ASTRO BROKE ITS BEYOND AGREEMENT

This is a complaint against astro that I lodge against ASTRO for not
installing ASTRO BEYOND according to agreement.

They took out your parabolic dish, although it is not stated in the
agreement that they can take it out. Only the DMT, which refer to
Digital Movie/Media Terminal, which has nothing to do with the Aerial/
Parabolic Dish/LNB which are the technical terms for the parabolic
dish.

I don't see any justification for them to force consumers to install
new parabolic dish when they want to add new ASTRO DMT terminals for
non-HD broadcast.

Although I make the complaint on behalf of all Malaysian citizens and
customers of ASTRO BEYOND, it is up to the individual customers to
forward their complaints to MCMC or ASTRO.

It may not cost much but it is the principle that count.

The complaint submitted to MCMC:

Waktu memohon untuk Astro Beyond, saya telah memilih untuk menyimpan
DMT dengan membayar RM80 yang disebut sebagai INSTALLATION FEE dalam
AGREEMENT.

Didalam AGREEMENT tersebut juga, dinyatakan bahawa cuma DMT sahaja
yang akan diambil jika kita memilih untuk tidak membayar wang RM80
tersebut.

Saya telah memilih untuk membayar RM80 installation fee tersebut
tetapi sewaktu hendak memasang, PARABOLIC DISH saya akan diambil juga
walaupun DMT saya boleh disimpan.

Sila maklum bahawa PARABOLIC DISH ini telah saya beli dan pasang
sendiri, bukan melalui ASTRO. ASTRO tidak ada hak terhadap PARABOLIC
DISH ini. Kenapa pula ASTRA mahu mengambil AERIAL ini walaupun saya
telah membayar kos pemasangan RM80.

Adalah jelas sekali didalam AGREEMENT yang ditulis dalam bahasa
Inggeris bahawa langsung tidak disebut perkara pengambilan PARABOLIC
DISH tersebut. Cuma DMT. DMT bererti DIGITAL MOVIE TERMINAL.

Ini bererti ASTRO telah melanggar perjanjian mereka dengan pelanggan
yang memasang ASTRO BEYOND.

1) Saya menuntut supaya ASTRO memasang ASTRO BEYOND di premis saya
tanpa mengambil DMT dan PARABOLIC DISH seperti yang tertera dalam
surat perjanjian mereka dengan jelas sekali.
2) Menuntut ganti rugi dan denda terhadap ASTRO kerana telah melanggar
perjanjian mereka dengan pelanggan lain di SELURUH MALAYSIA dimana
PARABOLIC DISH mereka telah diambil walaupun tidak membayar RM80. Saya
buat ini sebagai tanggung jawab saya sebagai seorang warga negara
Malaysia.

"The first statement was recorded on June 29, 2008,” says Saiful,

I thought the police report was made on June 28, and DNA sample taken
on that day.
Why the statement made only on the 29th.

Is this the reason why Saiful's statements were denied from the
defence?
The judge reasoned that there is no contradiction. Which contradiction
was he refering to?

Was it about Saiful claim of being forcefully sodomised by Anwar?
Or was it about the date of making statements?

How can the judge make judgements based on his view, instead of the
view of the defendant?

Is this the practise in Malaysian courts to deny defendants the
statements of those who accuse someone of any wrong doing?

When I went to court to sue the LHDN, I had to submit my charge to
them personally. Why is it so different this time when a citizen is
accused by another? Doesn't he have the right to know what he is
accused of?
What is the rationale for denying the basic right of a defendant to
know what he is accused of?

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/131465

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Karpal moves to impeach Saiful, decision tomorrow
May 11, 10 9:40am
Justice Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah adjourns the trial to tomorrow, when he
will rule on whether to allow the defence's application to scrutinise
Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's statement to the police.

9.51am: Justice Mohd Zabidin adjourns the trial to tomorrow, when he
will rule on whether to allow the defence's application to scrutinise
Saiful's statement to the police.

NONE9.40am: Karpal (right) says his hunch is based on what the witness
had said with regards to the sodomy having been non-consensual.

"Anwar is charged with 377b (relating to an act of) consensual
(sodomy), but Saiful says it was non-consensual."

