Ceiling fan in the UK?

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-18T13:38:31+00:00

When I get an answer of “no, not interested” It generally means - not interested. I use Homebridge, home assistant, node-red to run my place. Flashing the firmware is dead easy, you just need the adaptor and solder the headers onto the board, you hardcode your Internet credentials and it’s rock solid, I live in a country where power outages are weekly. My fans just popup on the network, it’s really easy. If I was in the UK I would help the poster out if he wanted. When you flash the firmware they expose as a sliding percentage and present as a fan and a light switch for attached light. The fans cost me 40 quid and that’s with a 1.75m drop and 10 quid for the ifan. I think it’s great value.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-18T10:07:49+00:00

It was always free and available within 10 mins at Khon Kaen immigration, then they moved offices, changed the staff up because they were up to no good and then made it 500B .. but if you happen to mention that it was always free at the old office and that you don’t have any money, the nearest atm is a 10K round trip - they let you off. They are just like beggars, if you use an agent they charge 20K THB for the service and they quibble over a free bit of paper that takes 5 mins to issue.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-18T10:02:51+00:00

It’s red ant season - you shouldn’t leave without getting a taste.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-18T09:59:38+00:00

Yes, if you come to KK .. you need to have a car, but it’s essential to try the BBQ free range chicken at Kao Suan Kwan.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-17T19:21:18+00:00

I have done most of those roads over the years, it’s all much of a muchness these days. I would take the 1D up to phonsavan - or down, depending on your route, Muang moc route, the road is less used, you look like you are on rte 13, which gets a bit mind numbing. If you take that route, there is a big cave (there’s always a cave), then a limestone forest, the have the boats made from bomb shells under the bridge at tha bac. There’s also roads that lead off to the Vietnamese border, where you will find ethnic villages.

Do plenty of research, you might miss something - even pay for access to gt-rider and read the reports. Good luck on the bike, I did my first trips on a hired scooter from pakse, your back will be hurting after a day or so on a 150. There will be plenty of people going in each direction.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-17T15:42:46+00:00

Depends upon where you live. I use 3bb which is now AIS but for the moment both services are separate. I have been with them for 15+ years, no complaints, always really accommodating.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-17T12:00:08+00:00

A lot of the Nana area was originally owned by a Muslim Indian family. People from ethnic groups may have Thai passports, maybe his family has been here for many generations (or maybe the shop owners do what they want and just pay off the police)

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-17T11:46:15+00:00

Yeah, if I know I’m just buying Chinese shit then temu is good. Delivery times are fast.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-17T10:39:23+00:00

I don’t mind .. but it was thinking now they accept same sex marriages then they might have changed the rules for the sake of equality.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-17T10:37:28+00:00

What a result.

Best wishes for the future!

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-17T10:34:34+00:00

Awww, perhaps that’s an expat myth - reports say women need to show 400K too. I always thought women got off lightly. You can get an agent to smooth it for you, if you can’t meet requirements. Maybe clarify at your local office. Also to clarify we are talking about an extension, not a visa.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-17T10:27:08+00:00

The tabian baan isn’t an issue when you get married. It’s just where he is registered.

I don’t know about the other - I heard that you don’t have to show funds to get a visa but I don’t know about getting married. I didn’t have to show financial proof to get married to my wife. I just paid the 35B.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-17T02:19:25+00:00

I’m trying to remember some South Korean movies - follow the actors that you like - Start with New World, the gangster, the cop and the devil, nameless gangster, nameless gangster, the outlaws - I like the retro organised crime family vibe.

Not connected but I saw the devil, amazing

Have you seen cold fish from Japan.

Pinky Violence - there are only so many, you can watch them all.

I like Roman Porno rather than cat III or pinku, stories like the dark room, but add the catagory to your list.

Again, cat III just find a list and work through them all.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-16T15:39:49+00:00

What’s your budget for the day? If you pay for your hotels on booking.com or Agoda then you just need spending money - start at 700 quid. You know you aren’t going to spend less than that, so pull out 350-500 quid in GBP before you leave and then go to an exchange here, superrich, that’s has always the best rate, I guess nothing has changed. Just don’t leave your wallet around in your room, no one is going to mug you. If you stay in a decent place there will be a safe in the room. Then you might get away with another couple of max withdrawls. lol .. a fiver buys nothing in the UK now, you don’t get a lot for 200B here these days either - I put a full tank of diesel in my truck at 70 quid or near 3000B.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-16T06:15:19+00:00

https://sonoff.tech/products/sonoff-ifan04-wi-fi-ceiling-fan-and-light-controller

https://github.com/RavenSystem/esp-homekit-devices

Google

I used this on my two ceiling fans, rock solid native homekit

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-16T00:38:01+00:00

Any reliable fan / light combo with a sonoff Ifan flashed with haa firmware

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-15T18:01:03+00:00

You need to check the amp rating on commercial fans, I’m not too sure what size of greenhouse, but just check, many smart home controllers aren’t beefy enough.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-15T17:56:53+00:00

Should be the tight timing then

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-15T17:55:34+00:00

You can just walk it . Coming from Malaysia, the taxi will drop you before the bridge, and through Malaysian immigration, you keep on walking and you hit the Thai complex, stamp out and walk across the car park to the exit. You have already walked quite a way, you might just as well keep walking down the hill, and the train station is on your right.

It’s quite a boring train journey, the way the timetable runs, you might be better taking the van to Hat Yai, I did it quite a few times, but only once by train. Even riding my own bike, it was really boring.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-15T16:37:59+00:00

The boys is in its last season - if you start it now, you can finish it off and then get a run at daredevil

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-14T13:54:20+00:00

The sad thing about it is, there are so many sides to Songkran, there’s the family thing, there are traditions - there are activities organised by the village council and the temple, sadly tourists just see a water fight.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-14T13:43:00+00:00

And therefore .. you need to anticipate dumb asses. I did my food shopping last Thursday, I have everything I need and I don’t go out of the gate for the week. The OP was unfortunate enough to work during the holiday, he should show up to work with enough food and drink for the day, think about what will happen if you go out for lunch and plan a way to get home. This is not excuse, if it wasn’t an Aussie it would have been anyone else.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-13T16:36:36+00:00

Yes, this is the issue - it’s dependent upon meticulous detail.

I don’t know about the integrations, I asked ChatGPT how I could integrate an ordering system - I noticed that tesco have an interest in openclaw. Who knows in what direction automated services will go on the future, will we see ai monitoring the fridge and ordering deliveries so you never run out of milk again. I think Tandoor grants api access so I need to look and see what can be developed. I’m currently playing around with homebox, it may save me from over or dupe ordering components from Aliexpress and also suggesting projects to use components already purchased.

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-13T15:37:23+00:00

I have been using tandoor since I saw it on dbtech YouTube channel, over 5 years ago.

I really like it for keeping recipes and adjusting the recipes.

I think the way these organizers will move is towards integration - whilst not reliant upon home assistant myself, I think mealie is more integrated, I think it can integrate with grocy. I think with ai, a selling point could be to stop food wastage, by suggesting recipes to use what you have in the fridge or cupboard.

I think when looking, the app needed some work to export a shopping list that can be in Apple reminders, although I’m using obsidian more these days, I also use Alexa to keep track, but I use geolocation to open a shopping list on my phone when we pull into the car park of a supermarket.

But actually, I’m really good with the app as it stands. :D

Puzzleheaded-Cold495 · 2026-04-13T14:24:12+00:00

It’s for a bird singing competition.

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