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I bought two Black and Decker Jig Saws, 220vac 50hz, years ago at Home Pro when I was building my house. They were in the 2000 baht range. Here's a link to Home Pro's on line shopping website. There are many available in the 2 - 3k range.

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UJ has said that in the past,but there are many forum sponsors of this page. Can you be more specific as to which one can/will do the check?

Currently I have 9 dogs and they are nice enough to let me share their dog house with them as long as I feed them everyday!

Your options are to either chain him or build him a chain link dog run, not a small cage, with a shaded area that he can not climb or jump out.

The transformers are available at most Ma and Pa electric shops. The size that you need will depend on what you intend to operate and the bigger, the more expensive. I have a couple that cost about 400 baht. I think that they are about 500w but I can't find the labels anymore. The voltage is not your only concern, the US power is 60hz, the power here is 50hz and that will affect any motorized equipment.

The only way that you will find out for sure is go back and ask him and trust that he is telling you the truth!

When I came to stay in Thailand in 1997 Chaweng Beach road was like a dirt motocross track, especially fun in rainy season. The purse snatchers on bikes were there then, most likely have trained their offspring, a family business!

The one pipe on the right side is the inlet to the pump. You said that you have an underground tank and that pipe should be coming from the tank. The tank should be filling from the government water supply and should have a ball type cutoff valve in it to shutoff the water supply from the government supply when it is full. You don't show anything regarding the tank.

If you do not have a tank and the pump is connected directly to the government water supply the installation is illegal. You cannot pump water directly from the government supply as you will affect others connected to the supply.

There are two pipes connected to the output, left side of the pump, one coming directly from the pump with a cutoff valve. I suspect that the other is coming directly from the government water supply, as it should, and gives you water when the electric is off and the pump is not working. It has a shutoff valve on it but it should have a flow control check valve. If I am right, in your current installation if the upper valve is turned on the pump will continue running as it is trying to pressurize the government water system.

When the pump is running with all of the taps in your house turned off, close the valve on the upper pipe. If the pump stops and only turns on when you turn on a tap in the house, then what I said is correct. You either have to leave the valve turned off and only turn it on when there is no electric or replace the valve with a flow control check valve to prevent the output of the pump flowing back int the government water system. Look at the horrible sketch that I sent earlier, that valve in the box above the pump is what I am talking about.

Just for grins, where is this house located?

If what i said in the above post is how your system is connected, I would urge you to have the upper cutoff valve replaced with a check valve for the following reasons:

1. When the power goes off and you need to turn the valve on, it will most likely be pissing down rain.

2. At the same time that you turn on the upper valve you should turn off the lower valve and the and/or the electric to the pump.

3. If you don't do #2 when the power comes back on the pump will start and will continue to run trying to pressurize the city system. The tank might run dry causing the pump motor to overheat and damage the motor if the thermal cutoff is not working p[properly.

Mine is connected this way an believe me I know what is required and it would be a PITA but my valves are all located in a covered area and I'm home most of the time. I've only had it connected this way for 14 years and my wife still can't do it right when the electric goes off!

If anything your pictures make it a little more confusing, but: look at the configuration of the pump on this website: http://www.maxxi.co.th/water-pump-fcp-250

For some reason the installer placed the gray piece supplied with the pump, right side of the first picture, on the input side, not the output as shown in all of FUJIKA's brochures. If that piece is only a cutoff switch then it really doesn't mater.

The output of the pump goes through a on/off switch, left side near the pump, and then to a "T" junction where it is connected to another pipe with an on/off control, it then goes to the house plumbing.

My assumption is that the upper pipe with the on/off switch on the left side is a pipe from the "city"water supply and the switch is there, like mine is connected, rather than a flow control valve.

On the side with the two pipes:

1. What happens if the pump is running and you turn off the lower valve, close to the pump. The pump should turn off.

2. What happens if the lower valve is on and you turn off the upper valve. The pump should turn off.

If the above is true, then to get the system to operate as designed the upper valve must be off and the lower valve on. The installer has installed a on/off switch instead of a flow control valve and if the upper valve is left on when the pump is running then it will not turn off as it it trying to pressurize the entire incoming "city" water supply system.

If this is true, if the electric goes off in your area or the pump fails the only way that you will get water from the city is physically turn the valve on, like I do. If you want the system to automatically give you city water when the above occurs you need to have the installer replace the upper valve with flow control check valve so that the pressurized water from the pump does not flow back into the "city" system.

My 2 baht worth! If that's not it then I'm out of suggestions other than get the installer back and have him put it right before you draw and quarter him!

Crisp bacon on toasted white bread, 7-11 Farmhouse brand (only thing available where I live), with lots of butter and extra salt for breakfast at 4am this morning! Might go make another tight now since they are soooo healthy!

Back home never really existed as I traveled extensively as part of my job and was out of the country more than I was there.

Down by the Post button you must select "more reply options" to attach a file. Click on "choose files" and find the file you want to attach. Double click on the file, it will load and then click on "attach file". It should attach to your post.

I plan on returning to Thailand with a single entry non o/marriage obtained from home country, will i be stamped in for 90days?

