem with checking the meter is that it is about 40 metres away on a pole outside the property and it would be a 2 person and a 2 mobile job to do.

3   We get power cuts regularly several times a week, anywhere from 10 seconds up to 2 or 3 hours for a serious one. The problem with solar lights and remotes is that I end up with a big heap of remotes and tend to use only one for the 3 outside spotlights I have now.

4   I live about 65 km from Kamphaeng Phet city where there is one proper shop selling all sorts of lighting and solar stuff. There used to be a good shop for that in Nakhon Sawan which is 130 km in the other direction, though I have no idea if it is still operating as I haven't been there in years.

5   I have thought of getting an external solar network built outside as we have the room for it, but I think the cost would be too much. My monthly/daily usage in Kw/h this year was, (December) January 589/19 units, February 590/19.03, March 502/16.19, April 669/21.58 and the current one is 978/31.55 units and probably mostly in the daytime.

I think that I would need perhaps a network that will generate about 50 Kw/h daily to cover my current usage and still charge the batteries in the daytime with room for expansion if necessary.

At 80 years old in a couple of weeks, I will never see a ROI and I have no doubt that my wife, who is 59 will be faced with several sets of solar panels and batteries to replace over the years.

I have just looked back at my old electricity bills going back to 2016 and it seems that they are going up at between 4 and 5,000 baht per year, which is about right for inflation.

5 hours ago, billd766 said:

This will be a long post so I will go offline, write and amend it in MS Word, then do a copy and paste to your helpful response. Thank you.

Solar panel cable extension cables v01
Questions from bluejets.
All depends on not what you did say but what you did not say.
Q1   Things like size of the panels (physically and wattage), what voltages are involved, 
Q2   What load current do you expect at the far end of your long runs?
Q3   Do you intend the solar panels to go to an off line inverter first or are you talking unregulated DC from the panels?
Q4   Does the solar array currently power some kind of inverter or load?

Best draw a basic block diagram showing the components for solar panels and loading, length of run, only one load or several and how you intend to connect these together etc
Even then. expect more questions....

Overall, I think you are approaching this idea of "cost cutting" with the wrong ideas on what is possible.
An example is, if it is all this bother just for a few lights,(which draw bugger all)  there are much better/cheaper alternatives.
If you want to install a system to save your wife some money in the future(and naturally now), get a grid connect system installed by professionals.
Again, the size of the system would depend on what you need to power.

Answers

I will number your questions and do my best to answer them.

Q1   Things like size of the panels (physically and wattage).
A1   The size of the current 3 solar lamps I have is, solar panel is 134x217x6.5 mm. Battery capacity - 2200 mAh, 3.7V, Voltage from solar cell - 6 Volt / maximum 3-Watt, Wire length - 4 meters, Maximum brightness - 250 LM.
Dengo brand.  Model name Solar Bright 60W is what I am using outside currently.
Q2   What load current do you expect at the far end of your long runs?
A2   That would depend on how many and what kind of lamps I would use? Downstairs in the lounge I would use 2 by 75 or 100W solar lamps, my bedroom downstairs 1 by 75 or 100W, upstairs 1 or perhaps 2 by 75 or 100W solar lamps, 1 by 75 or 100W in 2 other bedrooms, outside 3 by 75 or 100W spotlights. In the house would probably be circular ceiling lamps and outside would be spotlights. The outside spotlights would need no extension cables, and if I bought 3 of the same type, any of the remote controllers would work all of them. Inside however would mean perhaps 2 extension cables for each light, perhaps 2 by 5M extensions or 1 x 5 and 1 x 10M cables. The drawback to the inside lights currently, would mean that somebody has to go outside and use the remote to turn the light off, hence the thought for light switches. The other problem is that I would end up with a heap of unused remotes, if I used internal switches. Another problem is that 2 downstair lamps are currently running from around 06:30 to 22:30 and the third is on 24/7, so the solar panels need to be big enough to charge the lamps for 18 hours a day, and the batteries for night time and power outage use as well.

Q3   Do you intend the solar panels to go to an off line inverter first or are you talking unregulated DC from the panels?
A3   No.

Q4   Does the solar array currently power some kind of inverter or load?
A4   No.
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5 hours ago, RobU said:

Yes, why not? 24 hours is not a long time in hostage/kidnap situations. They had all the time in the world especially if it was the maid who screened visitors telling them that her very wealthy employer was not available. 

