Yes, that’s the first thing I thought ....hope you got a free stepladder for the maid when you bought those lights !Quote:
Originally Posted by Norton
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Yes, that’s the first thing I thought ....hope you got a free stepladder for the maid when you bought those lights !Quote:
Originally Posted by Norton
We won't be having dust in our house...Quote:
Originally Posted by Norton
Main gate fitting and commissioning
Just as I was leaving to go back to Dubai, the gate people were on with fitting the main electric gate:
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Stainless steel construction with aluminium slats, made to look like wood and coloured to match the house wood colour
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The concrete sub-track had been cast by K.Pot a week earlier
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1 man-power dry run to check alignment and movement
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Looks pretty good, even with the plastic wrap still on
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This is the motor mechanism - no idea if its any good - anyone else used this make?
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All the pipe conduit for the sensors
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Finished - I have seen a video of it all working. It is activated by the standard key fob
Boundary Bushes
Can you remember back... I was talking about these bushes?
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I thought they would make a good deterrent as they grew quickly, and had some long and hard thorns all over them.
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OK... we went to a large market in BKK while i was there to see if we could find them - and we did!
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Sure...they are a bit small now but they grow fast, and of course...the smaller ones were cheaper!
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This one even had the fruit on already
We bought 14 in total - that was what was available. Spent a total of 900 baht.
I guess we will need the same again to complete but we will see how these do for now
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Oh...here's PJ planting her 'lucky' banana with the others - in case it gets lonely?
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Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
:rofl::rofl::rofl:
Did you ever find out the name of those bushes ?
(something to file away for future reference )
Sure did, Mike....Quote:
Originally Posted by mikenot
The Sweet Karanda , or ชื่อ ต้นไม้ มะม่วงหาวมะนาวโห่
Fast Growth, Showy Fragrant Flowers, Edible Fruits, Attracts Birds, Wildlife Food/Shelter, Sub-Tropical, Heat, Wind and Salt Tolerant, Hedge, Container or Bonsai.
Biology
Leaves - opposite, obovte to oblong, cuneate base, obtuse apex, entire margin.
Trunk - simple spines at alternate nodes; milky latex.
Flowers - white or pink, in 3's, in axillary and terminal clusters.
Fruits - reddish purple berries
Neighbor has a few large ones. Birds love the fruit. Tried a bit once. Extremeky sour.
Yes, the birds love it, especially the bulbuls.
The PEA...came to play....
Yes, the transformer deal was done, so yesterday they turned up mob-handed to show what 228k buys you.
The PEA synchronised climbing team put on a display for those around...
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Before all that though...
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They turned up at 1030 for an agreed 9am start. hmmm hmmmmm....
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This was the main event
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The famous Thaipat30...hope its any good!
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Looks chunky and its got some nobbly bits - just like me
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The 'boys' immediately got to work unloading the pole
Sorry to say TD, but it's an overkill. Maybe in the future you can recoup some costs by offering neighbours to tap off it.
Sorry for what is maybe the first negative comment on this thread. Have to be realistic :).
PEA transformer installation
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The auger made short work of digging the hole - about 1.6m deep
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Some of the other accessories needed to make the connection
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The lightening conductor components...
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The job was causing traffic chaos
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In the blink of an eye, the new pole was in place which was the green light for the PEA team to immediately start climbing it
I am not an electrician so bow to your assessment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maanaam
11 AC units, full on kitchen, swimming pool pump system, watering system, cinema, house lighting, CCTV.... I don't want to be in the situation where i switch on the kettle and all the lights go out.
its 30/100
there was no other transformer in the area. Remember...we are in the middle of nowhere!
I would rather have a bit too much that slightly too little.. I remember early days on this thread when Slick was telling of the woes of not planning ahead and being under powered. Others too. I did not forget this.
I hear what you are saying though...
Be a real boon for the mini housing estate on the mango land, which he's not thought of yet.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Maanaam
Actually.. yer not so far wrong - there is the resort coming to Land no.1 in future. 7 holiday villas and another poolQuote:
Originally Posted by NamPikToot
Thanks for the reminder...!
TD when you say a "Resort Coming", is that of its own volition or is that you creating one? :)
Hence what you had done was needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
^ Whot he said!
