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hi dadsbeaniemad (keely)

So at the moment my band pays £15.00 per item to pat test our amps to play at festivals now I have to do it on my holidays as well

hombre de curry

Quote: Originally posted by hombre de curry on 23/2/2010

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Thanks to you all for your replys

The site shall remain un-named at the moment but here is the line in their terms and conditions

Is IT Me Being Picky?

24. The electricity supply provided on pitches with electricity is a maximum of 10 Amps. Customers must use their own leads, which have standard campsite plugs and must be RCD protected. Anything used on the electricity supply must not cause an overload and must hold a current portable appliance testing certicate.

hombre de curry

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Sorry, but you only have to copy and paste "section 24" into a popular search engine and you get this as the first hit.

Edit: Well actually you get their T&C’s page, but you get the general idea

I was on my way to bed, I just had to have a quick look on the forums.

Audsleyl, I had to have a look on the link you gave, Sorry  hombre de curry  I had to do it.  The owner is somewhat over zealous, dont you think.  Just read the "section 24" they are very busy checking to make sure every body has the right certificate for this that and the other.Mmmmmmmmm

"Section 22" is a goodun as well.  They even have a number plate recognition camera on the barrier.  Wow.  Giving in reg numbers on forms, is on thing and understandable.  Why the other?   Very interesting.  It must be a one of campsite.

I hope

The site gets really good reviews on here - no mention in the first few reviews about PAT tests.

I think it's safe to say that they don't enforce the policy - otherwise it would have been mentioned in the reviews. 

It looks like the site (or their insurers) are just trying to cover themselves in the T&Cs in case of any potenital liability.

It does seem a bit stoopid, though!

Having read what the site is saying, someone has quite clearly made a mistake.

Yes, caravans that are hired out by the site owner, or caravans belonging to private individuals that are rented out through the site office, do require their electrical items to be PAT Tested.

Caravans, be they static or touring that are for the soul use of their owners, do NOT require their electrical items to be PAT Tested.

This is not the first set of instructions that I have come across to have a mistake in them and I doubt very much if it will be the last, but would it not be better that if you have an issue with the Site, that you writie to them for clarification on their directive, rather than speculate on here as to why they have produced this rule in their Touring Section when it clearly has nothing to do with touring vans?