We have just decided to getinto camping now the kids are young. have looked at several posts but cannot find an answer. obviously, if I get a mains hook up I need an Electrical hookup unit but I presume that I could use a leisure batery but cannot find how I would connect the batery to the EHU
Are you camping in a tent? If you are you wouldn't need a leisure battery as the electric items you need, usually, plug straight into the electric hook up unit. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the replys but I was wondering really what we do if there is no electrical hookups available or do you just go back to using gas power for lights etc. The other thought was to look at a small generator but how much electrical equipment could you run off one of these roughly ( I know that it would depend on the output of the generator)
you would be better of getting an elecric hook up then, if there is no hook up where you camp, i wouldent use a generator for long theres usually hook ups at camp sites but i prefer not using electric, but thats just me
Your options are EHU but you will pay per night for power and you have to watch how much you are using so you don't trip the electric Plenty of threads on EHU
Leisure battery not tied to EHU pitch but you need to be able to charge it yourself or ask at site many have charging facilities small charge or put it in to a garage Usually a small charge but ask first as I was once told £5.00 I went to the next garage and paid .50p. Ours now has a car charger so we just pop it in the car when we go out to keep it topped up. For lights it will run them for a fortnight without a recharge. 12 volt cool boxes and TV do run it down
Generators are usually not welcome unless you are wild camping or on rallies.
It depends on what style of camping you are going for which is the best system for you
Hi, Look for something like this, It's a lab-craft trailerpack tp2 this holds a leisure battery and can be charged from mains or in the car when driving around during the day and will then give you 12v power for when you have no EHU.
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i have just fitted a zig to our TT ,it makes switching far easier from mains to battery ,it also charges it whilst moving or on EHU .the charger in the zig isnt very good but adequate for the season the battery is put on a real charger whenever possible especially through the winter.
we fitted 4 12v sockets ,two for the lights and one each for the TV and freeview box for times when mains isn't available.
if your on EHU its just a case of flicking a switch to use the mainsto supply the 12v and 240v for everything else
if you buy a battery box as in the example above make sure you get the box first and measure the internal sizes exactly!!! some batteries although looking the same don't fit in them
and ask for confirmation that the battery you want is that size even the stated sizes on some are incorrect!! if "they" say its so and so size then you can return the battery if it isn't!
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Topic: Electrical hook up / Leisure battery