Investigations, therefore, should have been under section 377c.

This is more than a hunch, says Karpal, and this is proven by the
contradiction in Saiful's testimony.

High Court Justice Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah says this is the first time
that a matter of this nature has come up - the accused is being
charged with consensual (sodomy) though the evidence suggests the act
was non-consensual.

9.25am: If it is non-consensual anal intercourse, it should be section
377c of the Penal Code, not 377b under which Anwar is charged, says
Karpal.

Solicitor-General II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden submits that there must
be something there (to the charge). There was no consent, he adds, but
the defendant has been charged with a charge less than that.

"If there is a hunch, Your Honour can look at the witness statement
first to look (at) whether there was (a) foundation to such claims,"
says Mohd Yusof.

It is the prosecution's prerogative to charge Anwar (under) consensual
(sodomy, which) is a lesser offence and (entails lesser) punishment,
rather than non-consensual (sodomy), Mohd Yusof argues.

NONE9:24am: Karpal argues that since Saiful (left) had stated the
intercourse to be non-consensual, whereas Anwar is charged under
Section 377b for consensual sex against the order of nature, there is
a conflict between the charge and Saiful's statement.

"There is certainly something wrong with the framing of the charge,
and this warrants our application to look at the statement that was
recorded.

"In Malaysia, we know that sex between males done with consent is also
an offence. However, the witness had repeatedly said and maintained
that the sex was non-consensual," says Karpal.

Karpal moves to impeach Saiful on grounds of a 'hunch' that the
witness had lied.

azlan9.12am: Saiful says investigating officer DSP Jude Pereira was
the only one who took his statement. He cannot remember how many
statements were given, but there were many.

"Each time, the statement was recorded at Brickfields police station
and other places as well.

"The first statement was recorded on June 29, 2008," says Saiful,
emphasising that he had said in the statement that he had been
sodomised without kerelaan (his consent).

Asked by Karpal whether he had made the statement outside the court,
the witness said he cannot remember.

Karpal asks Saiful if he had always stated that the sodomy was against
his will and Saiful said he had.

When asked whether if this had always been the case, Saiful said he
was not sure.

Karpal is now submitting to obtain the statement that Saiful had given
to DSP Pereira.

NONE9.10am: Instead of giving his submission on key witness Mohd
Saiful Bukhari Azlan's statement, as he said yesterday he would do
today, Karpal has applied to continue cross-examining the alleged
sodomy victim. Saiful takes the stand.

9.00am: Anwar arrives at Duta Court with his wife Wan Azizah Wan
Ibrahim. Also present are PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and PAS Youth
chief Nasrudin Tantawi.

Police seem to be quite strict today, guarding the lobby area of the
Duta Complex in Kuala Lumpur. Photographers are not allowed to enter
the complex, and only can take photos outside the building.

