Solar Panels..?
- Thread starter Old Hippie
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14 panels?
wildoates
Surin Founding Father
should be 16
wildoates
Surin Founding Father
Well it's install almost....They mounted the panels, wired everything up to house with battery. But the other two buildings are not installed. I have two main wires, one from the house and one from guest house/garage to the meter. They did not come and do a site survey their engineers did all by google and seen there were 3 buildings and asked about how many AC units and EV charger. Well now they have to connect the other 2 buildings to the main house. First stating saying well they only do 1 meter, we said OK it is 1 meter just 2 separate lines If they would have done a site survey they would have seen that So a comprise was met, we pay for the extra wire and supplies and they will do the work.
wildoates
Surin Founding Father
Well system is in and working. Runs off solar during day and at night runs off battery until about 4 am then pulls from grid until daylight then back on the system. Still working with (fighting) the company on the install problems. They sent out a crew of kids and they made some mistakes mounting and remounting the panels so now I have holes in the Tile roof that they used silicone to patch (won't work long) and left about 8 screw holes in my Patio Metal roof and screws extending through. The company wants me to pay the final bill for they say all is complete, I say when its connected to PEA and passed final inspection and issues are corrected then it complete...typical Thai company
wildoates
Surin Founding Father
Yesterday had an electrician come and redid the wiring to connect the building together for solar. He also installed a new Main panel in the house. Materials were about 12K baht not counting the main panel ( I brought already) and his labor with helper was 5K. Now he ran New main wires from the meter to the house, about 40 Meters, installed a new main breaker panel and a new box to house the two separate lines from my guesthouse/garage and main house so everything now is running off solar. 1030 am til about 830 pm the two worked. I gave them 2K bonus and they were thrilled.
wildoates
Surin Founding Father
Getting a Gateway added to my system for it to be active during power outages. A team out of Surin doing it. They arrive unload all the boxes of tools start the install. Drill bit not to size on the anchor bolts so they just work to wobble them out. I got them the proper size bit. They put the anchor bolts in then started hunting for a wrench to fit it, got them a socket and my drill driver to do the job. Then they started cutting wire to go in between the gateway and the solar equipment and 2 of them left. Later they came back, they went looking for Flexible Liquid-Tight Electrical Conduit to go between the components and none to be found, could have told them that. Said they had in their shop but did not bring any. Now I sent them pictures of my solar set up so why they did not bring any who knows. will be back today to finish the job. Typical Thai come unprepared for doing the job.
Bandersnatch
Surin Solar Legend
Great to hear of a solar company recommendation in Surin. I have been working with a guy for 10 years from Buachet. He is very talented and and a graduate engineer. He speaks reasonable English but he is first and foremost an Engineer. If you don't speak "Engineer" things can go sideways very fast. The customer might have requirements, but if there is a more elegant engineering solution he will want to that instead
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Rice
Resident Smart Arse
I had to laugh. You are so right. We Engineers speak our own language. I worked in many countries and there was never any misunderstanding when speaking "Engineering".Great to hear of a solar company recommendation in Surin. I have been working with a guy for 10 years from Buachet. He is very talented and and a graduate engineer. He speaks reasonable English but he is first and foremost an Engineer. If you don't speak "Engineer" things can go sideways very fast. The customer might have requirements, but if there is a more elegant engineering solution he will want to that instead
FERRET
WELL WORN MEMBER
And, the engineer said, " If its not broken, it doesn't have enough features yet ". or," It worked on the model ".
Rice
Resident Smart Arse
What "real" engineers design is not the problem. It is those so and so accountants with their red pen that do the damage.