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4 minutes ago, Kaopad999 said:

Personally i think they should continue the ban for another month at least, or wait until their are zero Covid-19 cases. 

Pray tell us why? 

As an update, I ended up having to do away with using the built in timer in the Emaux Chlorinator to operate the pump, this was the issue, basically when this timer got to the end of the run cycle, sometimes it would switch the power off completely, other times there was still 180v on it for 30 minutes or so before it went off completely, can only imagine the internal switch is faulty.

I fitted a new S-T12 magnetic contactor and 6.6A overload relay, wired with the live to A1 & negative to A2, a separate live feed to L1, separate negative feed to L2, the pump is wired to T1 & T3 on the overload relay with a jumper between L3 on top of the contactor & T2 on the overload relay, to balance.

To get around the chlorinator salt cell only working using the built in timer, I have placed the chlorinator in to the on position, as opposed to auto, otherwise the salt cell only powers up and produces chlorine when the built in timer is set to the run cycle.

The chlorinator unit is now powered from the load side of the new external timer, so only powers up during the run cycle, as a precaution, I got a cheap wall fan and this also comes on during the run cycle only.

So far so good.

Lessons learnt, either buy a better chlorinator unit, or the Emaux one without the built in timer!

Oh and did away with the old fashioned porcelain fuse (10A) and fitted a single pole breaker instead.

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand extended a nationwide ban on alcohol sales until April 30

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Pongsakorn Kwanmuang, spokesman for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

All other provinces have also extended the ban to the end of the month, an Interior Ministry official said.

 

A previous 10-day ban in Bangkok, coinciding with an annual national holiday, had been due to end on April 20. The scheduled end date had varied in other provinces.

Is this headline correct? 

A nationwide extension or Bangkok extending to 30th April in line with most other provinces?

Not that it matters, however, I was under the impression that central government has not banned the sale of alcohol nationwide, each ban has been implemented by the individual provinces, case by case.

We had 50 people tested in order to get a project under way with an oil major here, this was done by a travelling team who came to the site, cost was 6,000 per person, results took around 48 hours.

This is what the results look like.

50 minutes ago, Yinn said:

By April 3rd, the latest date for which deaths from all causes are available, there had been around 7,000 excess deaths in England and Wales during the previous four weeks, covering the entire period of the outbreak. The revised covid death toll was 6,200—up from the 4,300 recorded in the health ministry’s daily data. This suggests that the true death toll was still about 10% higher than the revised covid tally.

K. Yinn, if a person suddenly dies in the UK then there must be an extensive post mortem carried out, the coroner would require this in order to be able to pronounce the cause of death, I have no idea if it is possible for them to determine if the person had COVID post death, however, they would investigate the circumstances prior to the death, i.e. query if the person was showing symptoms etc. etc. and record it accordingly.

Unfortunately I have personal experience of death here in Thailand, plus I know of several sudden deaths of friends, who are indeed taken for a post mortem, the reports conclude that the cause of death was due to the heart and breathing stopped, no reason is given as to why this occurred if it is not obvious.

I have no doubt that the death rate in the UK, or elsewhere for that matter, is a little skewed, but as high as 10% is a hard figure to believe due to the formalities, very few deaths in the UK are recorded as unknown and the government have nothing to gain or lose by miss recording the cause.

2 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

The Government is probably so far down the tracks on these contracts, that any default now will incur massive payments for breach of Contract to the suppliers and Agents, and they will receive no Toys for their Money.

Therefore is better to try and see the Contracts through, and ask their friends for help in funding the poor and  needy program.

Under normal circumstances I would agree with you, however, we are not in normal circumstances and as I stated in another topic, these contracts will almost certainly have a force majeure clause in them, which can and should be activated. Normal business is seeing this being done on a daily basis now.

3 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

Assuming that proof of vaccination would be required, that would mean no travel for many years...something I am expecting anyway...

It could well mean that, which is not something to look forward to at all, massive affect on the tourism / business side of things.

26 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

But having millions, or even billions of doses ready to be injected to everyone in such short notice would be impossible.

This is the crux of it all, first they must develop a vaccine that is as safe as it can be and secondly mass produce it.

The first batches would be administered to those at most risk and it would filter down to the least risk, which could take years.

There is a lot of hysteria surrounding this virus, whether or not it is founded or not I do not know, however, it is possible it will lead to vaccination certificates needed for travel, similar to yellow fever used to be.

Personally, I am not keen on being the guinea pig for a while.........

5 hours ago, Matzzon said:

You are just another one that denies International law. International law states that there is no international waters in the Persian gulf. That due to that economical corridor is up to 200 nm and is taken into the calculation regarding international waters or not. Got it? Still in denial?

The area in question is the Straits of Hormuz, of which a small part of it could technically be claimed by Iran and Oman under the 12 Nautical mile rule, there is a point where it narrows down to less than 24NM.

Ships are allowed to navigate this under UN agreements.

The strait is about 90 nautical miles (167 km) long, with a width varying from about 52 nautical miles (96 km) to 21 nautical miles (39 km)

Iran try these skirmishes on from time to time, foreign navies are only there to allow freedom of passage for vessels.

There is an interesting video on youtube that documents HMS Duncan's time there just after the Stena Impero was taken by the Iranian forces, the Iranians back down when they do get lit up by the fire control radars and all the weaponry starts to track...........

2 minutes ago, Paul Laycock1 said:

Of course none of this would arise if the on line immigration 90 day reporting system worked.

