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Offline harley08

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Connecting Electricity
« on: November 19, 2014, 05:58:07 PM »
Hi there just wondering has anyone had any experience or knowledge about getting power connected to a house. I have built a house on farm land which is 1.5 klms from the last power pole in the village. I have been told that since it is over 1klm that i will be required to buy a transformer as the power want be a strong enough supply without it. just wondering has anyone else done a simillar thing and how much they were charged by the government to do so. The price i was quoted was 1 Million baht to run the power from the government so 500,000 baht i would have to pay also 100,000 baht for the private contractor to connect it to the house plus 194,000 for a transformer. Is that  the normal pricing or the he is a farang price. Interested in all opinions. Thanks in Advance

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Re: Connecting Electricity
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2014, 06:34:34 PM »
By your figures your saying about 1.8 million for 1.5 km of line ?

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Re: Connecting Electricity
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2014, 06:35:25 PM »
No experience Steve, but some interesting reading below (if you haven't already seen it)

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/457325-cost-of-a-new-electricity-connection-to-a-house/


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Re: Connecting Electricity
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2014, 07:44:59 PM »
No Gotlost, i only have to pay half of the 1 million baht. So $794,000 for 1.5 klm of line

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Re: Connecting Electricity
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2014, 07:55:22 PM »
No Gotlost, i only have to pay half of the 1 million baht. So $794,000 for 1.5 klm of line

Thats more like it. Thats the approximate price even  a Thai will pay. By your original post your house has been built. This is an expensive mistake. Wish you the best.

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Re: Connecting Electricity
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2014, 08:05:30 PM »
There is a very brief conversation here : http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php/topic,7964.msg50621.html#msg50621

Looks like CoCo could be the one with most recent experience.

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Re: Connecting Electricity
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2014, 10:34:46 PM »
There is a very brief conversation here : http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php/topic,7964.msg50621.html#msg50621

Looks like CoCo could be the one with most recent experience.

Did mine about 2 years ago.

In my naivety I thought we had power cables running past the front of our land. We did - but it was high voltage. We needed a transformer to step down the supply for our use. PEA took cable from across the road and put in 2 x 8 metre?? posts on our land.

I think the cost was just over 200,000 Baht. I paid another 20k for labour to put up about 5 x 4m sows and take cable from the last PEA point some 200m to our house.

About 225,000 Baht all in.

PEA were very helpful and once I realised they were not trying to rip me off all was OK.

Thai Visa.com also has some useful references.
« Last Edit: November 19, 2014, 10:36:40 PM by CO-CO »

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Re: Connecting Electricity
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2014, 11:07:01 PM »
Just a thought . . . . . seems to me it would be worth while to look into going "off the grid".  Had a neighbor do that (in the USA) last year; cost - about $7,000; and no more electric bills. 

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Re: Connecting Electricity
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2014, 06:51:23 AM »
There is a very brief conversation here : http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php/topic,7964.msg50621.html#msg50621

Looks like CoCo could be the one with most recent experience.

Did mine about 2 years ago.

In my naivety I thought we had power cables running past the front of our land. We did - but it was high voltage. We needed a transformer to step down the supply for our use. PEA took cable from across the road and put in 2 x 8 metre?? posts on our land.

I think the cost was just over 200,000 Baht. I paid another 20k for labour to put up about 5 x 4m sows and take cable from the last PEA point some 200m to our house.

About 225,000 Baht all in.

PEA were very helpful and once I realised they were not trying to rip me off all was OK.

Thai Visa.com also has some useful references.
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