You seem to have lots of ideas and theories, yet little or nothing to back them up.

10 hours ago, ezzra said:

And the plot thicken, either the deceased wasn't in her right minds or completely detached from what things

really cost now days to leave 500k for a funeral unless it was for a royal, in any case, if i was related to the deceased

i would not leave a stone unturned to get to the bottom of this bizarre case...

As it doesn't affect you in any way at all, why do you care?

5 hours ago, RobU said:

Posted in error

On 5/5/2024 at 9:17 AM, Robert Paulson said:

You’re joking right. That’s not very hard she lied about vaccine effectiveness. It literally stops with every vaccinated person. All they do is lie all day. That’s their job. Please do note she never retracted her false statements on vaccines or corrected them in any way, like real journalists do. 

If it is not that hard, why don't you post the link that prove that she lied and that they lie every day?

Or do we have to accept your unsupported word that what you say is correct?

On 5/4/2024 at 3:24 PM, AgMech Cowboy said:

I would not listen to Rachel. She's an elitist/socialist/commie. She lives in her own fantasy.

She lives in her own fantasy, as do millions of other people.

Does that make her and them wrong.

I think that far more people listen to her that listen to you. Does that make them wrong too?

4 hours ago, bluejets said:

All depends on not what you did say but what you did not say.

Things like size of the panels(physically and wattage) , what voltages are involved, what load current do you expect at the far end of your long runs?

Do you intend the solar panels to go to an off line inverter first or are you talking unregulated DC from the panels?

Does the solar array currently power some kind of inverter or load?

 

Best draw a basic block diagram showing the components for solar panels and loading, length of run, only one load or several and how you intend to connect these together etc

Even then. expect more questions....

 

Overall, I think you are approaching this idea of "cost cutting" with the wrong ideas on what is possible.

An example is, if it is all this bother just for a few lights,(which draw bugger all)  there are much better/cheaper alternatives.

If you want to install a system to save your wife some money in the future(and naturally now), get a grid connect system installed by professionals.

Again, the size of the system would depend on what you need to power.

 

This will be a long post so I will go offline, write and amend it in MS Word, then do a copy and paste to your helpful response. Thank you.

I am thinking of installing some solar panel lighting indoors but I have come across problems.

1   Stage 1. Most solar panels seem to have fairly short cables between the panel itself and the light. What I need (I think) is a selection of extension cables perhaps 1, 2 5 and 10 metres long to fit on the end of a solar panel to the next stage.

2   Stage 2. one end of the extension cable will need to go to a simple (really) off/on switch in the house and another cable from the switch to the solar light.

3   Stage 3. The original solar panels will have to be replaced with much larger panels, as some of the lights will be switched on for perhaps 16 hours out of 24 and mostly daylight hours. They will need to be discharging and charging more at the same time.

4   Does anyone think that this is possible? Does anyone know of a place and prices where I can order stuff like this.

I live in rural Kamphaeng Phet, about 65 km from KPP city and about 350 km from Bangkok and Chiang Mai on the western side of Thailand.

I am 79 and hoping to do this before I die to cut down on the electricity bills for my wife after I pop my clogs.

Any information or help will be much appreciated.

On 5/4/2024 at 1:34 PM, thaibeachlovers said:

Bit late for expecting a revival of a BAOR equivalent military. Mind you, if they spent the 3 billion quid Cameron has promised for Ukraine yearly on the UK's military they might have a chance of rescuing something from the current shambles.

I agree with you. However the UK military problems can be laid at the feet of the politicians. They are constantly cutting the military and at the same time taking on more commitments than the UK can handle with reduced personnel and equipment.

For example, the UK has only 2 aircraft carriers. One seems to be permanently around the Arab Gulf and the Red Sea, which leaves one committed to cover the rest of the world. If either one breaks down, is due a major overhaul, or is even sunk or disabled, perhaps on the other side of the world, there are NO replacements available. It will take years to build another one, and then you will have to find enough qualified staff within a reduced military to crew it, plus enough aircraft to equip it.

During WW2, a Wellington bomber was built from scratch in a 24 hour period. Nowadays it will take weeks or months to replace a single Eurofighter, one reason for that, is that the parts come from several different countries with different work rates.

23 hours ago, johng said:

Madness !!!

And YOUR alternative would be what exactly?

4 hours ago, Korat Kiwi said:

Perhaps they are the flying purple eaters. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jV-E09efRE

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