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SATINAH BTE OSMAN Earlier there was some talk about Saiful's father
and his 'influence' within UMNO. The Lion of Jelutong and no more the
Tiger of Jelutong may be having this up his sleeve. Anwar is having
the cream of the Legal Service behind him. The Other Party will thus
cook up and keep on frustrating the Defence in the same way that Uncle
Hacks now residing in Hell did in SODOMY i.
yesterday · Report
Ichigo Tiger jelutong, please don't spoil my business plan. At least
ask the name of the "penetration-proof" lubricant before the
impeachment, I am keen to get the sole distributorship for such a
"court-proven" product.
yesterday · Report
Keanjin Rosy mama tonight will scold the film director stupid for
coming out with stupid script and let the whole world laugh!
yesterday · Report
DOC Looks like the judiciary, prosecution and their UMNO advisers will
be having a late night today in trying to concoct something to counter
Karpal's move to impeach Saiful. Let's see what hair brain move they
are going to make tomorrow.
yesterday · Report
Zz2XX Well, well, now it's back to the drawing board for umNO's
henchmen. They have to see Rosy mama and her husband to see where to
move the goal post. Just mark my words, the goal post will be moved,
charge will be changed, the judge will give his ok and a new script
will be drawn for the judge like they did with the now-in-hell-Hacks
judge.
yesterday · Report
Man Bn live only for 2 years more. 2012 GE people of malaysia going to
make new political chapter. Therefore let Najib and his gange do
whatever they like. let the judge come 2mrow and pronounce that AG
have power to institute,conduct or discontinue any proccedings any
cases under Article145(3) of the Federal Constituition.malaysians are
not going to be suprice on his verdict let the AG use his power as his
own like and the judge also can use his inherent power to interprate
the law on his own whims and fancy
2 days ago · Report
Man I agree with Annoyed , The judge cannot make decesision in this
case bcz he need to ask our Najib,Gani Patail,Musa Hassan .
2 days ago · Report
Eugene The Tiger of Jelutong nails it perfectly! The prosecution is
now caught in a catch-22. If the trial is allowed to continue,
Malaysians will now know this trial is a sham and it would be equally
ridiculous for Anwar to "rape" Saiful - Saiful is younger, stronger
and could have outrunned the elderly Anwar who has a bad back. If the
trial is thrown out and the prosecution files for a new charge, they
will have lost their main witness as Saiful would have no credibility
left for lying in his testimony and in court. Karpal would tear apart
the prosecution's charge again just as he did in this one.
2 days ago · Report
Sarajun Hoda It says much about the state of our judiciary and the
quality of main players with such high pay and perks plus Tan Sri ship
and Datukship on fast track for these highly ill qualified legalites.
With such judiciary, AG office, MACC and the Police, pray only God can
save us Malaysians... If Najib does not clean up these agencies, he
should die of shame.
2 days ago · Report
Fair Roti John. The judge needs to consult his "ATAS' on what action
he should take . I will not surprised he will rule against the defence
team. This as many had said is a kangoroo court.
2 days ago · Report
Roti John The decision is tomorrow? Why? Waiting for Divine guidance?
2 days ago · Report
Alexander Yuan Xjin Kai To the "Directors" of Sodomy II:- Next time,
write a better script for your "main actor" as the current one (a.k.a
Saiful) is fluffing his lines. And one more thing - go for more
"directing" classes whenever you have the time. This "movie" is not a
"blockbuster".... it's more like a disaster.
2 days ago · Report
kgen Very simple. For the trial to proceed Saiful must now admit in
court that it was consensual. Otherwise the case should be thrown out
of court. But this is easier said than done as Saiful has sworn on the
Koran in a mosque that his anal virginity was taken without his
consent. This is a huge sin under Islam and a political timebomb for
BN in the Malay heartlands. You reap what you sow.
2 days ago · Report
E Teng An interesting thought - if Anwar is being charged for
consensual sodomy, shouldn't Saiful be charged too? If Saiful's
alleges that any sodomy was consensual, surely he must be charged with
the same offence!
2 days ago · Report
Singa Pura Pura [1] With respect to the learned Solicitor-General, s.
377B is not a lesser offence vis-a-vis s. 377C Penal Code. They are
entirely different offences embodied in distinctly separate sections,
wherein 'the guilty state of mind' constituting the requisite mental
element for one offence is completely unnecessary in the other.
Section 377C is the male-rape equivalent of s. 375 Penal Code; the
presence of proper consent would negative an offence under s. 375
thereof. Moreover, the maximum sentence prescribed under both ss. 377B
and 377C is the same, ie, 20 years' imprisonment. In contrast, it is
submitted, by way of examples, that s. 12(2) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952
is a lesser offence than say s. 39B(1)(a) thereof. As is s. 321 Penal
Code in relation to s. 322 thereof. The prosecution cannot charge a
man accused of "committing carnal intercourse against the order of
nature without consent" under s. 377B Penal Code. It is not a matter