TD, not sure whether you have discussed with them: the tranformer is 1-phase (obviously 50 kVA), so you should not plan in future any heavy machines with 3-phase motor.
Mate, this is what I was banging on in this post ... https://teakdoor.com/building-in-thai...ml#post3938958
There is one on the pole outside ...
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I've pulled many a dead possum off transformers in the workshop.
A little way down the line. NPT.. we will be doing it...on plot 1Quote:
Originally Posted by NamPikToot
Obviously not beach-related as we are 45 minutes or so from Pattaya, but around the plot are some reasonable golf courses so i figured 5-day golfing breaks + a day sight seeing and a day relaxing.
for farangs, obviously....ol but of course we will take anyone's money!!
is an idea, anyway.
Thanks Klondyke...yeah we shelved the heavy industry factory idea on the grounds that it might wreck my beauty sleep and put the chickens off laying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
Of course a transformer was needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Norton
Of course. What VA or W is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
Hi Maanaam... I dont really know, TBH.. as I said, I'm not a sparky.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maanaam
Can you work it out from this spec sheet? It's the third one in:
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30kVA. Approx 130A. I think.
David48TD could say for sure.
Indeed, I think you can run every conceivable electrical appliance throughout the property simmultaneously with no problem.
ThaiDupp says it's the third one in on his spec sheet, so it's 30 kVA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
The spec sheet says the low voltage side (output) is rated at 65.22 amps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maanaam
^ But that is at 460v. The Thai voltage will be at or near 230 volts, which works out at 130 amps - as Maanaam posted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neverna
I'm no electrician - but, wouldn't the cables going into the house need to be rated high enough to carry a high (very!) that this would be, totally unnecessary I know but seems they would be the weak point?Quote:
Originally Posted by Maanaam
The PEA are laying the cable into the house and everything's on a 5 year warranty (incl that transformer) so I would hope they will 'balance the system' with no weak links, as it were.Quote:
Originally Posted by Airportwo
I'm not looking for fire potential - its warm enough here already
They are fitting the meter towards the wall, and K.Pot is fitting a small inconspicuous viewing door in the wall so they can read the meter without having to come inside.
That is for each of the transformers secondary 230V winding's, there are two of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neverna
They can either be connected in parallel for double current or in series for double voltage. :)
If the transformer is 30 kVA (isn't it marked big on it?), the load should not be more than ca. 24 - 26 kW (30 kVA * P.F.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Maanaam
P.F. (cos phi) will be some 0.85, depending on the character of the connected consumers, their inductive resistance (especially motors).
Anyway, the transformers are always possible to be overloaded to a certain limit. The limit is given by the fuses (if any installed and if correctly sized).
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Originally Posted by Klondyke
Thanks Klondyke and all!
I am starting to get nervous now as iI dont understand any of it.
Will I be able to use he coffee machine at the same time as someone takes a shower and the TV is on?
thinking about it.....Are you guys all available to 'pop round' next Thursday to make sure there are no hiccups with this installation?
I dont wan the house burning down before i even moved in!!
its going to be ok....isnt it!!?
I would wear wellies in the wet seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
TD, you will have to make your math and always summarise the kW's you are going to switch on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
And/or you can install clever devices that will do the math for you and issue it in 4 colors every Fri to your acknowledgement and signature.
In case you would not do that or those, you can relax and wait and see (same as the one who we see in TV every night, who says all options are on the table (BTW, do you possess a table?)
It will be fine. How much current you draw will depend on the load (what you use). And I am sure you will have suitable cabling and suitable circuit breakers in your distribution panel for each circuit. No worries at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
Just out of interest, do you know what size the main incoming cable is (cross sectional area in mm2)?Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
I dont, Nev but i will check tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neverna
PJ is fast asleep after her birthday celebrations today...
Nev (and others) are proving quite knowledgable in the Sparkie department ... quite switched on :)
Something I don't know about Thai wiring.
Were I did my apprenticeship, the electricity authority was responsible for all the cableing etc up to the point where there supply meets the dwelling.
We called it the 'mains box' ... also known as the 'House Service Connector'.
Anyone know where their service stops and yours (responsibility) starts?
^^ BTW ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to PJ
:birthday:
^ If copper then it should be at least 25 sqmm, if Alu then google the conversion factor I don't remember it.