Yes

If you have a multiple entry ED visa the stamp is correct and you can stay until xx January 2015. You get 90 days permission to stay on each entry and the permission to stay can go beyond the expiration of the visa. The visa is only a ticket to enter, once in you can stay until the date stamped in your passport.

Or this website. Some with free shippping if you don't mind waiting. http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=AS_20141018200620&SearchText=electrical+digital+multimeters

This company has a good selection of test equipment, mostly high end. They also have a repair facility. I had an O'scope repaired by them. http://www.measuretronix.com

I stand by Fluke, but they aren't cheap. I brought a Fluke 79 with me when I came over 16 years ago. The display died and I sent it to their authorized repair facility in Bangkok. They replied that they could not fix it since the part was no longer available. I complained to Fluke in the US and they sent me a brand new 79A for free and apologized that they could supply parts for the old one. I took the old one apart and "tinkered" around with it. Turned out to only be a broken solder joint. It's still working today! So much for their "authorized repair facility".

Once you are back in with both passports you will have to go to immigration to have your retirement extension transferred to the new passport. You will most likely have to have a letter from the UK Embassy in Bangkok to do this. There have been reports that they will issue them of free by post but you need to contact them direct to see what the process is. Guess what, the letter from the UK Embassy is actually free and so is the stamp transfer at immigration, so it's only the hassle of doing it. Good luck!

Is there a shutoff valve on the output of the pump before it goes into the house plumbing? YES

If you turn off this valve while the pump is running dose it turn off? If it does then your have a serious "leak" in your plumbing, if it doesn't your pump is defective, most likely the pressure cutoff switch! Awaiting pictures!

If the pump does turn off when you turn off the output valve from the pump, the serious "leak" that I sad might be as simple as a stuck, incorrectly installed or lack of a flow control valve on the input water line. With the pump off do you still get water at your taps at a reduced flow rate?

Most installations have the input water line connected through a flow control valve so that you will still get water when there is no electricity. If the valve is stuck open, installed backwards or there is no valve, whenever the pump is on it will try to pressurize the entire water supply system piping and will never turn off or it will cycle rapidly. I actually replaced my valve with a on/off valve because it was always sticking open due to the crappy water supply.

Crossy had a nice diagram in one of the threads but I can't find it so here's a sketch;

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Just to follow up on the saga, our pump crapped up completely and has been replaced by a much smaller Fujika pump. The pump is much quieter but the occasional pumping in short intervals petdudists... Reckon there is indeed a leak somewhere in the pipes as we can rule out the pump being the problem.

Anyways, we quizzed the staff in several home marts, home pros home whatevers. After drilling a bit deeper they all said go for the compact pumps, they use less energy and are quieter. Brand doesn't really matter, the cheapest do the trick.

I would first check your toilets. They tend to have a slow unnoticeable leak that will cause the pump o cycle.

"Then just pointing at them would not make one look rude or dismissive, and prevent further noise to be generated."

That would sure make it easy for the "want to Be's" that want to up their post count. They would only have to point to an existing answer. I can see it now, 1 post asking a question with 18 answers all with the same link!

Is there a shutoff valve on the output of the pump before it goes into the house plumbing? YES

If you turn off this valve while the pump is running dose it turn off? If it does then your have a serious "leak" in your plumbing, if it doesn't your pump is defective, most likely the pressure cutoff switch! Awaiting pictures!

1. You are applying for an O/A visa which is a pre-approved visa that allows you to get 1 year permission to stay every time that you enter. If used correctly you can get two years by exiting/reentering Thailand on the day it expires. You do not have to exit Thailand every 90 days, you only have to report your address to immigration if you spend 90 consecutive days in Thailand As everybody does. Most offices will allow you to do it by mail.

2. You do not have to have a return ticket.

3. By taking the paperwork to the Embassy in person they will review it then and there and you will immediately nknow what additional is required.

4. For this type of visa you do not have to have any funds transferred to a bank in Thailand. However, at the end of your last permission to stay up to two years, you can apply for a 1 year extension. At that time you either have to have 800k in a Thai bank in your name only or proof of 65k/month income or a combination of both(800k and 65k now, no telling what it will be in two years). You will not need another medical or police check and all of the binding, multiple copies and notarization BS goes away.

As stated above, you could have probably located all of the above info if you had "searched the forum". But after wading through all of the BS you most likely would have decided to retire in East Podunk, Alaska!

Tourist visas are not issued as "multiples". They are issued for either 1, 2, or three entries at the cost of 1000 baht/entry. Some, but not all, Embassies and Consulates will only issue visas to residents of the country where they are located. You should contact them direct an inquire unless somebody comes along that has recent experience in obtaining a visa in India. Her's the info for the Embassy:

Royal Thai Embassy D-1/3 Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057 Tel. (+91 11) 2615 0130-34 Fax. (+91 11) 2615 0128-29 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.thaiemb.org.in

Kindly note that visa applications will still be accepted only (except holders of diplomatic and services passports) at

Thailand Visa Application Centre
702-707, 7th Floor Prakash Deep Building,
7 Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place,
New Delhi 110001, India