of prerogative but one of propriety.
2 days ago · Report
Singa Pura Pura [2] The ingredients "… without the consent, or against
the will, of the other person, or by putting the other person in fear
of death or hurt to the person or any other person …" under s. 377C
Penal Code would have made it extremely onerous for the prosecution to
prove the charge beyond a reasonable doubt in all the circumstances of
the case. The method in this prosecutorial (or persecutory) madness is
therefore not difficult to decipher. By charging the accused under s.
377B Penal Code, the prosecution would not even have to prove 'the
absence of consent' for an offence which both the complainant and the
prosecution allege was committed 'without consent' under the
circumstances and in the flavour of s. 377C thereof. The prosecution
ought not to be allowed to secure a conviction or otherwise gain an
unfair advantage through the sordid back-alleys of prejudice,
unreasonableness, and injustice.
2 days ago · Report
Keturunan Malaysia Of course it can be imagined...but to do so, one
needs to have an extraordinary very weird and distorted mind that can
stretch from the northern end of Pen. Malaysia right up to the very
edge where our great doctor wanted to build the crooked bridge and
Badawi had to pay the price for not playing balls..not his own of
course! (Pt.2/2)
2 days ago · Report
Keturunan Malaysia I have on more occasions than I can well remember
trying to hold on to men and women for various reasons from trying to
restrain them for doing something stupid or trying to get away after
doing something stupid. TRY and you will know how difficult it is even
if you are of the same age, height and built like the next person. I
remember on two occasions in far-away foreign lands I held on to pick
pockets that almost ran away with my friends' money to a tune of as
much as US10,000 cash...and the ensured struggles were fearfully
aggressive like life and death. Now try picturing a gone-well-over-the-
hill man like Anwar trying to pin down a tall and healthy young man
Saiful AGAINST THE LATTER's WILL, undressing him and get well-rewarded
with a right of way to burrow blissfully into the guy's ass-hole
without leaving any trace of entry...and equally blissfully deposit
semen (Pt.1/2)
2 days ago · Report
md. imraz bin muhammed ikhbal The mere fact that there are 2 separate
sections under the Law for the alleged crime i.e. 377(b) for
consensual & 377(c) for non-consensual, is compelling enough to
convince any legal court of dignified standing that they correspond to
different crimes albeit sodomy. The argument put forth by the
prosecutor that it is the prosecution's prerogative to prefer a lesser
charge is frivolous & holds no water as you cannot possibly convict a
person of a crime he did not commit even though the prosecution may
contend that he is guilty of a more serious crime. If one was caught
red-handed for daylight armed robbery & even if there were
incriminating evidence in support thereof, can he, based on such
evidence be legally convicted for Fraud or CBT even though less
serious than Armed Robbery? The glaring contradiction between the
charge & the testimony of the prime witness certainly warrant
impeachment. But then again, it is plain naive to place much faith in
courts privatised to UMNO & B
2 days ago · Report
md. imraz bin muhammed ikhbal The mere fact that there are 2 separate
sections under the Law for the alleged crime i.e. 377(b) for
consensual & 377(c) for non-consensual, is compelling enough to
convince any legal court of dignified standing that they correspond to
different crimes albeit sodomy. The argument put forth by the
prosecutor that it is the prosecution's prerogative to prefer a lesser
charge is frivolous & holds no water as you cannot possibly convict a
person of a crime he did not commit even though the prosecution may
contend that he is guilty of a more serious crime. If one was caught
red-handed for daylight armed robbery & even if there were
incriminating evidence in support thereof, can he, based on such
evidence be legally convicted for Fraud or CBT even though less
serious than Armed Robbery? The glaring contradiction between the
charge & the testimony of the prime witness certainly warrant
impeachment. But then again, it is plain naive to place much faith in
courts privatised to UMNO & B
2 days ago · Report
Ichigo Why the need to postpone when the answer is so obvious ? Saiful
told the court (without referring to his police statement) that DSAI
asked his consent politely if he could "F... him" although the choice
of word seems very unbecoming of coming from DSAI. Did he willingly
obliged? If yes, then that's consensual. Simple as that
2 days ago · Report
Lord I presume Saiful is now regretting as to why he volunteered to
take part in this wayang of sodomy II. He should now tell the court
that one police officer with the rank of SAC is the person who coached
him to speak in this lintang pukang way which took place in a hotel
room in KL. Then YB Karpal should call him to court as a prosecution
witness and crack his skull till he is able to see his own rotten
brains himself. The Solicitor General II is making the whole lot of
the prosecution look like a bunch of idiotic fools. The people will
only accept reasonable and factual arguments which is in accordance
with the law and in a court of law.
2 days ago · Report
l

