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06/3/2011 at 10:53pm
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lights ,microwave (dont use it often )water heater ,leccy ring on oven,charging phones and ds's and small heater to dry wet clothes in awning (this is a new addition that we will only use in winter )oh and the hoover (only used just before we leave the site no leccy in storage)------------- hello
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everything on 240 volts in the van. ------------- the only silly question is the one you do not ask.
07/3/2011 at 12:01am
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lights, microwave, kettle, 2 tv's + satellite, phone chargers, laptop, ipad, hairdryer, straighteners, bug zapper, hoover.......
07/3/2011 at 12:12am
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Lights, kettle, toaster, tv, laptop, electric blanket, phone charger, camera battery charger, fan heater in the awning------------- Tigermouse
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For recharging the caravan battery.
Oh and some medical equipment that I use every night.
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07/3/2011 at 7:54am
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Everything on 240 volts in the caravan. Never go if no EHU.------------- John
07/3/2011 at 8:00am
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We always go to an ehu site, after a poor experience with non-ehu. Everything as above, plus we take our Sky box from home and a satellite dish. I am a late starter with pcs, only just got a laptop so charging that as well now.
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07/3/2011 at 8:30am
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Some more obscure uses:
Charging my drill to wind the legs up & down.
Charging my electric shaver.
Charging our electric toothbrushes.
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07/3/2011 at 8:33am
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Lights, telly, hairdryer & straighteners, kettle, toaster, fan heater, chargers.
07/3/2011 at 8:38am
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Quote: Originally posted by Paul Ford on 06/3/2011
May be a silly question, but just wondered what people used their electric hook up for in a caravan. We used electric hook up for the first time and just used a small fan heater. What else do you hook up? Thanks
You would have used it on your charger without knowing. That in turn ran your lights. Maybe you also had the fridge on electric?
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07/3/2011 at 12:59pm
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It all depends on how many AMPs the EHU is, heres a chart for some guidelines.
WATTS TO AMPS CONVERSION
60 Watts = 0.26 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
1100 Watts = 4.78 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 Amp
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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07/3/2011 at 1:08pm
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As much as possible, after all, its free!!
07/3/2011 at 1:13pm
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Quote: Originally posted by strax on 07/3/2011
As much as possible, after all, its free!!
Really???
Please tell me what sites you use that don't charge for your EHU?
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07/3/2011 at 1:24pm
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Just about all our power needs, seldom use gas except for the cooker and oven.
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07/3/2011 at 1:28pm
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Yes, please tell where the free ehu is to be had! even where the price of it is not mentioned, you still always pay as far as I know, sometimes as much as £4 per night.
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