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- Sat May 04, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
- Replies: 742
- Views: 82203
- Thu May 02, 2024 12:10 pm
- Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
- Topic: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
- Replies: 209
- Views: 40442
Re: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
For what it’s worth, the following is just my opinion. I cannot see how it is possible to calculate a ROI; there are just too many unknown variables. About the only fact that can probably be relied on is: the per unit cost of a grid supply is going to increase, and even that has its own maybe’s; but...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:36 pm
- Forum: The Beach Bar
- Topic: Old Photos of Hua Hin 1960s
- Replies: 8
- Views: 675
Re: Old Photos of Hua Hin 1960s
Japanese reconnaissance prior to WW2.Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:19 pm Is there any indication of when the old photo was taken?
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- Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: Ask The Expats
- Topic: Water tanks
- Replies: 23
- Views: 955
Re: Water tanks
Was trying to figure out how that would work too. In both houses in Bangkok, we have a check valve system installed together with the water tank. The pump is an on-demand pump, and will only work if the demand pressure is lower that the mains, and the check valves ensure I'm not pumping back into t...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: Ask The Expats
- Topic: Water tanks
- Replies: 23
- Views: 955
Water tanks
If you have a tank and mount it above round the tank needs to have nontransparent walls in order to inhibit the growth of algae. I discovered this when I purchased a tank that looked like a DOS tank but was half the price. When it was delivered, I noticed I could see light through the walls. It did...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:48 pm
- Forum: Ask The Expats
- Topic: Water tanks
- Replies: 23
- Views: 955
Re: Hua Hin water shortage
Mine is underground and measures 8mtr x 4mtr x 2 mtr - no, we've never had a water supply problem :D Wow, that's huge! 64 cubic metres, is that a common size? The houses I've lived in had tanks of only a few thousand litres, and I always thought that was the norm. Not surprising that there is a wat...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:17 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1804
- Views: 368093
Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Iceholes: This outrageous parking problem infuriates EV drivers and I agree with them https://au.news.yahoo.com/this-outrageous-parking-problem-infuriates-ev-drivers-and-i-agree-with-them-004018485.html Public EV charging can be a real pain in the boot for the 198,000 EV drivers on Australia's roads...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:32 pm
- Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
- Topic: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
- Replies: 209
- Views: 40442
Re: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
Anti-islanding simply means that the inverter stops grid-feed-in when the grid experiences abnormal conditions (frequency/voltage) and/or in the event there is a complete power outage. The purpose of this is to protect line workers or electricians who may be trying to make repairs to the grid. This...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
- Topic: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
- Replies: 209
- Views: 40442
Re: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
Solar panels, and a second invertor, can be added in the future as savings from solar become available... I'm glad you highlighted this problem with grid tied inverters and power outages because I wasn't aware of that. I've been having a read on the net and it seems a second inverter is a cost effe...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
- Topic: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
- Replies: 209
- Views: 40442
Re: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
Yes, the 'on-Grid' or 'Grid tied' inverters, stop/cut out, when the power grid is lost. This is intentional and is purely for safety reasons. Ah, no, it is nothing to do with safety. To operate, an inverter of any flavour, needs a reference frequency. Grid tied inverters get their reference from th...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: Ask The Expats
- Topic: Water tanks
- Replies: 23
- Views: 955
Re: Hua Hin water shortage
Yes, that is the correct method.Maybe my non-tech description, but our pump is between the tank and the house i.e. all water goes via the tank,
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: Ask The Expats
- Topic: Water tanks
- Replies: 23
- Views: 955
Re: Hua Hin water shortage
Lack of mains water pressure aside, the amount of crap that comes with it should make you ensure that the water ALWAYS goes first into some form of storage, preferably under ground, so that there will always be some chance of getting topped up, and the crap can settle out. Note: apart from being ill...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:55 am
- Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
- Topic: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
- Replies: 209
- Views: 40442
Re: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
That posted article does not really make it clear: without a battery bank the invertor is called a "grid tied" inverter, regardless of whether or not it is a hybrid. It is called "grid tied" because it cannot function without a connection to the Thai power grid, PEA or MEA. The m...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: The Beach Bar
- Topic: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand
- Replies: 4711
- Views: 465198
Re: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand
......Temperatures could reach 43°C in the North, 42 degrees in the Central Plains, 41 degrees in Greater Bangkok, the Northeast and the East and 40 degrees in the South on Monday, the weather office said...... ......The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand said on Monday that the S...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:53 pm
- Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
- Topic: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
- Replies: 209
- Views: 40442
Re: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
The shortest life span, and the most expensive to replace, are the batteries. Many variations can affect their life span, starting with the intial quality of them. Right now Lithium-ion are the best option, but with continuing development in the technology, there may well be better options in the fu...