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For the Grey water, some have drains on the hardstanding of the pitch and you can position the van pipes directly over if you have side draining at the back. In other cases the grey waste drain is a little further away, e.g. with your water stand pipe. In this case you will need some extension pipe for the grey waste also or continue to use your container and just do the short run to the drain.

Also some also have TV connection points that you will need an aerial extension lead to use if required. some sites will hire these.

I've got one of the whale mains connectors that fits straight onto the van, great in theory, but not so good in practice.

I tried it at home when I bought it, worked a treat, but then the mains water pressure round here is 5 bar. Onsite last year in Devon, and there wasn't enough pressure, and all I got in the caravan taps was a dribble, and because we'd left the aquaroll at home, we were stuck. Next time I'll get one of those aquaroll adapters, because no matter what the site pressure is for refilling the aquaroll, the carvan will be at the pressure of the submersible pump.

Also, with the direct mains connection, there isn't a valve, so the little plastic pipes inside the caravan are at mains pressure, one loose connection and you've got a flood, another reason for the indirect aquaroll method!

Dave 8588

I can vouch for what Huw says as I brought a whale direct connection for our holiday in Cornwall in August. Was woken up by SWMBO at 6am with a paddling pool in the van. The water pressure had forced the cold water connection to the shower off the connection and had been filling the van quicker than it could drain. I have now checked all of the connections and it was ok for the rest of the holiday so be careful.

Lee Prop