Im new to the site today, and an inexperienced camper. I am going to France next week, to Calvados camping. I want to buy a 5m hook up, electric to tent. Can I buy one in England. What I want to know is do I need a different connection for France. Hope somebody can help.
I think 10m is the shortest EHU lead you can buy.Most French sites do not have EHU on every pitch like a lot of UK campsites and you may have to plug your EHU into a shared bollard that can be some way from your pitch. We always take a 25m EHU cable and a 10m extension just in case.
Make sure you get one with an RCD, some only have a fused outlet that would probably not protect you in the event of an earth fault (like getting it wet). Also, get a polarity tester, as some supplies on the continent (& the UK) have polarity reversed, again in an earth fault in these circumstances the fuse is on the negative supply & so would not blow. An RCD would trip, but still better to be safe. Also, British appliances (e.g. lamps) use a single pole switch on the live only, with reverse polarity the neutral would still be live with the appliance switched off.
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Topic: electric hook up lead
