Is there a connection that can be put onto a normal 13 amp plug, on normal household kitchen appliances, so that they can be used in our caravan.We took our microwave and kettle, away with us last weekend, but the electric kept tripping. This has happened once before on another site, we cannot have the tv on, if a kettle is boiling or if too many electrical things are in use!
Most household kettles are 2.2 Kw to 3.Kw,a micro wave will want almost double its power on start up,check the wattage of your appliances and use this chart to see what Amps you will need.some sites are only 6 Amp EHU,but some can be as high as 16 Amp.
100 Watts=0.43 Amp
200 Watts=0.87 Amp
300 Watts=1.30 Amp
400 Watts=1.74 Amp
500 Watts=2.17 Amp
600 Watts=2.61 Amp
700 Watts=3.04 Amp
800 Watts=3.48 Amp
900 Watts=3.91 Amp
1000 Watts=4.35 Amp
1200 Watts=5.22 Amp
1300 Watts=5.65 Amp
1400 Watts=6.09 Amp
1500 Watts=6.52 Amp
1600 Watts=6.96 Amp
1700 Watts=7.39 Amp
1800 Watts=7.83 Amp
1900 Watts=8.26 Amp
2000 Watts=8.70 Amp
2100 Watts=9.13 Amp
2200 Watts=9.57 Amp
2300 Watts = 10.00 Amps
2400 Watts=10.43 Amp
2500 Watts=10.87 Amp
2600 Watts=11.30 Amp
2700 Watts=11.74 Amp
2800 Watts=12.17Amp
2900 Watts=12.61 Amp
3000 Watts=13.04 Amp
3100 Watts=13.48 Amp
3200 Watts=13.91 Amp
3300 Watts=14.35 Amp
3400 Watts=14.78 Amp
3500 Watts=15.22Amp
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Camping appliances are generally lower wattage than domestic. A camping kettle for instance may only be 700 Watt instead of 2KW for a domestic one. Most camp sites supply bollards are rated at 16Amp. In practice, your circuit breaker will probably trip at 10A. As Pete says, count up the wattage on your appliances & keep the total below 2.3Kw to be on the safe side. In general, you should aviod having 2 heating appliances running at once.
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