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From the article: "Low prices continue to be on the horizon as 2023 ends and in the year to come. 2024 will be a challenging year, according to a major solar developer. Low prices will persist for a time, with the industry gradually starting to stabilize in 2025 and then recover, the developer said."

The Chinese Module Marker (CMM), the OPIS benchmark assessment for mono PERC modules from China, was assessed at USD 0.123 per W, down USD 0.003/W week on week, while TOPCon module prices fell USD 0.004/W to USD 0.131/W. These new record lows come amid muted year-end demand as module makers cut production. Prices in China have seen particular declines. While most tier-1 players – including a top 5 solar major – generally offer modules at around the CNY1 ($0.21)/W mark, some sellers lowered prices past that psychologically significant threshold. PERC modules have been offered as low as CNY0.72 ($0.15), multiple manufacturers said. The winter season is a “weaker period of the year, hence, lower demand,” a solar market veteran said. China’s module makers are trying to clear their inventories, according to a module seller, during this off-season. Before their fiscal year closes in December, Chinese companies are attempting to sell stock and “bump up their revenues,” a different veteran said. You can read the full article from PV Magazine here.

I currently live close to Sattahip and would like to give these a try too... they look great! Do you grow them in full sun or in part shade? Are you planting them in pots or do you grow them direct in the ground?

I am sick and tired of the unwanted ads popping up in FaceBook and other apps (like CamScanner) on my Samsung phone. I know that there are ad-blockers available for Internet browers, but are there ad-blockers available for apps too? I know that ads are a necessary evil, as they help to fund the developers of the apps, but sometimes it can become extremely frustrating. Any suggestions?

Good advice. Just out of curiosity, what are "tab Tim"?

AIS really is the only viable carrier in our area - see this website. That sounds like my only option... thanks for the feedback. The one year basic pack plus an "on-top pack" : link And I will do as @MJCM suggested... pester the local fiber company to extend their services to our new home. Yes, the Archer MR-600 wifi router.

I know... I'm spoilt where I am now...

At my current home in Najomtien I have an NT fiber-to-home connection, and testmy.net indicates that I get about 65 Mbps downloading from London, 60 Mbps from LA, 76 Mbps from Tokyo, and 97 Mbps from Singapore. It would be great to get these download speeds from a 4G/5G connection, but I don't think it's possible.

18K is a bit rich for a fiber cable connection, but if it is the only alternative then I will pursue it. At least with fiber you can get 100 Mbps or better, but 4G is (currently) limited. The 4G LTE Cat6 router that I am looking at is capable of providing broadband speeds of up to 300 Mbps. I do not want to have to wait 4-5 months to have an internet connection... 4G or 5G is currently the only option.

We have just about completed building a house in rural Isaan, and I want to set up a 4G/5G SIM router for wifi use. Unfortunately we are located about 2km from the nearest village where fiber optic is available, so 4G is our only available option for internet. I have decided to throw away the AIS pocket wifi that I bought a few months ago because it simply does not have the range that a proper router has. My plans include setting up wifi security cameras as well as a wifi camera doorbell so a router with good wifi range is required. I have decided on the TP-Link AC1200 4G+ dual band Gigabit LTE Wi-Fi router, as it gets great reviews and will be able to be used with my TP-Link OneMesh products, to provide a single wifi name for seamless whole of property coverage. But my problem is trying to find an appropriate ISP. DTAC coverage is atrocious in our area, AIS is pretty good, 3BBB is non-existent, and I don't know about True or NT as nobody uses either their phone SIMs or fiber networks in our village. I have tried to find unlimited data AIS 4G SIMs with a 20 Mbps download speed but to no avail. I have found plenty that say unlimited data, but most are capped at 70GB of data per month then it reverts to 1 Mbps, which is unsuitable for my streaming and torrent use. Can anyone recommend a product (or provide a link) that I could try?

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It sounds like a simple hose failure. There are hoses that are rated for hot water use... but they do get hard and inflexible over time and need replacing.

SOFAR Australia might be able to help. On that web page are links to the product data sheet and user manual.

Natthaporn Toprayoon is a hardline yellow shirt headline/attention seeker who also tried (and failed) back in January 2020 when he got the Constitutional Court to hear charges of the opposition Future Forward Party (FFP) and its leader, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, of conspiring to overthrow the monarchy. Natthaporn also said at the time that the FFP party’s logo, an orange inverted triangle, "looks eerily similar to the symbol associated with the Illuminati, a secret society that conspiracy theorists believe seeks world control, and that the resemblance meant the two were probably linked." However the Constitutional Court acquitted the Future Forward Party (FFP) and Thanathorn, citing a lack of evidence. Natthaporn was also behind the allegations that the actions of three protest leaders at a rally at Thammasat University in August 2020 were an attempt to overthrow the constitutional monarchy. Based on Natthaporn's petition stating that they violated section 49 of the Constitution the Constitutional Court ruled that the protestors had "covert intentions to exercise their rights and liberties to undermine and overthrow the democratic regime with The King as head of state".

The pipes you are seeing in option 1 are likely to be 2" grey water drains from sinks and showers, with P-traps fitted to provide a water seal and to prevent odours. The pipes you are seeing in option 2 are likely to be 4" black water pipes from toilets, where there is an S-bend fitted into the toilet bowl body to provide a water seal and to prevent odours.

There are relatively inexpensive deflectors available on Lazada if you have a search...

You might be able to save it from further degradation by protecting the drip line with another material fixed on top of the polycarbonate... perhaps a Shera board or similar? Sorry... off-topic I know.

I'm guessing... zero maintenance huh? Is there a drip line that is causing that localised degradation in the middle of the sheets?

I had to google this term... do you mean Septic Tank? Fosse Septic What make and model of septic tank did you buy? What was the missing part? Normally they come as a complete unit which you then have to pipe up to your sewerage pipe(s) and leach tank and vent.

Halfway between the Hua Yai road overpass and the Soi 3 overpass... it spans 4 lanes in each direction.

Actually they were closed to allow the use of large cranes to lift the new prefabricated reinforced concrete foot bridges into position after offloading them from large transport trucks. It was a safety operation... no traffic under heavy lifts. Sukhumvit was only partially closed for a few hours, so just a minor and temporary inconvenience.

Correct! They are 4" PVC drains from the concealed gutter above. They will discharge into a 12" collection header which will be run the length of the building and discharge into a manhole/sump at the side of our access road. We want the water to drain away from the retaining wall, not towards it. You can probably see how the roof drainage system works better from above... The 3 x 4" upper roof drains discharge onto the lower roof above the Thai kitchen which in turn has 5 x 4" drains which discharge into the 12" collection header (not yet installed). Once it is all painted (under the roof line) I hope that it won't be quite so noticeable. I'm not concerned about painting the PVC drains and septic tank vent above the roof line... sure they will fade from UV rays in time but they are not visible from standing eye level.

If you read the post that I quoted you will see that I had not done a 90-day report since December 2022 because I had not received a reminder email... so I forgot. I am asking if I should do my next report in 90 days time from my last visit to immigration (which was today)?

Of particular interest and entertainment was the Bluetooth speaker light mounted above the deck on the East side of the house... I'm sure it will give the workers hours of pleasure while they finish off the remaining tasks... received_644457787669079.mp4

And last night all the switches were turned on for the first time...