Saiful sodomised many times and met Top Policemen, and yet

Surely policemen know that it is important to report an incident
immediately, even Najib knows this.
Why did he take 2 days to report?

If the police still finds evidence of DNA after 2 days inside a living
Saiful, despite him not washing himself for 2 days, not passing motion
for 2 days, any foreign material can still be absorbed by the body
after that many days.

How did the police manage to get the DNA trace of Anwar inside
Saiful's anus?

This is a damning evidence and this shows that the Judge is already
convinced that Anwar is guilty despite all the inconsistencies and
illogical statements made by Saiful.

The so called DNA expert from the police side must be grilled first as
to how he managed to get a trace of Anwar's DNA. It depends on how he
gets his sample. In the anus, especially someone who has not passed
motion for 2 days, will be full of faeces. On the skin, a living
person will emit a lot of sweat that will clean off any trace of semen
after 2 days.

The defence has got to experiment with Saiful himself if Saiful really
can with hold passing motion for 2 days, and any trace of semen can
still remain on his body after 2 days. This is the best way to counter
the evidence from the Police. If experts cannot find traces of
evidence of semen after 2 days, after having an active day praying on
Friday and seeking advice from so many top people, the police is
certain to have tampered with evidence, which is really a very serious
offence.

Based on Saiful's statement, I thought he was sodomised for the first
time on June 26, and yet now he claimed to be sodomised many times
before, which was the reason why he met Najib on June 24th.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hO7GUEWggRtsYhJS1vpJ0ci1reRQ

Asked why he met with a top police officer at that time, Saiful
replied: "I wanted to tell him my problem. I had been sodomised by
Anwar several times in and out of the country, including Hong Kong,
Singapore and Bangkok."

The trial opened briefly in February with explicit evidence from
Saiful, a former aide in Anwar's office, who said his boss
propositioned him for sex when he met him at a Kuala Lumpur apartment
on June 26, 2008.

Prosecutors have said that two days after the alleged incident Saiful
underwent a medical examination and that DNA tests on samples taken
from his body showed traces of Anwar's semen.

Saiful met Najib on 24June, sodomised on 26June, yet only report 28June, 2008

Also 27th of June is Friday. Did Saiful pray on that Friday?
If he didn't take a bath, he'll be unclean so his prayer was not
valid.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/5/13/nation/20100513151404&sec=nation
When asked if he had lied in court when he testified that he had met
then Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at his residence
on June 24, 2008 to complain that he had been sodomised by Anwar many
times, he disagreed.

Results that matter but why was he hated?

My favourite football coach was Brian Clough.
He managed to transform a 2nd division side, Nottingham Forrest into a
European Champion using old footballers, and yet the British public
don't like him or that is what the journalists will like to convey.

Brian Clough was never offered the coaching for England or even
Scotland. If he had coached England, I'm sure, England will be a World
Cup holder. Even Scotland will become World Champion.
There is something about Brian Clough that make me doubt that he will
want the job in the first place. Despite him being competitive, he
loves peace of mind more than anything else. His competitiveness made
him unpopular with the public, but this is the price you pay if you
want success. The ultimate judgement is for the players to decide. If
the players like him, despite his harsh treatment, that will make him
a good and nice person indeed.

Mourinho has the same intelligence and driving sprit as Brian Clough
but has even the strength to withstand all the mental pressures. We
have yet to see his greatness. He also suffer the same fate as Brian
Clough. The press don't like him. I was worried when he was out of
football for a long time. He should be able to uplift any team into
greatness but I would like him to see him lead a rich team to even
greater achievements and beautiful, intelligent and efficient game.
Imagine Mourinho leading Real Madrid. I wonder if he lasts a season in
Real Madrid.

Detractors will argue that Mourinho wins by losing forgetting that he
won 3-1 against Barcelona in Milan. Mourinho may not even last a
season in Real Madrid that fire coaches every month. Mourinho lost in
European Championship last year to MU. Every coach need time to
adjust.