90 day reporting is currently suspended, so if it is only a 90 day report you are fine, with luck the alcohol ban will be lifted next month.

1 minute ago, Paul Laycock1 said:

No I’m not addicted to alcohol just like a cold one while watching television. It was just a question and didn’t deserve a constant barrage of verbal abuse.

No problem enjoying a cold beer, I do as well, personally I'd have no problem with however much beer you want to bring back, my advise was genuine and 100% correct.

24 minutes ago, Paul Laycock1 said:

Why the hell would I need any of that. I’m just crossing the border not actually going anywhere, just crossing the bridge and coming straight back to get another 90 day stamp. Work permit? What planet are you on.

Planet earth, suggest you actually use Google to good effect, you ARE leaving Thailand and will NOT be allowed back again without any of this, ignore at your own peril.

47 minutes ago, Paul Laycock1 said:

I watch the television and read google. Not seen anything about all borders being closed.

Supposing the border is open, have you investigated if Laos are allowing people in, do you have the COVID free certificate (valid for only 72 hours), the required 100,000 USD COVID insurance and a Thai work permit?

The restrictions on movement, especially foreigners, applies to the land borders as well as the airports.

I have UPS on both of my fibre connections and both lose the connection to the outside world when the power goes off locally, I assume it depends on whether there are any converters in the line, fibre to copper, or not, if pure fibre, then not power dependent.

9 minutes ago, brokenbone said:

i could be wrong, but i presume the dotted line is already signed on train/ military hardware,

if it isnt, then yes it can be postponed

Rubbish, I can guarantee there will be a force majeure clause in the contracts, we are seeing signed contracts being cancelled left right and centre in our line of work!

Thanks for the replies, I will take some measurements later on today and let you know what they are.

Tried to buy a new contactor / overload relay earlier, but the shop only have the S-T10 in 200-240v range, this might be slightly underpowered, although it does state it is ok for 1P motors up to 1.5hp on the side of it, guess it would do no harm to try it.

2 hours ago, Metropolitian said:

Are you able to do some measuring with a voltmeter?

If yes; At the end of the 4hours run check what the emaux is feeding to the contactor on pen A1 and A2.

 

If not; Do you feel a ticking at the end of the 4 hours run at the timer altogether with the chatter of the contactor ?

Assuming that your model is the one with the round-dial-timer.

I'll do some measurements later, not sure if there is ticking, it is not easy to hear much other than the contactor and pump when it is chattering, yes, it is the one with the round timer.

21 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

 

A COVID test solves the whole issue of folks coming in and safe flights - just a matter of having things "open" for visitors to do when they get here.

I tend to disagree, currently a COVID test shows that you are clear of the virus at the time of testing only, actually getting the results of the test differ from a few hours to 48 hours +, unfortunately there are no guarantees that the tested person hasn't contracted the disease after the testing and getting the results / travelling.

If and when they manage to get instant testing, then this would help enormously, it would then be a matter of cost and who pays.

Morning, I recently had to have the salt water chlorinator unit & cell replaced on my swimming pool due to a cell failure and it made economical sense to replace all.

The original unit was a Viron V25 (Astralpool) which had a built in electronic timer for the pump start and stop functions.

The new unit is an Emaux SSC50-T, with a built in timer clock for the pump start and stop functions.

Motor is a single phase, 220v, 1.5hp Astralpool Alaska Plus model.

The power from the chlorinator unit goes directly to a Mitsubishi S-N12 Magnetic contactor and motor overload relay, before going to the pump.

Since replacing the chlorinator unit, the pump starts up perfectly OK, runs for the 4 hour cycle with no issues, however, at the end of the cycle instead of going off the contactor starts to chatter, as if the voltage feeding it has dropped to a point where the coil is on the edge of being neither properly on, or properly off, eventually the contactor de-energizes and will be fine until the end of the next cycle, this chattering only happens at the end of each cycle, it does not chatter when starting the pump or at any time during the run cycle.

With the Viron V25 unit, this never happened, it is only since the Emaux model has been fitted.

If the pump is manually started and stopped by either the on/off switch on the control box panel, or on the chlorinator unit, it works correctly, with no chattering of the contactor.

Turning the pump on via the timer for say 15 minutes, it turns off correctly, with no chattering of the contactor.

It seems to only do it after the full cycle of 4 hours.

I have checked all of the electrical connections to make sure they are all tight and are making good contact.

Has anybody ever experienced this, or have any suggestions as to what could be causing it?

My thoughts are the following, but really do not know if the truth be known.

1. Polarity - Perhaps when the new unit was fitted, the polarity has been reversed on either the input to the unit, or on the input to the contactor (Being AC, would this matter and if it did, then surely the contactor would not energize?)

2. Heat related, the pump room is small and not ventilated, so heat builds up, especially at this time of the year, thinking maybe that when the timer reaches the end of the cycle the power is not fully released due to expansion of something internally?

I can solve the ventilation fairly easily, by drilling holes in the wall and fitting a wall fan to cool the chlorinator unit and will probably do this anyway.

Worst case, I can purchase and fit a new contactor and overload relay, although this model has been replaced with the S-T12 version and I'd have thought that if this was at fault it would show the same symptoms when starting or running?

9 minutes ago, RickBradford said:

The Rayong/Chonburi border is going to be a riot tomorrow morning if Rayong restarts alcohol sales as promised.

Only with police checking Chonburi registered cars for Alcohol!