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Quote: Originally posted by leon perry on 27/09/2004

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£54!! HOW MUCH!!

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Indeed, amazingly cheap are they not ?

You can spend more if you wish, some coem with up to 3 sockets for around £80.

£54 is pretty good for a single socket EHU - expect to pay £70-£100 for a three socket one.

The cost comes from the price of the components used - if you compare what you see in the shop with buying just the bits to make one up from a good discount supplier like Screwfix, buying the ready-made one in the shop works out a lot cheaper!

And you need those expensive components because you're planning to use electricity in a far more hostile environment than inside your brick-built, fundamentally waterproof, house. 

is this one of them 'hook ups' then all i need to do is cut off the female connection and put a normal 3pin connector on?

ref. above here's the link to the 'hook up' i was on about....

http://www.worldofcamping.co.uk/shop/Detail.asp?ProductID=41  

Quote: Originally posted by leon perry on 27/09/2004

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ref. above here's the link to the 'hook up' i was on about....

http://www.worldofcamping.co.uk/shop/Detail.asp?ProductID=41  

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Thats just an extension cable. 

What is needed is one of these, it costs £60;

http://www.worldofcamping.co.uk/shop/Detail.asp?category=2&subcategory=24&ProductID=301

Quote: Originally posted by leon perry on 27/09/2004

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is this one of them 'hook ups' then all i need to do is cut off the female connection and put a normal 3pin connector on?

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And what do you mean by a 'normal 3pin connector' ?

If you are intrested I have a 3 socket RCD for sale. It is in good condition and little used,  yours for £45 including postage.

Before you ask I am selling it because I had one for my tent and then got another thrown in when I brought my trailer tent.

Email me and I will send you some pics of it for you too look at.

 [email protected]

Better than one without an RCD, but not as good as the unit srnet linked to above. (however it is less than half the price, so no real surprise there)

Why?

No moisture protection and arguably it has SP fuse and not DP MCB overcurrent protection. It also appears not to feature any form of reversed polarity indication (another arguable point though I suppose).

If that's what you get though, it's not a bad price (that's a Seton RCD spur unit, which is around that price (retail) on it's own), and is better than some of the EHUs I've seen on ebay - but keep it dry!!!

thanks for the link number, i found it straight away.

i will pass on that one, its a home made job!

i think i may pass on getting a hook up due to price, even the second hand one of keef's(above) is not cheep. i will brave the cold spells with out heating!!

Keef

As Leon has passedon your offer, I have emailed re your 3 gang EHU.

Steven