Even sport journalists know the potentials of people like Mourinho but
somehow they don't like him to succeed. They prefer someone who is
more diplomatic and a liar. That is what I call those people who are
charming and saying nice words all the time. They care more for their
ego than results. In fact that is what most people want to do anyway.
They want themselves to succeed, not others, and they call this team
spirit.

And yet team spirit is about sacrifice. It is not about our egos. We
should be able to work together with people with different views and
styles because that is why they are more successful than ourselves in
their fields. It is not about sacrificing talent in order to fit into
a team in the name of discipline. Discipline that does not contribute
to result is a misplaced discipline.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article7111127.ece

From Times Online
April 29, 2010
Jose Mourinho enjoys finest hour after conquering Nou Camp
Matt Dickinson, Chief Sports Correspondent, Barcelona
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José Mourinho reached the Champions League final with Inter Milan last
night after a 1-0 loss away to Barcelona that he described as "the
most beautiful defeat of my life".

It was an achievement, he said, that even surpassed winning the trophy
with Porto in 2004, but, inevitably, it was also an occasion that
involved the Inter coach becoming embroiled in yet more controversy.
At the final whistle, Mourinho celebrated the 3-2 aggregate victory by
sprinting across the pitch, where he was confronted by Víctor Valdés,
the Barcelona goalkeeper, who thought the Inter coach was taunting the
Nou Camp fans. The pair grappled.

"I was celebrating with my fans; it is my right to do that," Mourinho
said. As for the loathing of the Barcelona supporters, he shrugged it
off. "If I came here and lose all the time, they love me," he said. "I
always say that the team that wins all the time, it is very difficult
for them to lose. I was a bad loser when I came here and lost 2-0 in
the group stage."

Mourinho's achievement in steering Inter to their first European Cup
final since 1972 is all the sweeter for knocking out two former clubs:
Chelsea in the round of 16 and Barcelona, the holders and the side
most people considered almost unbeatable.

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Bernabéu, Madrid, on May 22, when Mourinho could become only the third
coach, after Ottmar Hitzfeld and Ernst Happel, to win the European Cup
with two different clubs.

His stock as a manager who guarantees success could scarcely be
higher. As for complaints that his teams are overly defensive, never
more so than at the Nou Camp last night, when they clung doggedly to a
3-1 first-leg advantage, he proudly stated that Inter were "a team of
blood not skill". They had no choice than to defend in numbers, he
said, having lost Thiago Motta to a controversial dismissal in the
28th minute.

"We played to win at home," Mourinho said. "Tonight we played as we
could. It was the same style we played against Chelsea. And the style
against CSKA Moscow, when we could win 5-0 or 6-0. And the style
against Barcelona in the first leg when we could have won 5-3.

"Barça controlled it early on and logically with ten men we had to
defend, but we controlled it with our spirit and organisation. We made
huge sacrifices.

"They had the ball more, but it is Barça that take the ball from you
and don't give it back.

"This match was difficult with 11 players. With ten against 11 it was
historic. It is an incredible joy. I have already won a Champions
League, but today was even better."

Mourinho said that he had been bombarded with text messages straight
after the game, including from former colleagues at Chelsea. "I have
so many messages from them," he said. "I know how they felt when they
lost. And friends are friends."

But it is he who, to the envy of Roman Abramovich and Co at Stamford
Bridge, stands on the brink of claiming the trophy. A treble also
looms, with Inter in the final of the Coppa Italia and chasing the
Serie A title. And Mourinho says that he is far from finished.

"I am 47 so I have 23 years to coach," he said. "If Lord helps me and
gives me health, I'll coach for 23 more years and I'll lose, I'll win,
I'll cry, I'll jump. I have so many years in front of me."

Could it involve working at Barcelona, he was asked. "It is possible
that my career ends in another place," he replied. "It is a thin line
between the love and hate that fans have for you."

poor aircon installation causes millions of RM losses

Current Installation Practise, not following Installation Manual.


Old way of installing. Should be the correct way.


My current Sharp Installation manual.


Below is a copy of the reply to Sharp Roxy sales. Their authorised
technican had gone to my house paid with my warranty claim.
Unfortunately he does not find anything wrong with my installation.

I use my knowlege of thermodynamics which Physics and Chemistry SPM
students should be able to apply in analysing the correct way to
install aircons.

