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Mains water supply to be shut off in Cherng Talay
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Tuesday 23 July 2019, 11:33AM
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that the mains water supply will be shut off in parts of Cherng Talay tomorrow (July 24).
Scheduled blackout in Kamala
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Tuesday 23 July 2019, 11:20AM
PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Kamala on Thursday (July 25) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.
Cambodia orders strict registration of foreigners
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Tuesday 23 July 2019, 09:37AM
CAMBODIA: The Interior Minister in Cambodia has instructed all residence owners throughout the country to report foreigners who come to stay in their residences within 24 hours in order to strengthen immigration law enforcement.
Tourism arrivals, spending hold as Chinese arrivals fall
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PHUKET: The total number of tourist arrivals and revenue generated for the country during the first half of 2019 show limited growth compared with figures for the same period last year, but come while the number of Chinese arrivals fell by nearly 5%, according to the latest statistics released by Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MoTS) today (July 22).
Phuket Pad Thai hygiene goes on show
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PHUKET: Phuketâs top officials, along with Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutacha, held a public-awareness event at Central Festival Phuket yesterday (July 21) to highlight food hygiene standards in Phuket, with a special focus on Pad Thai.
Phuket Town traffic to be affected by schoolsâ sports parade
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PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality has announced that its annual schoolsâ sports parade will affect traffic in the heart of Phuket Town tomorrow (July 23).
Phuketâs Paresa resort names new GM
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PHUKET: Luxury five-star resort Paresa on Kamalaâs âMillionaires Mileâ has announced the appointment of its new General Manager, Anthony Dupont.
Cross Hotels & Resorts inks deal for new Phuket venue
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PHUKET: Hotel management company Cross Hotels & Resorts has continued its strategic expansion in Phuket with the announcement of its third hotel management agreement on the island.
Phuket Raceweek: Busy Day 3 on-the-water
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PHUKET: Multiple races today (July 20) put smiles on competitors faces and got the 2019 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek back on track. IRC Zero, IRC I, IRC II and Firefly 850 completed three races while Multihull Racing completed two and Cruising Monohulls one. All this after an AP on shore greeted sailors first thing in the morning and an offshore storm cell passed taking the breeze, momentarily, with it.
Phuket Raceweek: A day of action wraps up 2019 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket regatta
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PHUKET: The 2019 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek will go down as one of the most challenging yet â challenging for sailors, Race Management and organisers, and despite those challenges all classes got in a series of up to seven races. A steady 8-10 knots on the final day delivered a good finish to the regatta, with many titles going down to the wire.
Phuket Poll: Environmental damage, prices too high
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PHUKET: The environmental damage caused by tourism and the cost of living in Phuket are both far too high, according to a vast majority of people responding to an online poll by The Phuket News.
Phuket Opinion: Hit the dog
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PHUKET: The incident involving a foreign man attacking a dog in Nai Harn this week stunned and appalled our expat community on the island.
Phuket Rajabhat University launches âAndaman Punsukâ green market
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The Andaman Natural AgriÂculture Centre, located in the grounds of Phuket Rajabhat University (PRU) in Rassada, launched âAndaman Punsukâ last week, a âclean and nature-friendlyâ local food market.
Egyptian tourist slashed with a cleaver on Phuketâs renowned Muay Thai street
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PHUKET: A roti (pancake) vendor is facing charges of attempted murder and carrying a weapon in public for slashing an Egyptian tourist with a cleaver knife on Soi Ta-Iad in Chalong last night (July 19). After the attack the foreigner was rushed to a local hospital with a 7 cm gash on the back of his neck.
Weather warning for Phuket remains in effect
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PHUKET: The weather warning for Phuket is still in effect following the Southern Meteorological Centre (West Coast) office of the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) issuing a new advisory about heavy rains and rough seas.
Phuket readies for HM Kingâs birthday
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PHUKET: Preparations are underway for commemorating the birthday of HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X).
