PEA are about as usefull as an air con on a bycycle-- sounds like too much load on the transformer to feed everyone.Has anyone else had difficulty getting an adequate electric power feed to run the A/C, water heaters, etc. that farangs generally install? Ours is inadequate, and the folks at the PEA weren't much help.
Has anyone else had difficulty getting an adequate electric power feed to run the A/C, water heaters, etc. that farangs generally install? Ours is inadequate, and the folks at the PEA weren't much help.
Are you on 240V ? How many breakers are operational in your service panel ?
If he in on single phase @220 vac, depending on the amount of users on his line, it will make a huge difference.Thailand supply is 220V. But it shouldn't make any difference.
However, the amperage will.
If he in on single phase @220 vac, depending on the amount of users on his line, it will make a huge difference.
We are on 3 phase @380 vac and 2 people in our villiage are still having brown outs and PEAs answer
was for them for them to pay for another transformer-- . These wallies tried to get the rest of the villiage to share
the cost FFS, didn't happen.
Thanks to all who responded.What does your PEA invoice show as KW usage on a monthly basis ?
Are you on 240V ? How many breakers are operational in your service panel ?
WileE, is your residence located in the 'boonies'?
Are there any other homes or fixtures in the village pulling from your power feed ?
Maybe you would kindly introduce yourself in the relevant forum section, then you will get more discussions, I'm sure.Thanks to all who responded.
To answer Coffee's questions, most of the bills indicate between 200 and 300 kWh, but that usage varies considerably. The power is 220V single phase, which I believe is normal for residential service. The house is on the outskirts of town, not quite city but not quite boonies either. I expect that other users may pull down the voltage sometimes, but we get a visible drop just turning on our own AC.
No mate, the voltage has jack shit to do with it- there are too many paddy rats milking theAre you saying that there could be a huge difference between 220V and 240V dependent on the number of users?
I was only pointing out to @Coffee that the normal electricity supply here in Thailand is 220V not 240V.
The Good old PEA, love the long runs on overhead Aluminum supply cables......with a lower conductivityContact Bandersnatch he is the expert on this sub
Ha Ha got the intended pun.All the abuse to PEA. I found the chief design engineer a great man. We are friends till this day. I went in with my design proposal.
he said. Oh my! That is how I would do it. I know exactly where you are. because there is only one spot in Sikhor this would be the solution. That's how I got 3 phase. 150 Amps to my little bungalow in the rice fields. Have not built the proper house yet. Well anyway @WileE what you have to do is start noting what is exactly near you in the way of infrastructure. Example, What cables run to your house. Where is the nearest pole transformer. PEA really do get a lot of useless inquiries that lead them no where.
If you are serious they require a deposit holding even to come out and audit. Are you saying you are in Muang Surin? How are the neighbors power?
Did I mention I am an electronics engineer with a back ground in Electrical engineering. It was a core subject after all.
Nothing wrong with Aluminum if it is the correct size.The Good old PEA, love the long runs on overhead Aluminum supply cables......with a lower conductivity
Pat, as I posted, there are 2 houses right at the end of our village that were suffering low voltage/ brownouts even though we have 3 phase power.We were in a similar situation a few years ago. Not enough power.
When measuring the voltage, we were down to 160V occasionally (which is much worse than higher voltage, due to raised Amps). The reason for this would be that we are the last house on the loop from the transformer and the electricity the transformer can "produce" is not enough for the amount used.
We ended up getting 3 phase system which solved the problem. And I needed anyway.
A bigger transformer would probably have solved the issue, as would a second transformer. But I didn't think it was my job to pay for something that is obviously a PEA problem/fault.