Hi, i have just looked on a caravan park website (Yew tree, nr Canterbury) which states it provides 10 amp electricity. Does this mean i plug my electrics in as normal? Could someone explain what this means?
Yes, you just plug in as normal. The only difference is, is that you will only be able to draw a maximum of 10 amps of current. This means that you will not be able to run the same number of electrical items as you would on a 16 amp supply before it was overloaded. I doubt that at this time of year were you do not use the heating, that you will notice the difference. However in the winter with 2 kw of heat, a 700w microwave,water heater, fridge etc etc all running at the same time you might even trip a 16 amp supply.
The caravan club hand book has a section that allows you to estimate equipment usage against consumption, which allows you to chose what items to have in use at any one time.
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10 amps indicates how much you can use at once. 10 amps is a good supply and will run pretty much everything except a domestic microwave. It is not enough to run everything at once though. for example, if you use a domestic electric kettle and a heater together it may trip out.
Water heaters, room heaters, hair dryers, kettles use a lot so adopt the "one off one on" rule and steer clear of microwaves.
If it is overloaded and trips out it is only a switch to reset to make it work again.
This chart shows how many watts or amps normal appliances may use. It is only a guide and power ratings do vary. Add up the wattage or amps for each of your own appliances in use at any one time. The total should not exceed 2,300 watts or 10 amps. If you are hooked up to a 16 amp connection the wattage rises to 3,680. These are only average figures. More accurate power figures for wattage or amperage are marked on the appliance itself. Please note that small microwaves are often described as 600 or 750 watt. This is the power they require to run – starting power can be as much as twice the stated amperage.
ApplianceWattsAmps
Compact Flourescent90.04
Reading Lights100.04
Downlights100.04
Wall lights200.08
Bedroom100.04
Domestic kettle 2,000 8.3
Air Heater 1,000 8.5
Refrigerator 125 0.5
Iron 1,300 5.4
Folding Iron8002.5
microwave 1,200 5.0
Water heater 660 3.9
Colour TV302.5
Battery charger 100 0.5
Hair dryer 600 2.6
10003.13
1,200 5.2
13004.07
16005.02
1,8005.64
iPod dockmin 0.03765438297017772 amps
Roof Fan0.3 – 2.7
Water pump in Aquaroll2.3
Water pump3.5
Radio3.5 - 5
So, at night just switch the microwave on for your horlicks, toaster for the crumpets snuggle up to the heater (on electric) and watch everyones’ lights go out..Night Night everyone.
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Just read list to my wife. Explained what an iron was. Hysterical laughter ensued. An IRON in the caravan! Not even sure where the iron is at home. Life's too short.
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depending on how much you want to push it, in reality, you can get more thn your 10A from a 10A hook up, a 10A breaker can supply more than that for quite a long time before it trips,
put it this way, alot of people use a 3Kw kettle in a caravan, I have done, and the breaker for the sockets in a van is usually 10A, how many times has it tripped whislt doing this?? never.
I have only tripped the breaker in my van once, and it took 61/2 hrs to do so, when I used a 3Kw fan heater and a 500W oilfilled at the same time (it was VERY cold outside) so thats a 1.2Kw overload on the breaker before it tripped
ps, dont reccomend that amount of overload on a circuit, I hadnt realised the wife had turned up the fan heater to full...just used to illustrate that the trip point of a breaker is acutally more tha its rating.
A 10 amp MCB may take as long as two and a half hours to trip at 12.5 amps,all protective devices will carry overload currents for a significant time before operating.
The regs only require a 30Amp mcb to operate within one hour when carrying 40Amps.
Saxo1
Just stick to 10A though eh just in case. If everyone tested it at the same time.......
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------------- If you're not on a fell your wasting your feet and for 2014 it's.......Feb Castleton Mar North Yors Moors; Apr Sutton on Sea; May Thirsk; Jun Clapham/Riverside (Lakes); July Wharfedale; August Crakehall; Sept Knaresborough; Oct Wirral Park/Clitheroe
Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 05/7/2010
A 10 amp MCB may take as long as two and a half hours to trip at 12.5 amps,all protective devices will carry overload currents for a significant time before operating.
The regs only require a 30Amp mcb to operate within one hour when carrying 40Amps.
Saxo1
thats the one... didnt have me book on me though....
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