Wired on Water:Â Charging ahead
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Are you considering changing to lithium LFP batteries in your boat? If so, here some things you should know. Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4 or LFP) is the safest of the mainstream li-ion battery types. The nominal voltage of a LFP cell is 3.2V (lead-acid: 2V/cell). A 12.8V LFP battery therefore consists of four cells connected in series; and a 25.6V battery consists of eight cells connected in series. Rugged A lead-acid battery will fail prematurely due to sulfation, that is, if the battery is rarely, or never at all, fully charged, or if it is left partially charged or worse, fully discharged. An LFP battery does not need to be fully charged. This is a major advantage of LFP compared to lead-acid. Other advantages are the wide operating temperature range, excellent cycling performance, low internal resistance and high efficiency. LFP is therefore the chemistry of choice for very demanding applications. Efficient In several applications – especially boats off-grid solar and/or wind – energy efficiency can be of crucial importance. The round-trip energy efficiency (discharge from 100% to 0% and back to 100% charged) of the average lead-acid battery is 80%. The round trip energy efficiency of an LFP battery is 92%. The charge process of lead-acid batteries becomes particularly inefficient when the 80% state of charge has been reached, resulting in efficiencies of 50% or even less in solar systems where several days of reserve energy is required (battery operating in 70% to 100% charged state). In contrast, an LFP battery will still achieve 90% efficiency under shallow discharge conditions. Endless flexibility LFP batteries are easier to charge than lead-acid batteries. The charge voltage may vary from 14V to 16V (as long as no cell is subjected to more than 4.2V), and they do not need to be fully charged. Huge Battery Life What a lot of people don’t know is that a Lithium Phosphate battery is not finished/dead after 2,000 cycles, unlike lead-acid batteries, Instead, their long-term performance is as follows: • 2,000-2,500 cycles – the battery is reduced to 80% of its original capacity (up to 14 years based on one cycle every two days) • 3,000 cycles – the battery is reduced to 70% of its original capacity • 4,000-5,000 cycles – the battery is reduced to 60% of its original capacity (up to 28 years based on one cycle every two days) • 6,000-10,000 cycles – the battery is reduced to 50% of its original capacity (has not been tested by the manufacturer.) Also at any point you can add new batteries to increase capacity (no need to trough out the old ones) Two more key advantages are that size and weight LFP batteries weigh just 25% of what standard lead-acid batteries weigh, and most existing charging systems can be used without any major changes. Essential facts: 1. An LFP cell will fail if the voltage over the cell falls to less than 2.0V 2. An LFP cell will fail if the voltage over the cell increases to more than 4.2V. 3. The cells of an LFP battery do not auto-balance at the end of the charge cycle. 4. The cells in an LFP battery are not 100% identical. Therefore, when cycled, some cells will be fully charged or discharged earlier than others. The differences will increase if the cells are not balanced/equalised from time to time. In a lead-acid battery a small current will continue to flow even after one or more cells are fully charged (the main effect of this current is decomposition of water into hydrogen and oxygen). This current helps to fully charge other cells that are lagging behind, thus equalising the charge state of all cells. The current through an LFP cell, however, when fully charged, is nearly zero, and lagging cells will therefore not be fully charged. Over time the differences between cells may become so extreme that, even though the overall battery voltage is within limits, some cells will fail due to over or under voltage. Cell balancing is therefore highly recommended. One last important warning to remember is that LFP batteries can be damaged due to over discharge or over charge. – Octopus Electrical Marine This article is part of the Wired on Water series provided by Octopus Electrical Marine, based at Phuket Boat Lagoon, with more than 40 years combined experience working in the marine industry on the latest in marine technology. For more information, contact Octopus Electrical Marine at Phuket Boat Lagoon. Tel/ Fax: +66 (0) 76 600143. Email: sales@octopusasia.com Visit www.octopusasia.com
Phuket airport van B3k fare âjust a misunderstandingâ, say police
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PHUKET: Two Australian tourists who reported being charged B3,000 by a passenger van driver to take them from Phuket International Airport to a hotel in Kata was just âa misunderstandingâ, the Chief of the Karon Police has announced.
AoT confirms overcharging Phuket van driver not registered to pick up airport passengers, tout illegally roams terminal
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PHUKET: Airports of Thailand (AoT), which operates Phuket International Airport, has confirmed that the van driver who charged two Australian tourists B3,000 to take them from the airport to Kata, on Phuketâs southwest coast, on Wednesday (July 17) was not registered to pickup passengers from the airport.
Phuket Raceweek: Day 1 racing stalls as foul weather rolls in
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PHUKET: Glorious blue skies and sunshine this morning were quickly replaced by building ominous clouds over the islandâs southeast corner, and as competitors boarded their yachts for the first day of racing in the 2019 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek regatta, then the heavens opened.
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