The key is hot air rises.
The higher the temperature difference, the higher is the heat
transfer.
When a lower temperature pipe meets with a higher temperature pipe,
the lower temperature will increase in temperature(hotter), while the
higher one will become cooler, i.e. temperature lower.

I suspect the position that we install our aircon is also wrong. We
tend to install our split unit aircon about 7 feet above the floor.
There is a .5 degree temperature difference based on my infrared
temperature reading of the concrete wall.

1)The higher the aircon blower is inside our room, the hotter is the
intake air making it less efficient.
2) Also, cold air sinks and will seep out through gaps in our doors.
Only if the aircon air flow exceeds the amount that leak out, will the
cold air slowly rises from the floor level, and thus lowering the
temperature of our body. If we sit down, it will be only about 3 feet.
If you stand up, it should be lower than 6 feet.

3) So why should we put the blower above 7 feet? There is no need to
cool the air above our head.

Despite my strict instruction to install the aircon at 6 feet, my wife
instructed the installer to install at 7 feet and she thinks that this
is low enough. Aesthetics is more important than efficiency to her. I
think this is the reason why all over the world, they install aircon
at high places on the wall.

Putting the air intake at the bottom of the blower may help to speed
up the cooling since the intake temperature is cooler. We need to
exhaust at higher altitude in order to spread the cold air around the
room faster as well.

I shall upload the photo of the Sharp aircon installation manual at my
blog othmanahmad........

****sent to Sharp Roxy **********
For your info, your authorised technician had come to my house but he
mentioned that this is normal practise, unlike the olden days for my
National Aircon which uses two insulator tubings for each copper pipe.

If this is true, consumers all over Malaysia are losing millions
because of the drop in the efficiency of their aircons which are not
installed correctly even by your authorised aircon installer.

Just a drop of 5% in the efficiency of our aircon will mean that I
shall lose thousands of RM in a few years time.

> I suspect the contractor engaged by my supplier, Top Kinabalu, at Kota
> Kinabalu, Mr. Hua didn't install my Sharp Aircon properly. The use only a
> single insulator to put the two copper pipes together. In the installation
> manual, each copper pipe should be insulated separately.
>
>
> This causes hot pipe to mix with cold pipe making each one less cold for the
> room, and less hot for the compressor to cool efficiently. This causes me
> to lose up to 20% of Aircon efficiency despite the cooling function still
> functioning.
>
> Since my view is not accepted by the dealer since the dealer is not an
> expert in Air con installation, I was asked to get confirmation with the
> supplier of the aircon, i.e. Sharp, in order to check the installation of my
> aircons.
>
> I notice this error when I compare with my National Aircon. Each copper pipe
> has it's own insulation.
>
> Since this contractor is supposed to have installed thousands of aircon
> already, I fear that many customers of all brands had been affected. Since
> each brand of aircon may require a different installation style, I request
> that you send your representation to comment on the installation of my Sharp
> aircon. I notice also that the screws used are too small for such heavy
> aircon compressor.
>
> This may cause safety concerns.
>
>

60MB/s speed

Just installed DLINK 5-port Gigabit Ethernet DGS-1005D for RM150.

I used self-installed and crimped Cat5e cable using. The other PC is
just at the next room but the length of the cable is more than 10m.
I'm surprised that my 5 year old Cat 5e cable can still connect at
such a high speed, despite passing underneath a hot zinc roof.

I used to connect my PS3 at the ground floor using a 10m Cat 5e cable
dangling over the window but for a short while using Fast Ethernet. It
worked but when I connect my old SMC router, b type, with the cable,
it is now damaged and one port of my Linksys Wireless router is
damaged. I am scared of using cables dangling outside our house walls.
It will lead to damage due to induction with lightning. The zinc roofs
and brick walls provide some sort of screening against excessive
induced voltages.

So far there is little need for high speed video streaming for my PS3
because PS3 cannot accept lots of video formats, especially the .mov
format for my camera. Despite having gigabit speed, my PS3 still
cannot be connected to my main PC upstairs. Thinking of the best ways
of drilling through the floor after learning about my damaged port and
router.So near, and yet so far.