beddhist

Thanks, Joe. I have permission to stay until July on my expired O-A. I was planning to travel out, come back on visa-exempt and then convert to non-O, to avoid insurance, like everybody else. Whether I can travel in July remains to be seen.

I have used Transferwise to bring in my 800k. In my bank book that shows as a standard transfer in, not international. Will immigration accept a printout of my TW transaction? Perhaps backed by my foreign bank statement showing the withdrawal?

I put in online report on 8/4. Got an email with approval on 16/4. Suphanburi IO.

Can he not get either a new non-o or non-oa in the US, when the old one has expired? Why do you say that it is useless now?

That's what the guy down the road uses, except the idea is to get it to each tree individually. No need to make the weeds grow faster and waste the water. But I do want to get away from Dino juice, where possible.

I've just discovered that searching for 'solar pump' yields much better results. I'll return the pump tomorrow and get another.

Interesting: all the pictures above have magically appeared.

Unfortunately none of the pictures show on my PC. I only get a black box with a twirly thing for a while, then a broken picture icon. Looking at some of the almost identical looking alternatives, some are advertised as oil or fuel pumps only, some have water mentioned as well. Some mention a duty cycle of 30 mins, some don't. Funny: "high quality and heat resistant" "use for 30 mins, rest 10 mins" "overheat switch may cut off".

I searched for pumps with the word "continuous": none.

We have a 500 l water tank that our well pump fills in about 5 mins. That same pump can also rapidly top up the existing canal.

The 1.5 h running time came from the time it takes to water the existing trees with the pole bucket. It actually needs to run a lot longer and in stop/start mode. (Meaning: pump water to a tree, let go of the switch, move to the next one, repeat, ...) I wonder whether I need a much larger pump for more trees, although they won't all need watering at the same time. She can't plant them that fast!

It will float in a tub, so pulling will be very easy. We have seen a guy down the road do this with a petrol powered pump. I'm planning to "borrow" a 45 Ah LiFePO4 battery from our solar system. I have 4 of them. We have a bit over 1 ha and we are planting most of it in trees, probably around 1000 of them. My wife says they need watering only during the first year. After that their roots will be deep enough to get water from the canals. Otherwise I would have installed irrigation pipes. We have about 100 trees so far and she waters them daily with the small bucket on a long pole that all farmers have. It takes 1.5 hours...

Thanks for your reply. In the questions the seller confirmed that it can pump water. I am a little surprised that it pumps diesel twice as fast. I don't want to open the sealed box, if I don't keep it. I think heat is exactly the problem and the water in the canals will be hot in the hot season, so more reasons to send it back.

On the other hand, 1000B is not excessively expensive to give it a shot. Plus, I have not found another suitable pump on Shoppee or Lazada. They are either too slow, submersible only or short duty cycle. Perhaps I should visit some of the local stores, but I'm not holding my breath.

As we are planting a lot of trees I bought a 12V water pump, to be installed in a tub with battery, which can be pulled along the irrigation channels. This is the pump:

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/dc-12v-i407734253-s792008503.html

When it arrived I read on the box: "Caution Duty period: 30 minutes"

This is not stated in the ad and I have until 30/1 to return it.

We estimate that it would be used with a stop-start switch for about 1.5 hours at a time. Will I take too great a risk to keep it? I'm inclined to return it.

Does anybody here know about this kind of thing?

Thanks,

Peter.

You can find up to date info on that on rideasia.net and GT-Rider forum.

Suphanburi IO refused to issue certificate of residence for bank. I had to obtain a yellow book to open bank account. That was the hardest part. Plus, don't forget health insurance for the 1 year extension of stay.

Hold on! That's rolling at a constant 40 km/h all day. He just about fell asleep and had to stop for an hour. Normal range is around 300 km and I think he says so in this vid.

40 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

We only have a 15A grid connection,

Our 15A connection is a 15/45A and I believe that is standard in Thailand. The meter is calibrated at 15A, but you can draw up to 45A, plenty to charge your EV. Details in the electrical forum.

My experience was different. When I applied in NZ a bit over a year ago I did have to show funds in the bank. In any case, I can't see a connection between visa requirements and insurance requirement for extensions. I am certain that at some point in the not too distant future O and O-A extensions will require insurance. It doesn't make sense any other way.

Every man and his dog seem to be aiming for non-O visas now to avoid the insurance requirement. This cannot last and the loophole will soon be closed.

Very interesting. Thank you for posting this.

Consider that consulates do not process extensions, IOs do. To get the info from the horse's mouth you need to speak with the IO where you live (or intend to live).

So, with the "proof of retirement" requirement it is not possible to obtain a non-O visa until one is eligible for a pension somewhere? That effectively raises the age limit to whatever one's entitlement age for the pension is, right?

If there was anything dodgy about hybrids taxis would not use them. In NZ about every other taxi is now a Prius. Much better fuel economy in cities. Not much use for highway driving.

I was under the impression (wrongly) that the 1st time you file 90 days with a new TM6 number it can't be done online. Not so.

Filed 4/11, approved 7/11. Suphanburi.

On 11/6/2019 at 6:43 PM, beddhist said:

I say this because in 2010 I was looking into buying a 2nd hand Leaf in NZ and I found there was at least one company in Auckland already advertising battery and computer refurbishing.

Oops, make that a Prius hybrid.

This lady will answer your first question really well:

To the 2nd Q: in Thailand only a dealer can give you an official answer. If the sales person claims ignorance make them do their job.

In NZ the retail price for a new battery is about NZ$ 6000. This search brings up some interesting results: https://www.google.com/search?q=nz+prius+battery+repair.

The hard part will be finding a reliable battery refurbisher in Thailand, if you don't want to pay the Toyota price.