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Thai Electric Cables Mostly Fail Global Safety Standards


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9 hours ago, JimHuaHin said:

However, when Thailand manufactures products, such as motor vehicles, for export to foreign countries which do have stringent safety standards, that is a different story, as the foreign requirements are usually met.

 

Those are all foreign brands manufactured in foreign constructed factories, managed by foreigners, supplied with foreign sourced components, with final product inspected by foreign QC staff.

 

 

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21 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

The joys of living in a third world cesspool, if there are qualified electricians here, then they must be uber-expensive and hard to find, because I have never seen one.

They are available with documentation as to their abilities. When I complained 20 years ago to the local owner of the company who built my house about the cable spaghetti in the loft I was told it was 'Thai standard'. By coincidence I mentioned this 'in passing' to a civil servant at our Ampoer in Isaan who told me that in my own village was a highly qualified electrician whose documentation allowed him to wire not only private houses but also hotels and government buildings. I sought out this friendly, humble 50 year old and asked him to inspect my loft, on inspection he burst out laughing when I said I was told it was 'Thai standard', he said it was a fire hazard. In 3 days he alone with an assistant brought it to Thai standard, changed all the cables going down to the plugs and even changed the fuse box with a second hand unit for free. After 3 days there wasn't a cable to be seen in the loft, all in pipes attached to the walls. I paid for all the material and he charged me 1,000 Baht per day for his work, I gave him 5,000 instead of 3,000 which embarrassed him and he tried to refuse the extra money but I was so pleased by the result it was worth it.

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