DIY in retirement home in Thailand

[Surrey House Renovator]

I realise this a bit out of the scope of the forum. I am thinking of some sort of semi retirement with the uk based thai lady in rural thailand.

A look at her family home was a little shocking in many ways. A few comments would be welcome. A UK based sparky has offered to help with the specs when I can get some plans done.
Finding a genuine and competent local is proving challenging.
The house has no earth apart from thin cable from a shower unit to the concrete reinforcement/ no sensitive breakers apart from MCBs / no service fuses . Twin 1.5 radials with some some interesting terminations and junctions NO earth anywhere
The service cables come straight from the meter on a concrete post down the road and into a CU in the house.
Initially I want to get the incomers safe with an isolator. I am thinking of sending out a henly service fuse and getting the local power company to assist.
Any thought of what might follow. The lady commented about lightning protection. A type 1 SPD ? . Time delayed RCCB ?

 

[Rockingit]

You’re not the first to raise these types of concerns on here - a few years ago I very nearly ended up in Hong Kong after a series of posts and asks for help!!

The challenges with these scenarios are several -
1. Local regulations do differ, regardless of whether or not they make sense by comparison to others
2. Materials are not widely universal in some parts of the world
3. Workmanship is however universal - ‘proper is proper’

I travel the globe professionally in my particular specialism and see the best and the worst of it - you are not alone!!

My advice would be to design on paper what you actually want/need the building to do. Then match that to the local regulations/requirements which will include finding out if there are any training/permit requirements to do electrical work. Then get the best workforce that matches all the above to do it.

But what you absolutely can’t expect to do is transplant a British style installation into a foreign environment!

 

[Surrey House Renovator]

You’re not the first to raise these types of concerns on here - a few years ago I very nearly ended up in Hong Kong after a series of posts and asks for help!!

The challenges with these scenarios are several -
1. Local regulations do differ, regardless of whether or not they make sense by comparison to others
2. Materials are not widely universal in some parts of the world
3. Workmanship is however universal - ‘proper is proper’

I travel the globe professionally in my particular specialism and see the best and the worst of it - you are not alone!!

My advice would be to design on paper what you actually want/need the building to do. Then match that to the local regulations/requirements which will include finding out if there are any training/permit requirements to do electrical work. Then get the best workforce that matches all the above to do it.

But what you absolutely can’t expect to do is transplant a British style installation into a foreign environment!

Never a more accurate statement made. I only wish I could find local standards. Professional standards I am dreaming.
Junction s made by twisting wires and covering in tape has to be sub standard. I have found someone who works for a well known electronics company who might put me in touch with the factory spark. Then there is a polytechnic who apparently train sparks.

Just found this เครื่องตัดไฟกันฟ้าผ่า CTELECTRIC รุ่น SPD-R ขนาด 63A สีขาว - ไทวัสดุ - https://www.thaiwatsadu.com/th/product/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9F%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9C%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2-CTELECTRIC-%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%99-SPD-R-%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94-63A-%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7-60264427?cate=610503

It will at least be a start even if it needs modifying

You’re not the first to raise these types of concerns on here - a few years ago I very nearly ended up in Hong Kong after a series of posts and asks for help!!

The challenges with these scenarios are several -
1. Local regulations do differ, regardless of whether or not they make sense by comparison to others
2. Materials are not widely universal in some parts of the world
3. Workmanship is however universal - ‘proper is proper’

I travel the globe professionally in my particular specialism and see the best and the worst of it - you are not alone!!

My advice would be to design on paper what you actually want/need the building to do. Then match that to the local regulations/requirements which will include finding out if there are any training/permit requirements to do electrical work. Then get the best workforce that matches all the above to do it.

But what you absolutely can’t expect to do is transplant a British style installation into a foreign environment!