Only used ehu for first time last year once at end of season. Am wanting to get a utility tent as I don't want to cook in porch of Hartford. What do others do re ehu, I would like electric to tent and to utility for fridge kettle etc. Not intending to overload or trip but not sure how to proceed..?put kettle fridge in tent and keep utility for gas?? Any comments greatfully received
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i dont know if you are meant to but we bought an extension lead from wilkinsons with a heavy duty cable and ran that between the tent and utility tent. We kept the fridge in the utility so it was handy.
we dont have electric running in kitchen tent,just gas bottle,campstove and a rechargeable light,however we store all our food in camp larder and keep the fridge in the tent
Quote: Originally posted by gailbonney on 28/2/2009
Hi
Only used ehu for first time last year once at end of season. Am wanting to get a utility tent as I don't want to cook in porch of Hartford. What do others do re ehu, I would like electric to tent and to utility for fridge kettle etc. Not intending to overload or trip but not sure how to proceed..?put kettle fridge in tent and keep utility for gas?? Any comments greatfully received
One tip is... dont put 2 things on that produce heat at the same time then you shouldnt trip the EHU
As for where you put the kettle etc... thats just personal choice but in the utility would be better regarding condensation.
I am the same as you Gail only got utility tent this year, I must admit I was just planning on using an extn lead for the kitchen tent, as don't see the point having it if going to still cook etc in the tent! I have an outdoor one for xmas lights so was planning on taking that! As for lighting I was planning on getting some of the ufo lights from asda and just keeping one of them in the utility hopefully should be bright enough!
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We have a day tent and we put our EHU in there and run an extension into the main tent, as the day tent is pitched right up to the tent we don't have a problem. We have fridge, toaster, george and light in the day tent, which we set up as a 'kitchen' but need electric in tent for radio, heater, chargers, etc. We didn't have a problem doing things this way last year.
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Quote: Originally posted by TraceyD on 01/3/2009
We have a day tent and we put our EHU in there and run an extension into the main tent, as the day tent is pitched right up to the tent we don't have a problem. We have fridge, toaster, george and light in the day tent, which we set up as a 'kitchen' but need electric in tent for radio, heater, chargers, etc. We didn't have a problem doing things this way last year.
Thanks for all advice, just got utility tent so can now kit it out. Did want to keep everything together as cuts down number of tables etc
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Autumn - North and Scotland
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Topic: EHU and utility tent
