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    Water Purifier for House

    in DIY Forum

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    26 minutes ago, khunPer said:

    A reverse osmosis system makes clean water, if you take care of maintaining/cleaning/changing the filter, but it also takes minerals out of the water; a filter system with a UV-lamp also cleans the water effective and kills all bacteria (UV light also kills virus), however again, you need to clean and and change filters.

     

    With installation cost price and ongoing filter prices in mind, buying drinking water in large containers might be a better option. Several grocery-stores sells large containers (cirka 15 liters) for about 15 baht (or less) only, and many supermarkets have 6 liter containers for around 30 baht.

     

    A small filter easily cost 300 baht and up, and if you have a three-filter system, and need to change filters just once a year, it's easily a cost of 1,000 baht; however changing every six month is often recommended. 1,000 baht equals up to 1,000 liters – if bought in large containers – or almost 3 liters a day, if semi-annual filter-change it's more than 5 liters a day. Even in 6-liter containers from a supermarket you can have about 1 liter a day for the filter maintenance only.

     

    I had a well – which we don't use anymore due to limestone, rust, and being too close to sea – and filtered the water with large sand and resign filters. For household boiling water an active carbon filter often can take any (bad) taste away, and the boiling will kill bacteria., so that could be a "boiling hot" water solution. A single small filter house is about 500-600 baht, and an active carbon-filter can cost from cirka 250 baht and up to around 400 baht. Expect to change carbon-filter at least once annually, better twice. You might end up with paying 1 baht – or more – per liter water, so the larger container option is still worth considering.

     

    Thaivisa news-section had an article about the RO-filter machines you can bring your own container to, and fill up for a 10 baht coin. Around 90 percent of the tested machines had bad or none filter maintenance; just a reminder about that the running costs shall be included in the calculation, it's not only the price of the machine...
     

     

    Good advice and I would add only one criteria - make sure you are getting bottled water from a trusted supplier e.g. Coca_Cola or one of the breweries.

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    Water Purifier for House

    in DIY Forum

    Posted

    2 hours ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

    My wife had installed an RO-Tank under our kitchen sink from Mazuma Water Solutions. I do not know if she bought it at HomePro or direct.  It is serviced by Mazuma Service (Thailand). We got tired of the plastic bottles filling the garbage/rubbish every week so she bought a couple of dozen re-useable bottles. I know she or the technician has to come periodically to service it, but it saves a lot of hassle buying water and toting it about.  BTW, we have a 5 gal water cooler, hot-cold dispenser and bottles, but this is so much better we cancelled the delivery service. 

    Best choice, next to distilled water but that may be mising essential minerals for your body - then it is a case of taking supplements. Distilled is boiled water and the collection of only the steam is what is used.

     

    Your UV kills the bacteria.

    Official called a liar for claiming no shortage of masks

    in Thailand News

    Posted · Edited by lvr181

    2 hours ago, Mung said:

    They can stop contagious people from spreading it, symptomatic or not

    That is the only real use for many of these masks.

     

    Practice good hygiene -wash your hands (to an area above and beyond your wrists) with soap frequently and always before touching any part of your face. Be aware of the surfaces you touch - the virus can live for up to 9 hours on hard surfaces but for very little time on soft/absorbent surfaces.

    Why Was Thailand Never Colonised?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    18 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

    and if there wasn't 'outside' sources available in ww2 the Brits would be speaking German.. 

    "..the Brits would be speaking German.. " I think the 'english' language originated in Germany (via the Saxons?), so there should not be a problem for them to speak German? 

    ????????

    Unusual Cars Seen in Thailand

    in Thailand Motor Discussion

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Rdrokit said:

    Great looking car but it's not a roadster as a roadster is a convertible at least where I come from. On the other hand I don't remember a 2 door hardtop. 

    Maybe the body was shortened - hence 2 dr instead of 4dr - to fit on the Lexus chassis? Who knows, I certainly don't know what some body builder has done to the original bodywork? ????

    Unusual Cars Seen in Thailand

    in Thailand Motor Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Elfin said:

    I had a GTR in the late 70's-just loved driving her hard. In Chiang  Mai, an Aussie had a Valiant S Series for sale but it had a Nissan diesel in it. Also, near my home, there is a HD Holden rusting away. These were imported years ago to participate in parades apparently.

    I also had a Torana - an XU1 202 - went like a bat out of hell, great handling but ride comfort was like a block dray! Had it 12 months and sold it off for a small profit and bought a car with some better ride comfort (and for the family).

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    Salary of Thai police

    in General Topics

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    12 hours ago, Thongkorn said:

    My Daughter In law works in Robinsons.  a Big store chain < she gets 350 Baht a day for 10/12 hour day, and its 6 days a week,  My Son in law is an under manager for a do it yourself shop ,  Gets 420, baht a day, 6 days a week, and is expected to manage the place. Same thing if you dont like it leave , there are many who will take the job.

     

    9 hours ago, jackdd said:

    8000 baht is the starting salary of a practical nurse (studied at school for one year) who works for the government.

    The 8000 baht is for working Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day. By working OT, night shift etc. they get another 2000-3000 baht, so about 10-11k per month (at this point the nurse is 19 or 20 years old, the salary does of course increase over the years)

    If the person is a "real" nurse, which means she studied for 3 years, you can add about 3000-5000 baht on top of the starting salary.

    Nurses who work for the government do this for the government perks. If they work in the private sector they earn about twice as much (just considering the money)

    Thanks for the info folks.

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    Salary of Thai police

    in General Topics

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    On 5/11/2019 at 3:20 PM, tlandtday said:

    Then why can thai nurses be okay and earn less than police?  The corruption is so deep here and so ingrained in their culture you could pay them triple and you would have the same problem.

    How much do Thai nurses earn? 

    Salary of Thai police

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    On 4/21/2019 at 3:41 PM, ebean001 said:

    if you want an effective police force pay them well. New Orleans, USA under paid police and they were not good. In fact, 30 out of 37 trainees were convicted felons. Pay police well and they will serve better

    If you pay peanuts then you get monkeys.

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